European restaurants in Slovenia
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Julija
Julija serves up decent risottos and pastas either outside on the pavement terrace or in a Delft-tiled backroom behind a cafe decorated with 1920s prints.
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Okarina
This very upmarket restaurant has lost its parklike location just northwest of the Pri Planincu and is now in a modern dining room next to the post office. Still, the ethnic decorations and traditional musical instruments (an okarina is a small clay flute) remain, and along with well-prepared Slovenian and international favourites, the Okarina's tandoor oven produces decent Indian dishes like chicken tikka and rogan josh. There are a fair few vegetarians choices.
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Gostilna Pri Planincu
En situ since 1903, this is a homely pub-restaurant just down the hill from the Bledec Hostel near the castle. It offers simple Slovenian mains and grilled Balkan specialities like čevapčiči (spicy meatballs of beef or pork; around €6.65) and tasty pljeskavica z kajmakom (Serbian-style meat patties with mascarpone-like cream cheese).
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Pri Hrvatu
Two country-style restaurants make a trip to Srednja Vas, the next village over from Studor and about 5km from Ribčev Laz, worthwhile. The first restaurant is Gostišče Rupa. The second is Pri Hrvatu, an equally popular place that can trace its pedigree back eight decades.
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Castle Restaurant
The fabulous views are 'free' from the superbly situated terrace of the restaurant in the castle. It's run by the Bled's catering and tourism school and staffed by its charming students.
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Vančar
If you want to eat where local people do, head for this place about 3km south of Bovec. Expect huge portions.
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Planšar
If you want something light and incredibly tasty, head for the 'Herder', just opposite the Alpine Dairy Museum in Stara Fužina - appropriately enough. It specialises in home-made dairy products: hard Bohinj cheese, a soft, strong-tasting cheese called mohant (not to everyone's taste), cottage cheese, curd pie, sour milk and so on.
You and a friend can taste a variety of them for around €6.50 or make a meal of cheese and different types of grain dishes such as žganci (buckwheat) and ješprenj (barley). Other dishes available include štruklji (cheese dumplings) and jota (a thick soup of beans and salt pork).
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Ribič
Arguably the best restaurant in Ptuj, the 'Angler' faces the river and the speciality here is - not surprisingly - fish, especially boiled or fried trout. The seafood soup served in a bowl made of bread is exceptional. If the oil on the salad tastes odd (nutty, a little smoky), that's because it's pumpkin-seed oil (bučno olje), a speciality of the Drava Plain region. Make sure to have the dessert speciality: chocolate fondant with ice cream. There's live Slovenian folk music some nights.
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Gostišče Rupa
Two country-style restaurants make a trip to Srednja Vas, the next village over from Studor and about 5km from Ribčev Laz, worthwhile. The first restaurant is Gostišče Rupa, which serves excellent home-cooked food, including spectacular Bohinj trout and ajdova krapi, crescent-shaped dumplings made from buckwheat and cheese. The second is Pri Hrvatu meals from around €15, an equally popular place that can trace its pedigree back eight decades.
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Gostilna Augustin
This delightful restaurant with a bar open daily till late is one of the most welcoming in Gorenjska. It serves excellent Slovenian dishes to order and bans pizzas altogether. Weekday set lunch is a snip. Don't miss the cellar dining room, which was once part of a prison (and may have seen an execution or two), and the wonderful back terrace with stunning views of - wait for it - Mt Triglav itself. Does travel get any better than this?
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Ǒstarija Peglez'n
A new favourite restaurant in Bled, the 'Iron Inn' is just opposite the landmark Grand Hotel Toplice. It has fascinating retro décor with lots of old household antiques and curios (including the eponymous iron) and wooden floors. It serves some of the best fish dishes in town. What's more, it is nonsmoking throughout.
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Gostišče Pri Treh Ribnikih
A great place for a meal if you want to get out of the city but don't feel like travelling is the 'Inn at the Three Fishponds' in City Park. Oddly, its specialities are cheese štruklji (dumplings) and stuffed pork ribs, with fish all but banished from the menu. There's quite a good wine card.
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Gostišče Loka
Situated right on the Krka River, just beyond the small footbridge linking the two banks, the 'Meadow' serves decent fish dishes and is the place to try Cviček, the uniquely Slovenian light (9%) red wine from Dolenjska. There's garden seating available in the warmer months.
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Restavracija JB Podvin
This sister-restaurant of the similarly named establishment in Ljubljana has raised the standards of dining in Gorenjska in one fell swoop. It's next door to the Grad Podvin hotel about 4km southeast of Radovljica in the village of Mošnje.
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Istrska Klet Slavček
The 'Istrian Cellar', situated in the 18th-century Carli Palace, is one of the most colourful places for a meal in the Old Town. Filling set lunches, and there's Malvazija and Teran wine available straight from the barrel.
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Zmajev Hram
Housed in a stunning (and totally revamped) 1920s-style building next to the cave entrance, the 'Cave Restaurant' has a dozen set menus from which to choose. There's also a much cheaper self-service restaurant nearby.
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Gostilna Pri Martinu
This atmospheric tavern-restaurant in an old house opposite the fire station is one of the best places in town to try local specialities such as venison, trout and telečja obara (veal stew).
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Grajska Gostilnica
The flagship at the Hotel Grajski Dvor, this place has become popular for its pasta and Dalmatian dishes, a great wine list and an atmospheric cellar below. All the metalwork was produced by UKO in Kropa.
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Gostilna Mihovc
This place in Stara Fužina is a popular place - not least for its home-made brandy. Try the pasulj (bean soup) with sausage (around €5) or the beef golač (goulash).
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JB
Old-world charm, a hybrid Slovenian-Mediterranean-French menu, a top-notch wine list and very stylish decor have made this restaurant one of the most popular in town for a fancy meal.
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Valvasorjev Hram
This very basic place opposite the tourist office serves hearty dishes like jota (bean soup) and klobasa (sausage) as well as pizza, and has its own wine cellar.
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Gril Ranca
This place serves simple but scrumptious Balkan grills like pljeskavica and čevapčiči in full view of the Drava. Cool place on a hot night.
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Gostilna Kos
Pri Škafarju does acceptable žlikrofi, but the best place to have this most Idrijan of specialities, especially the mushroom ones, is at the 'Blackbird'.
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Gostilna Kot
Squeezed right into the tick of things of Maistrov trg, this is justly famed for its affordable and quite good daily specialities.
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Gostilna Stari Majer
The stick-to-the-ribs Slovenian dishes at this old-style eatery on Glavni trg will keep you going for longer than you'd think.
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