Central Dalmatia Restaurants
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A funky garden restaurant, Konoba & bar Lola offers something refreshingly different on the island of Vis. The atmosphere is relaxed, the food is fresh, and most of the vegetables come from Lola's own garden on the mainland. Their innovative dishes are sure to hit the spot, from appetizers such as beetroot with figs and goat cheese to mains like steak and chocolate truffles for dessert. They also have great cocktails.
You'll find some of the best pizza in Split at Bokamorra, thanks to its dough that is handmade and aged for 48 hours. Pizzas are topped with locally sourced ingredients, from smoked meats to truffles. Staff can also recommend one (or a few) of the restaurant's 150 tailor-made cocktails to go with your pizza of choice.
Retreat to a quiet closed-in courtyard, where the Trogir cinema once sat, and allow the Calebotta family to wow you with their first-class service and menu of fresh ingredients expertly prepared like no other restaurant in Trogir. The sea platter, which includes tuna steak tartare, octopus carpaccio, and scampi with grapefruit and pistachio, is a perfect way to start a meal on a hot summer afternoon. Leave room for dessert because each one is exceptional, especially the chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and pumpkin seed oil. The menu can seem long, so feel free to ask your waiter for recommendations. The bar is also a great place for an evening drink.
Hidden away in the Skradin Bay, in a quiet location where the fresh waters from Krka National Park flow into the sea, Cantinetta is well recognized among local residents as the best place to eat in Skradin. From a humble family konoba to a serious culinary destination, this restaurant takes great pride in its well-preserved old recipes that have been passed on from generation to generation. Dishes like the renowned veal risotto, which must be slowly cooked for at least six hours and whose actual recipe is a family secret, must be ordered well in advance. For a light dish, try skradinske ćokalice, tiny fish which have a particular taste because of the combination of salt and fresh waters in which they live. Fresh seafood and great meat dishes at reasonable prices make this an easy choice after a long day sightseeing.
Decorated with a bit of the wit and themes from the beloved Italian comic strip of Corto Maltese, this restaurant offers traditional Croatian ingredients prepared in a healthy way and explained on a funny, irreverent menu. With lots of seafood and salad options, the presentation of food is eclipsed only by the flavor. The chef prepares the dishes in an open kitchen, facing the customers, and both the kitchen staff and waitstaff are engaging and eager to offer recommendations.
Originally opened in 1883 as a lobster house, this cleverly converted restaurant has platforms with tables built out above the water, and small boats can drive right under the platforms and into the central dining room. The house specialty is jastog sa špagetima (lobster with spaghetti).
It is hard to spend more than a day on the island of Brač without giving in to the succulent aromas of roasted lamb, and many people claim Konoba Kopačina is the best place to enjoy the island delicacy. While waiting for your lamb, consider trying Konoba Kopačina's vitalac, an island delicacy that includes the sheeps’ innards wrapped in gauze or membrane and roasted on a spit. The sheep on Brač feed only on their mother's milk and wild herbs like the rosemary and sage that thrive on the island's rocky terrain. There is also a good selection of local wines for which you can trust your waiter to provide good recommendations.
On the steps between the main square and the fortress, this authentic stone-walled konoba has candlelit tables and pršut hanging from the raftered ceiling. Come here to share platters of locally produced, cold Dalmatian specialties such as kožji sir (goat cheese), salata od hobotnice (octopus salad), and masline (olives), or feast on wild boar and traditional pašticada. Before leaving, round off your meal with pijane smokve (literally "drunk figs": figs marinated in brandy), and be sure to check out the world atlas where guests sign on the pages of their hometowns.
Surrounded on all four sides by the shade of an olive grove, this restaurant is the perfect place to wind down a day of sun and sightseeing. It's known for the steak and lamb from the peka and fish prepared traditionally na gradele (on the grill). There's an area for kids to play, and they also have apartments to rent on-site.
Fresh fish takes center stage at this superb restaurant hidden away on a narrow, cobbled street of Hvar Town. The dining room is simply furnished with wooden tables, discreet modern art, and a large open fire, and the food and service are practically faultless.
A modern glass-and-wood conservatory that looks onto a courtyard garden of orange and lemon trees, Pojoda makes for a popular spot among the sailing crowd that won't disappoint a food-savvy traveler either. The dishes are named in local dialect: check out the manistra na brudet (bean and pasta soup) and luc u verudi (tuna stewed with vegetables), or try the pojorski bronzinić, a thick brodetto of squid with lentils and barley.
This renovated water mill is well known for miles around for its fresh pastrva (trout) and pečena janjetina (roast lamb), served at tables under trees in a riverside garden. Throughout July and August, on Wednesday evenings, the dreamy spot also stages live folk music and dancing from 8 pm onward. It lies 6 km (4 miles) from Omiš, up the Cetina Valley.
In an elegant 17th-century stone building in the Old Town, close to the cathedral, this welcoming family-run restaurant serves Dalmatian specialties such as black risotto, gnocchi, and fresh fish, as well as a good choice of local wines. Sit outside on the open-air terrace, or take a table in the intimate air-conditioned dining room. Vanjaka doubles as a highly regarded B&B with just three rooms upstairs.
A favorite among the yachting crowd, due in part to its location near the ACI Marina Skradin, Zlatne Školjke occupies a natural stone building with a terrace overlooking the water. The restaurant is aptly named Zlatne Školjke, which means golden shells, because of the plethora of shellfish farms nearby. Fresh oysters, mussels, scallops, lobster, scampi, and shrimp—you name it, they have it all, and prepare everything to perfection. Be sure also to try some of the Skradin local dishes like Skradin veal risotto, and Skradin cake, a light dessert with almonds, walnut, and honey. A sommelier can help you choose a wine, but a glass of local Debit white wine is a wise choice to complement a visit to Skradin.
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