Filo pastry coiled around savoury cheese, meat, spinach, or apple, baked in a round tin and cut into wedges. Sold by weight at Olimpija and Nobel from morning to past midnight; the most consumed Slovenian late-night food.
Burek arrived in Slovenia from Bosnia and the Ottoman Balkans, and after Yugoslav-era migration to Ljubljana from the 1960s onward became a defining Ljubljana street food. Olimpija on Miklosiceva and Nobel near the train station have served burek 24 hours since the 1990s, with the apple version (jabolcni) a Slovenian-specific touch.
4 editor picks for Burek in Ljubljana, ranked by editorial score. All Ljubljana signature dishes · Burek across every city.
Ljubljana Central Market ★ 4.7
vodnikov-trg · Vodnikov trg 1, 1000 Ljubljana
The main Ljubljana market, designed by Joze Plecnik between 1931 and 1944. Outdoor stalls on Vodnikov trg and Pogacarjev trg, plus the riverside covered.
Pekarna Osem ★ 4.3
stari-grad · Stari trg 19, 1000 Ljubljana
Pekarna Osem on Stari trg pairs its sourdough bakery with a small cafe counter where Andrej Gerzelj has been baking since 2013. A TableJourney editor pick.
Olimpija Burek ★ 3.8
center · Presernov trg 1, 1000 Ljubljana
Olimpija's late-night burek window near the Triple Bridge runs a phyllo-and-filling rotation of meat, cheese and spinach burek 18 hours a day.
Nobel Burek ★ 3.7
center · Miklosiceva cesta 30, 1000 Ljubljana
Nobel runs the city's classic 24-hour burek window opposite Triple Bridge, a fixture for after-club hunger since the 1990s. A TableJourney editor pick.