Where to eat & Drink in Hvar

Where to Eat

A must have in this area, is the local grilled squid with olive oil, is wonderful! As is the cucumber salad.

Hvar Town

• Restoran Antonio, Burak 3, Zdrilca (island of Zdrilca, rent a boat in Hvar town to get here), ☎ ''+385'' 21741485 (info@antonio-patak.com), web. Great seafood and a good view over the bay 100 Kn.

• The Golden Shell, (With the port behind you and the main square in front of you, head left past the church and the restaurant is a small doorway down an alley on the right.), web. Just off the main square near the main arrival port of Hvar is the Golden Shell, a small restaurant recommended as the best by the locals. The eating area is outdoors under a lovely vine roof, and if you are lucky you may be offered a measure of the home brewed fig brandy. Be careful, it's extremely strong but the locals recommend one a day to keep you healthy. The delicious national dish of Croatia is available, rabbit in fig sauce, and the rabbit and potato with peanut sauce is also highly recommended.

Stari Grad

• Eremitaz. For location, rustic environment and traditional local fare, it is hard to better Ermitaz, located on the water opposite the old town. Its waterfront location and natural setting in pine trees make it a desirable location to while away an afternoon in the company of good food, wine and service. Address: Obala hrvatskih branitelja, Stari Grad. E-mail: jaksa_dulcic@yahoo.com Phone: +385 (0) 915428395

Pakleni Islands

• Tonci, +38521742480 (perinam@yahoo.com), web. Beautiful little restaurant in a garden of fig and mandarin trees. They make their own wine from the vineyards next to the restaurants, the fish they catch in the nearby water. If you order a desert of fresh figs, they will pluck them from the trees around you HRK 100.

Sveta Nedelja

• Tamaris, Put Zogona 4 (Drive to Sveta Njedela park your car next to the marina and walk along the coast), ☎ 00385913210042. 9-23. Is a gem of a restaurant in Sveta Njedela on the Southern coast of Hvar with breath-taking views over the neighbouring islands from the terrace it is offering an unforgettable dining experience. The speciality is fish and meat on traditional grill. Pizza is also available although not always during lunch time. The wine list is short but extremely tempting offering local Zlatan wines including plavac and crljenak in the black (red) section and pošip or bogadnuša in the white as well as wonderful rose. All priced between 90 and 300 HRK per bottle (0.75l). The house wine is also very pleasant. The menu is quite traditional with some rarely served classics such as fish baked in salt (200 HRK for half a kilo) or fish under bell (same price) and fish gregada (380 HRK for 1kg). Also available octopus baked in bread oven and scampi, octopus or tuna carpaccio (70 HRK a piece). 70-200 HRK.

Where to Drink

• Carpe Diem, At the end of the riva (At the end of the riva on the right side), web. It's all big cushions, sofas, hammocks and mood lighting. Drinks leave something to be desired. It's a real shame, because it's the perfect spot to drink cocktails, but they make them with flavoured syrups instead of fresh fruit, and they all taste like bubble-gum.

• Prsuta Tri, (on the narrow street just behind the main square), ☎ 098 9696193 (vimales@inet.hr). Good vine bar, has cheese, olive, and prosciutto

• Teraca, Placa (On the long terrace above the main square). Friendly small bar with an amazing view over the square and harbour 25 kuna beers, drinks for 18 kuna.

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