Cevapi are grilled finger-shaped minced beef-lamb skewers, the Serbian Balkan icon. Served in a half-lepinja bread with raw onion, kajmak cream cheese and ajvar relish.
Cevapi reach Belgrade through Ottoman lineage, then sharpen into the Sarajevski style of the 19th-20th century Yugoslavia and travel as economic-migration cuisine across the Balkans. The Sarajevski cut (smaller, denser, beef-lamb without seasoning visible) is the canonical form on Belgrade grills; Walter Sarajevski cevap has been the Belgrade benchmark for decades.
4 editor picks for Cevapi in Belgrade, ranked by editorial score. All Belgrade signature dishes · Cevapi across every city.
Tri Sesira ★ 4.6
stari-grad · Skadarska 29, 11000 Belgrade
Tri Sesira (Three Hats) opened on Skadarska in 1864 in a building whose previous workshop had three pleated hats for trademark. Skadarlija anchor.
Walter Sarajevski Cevap Bulevar Mihajla Pupina ★ 4.4
novi-beograd · Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 4, 11070 Novi Beograd, Belgrade
Walter Sarajevski Cevap on Bulevar Mihajla Pupina anchors Novi Beograd's Sarajevski cevapi chain. Grilled minced beef-lamb, lepinja bread, kajmak side.
Manufaktura ★ 4.4
stari-grad · Kralja Petra 13-15, 11000 Belgrade
Manufaktura plates traditional Serbian on Kralja Petra near Knez Mihailova. Mangalica meats, regional cheeses, cherry iced tea and garden seating.
Walter Sarajevski Cevap Vojislava Ilica ★ 4.3
vracar · Vojislava Ilica 141, 11000 Belgrade
Walter Sarajevski Cevap on Vojislava Ilica is the eastern Belgrade location for Sarajevski cevapi. Same grill standard, lepinja and kajmak service.