Spajza ★ 4.4
Spajza on Gornji trg below the castle is one of Ljubljana's longer-running fine bistros, plating aged steaks and seafood in wood-and-vintage rooms.
Signature: Aged steak, Seafood pasta, Karst pršut
Sokol opened in 1870 in an old bourgeois house steps from the Town Hall. The kitchen sticks to indigenous Slovenian cooking, kranjska klobasa.
Signature dishes: Carniolan sausage with sauerkraut, Mushroom soup in a bread cup, Game
Address: Ciril-Metodov trg 18, 1000 Ljubljana
Spajza on Gornji trg below the castle is one of Ljubljana's longer-running fine bistros, plating aged steaks and seafood in wood-and-vintage rooms.
Signature: Aged steak, Seafood pasta, Karst pršut
Druga Violina on Stari trg is a social-enterprise gostilna run by the CUDV Draga centre, employing adults with special needs. The kitchen sticks to Slovenian.
Signature: Beef soup, Kranjska klobasa, Veal stew, Struklji
Spajza on Gornji trg below the castle is one of Ljubljana's longer-running fine bistros, plating aged steaks and seafood in wood-and-vintage rooms.
Signature: Aged steak, Seafood pasta, Karst pršut
Druga Violina on Stari trg is a social-enterprise gostilna run by the CUDV Draga centre, employing adults with special needs. The kitchen sticks to Slovenian.
Signature: Beef soup, Kranjska klobasa, Veal stew, Struklji
Pri Skofu is a tiny female-run gostilna on a quiet Krakovo lane south of the centre, serving a short seasonal menu that leans on the garden plots nearby.
Signature: Seasonal lunch menu, Garden produce dishes
Vodnikov Hram on the market square has a kitchen that has continuously served Slovenian classics since the 19th century, with grilled meats.
Signature: Jota, Grilled meats, Gibanica
Gostilna As in the Knafljev passage pairs Karst seafood and handmade pasta with a 300-bottle Slovenian wine list, open since the late 1980s era.
Signature: Handmade seafood pasta, Karst pršut, Fish of the day
Figovec opened in 1879 as a coachman's inn and reopened as Slovenska hisa Figovec, plating the canonical Slovenian table from kranjska klobasa to prekmurska.
Signature: Beef tongue with onion and pumpkin seed oil, Kranjska klobasa, Prekmurska gibanica