Jota is a sauerkraut, bean and potato stew from the Karst region in western Slovenia, often finished with pork or smoked ham. A TableJourney editor pick.
Jota crosses the Slovenian-Italian Karst border and is found in both Friulian and Slovenian Istrian cuisine. The Slovenian version leans on the slow-cooked combination of fermented cabbage (sauerkraut), borlotti beans, potato and a smoked pork hock. It is the canonical winter peasant stew of the Karst plateau.
3 editor picks for Jota in Ljubljana, ranked by editorial score. All Ljubljana signature dishes · Jota across every city.
Vodnikov Hram ★ 4.2
vodnikov-trg · Vodnikov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana
Vodnikov Hram on the market square has a kitchen that has continuously served Slovenian classics since the 19th century, with grilled meats.
Gostilna Sestica ★ 4.2
center · Slovenska cesta 40, 1000 Ljubljana
Sestica has been a Ljubljana inn since 1776, the city's oldest restaurant, plating Slovenian classics, game and house-made pasta from the menu.
Gostilna Sokol ★ 4.1
stari-grad · Ciril-Metodov trg 18, 1000 Ljubljana
Sokol opened in 1870 in an old bourgeois house steps from the Town Hall. The kitchen sticks to indigenous Slovenian cooking, kranjska klobasa.