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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Sokol
In this old vaulted house near the Central Market, traditional Slovenian food is served on heavy tables by costumed waiters. Pizza is available if traditional dishes like obara (veal stew around €6) and Krvavica sausage with cabbage don't appeal.
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Hot Horse
Hot Horse exists to supply Ljubljančani with a favourite treat: horse burgers. The branch in Park Tivoli is just down the hill from the Museum of Contemporary History .
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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 As
The 'Ace Inn', in the passage linking Wolfova ulica and Slovenska cesta, is the place for a special occasion, with seafood, a good wine list, and a few classic Slovene dishes dominating the menu. You can also enter from Slovenska cesta 30. The As Lounge in both the cellar and a glassed-in terrace is much more informal, with sandwiches (around €4.15 to around €7.25), salads from(€4.15), and a few less elaborate main courses (from€8.30).
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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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Pod Rožnikom
This place 'Under Mt Rožnik' (sort of) and just downwind from the zoo in Park Tivoli serves southern Slav-style grills, like pljeskavica (spicy meat patties) with ajvar (roasted red peppers, tomatoes and eggplant cooked into a purée) and starters such as prebranac (onions and beans cooked in an earthenware pot). Worth the trip.
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Manna
Festooned across the front of this canal-side restaurant in Trnovo is the slogan 'Manna - Bžanske Jedi na Zemlji' (Manna - Heavenly Food on Earth). It didn't feel quite like paradise the last time we visited, but the decor is stylish, there's a wonderful covered inner courtyard for dining almost al fresco and the setting is pretty nice.
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Smrekarjev Hram
Smrekar's House starters from €5, mains around €17. This Art Nouveau jewel run by the Grand Hotel Union and named after artist and illustrator Hinko Smrekar (1883-1942), famed (in certain circles) for his 'pan-Slavic' playing cards, has always been considered the poshest international restaurant in Ljubljana. It closes in summer.
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Ajdovo Zrno
A relatively recent arrival on the Ljubljana dining scene, 'Buckwheat Grain' serves soups, sandwiches, fried vegetables and lots of different salads. And they have terrific, freshly squeezed juices, including the unusual rose-petal juice with lemon. Enter from Mali trg.
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Lunch Café
More New York than Ljubljana, this cafe, from the people who brought you Pri Vitezu, is the perfect spot for a late breakfast (from €3.50), even later brunch (from €8.50) and nosh until late. Pasta dishes (from €3.75) are notable.
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Sofra
Often touted as the most authentic Bosnian restaurant in town, there's also live music every night from September to June, when your fellow diners are likely to provide as much entertainment as those performing.
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Kitajska Zvezda
If you're looking for a fix of rice or noodles, try the 'Chinese Star' on the river just south of the Old Town. Szechuan dishes, including the mapo doufu (tofu with garlic and chilli) are quite good.
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Harambaša
At this small place in Krakovo you'll find authentic Bosnian - Sarajevan to be precise - cuisine served at low tables in a charming modern cottage atmosphere with quiet Balkan music and a lively crowd.
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Cantina Mexicana
The capital's most stylish Mexican restaurant has an eye-catching red-and-blue exterior and haciendalike decor, with sofas and lanterns inside. The fajitas (€7.50-€11.70) are great.
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Ribca
Ribca dishes around €5. This basement seafood bar below the Plečnik Colonnade in Pogačarjev trg serves tasty fried squid, sardines and herrings to hungry market-goers.
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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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Letni Vrt
Opposite the Alp Hotel, the 'Summer Garden' has pizza, grilled dishes and trout at affordable prices. Its garden is lovely in summer - as it would be.
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Pri Mari
This very stylish restaurant south of the bus station makes an ambitious (and successful) attempt at combining Mediterranean and Slovenian food.
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Paninoteka
Healthy sandwich creations on olive ciabatta are sold here to take away or to eat outside on a lovely little square with views of the castle.
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Trubadur
This little sladki bar (sweet bar) with the badly punned name (see street name) serves some of the best cakes on the left bank.
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Delikatesa Ljubljanski Dvor
Locals queue for huge, bargain slices of pizzas, salads, and grilled vegetables sold by weight to take away or eat on the spot.
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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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Kebapči
For a taste of the Middle East, try this little hole-in-the-wall up an alley off Trubarjeva cesta.
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