Crni rizot is the Dalmatian squid-ink risotto: short-grain rice cooked with squid and cuttlefish ink, garlic, white wine and olive oil, finished with parsley.
Crni rizot likely arrived in Dalmatia with Venetian rule; the technique of cooking rice with cephalopod ink spread north along the Adriatic from Veneto. Today every Split konoba runs a version, with the standard set by Konoba Matejuska's wood-fired interpretation and the K.uzina kitchen's more contemporary tasting-plate form.
4 editor picks for Crni Rizot (Black Risotto) in Split, ranked by editorial score. All Split signature dishes · Crni Rizot (Black Risotto) across every city.
K.uzina ★ 4.6
diocletians-palace · Kraj Svete Marije 1, 21000 Split, Croatia
K.uzina in Split is chef Toni Boban's Bib Gourmand room on Kraj Sv. Marije, cooking creative Dalmatian small plates behind the Ribarnica fish market.
Konoba Matejuska ★ 4.5
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.
Villa Spiza ★ 4.5
diocletians-palace · Ulica Petra Kruzica 3, 21000 Split, Croatia
Villa Spiza in Split's Diocletian's Palace runs a handwritten daily board sourced from the morning Pazar, with around 14 cult-followed counter seats.
Apetit ★ 4.3
diocletians-palace · Ul. Pavla Subica 2, 21000 Split, Croatia
Apetit in Split's Old Town sits on the upper floor of a 15th-century palazzo between the Riva and Pjaca, cooking Dalmatian classics under stone vaulting.