Zinfandel Food & Wine on Maruliceva in Split is the city's wine-led bistro, pouring 100-plus Croatian bottles and 30 by the glass between Pjaca and Vocni Trg.
Must order: Korcula Posip with the slow-cooked octopus plate.
Food program: Mediterranean small plates
Tip: The courtyard tables are the right seats; live music nightly in summer.
Address: Maruliceva ul. 2, 21000 Split, Croatia
Bokeria's wine room in Split shifts the Old Town restaurant into a wine-bar mood after 22:00, pouring Plavac mali and Posip by the glass into the early hours.
Signature drink: Plavac mali by the glass
Food: Cured meats and small plates from the grill
Order: Postup Plavac mali by the glass with the cured-meat board.
Tip: Sit at the cellar end of the dining room; the by-the-bottle list runs to around 200 Croatian labels.
Marvlvs Library Jazz Bar on Papaliceva in Split is the city's after-dinner jazz room, tucked inside Diocletian Palace with low light and short cocktail menus.
Signature drink: Old Fashioned with rakija accent
Food: Snacks
Order: Old Fashioned with the house Croatian whiskey.
Tip: Sit in the back room for the music; the front bar is the after-dinner queue for a drink before the late sitting.
Diocletian's Wine House on Julija Nepota in Split's Old Town hides in the back lanes of the Roman palace, with one of the city's most selective Croatian wine lists.
Signature drink: Plavac mali by the glass
Food: Paski sir and prsut boards with home-baked bread
Order: Plavac mali by the glass with the paski sir and prsut board.
Tip: The room is small and rustic; book ahead for the dinner sitting or arrive at 18:00 when the kitchen opens for the evening service.
Leopold's Delicatessen Bar on Poljana Tina Ujevica in Split is the pioneering craft-beer bar in the Old Town, with the city's deepest Croatian draught list.
Signature drink: Croatian craft IPA flight
Food: Charcuterie boards
Order: Tasting flight of Croatian-only craft draughts.
Tip: Order the half-pour flight; the bar fills early in summer and the small terrace is hard to land after 21:00.
Bokeria's wine room in Split shifts the Old Town restaurant into a wine-bar mood after 22:00, pouring Plavac mali and Posip by the glass into the early hours.
Signature drink: Plavac mali by the glass
Food: Cured meats and small plates from the grill
Order: Postup Plavac mali by the glass with the cured-meat board.
Tip: Sit at the cellar end of the dining room; the by-the-bottle list runs to around 200 Croatian labels.
Marvlvs Library Jazz Bar on Papaliceva in Split is the city's after-dinner jazz room, tucked inside Diocletian Palace with low light and short cocktail menus.
Signature drink: Old Fashioned with rakija accent
Food: Snacks
Order: Old Fashioned with the house Croatian whiskey.
Tip: Sit in the back room for the music; the front bar is the after-dinner queue for a drink before the late sitting.
Diocletian's Wine House on Julija Nepota in Split's Old Town hides in the back lanes of the Roman palace, with one of the city's most selective Croatian wine lists.
Signature drink: Plavac mali by the glass
Food: Paski sir and prsut boards with home-baked bread
Order: Plavac mali by the glass with the paski sir and prsut board.
Tip: The room is small and rustic; book ahead for the dinner sitting or arrive at 18:00 when the kitchen opens for the evening service.
Leopold's Delicatessen Bar on Poljana Tina Ujevica in Split is the pioneering craft-beer bar in the Old Town, with the city's deepest Croatian draught list.
Signature drink: Croatian craft IPA flight
Food: Charcuterie boards
Order: Tasting flight of Croatian-only craft draughts.
Tip: Order the half-pour flight; the bar fills early in summer and the small terrace is hard to land after 21:00.
