Loo-Blah-Nah Brewery is a british gastropub restaurant in Siska, Ljubljana.
Editorially verified May 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: The original brewery is in a residential-industrial pocket of Siska well outside the tourist centre. Worth a tram for 10 own beers on tap.
Tip: Take the tram and order a tasting flight before committing to a pint of the Loo-Blah-Nah IPA.
Address: Cesta 24. junija 25, 1231 Ljubljana
Gostilna Trnovski Pristan in Ljubljana: slovenian room. Hidden by the riverside park in Trnovo, named after the historic Ljubljanica dock. Most visitors.
Why locals love it: Hidden by the riverside park in Trnovo, named after the historic Ljubljanica dock. Most visitors stay on the centre side of the river and miss it.
Tip: Reserve a riverside terrace table in summer. Order the Krskopolje pork, the only protected indigenous Slovenian breed.
Druga Violina is a social-enterprise gostilna on stari trg employing adults with special needs. tourists pass it for the obvious tourist gostilne nearby.
Why locals love it: A social-enterprise gostilna on Stari trg employing adults with special needs. Tourists pass it for the obvious tourist gostilne nearby.
Tip: Lunch menus from 6 to 8 euros and the courtyard garden in summer beats every paid riverside terrace.
Tozd is cankarjeva's natural wine cafe relocated in 2023 from gallusovo nabrezje, the locals' room where slovenia's wine trade actually drinks.
Why locals love it: Cankarjeva's natural wine cafe relocated in 2023 from Gallusovo nabrezje, the locals' room where Slovenia's wine trade actually drinks.
Tip: Order the cold brew even if you're there for wine.
Ribca in Ljubljana sits in the basement of Plecniks riverside colonnade, the city fish counter pulling daily catch off the central market upstairs.
Why locals love it: Hidden in the basement of Plecnik's colonnade where most tourists never look down. The city's freshest seafood comes straight from the fish market upstairs.
Tip: Closed Sundays in the cold months. Order whatever the chalkboard says is daily catch.
Cafe Cokl is the small krekov trg cafe at the castle funicular base is overshadowed by stow's brand. tine cokl has been roasting and pouring here since 2012.
Why locals love it: The small Krekov trg cafe at the castle funicular base is overshadowed by Stow's brand. Tine Cokl has been roasting and pouring here since 2012.
Tip: Tine often pours behind the bar himself in the morning. Ask about the latest origin rotation.
Radha Govinda in Ljubljana: vegetarian room. A quiet vegetarian self-service room east of the centre, run by the Hare Krishna community. Locals.
Why locals love it: A quiet vegetarian self-service room east of the centre, run by the Hare Krishna community. Locals and students fill it before tourists ever find it.
Tip: Pay by weight, 1.90 euros per 100 grams. The chefs save leftover food at close for people in need, so take what you will eat.
