Cakum Pakum is an italian restaurant in Centar, Sarajevo.
Cakum Pakum on Kaptol is Sarajevo's vintage trattoria-coded room with hand-cut pasta, sweet and savoury crepes and a long brunch run for Centar lunch.
Signature dishes: Crepes, Hand-cut pasta, Salads
Must order: Truffle pasta and a Nutella crepe.
Tip: Closed Sundays; lunch is the busy seating and the patio fills fast.
Address: Kaptol 10, 71000 Sarajevo
Avlija is the Sarajevo courtyard institution off Mehmeda Spahe with a vine-shaded garden and roast lamb under sac that locals book for occasions.
Signature: Roast lamb under sac, Pljeskavica, Bosnian platters
Order: Roast lamb under sac with potatoes.
Tip: Book the courtyard for warm-weather dinners; closed Sundays.
Barhana on a Djulagina dead-end is the Sarajevo Bascarsija mehana with the longest rakija shelf and a courtyard for warm evenings and dining.
Signature: Homemade rakija, Pasta, Pizza
Order: Quince dunja rakija and pasta with kajmak.
Tip: Order a rakija flight to start; the herbal travarica and quince dunja are the house pours.
Avlija is the Sarajevo courtyard institution off Mehmeda Spahe with a vine-shaded garden and roast lamb under sac that locals book for occasions.
Signature: Roast lamb under sac, Pljeskavica, Bosnian platters
Order: Roast lamb under sac with potatoes.
Tip: Book the courtyard for warm-weather dinners; closed Sundays.
Inat Kuca in Kovaci is the Sarajevo Spite House, an Ottoman house moved across the Miljacka in 1895 and now a Bosnian restaurant for sahan and lonac.
Signature: Sarajevski sahan, Bosanski lonac, Cevapi
Order: Sarajevski sahan with bosanski lonac.
Tip: Reserve for dinner on the riverside terrace; cash is the practical move.
Dveri off Saraci in Bascarsija is Sarajevo's family-run Bosnian institution behind a wood-shuttered facade with a flowered courtyard and hearty lonac.
Signature: Bosanski lonac, Klepe, Grilled lamb
Order: Bosanski lonac and klepe with garlic-yogurt sauce.
Tip: Reservations are essential at Dveri; cash only and the rear courtyard tables are the ones to ask for in summer.
Pivnica HS in Sarajevo is the Sarajevska Pivara taproom on Franjevacka, the only room pouring the brewery's unfiltered draught and a wide grill menu.
Signature: Mixed grill platters, Sarajevsko Pivo, Roast pork
Order: Mixed grill platter with the unfiltered Sarajevsko draught.
Tip: Visit the brewery museum on the same ticket; the unfiltered light is the pour.
Cevabdzinica Zeljo on Kundurdziluk is one of Sarajevo's three anchor cevapi rooms, beef-only sausages grilled over coals and served in somun.
Signature: Cevapi, Pljeskavica, Kajmak
Order: Desetka (10 cevapi) with kajmak and a kefir.
Tip: All three Zeljo branches in Bascarsija are cash only and the queue moves fast at lunch.
