The best restaurants Split

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.

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.

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).

With its terrace and bay windows directly overlooking the beach, this establishment plays the chic bistronomy card! Elegant interior, retro-futuristic decor, well-spaced tables where you can eat all year round. On the menu: Mexican salad, avocado, corn, charcuterie and local cheese platter with a selection of regional wines and carefully prepared plates for grilled meats (tuna or beef), seared to perfection with fries or southern vegetables, steaks in sauce, hearty burgers and delicious desserts.

An inspired restaurant that combines fresh Croatian ingredients (land and sea) with Asian cuisine. To be discovered in one of the most beautiful courtyards of the Diocletian Palace. The terrace plunges us into a retro cinematographic atmosphere with old posters. Inside, the decoration takes up the 7th art atmosphere thanks to many objects recovered from the old cinema of the city. A beautiful address for very convincing menus with exotic/adriatic flavours.

On the same street as the famous Tradicija house, this other bakery stands comparison. Its cakes and pizzas are tasty. Try, for example, the fine calzone with spinach, the pizza or the local burek with fresh cheese or its meat buns. You can also choose these round buns with crunchy black sesame seeds to make your own sandwiches. Good option for hiking. Takeaway only

A small intimate restaurant in a pedestrian alley in Split. Sitting at the bar or on small tables, you can enjoy the good Dalmatian cuisine skilfully concocted by the attentive chef, consisting of local charcuterie, meat or fish, shellfish, stew, pea soup. A beautiful variety that should satisfy all the guests. Villa Spiza is an authentic address, appreciated by the locals, with a good atmosphere, very much in demand and a quality service, with the smile of the waiters as a bonus. But there are only a few tables, first come, first served!

Far from the hustle and bustle of the historic city east of Split, the Dvor is primarily appreciated for its setting. With the sea view from the shaded terrace, the shaded terrace offers a pleasant moment in an elegant seaside atmosphere. At the table, we mainly serve fish dishes: white fish tartar, grilled red tuna steak, black risotto with seafood, octopus cooked over a wood fire. The wine list is varied to accompany your dishes. To finish the meal, good desserts too. Quality service and warm atmosphere.

In a hidden alleyway, the tables of this konoba are set in front of large historical windows, opened for the emperor himself, in the surrounding wall. One comes here for this exceptional setting, to feel like Diocletian at his window watching the harbor. For more than forty years, the tavern has been serving traditional Croatian cuisine (seafood, grilled fish and meat, southern vegetables) or aperitif antipasti plates. If you are lucky, you will be able to sit at one of these mythical tables for food and drink only.