EK Bistro ★ 4.4
EK Bistro is Ljubljana's anchor for all-day brunch with house brioche and English muffins baked every morning, plus a short lunch list. A TableJourney pick.
Vodnikov Hram works as a casual lunch counter on weekdays before the dining room fills, with jota, kranjska klobasa and the daily roast on the menu.
Address: Vodnikov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana
EK Bistro is Ljubljana's anchor for all-day brunch with house brioche and English muffins baked every morning, plus a short lunch list. A TableJourney pick.
Compa is a small Trubarjeva meat-lovers' bistro known for cuts cooked over wood and a chalkboard of Slovenian wines. A TableJourney editor pick.
Sokol opened in 1870 next to the Town Hall and keeps a casual gostilna kitchen of sour cabbage, kranjska klobasa and mushroom soup in a bread cup.
The Lectar family opened a smaller Ljubljana inn on Stari trg in 2025 to bring the Radovljica zganci-and-gingerbread kitchen to the capital.
Sestica has been an inn on Slovenska cesta since 1776. The casual side runs game stews and homemade pasta in a less formal register than the dining room.
The riverside Slovenska hisa works as a daytime stop for traditional breakfasts, struklji and Slovenian cheese platters with river views. A TableJourney pick.