The best seafood restaurants Zadar

Just at the entrance to the town through the gate to the mainland, the restaurant's terrace has a breathtaking panoramic view of the channelled Zadar (Foša) inlet and the bay. Romantic setting for one of the city's most famous fish restaurants. It is therefore essential, as you can imagine, to book in high season. Its menu, a mix of traditional and modern Adriatic cuisine, features grilled regional fish, southern recipes with olive oil... Tasty and healthy.

Located on the Lungomare, near the Borik marina for about fifty years, the restaurant of the Hotel Niko remains one of the best rated in Zadar. The dining room has kept its bourgeois furniture, the grand piano and the antique mirror. The large aquarium, a lobster tank, also gives it a certain cachet. Appreciated for its careful fisherman's cooking, the family house has everything of the hotel tradition. It offers classic, comfortable rooms (air-conditioning, free Wifi, minibar), some with a balcony and a panoramic view of the sea and the historic city.

On the seafront promenade, sheltered by pine trees, the restaurant's terrace overlooks the marina. In this pleasant seaside setting, especially in the evening at sunset, southern dishes and fish products take pride of place. A short, well-balanced menu featuring carefully prepared seafood dishes, grilled fish or meat, accompanied by French fries or the traditional blitva (mashed potatoes/green beans in olive oil), as well as seafood risotto, pizzas, fresh pasta or homemade lasagne.

A family-run restaurant on the long avenue leading to the Borik seaside district. Fisherman and chef Drago Olić-Roko, the owner, gave his name to the place, and it's he who chooses the fish and seafood served here. For example, octopus salad, platters of grilled shellfish or whole fish, squid ink risotto or spaghetti with lobster, the house specialty. Grilled meat dishes are also excellent, as are pizzas and bruschettas. On the premises or to take away. Nice terrace and friendly staff.