15 casual dining worth the trip across Croatia, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Croatia guides.
Konoba Fetivi ★ 4.6 · Split
veli-varos · Tomica Stine 4, 21000 Split, Croatia
Konoba Fetivi in Split's Veli Varos is the Bib Gourmand family konoba on Tomica Stine, cooking grilled Adriatic fish and pasticada to a daily Pazar buy.
Tip: Tue-Sun 15:00 to 23:30, closed Mondays; book ahead for the early dinner sitting and the best whole fish go by 21:00.
Konoba Matejuska ★ 4.5 · Split
veli-varos · Tomica Stine 3, 21000 Split, Croatia
Konoba Matejuska in Split's Veli Varos is a family-run room in a 19th-century UNESCO stone house, cooking the day's market catch over a wood fire.
Tip: Cash preferred; the small terrace fills early in summer, so go for a 19:30 dinner or a late 21:30 sitting.
Villa Spiza ★ 4.5 · Split
diocletians-palace · Ulica Petra Kruzica 3, 21000 Split, Croatia
Villa Spiza in Split's Diocletian Palace runs a handwritten daily board sourced from the morning Pazar, with around 14 cult-followed counter seats.
Tip: Walk-in only at 13:00 for the first sitting; the board changes daily and the small room rotates fast on the second turn.
Konoba Hvaranin ★ 4.5 · Split
veli-varos · Ban Mladenova 9, 21000 Split, Croatia
Konoba Hvaranin on Ban Mladenova in Split's Veli Varos is a tight family-run room with the city's writers and journalists at the small tables.
Tip: Mon-Sat 15:00 to 23:00, closed Sundays; seating is limited, book the dinner sitting.
Pizzeria Galija ★ 4.4 · Split
diocletians-palace · Toncieva ul. 12, 21000 Split, Croatia
Pizzeria Galija on Toncieva in Split is the city's oldest pizzeria, opened in 1980, still pulling pizzas off a wood-fired oven that has not gone cold since.
Tip: Open daily 10:00 to 24:00; queue at the door for a table from 19:30 in summer.
Bokeria Kitchen & Wine ★ 4.4 · Split
diocletians-palace · Domaldova ul. 8, 21000 Split, Croatia
Bokeria Kitchen & Wine in Split's Old Town is a tall-ceiling stone room cooking modern Mediterranean dishes from a wood-burning grill into the night.
Tip: Late-evening sitting works; the dining room shifts into a wine bar mood after 22:00, with bottle-cellar pours kept until 01:00.
Sperun Eat and Drink ★ 4.3 · Split
veli-varos · Sperun ul. 3, 21000 Split, Croatia
Sperun Eat and Drink just below Veli Varos in Split is a small-terrace konoba pouring local wine and grilling Adriatic fish daily, kept open through midnight.
Tip: Closed Mondays; book ahead for the terrace in July and August or arrive at 19:00 for a walk-up table.
Konoba Korta ★ 4.3 · Split
diocletians-palace · Poljana Grgura Ninskog 3, 21000 Split, Croatia
Konoba Korta sits on a small Split palace courtyard in front of the Church of St Philip Neri, serving Dalmatian seafood and meats under ancient stone walls.
Tip: Open daily through midnight; the cloistered courtyard tables are the ones to book in summer and shoulder season.
Brasserie on 7 ★ 4.3 · Split
diocletians-palace · Obala Hrvatskog narodnog preporoda 7, 21000 Split, Croatia
Brasserie on 7 on Split's Riva is an all-day Mediterranean kitchen with French-Croatian dishes, from breakfast platters through to grilled fish at midnight.
Tip: Daily 08:00 to 23:00; the Riva terrace is best at sunset, when the kitchen pivots from brunch to grill.
Uje Oil Bar ★ 4.3 · Split
diocletians-palace · Dominisova ulica 3, 21000 Split, Croatia
Uje Oil Bar inside Split's Diocletian Palace is the city's Dalmatian small-plates room, built on olive oil tastings, paski sir and Dalmatian prsut.
Tip: Order the olive oil tasting flight as a starter; the kitchen will pair it with the cured-meat and aged paski sir board.
Konoba Gregolevante ★ 4.3 · Split
diocletians-palace · Bosanska ul. 2, 21000 Split, Croatia
Konoba Gregolevante on Bosanska in Split's Old Town is a small cave-like room tucked into a quiet alley, cooking seafood from the morning Ribarnica buy.
Tip: Cash is the safe bet; the room is intimate so book ahead for the dinner sitting in summer.
Konoba Varos ★ 4.2 · Split
veli-varos · Ban Mladenova 9, 21000 Split, Croatia
Konoba Varos in Split's old fishermen quarter of Veli Varos serves classic Dalmatian comfort cooking, in a stone-walled room behind the Church of St Francis.
Tip: Open 09:00 to 24:00; weekday lunch is calmer than the August evening crush, and the seafood platters are sized for two.
Konoba Marjan ★ 4.2 · Split
veli-varos · Senjska ul. 1, 21000 Split, Croatia
Konoba Marjan at the foot of the Marjan trail in Split serves classic Dalmatian dishes from a tiny kitchen in a centuries-old Veli Varos stone house.
Tip: Cash and card both accepted; small terrace, book ahead in peak season.
Trattoria Tinel ★ 4.2 · Split
veli-varos · Tomica Stine 1, 21000 Split, Croatia
Trattoria Tinel in Split's Veli Varos is an Italian-leaning Dalmatian trattoria 30 metres from the Riva on Tomica Stine, open daily 08:00 to midnight.
Tip: Best for late lunch from 14:00 when the room calms after the Riva crowd; the by-the-glass list runs Croatian-only.
Bajamonti ★ 4.2 · Split
marmontova · Trg Republike 1, 21000 Split, Croatia
Bajamonti on Split's Prokurative square is an arcaded all-day kitchen that runs a steakhouse, a wood-fired pizzeria and a seaside fish house under one roof.
Tip: Open 07:30 to midnight; the steakhouse menu is dry-aged Croatian beef, and the pizza ovens lit through service from 12:00.