The best restaurants Bled

Without a doubt the best plan for a smart address near Bled where you can eat quality food without breaking the bank or worrying about parking. Two rooms, two atmospheres, a trendy bar with cocktails and Neapolitan pizzas that make you think you're in Italy, and above all an adjacent restaurant offering lunch menus with a visual worthy of a great table with fresh and local products. The chef is inspired by Slovenian traditions and adds a refreshing Japanese touch, so you can't help but take a picture of the talent on the plate before enjoying your meal.

The restaurant in the former residence of the famous Marshal Tito. The restaurant, with its magnificent garden terrace, offers international culinary specialties with a French and Mediterranean influence, as well as some Slovenian dishes, prepared by chef Goran Selan. His cuisine is light, sophisticated, modern and succulent (using natural ingredients always adapted to the season). A beautiful white table and subdued lighting provide the perfect setting for a romantic moment.

As the name suggests, this is a rustic pizzeria. The pizzas are served on large wooden tables on wide benches. The decor is simple and the pizzas classic. A wide choice of vegetarian pizzas, with nine à la carte options. Burgers and salads are also available. The dining room can accommodate quite a few guests, and the terrace is a pleasant place to soak up the sunshine in summer. The warm atmosphere contrasts with that of Bled's hotels. A friendly, unpretentious little spot.

Located between the castle and the lake, this restaurant offers a beautiful view of the water and the surroundings of Bled. Its name means "restaurant on the castle beach". The menu is well stocked and the service impeccable. As for the dishes, you can try the truffle pasta with minced beef or the salmon filet with sweet potatoes and lime sauce. Don't hesitate to go there at any time of the day to sip one of the many cocktails on the menu, it's the ideal break to stroll around and observe the shades of light on the lake.

This restaurant stands out by the uniqueness of its offer. Here, the menu is unique and seasonal, you don't choose your dishes from the menu but rather the number of dishes that will satisfy your hunger, up to twelve dishes. You have to know how to abandon yourself to the chef's choices, who competes with creativity and unexpected associations with a hazelnut soup, mint ravioli with goat cheese and celery oil or the intriguing beetroot cake combining beet, mascarpone ice cream, lemon and port. A traditional and cheeky address!

A craving for Italy in the middle of a Slovenian road trip? Bingo, Špica makes the best Neapolitan pizzas, a light dough with fresh basil, PDO mozzarella, Lisjak olive oil and even truffle cream. There are also other specialities such as the succulent beef tagliata or a nice plate of ribs and French fries. With this? An incredible selection of beers. The owner is none other than Jani Klemenčič, a retired Slovenian Olympic rowing champion, which explains the many deco references inside.

Here the emphasis is on a wide choice of alternatives to meat. The menu is not particularly exhaustive but offers four different types of burgers and three flavours of buns. There are also various tasty soups, fruit and vegetable juice suggestions, homemade hummus and tempting homemade desserts. In short, gourmet notes thanks to quality raw products. Pleasant service and moderate prices.

The Garden Village Hotel restaurant keeps all its promises. The concept is simple but effective: go from the garden to the plate. The dishes all revolve around the vegetables and fruits of the establishment's vegetable garden. The other ingredients come from recognized local farms. The restaurant looks like a greenhouse and faces the large garden with a swimming pool. Roasted pork chops will be popular at low temperatures for several hours with their honey sauce and aromatic herbs. Quality salads. A real treat.

Bled Castle is visible from almost anywhere, sharing the limelight with the famous island with its emblematic church. What could be more epic and memorable than enjoying an exceptional meal in this historic setting? And, of course, the food here is as good as it gets. The view is breathtaking, but so is the sequence of flavors on the palate! The seasonal menu is regularly renewed with a small selection, a guarantee of freshness and perfect mastery of each plate. Once in a life time, as they say!

A "Wok'n'Roll" experience awaits you in this new establishment with Thai specialties. The ingredients used and the kitchen staff come straight from Asia. A concise menu allows you to choose your wok base and the meat that will accompany it, as well as a vegetable alternative. The portion is copious, the flavours authentic, in a green and exotic setting. The chicken pad thai will be a very good choice accompanied by a homemade iced tea to finish with a mango dessert. The service is just like the welcome in Thailand: benevolent.

This is the gourmet restaurant of the prestigious Grand Hotel Toplice in Bled. Awards are pouring in for chef Simon Bertoncelj. The Michelin Guide and Gault et Millau have been raving about him for several years now. His cuisine is a fusion of French savoir-faire and local Slovenian ingredients. There's no room for simplicity for this perfectionist chef, who likes to challenge himself and multiply flavors and textures to achieve sophisticated results and astonishing combinations. He's even mastered pastry-making, which is rare!

Although the restaurant doesn't overlook the lake, the picturesque interior is perfect for an intimate meal. Chef Knego makes it a point of honor that his guests leave with full bellies and smiles on their faces. His cuisine is rich, gourmet and beautifully portioned. Even the most dissatisfied diners will find something to their liking among the meat pieces, truffle pasta, creamy seafood risottos and rich salads! Plate decoration is of prime importance, with a special touch for even the simplest soup.