The best restaurants Split & Area

A restaurant slightly away from Diocletian's palace, therefore less touristy, at 30 m from the riva, where you can eat quietly without making a reservation. We recommend it for its superb interior courtyard where tables have been set up. A popular address for Croatians and lovers of regional cuisine, grilled fish and meat, dishes in sauce, southern vegetables, pasta and excellent homemade desserts. The impressive wine list offers something for everyone at any price. At weekends, a Dalmatian musical evening.

A small, charming hotel-restaurant in a former house, with a terrace overlooking the seafront. The Dalmatian cuisine is refined and the offer varied.

To the west of the palace, in the Varoš district , here you can eat burgers on the go, but above all the traditional ćevapčići sausages. The sandwich of Bosnian origin, typical throughout the Balkans, is served as it should be, in a flat round bun containing, depending on your choice, 5 to 10 sausages with minced, spiced, grilled lamb meat, all accompanied by raw vegetables and tomato sauce. You can also order it by the plate. To take away or to enjoy on the spot, at the counter or on the bench outside.Dynamic and smiling service.

A highly-rated restaurant in Split, victim of its own success, where you have to book your table several days in advance. If you're lucky enough to visit in the off-season, you'll discover a large, very contemporary restaurant with a retro-futuristic Mediterranean style and a resolutely urban feel. It offers fine plates of modern cuisine based on traditional Dalmatian recipes. A good selection of regional wines, with a charcuterie/cheese platter or burgers in the bistronomy formulas. Higher prices than elsewhere.

On the first floor of the palace Papalić, dating from the 15th century, is a restaurant where Mediterranean recipes (grilled fish, seafood risotto) are combined with international dishes, such as beef burgers with foie gras sauce, cheesecake, carrot cake. It's one of the addresses that's still in vogue with the locals. We appreciate the setting, the presentation, the market cuisine, the fresh seasonal produce. The service is rather fast and attentive. Friendly atmosphere, local and touristic at the same time.

This promenade remained the meeting place of buildings that like to take their coffee on the terrace, in this brasserie for example. On the menu, good wines and beers, excellent burgers and surprising boards of culinary products. In addition to we recommend that with ham, cheese from the island of Pag and candied figs. A relaxed atmosphere and a simple and honest. 

If you follow the eastern shore, towards Stobreč, you will find a nice beach (Plaža Stobreč Jug). Next to it, in a suburban area, the tavern is really worth a visit. At the entrance, a staircase leads you to the establishment underneath. One comes here for the excellent cuisine of the fisherman: varied choice of shellfish and fresh fish, seafood brought out of the aquarium during the day. Special mention for the smoked salmon pâté, the red scorpion fish, the swordfish steak, the sea bass with champagne sauce or the scampi in three ways. Impeccable service.

To reach the Panorama, if you don't have a car, you'll have to call a cab or go directly to the restaurant when you reserve your table (recommended), and we'll pick you up in town (free service). The view from the terrace at sunset is superb. On one side, Mount Biokovo, imposing and so close. On the other, the seaside town, the coast, the archipelago... In the kitchen, traditional Dalmatian recipes, grilled fish, meat and vegetables, pašticada, gnocchi and, last but not least, gourmet desserts. Good local red wines.

The Roić family welcomes you in this old building built in 1643, well restored. You can sit in the dining room or on the terrace, in the shade of palm trees, with a view of the pretty port. Adriatic cuisine, mainly concocted with the catch of the day, local products (southern vegetables, cold meats and cheeses), fresh pasta, homemade ravioli or risotto, all worked with the excellent olive oil of the house. For dessert, a speciality not to be missed: the orange cake, a delight.

A must in Split for carnivores with exceptional meats matured on site. The menu changes every three months, and in winter there are meat dishes, charcuterie platters and local cheese. Vegetarians are entitled to the famous varivo, a complete soup of fresh and dried vegetables. In summer, seafood salads, fish of course, and all year round, good desserts, such as dark chocolate fondant. Nice selection of Croatian wines (excellent wine cellar inside the establishment where you can buy your own bottle).