The best restaurants Pula

This fast-food restaurant in Pula offers a good range of hot dishes, full salads, sandwiches, including vegetarian ones. The snack's specialty is the famous falafel wrap, without egg or tahina sauce. The cooks offer different toppings (corn, tomato, lettuce, onion, hummus) to suit your taste. For those who like massive ham and cheeseburgers, kebabs or kebabs (with or without meat), they can be accompanied by French fries and salad. Perfect for a meal on the go to be enjoyed on the steps near the arena. Delivery possible.

This restaurant, a little distant from the center, is not a tourist trap. We come here for local dishes, such as gnocchis with grilled vegetables, polenta to olives, pasta in sauce, tomato or truffle, pork meats and country cheeses, fisherman's kitchen (fish sold by weight), seafood platters, frills and marinades, pizzas. Everything is served in carefully prepared plates accompanied by the wine of the house. If there is room on the terrace, you will be entitled to sunset on roofs.

Close to the amphitheater, a good address with a terrace where a relaxed atmosphere reigns. Nearly thirty pizzas with a choice of toppings and even gluten-free. The prices are reasonable. The trattoria also offers various dishes, southern salads, fresh pasta, gnocchi, vegetables, grilled meat and fish, seafood fried or in sauce and pancakes for dessert... For the breakfast brunch, four formulas to choose from (Croatian, Istrian, English or Vegan). Remember to make reservations because the place is popular.

Not exactly in the center, but it is worth the trip! We come from far for this small fast-food held by a young and sympathetic team. We start with a detox smoothie with spinach, parsley, apple and ginger. Then come the huge and excellent hamburgers, the burger plate, fries or potatoes with lettuce, the complete vegan salad (rice-maize, olives, arugula), the tuna toasts, the paninis with local prosciutto, with pesto, with sheep cheese or with marinated chicken honey soya. Fast service and good music. On the spot or to take away.

A large white villa with a beautiful colonnade on the facade offers a warm interior, opening onto a terrace overlooking the sea and the children's area. This grill restaurant offers a simple and copious cuisine, anchovy or sardine marinades as a starter, fresh seafood pasta, a plate of Istrian sausages and cheeses, grilled fish, various meats, skewers, sausages ćevapčići, breaded poultry. Hot dishes accompanied by chips or grilled vegetables. Better make a reservation!

Since 1937, locals have been recommending this institution even in winter, when many restaurants are closed. The terrace overlooks a square, but you can sit inside in one of the rooms with a traditional bistro atmosphere. All day long: coffee bar, cocktails, ice cream. For lunch or dinner, a varied menu: Italian cuisine, fisherman's plate or local recipes. For example: tasty dishes with generous slices of white truffles. Fast service and a well-trained team at the reception, even at a late hour

A local tavern with a small bar-grill, for those who like the burek atmosphere on the go, i.e. the local morning sandwich, cevapcici sausages (Bosnian recipe with herbs), grilled meat with French fries or blitva (crushed chard, potatoes) and a beer or prošuto/cheese with a glass of wine, all in a good atmosphere, in front of a soccer match or while listening to music The Taj is a little bit off the tourist circuit, so no touts! It's an opportunity to meet the locals.

In a former Habsburg-style villa, just a stone's throw from the market, a renowned restaurant in Pula. Chic bistro atmosphere with live music and good regional cuisine. Service in the morning, local cheese/cheese antipasti, vegetable soup, squid salad with fuzi (Istrian pasta), gnocchi with white truffle sauce, ravioli stuffed with smoked ham and white/cheese sauce, vegan dishes. Excellent Istrian wine list. Reservations recommended! In winter, the Kantina is closed, and the establishment refocuses on its café lounge.

It's not easy to find a good restaurant in Pula's most touristic street! Here, the terrace is already an asset. Bordered by a park, it offers the pleasure of dining with an unobstructed view of Mediterranean greenery. On the plate, typical southern cuisine: charcuterie/cheese platter, rocket/olive salad, pizzas, fried calamari, grilled meats or ćevapčići, fish (excellent semi-cooked tuna) or southern vegetables, squid ink risotto, pasta in sauce. Regional wines by the glass.

If you're looking for an authentic restaurant where you can meet the locals, go to Fish Food More. The locals come here because they appreciate quality, inexpensive fisherman's cooking. It's all the more enjoyable to get a glimpse of Croatian life. The menu offers a choice of grilled fish platters, accompanied by rocket salad or mashed potatoes and green shoots(blitva), seafood, shellfish pasta and home-made marinated sardines. For a cuisine that focuses almost exclusively on the sea.

Opened in 2023 in a classic building on the corner of Flanatička and Sergijevaca streets, the restaurant has placed its tables at the foot of the Arch of Sergius, in an elegant dining room or on the balcony with a breathtaking view of the ancient monument. On the menu: an "Istrian street food & wine bar" formula, with wine by the glass, charcuterie/cheese bruschetta, hamburger-fries and pastries all day long. More elaborate options include fresh pasta with white sauce and truffle shavings, or tuna steak with sesame seeds on a bed of green rocket salad.

A restaurant on the road to the campsites and bathing areas in Stoja. Gina, that's the name of the chief who's been here for 60 years. Built in 1867 facing the bay, the establishment is reminiscent of an elegant konoba (tavern). In the kitchen, mainly seafood, seafood platters, grilled meats, gnocchi and fresh pasta in sauce, risotto. It is both traditional and modern... Speciality of the house, the lavender ice cream topped with jam. The bread is made on the premises and the cellar is well stocked with local wines.

This restaurant is a little hidden. When you enter it, you will be fascinated by the atmosphere: The rooms have style, there is a nice cellar with a vinothek, the frame is pleasant, the table well and the service is perfect and the delicious dishes. The vinothek offers 700 different Croatian wines.

A true pearl of the Adriatic, it is a romantic restaurant offering Istrie Mediterranean cuisine and a high local level. The wine cellar houses bottles from all over the world, but also the best bottles of local producers. Without surprises, the best French champagnes have a beautiful place like Cuban cigars.