Gibanica is the Serbian filo-and-cheese pie. Layers of phyllo are folded around a custard of sirene cheese, eggs and yoghurt, baked until the top sheets blister.
Gibanica is the canonical Serbian breakfast and Slava feast pie. The Pirot region of southern Serbia claims the original recipe, with documentation in 19th-century Serbian cookbooks. Belgrade kafane have served the cheese version (sa sirom) since the 19th century; the Skadarlija bohemian quarter rooms (Tri Šešira, Dva Jelena) standardised the modern breakfast format. Variations include gibanica sa spanaćem (spinach), sa mesom (meat) and sa pečurkama (mushroom). The Slava feast (the family saint's day, every Serbian Orthodox family's largest annual celebration) is incomplete without a freshly baked gibanica at the centre.
4 editor picks for Gibanica in Belgrade, ranked by editorial score. All Belgrade signature dishes · Gibanica across every city.
Pekara Trpkovic Slavija ★ 4.7
vracar · Nemanjina 32, 11000 Belgrade
Pekara Trpkovic has baked Belgrade burek for over a century. The Slavija counter on Nemanjina draws queues into the rain, ranked top burek in 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.
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.
Stara Hercegovina ★ 4.3
stari-grad · Carigradska 36, 11000 Belgrade
Stara Hercegovina has hosted Belgrade artists and politicians from a Carigradska room. Herceg lamb, halls named for Herzegovinian regions, garden.