The best restaurants Korčula

On the sea promenade, this family restaurant has a terrace with a panoramic view of the strait that separates us from Pelješac and the islets of the archipelago. The semi-gastronomic restaurant offers a small appetizer to give us time to choose from the menu of contemporary Dalmatian cuisine: local fish, grilled lamb, squid ink risotto, fresh pasta al dente, tuna steak ... A romantic place at sunset, if you are at a table near the ramparts. Reservation required.

The LD Restaurant is located within the Lešić Dimitri Palace in Korčula's old town. The menu offered at this 1-Michelin-star establishment is designed according to the ingredients available during the season. You'll find old Dalmatian recipes revisited by the chef, such as komiška pogača (typical fougasse from the island of Vis). Enjoy lunch al fresco on the terrace, overlooking the Pelješac canal and the Korčula archipelago. The restaurant also has two rooms that can be reserved for private dinners.

Only the terrace on the small square is pleasant. Mediterranean cuisine.

A small, unpretentious restaurant just outside the town and next to the marina. It's one of the cheapest in the city. Also serves pizzas.

This is the small fast-food restaurant located near the ferry pier in Dominče. A kiosk with a few tables in the shade is taken over by passengers waiting for the ferry (cars park right in front of the fast-food restaurant). The choice is not very wide: sandwiches, hamburgers, French fries, beer, wine, coffee... If you've arrived very early (and you should), this address can be particularly useful. You can also order takeaways and eat them on the benches nearby.

An inventive cuisine for this small restaurant, with wooden tables installed in an alley just before the cathedral. The menu features charcuterie/cheese planchas, meat dishes, grilled calamari and fish, brochettes, seafood and fresh pasta. Original touches like this shark steak with potatoes en papillote or this chicken curry with peaches. The steak house also offers vegetarian dishes and good desserts. Smiling service, intimate and friendly atmosphere.

Close to the Korčula Hotel, with the immediate vicinity of the Kanavelić Tower, this elegant establishment has a beautiful Renaissance terrace. In the kitchen, fish is prepared in the coastal tradition. It is sold by weight, usually grilled, accompanied by southern vegetables. Other traditional recipes include squid risotto with squid ink, octopus salad, lobster in buzara (made with white wine and olive oil), with spaghetti, all served neatly and accompanied by local white wine.

When you enter through the main gate of the historic city, take the second street on the left to find the tavern, between the ramparts and the old facades. Its terrace is a pleasant setting to enjoy a romantic lunch or dinner. The menu offers appetizers and antipasti (grilled vegetables, tapenades, olives, cheeses and smoked ham, marinated sardines...) but also fresh pasta, fish, vegetarian dishes, good desserts, all of which are served with regional wines. Reservations are recommended in summer.

At aperitif time, this wine bar and restaurant serves its customers in the alley on small wooden tables. You can order trays, plates, bowls or sandwiches for a fresh and colorful assortment of Dalmatian tapas. For example, fried and foamed fish, seafood or marinated anchovies, cheese and cold cuts with arugula and olives, all accompanied by a white or red wine of the region, served by the glass or bottle. Also grilled meats, pasta and good desserts.

Located just past the marina on the street leading to Lumbarda, the elegant Korsal Hotel restaurant overlooks the Adriatic Sea from the hotel's terrace areas. The fresh cuisine (fish, meat, traditional island dishes...) is complemented by state-of-the-art service. The tables are set outside facing the sea, but there is also the possibility of dining inside in the old wine cellar. The selection of reds and whites from the island is quite remarkable. To taste, the bar à la Korsal.

Konoba Nonno, known for its Žrnovo macaroni (a traditional dish from the namesake village on the island of Korčula), moved in the summer of 2016 to Petar Kanavelić Promenade, along the city walls. A victim of its success, the quality sometimes suffers and the prices remain very high, no doubt due to this new location facing the sea. If you have the opportunity to drop by at the beginning or end of the season, when it is more breathable in this part of the city, let yourself be tempted by the fish dishes, not to mention the traditional pasta.