30 restaurants worth the trip across Slovenia, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Slovenia guides.
JAZ by Ana Ros ★ 4.7 · Ljubljana
center · Copova ulica 5a, 1000 Ljubljana
Ana Ros's Ljubljana casual concept on Copova, opened 2023. Head chef Alex Iacoviello (ex-Hisa Franko) runs daily sharing plates off the Central Market.
Landerik ★ 4.6 · Ljubljana
stari-grad · Stari trg 11, 1000 Ljubljana
Landerik is chef Izidor Krzisnik's Stari trg tasting-only room. Ex-Mirazur pedigree, listed in the Michelin Guide for modern-Slovenian local-producer cooking.
Breg ★ 4.6 · Ljubljana
center · Breg 20, 1000 Ljubljana
Breg is Jorg Zupan's neo-gostilna with partner Matjaz Ivanc, opened 2021 in the old Vitez rooms on the Ljubljanica. Fatty-and-delicious is the brief.
Gostilnica Pri Skofu ★ 4.5 · Ljubljana
krakovo · Rezna ulica 8, 1000 Ljubljana
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.
Gostilna As ★ 4.5 · Ljubljana
center · Copova ulica 5a, 1000 Ljubljana
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.
TaBar ★ 4.5 · Ljubljana
center-rog · Ribji trg 6, 1000 Ljubljana
TaBar reopened in 2024 in the renovated Rog factory complex, where chef Jakob Pintar plates Slovenian tapas around foraged ingredients and a tight.
Aftr ★ 4.5 · Ljubljana
center · Nazorjeva ulica 2, 1000 Ljubljana
Chef Jorg Zupan rebranded his one-star Atelje into Aftr in 2021, swapping the tasting menu for a relaxed a la carte room with the same kitchen technique.
Spajza ★ 4.4 · Ljubljana
stari-grad · Gornji trg 28, 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.
Gostilna na Gradu ★ 4.4 · Ljubljana
stari-grad · Grajska planota 1, 1000 Ljubljana
Gostilna na Gradu shares the castle hill with Strelec but works in a folk register, pulling dishes from Slovenia's 24 gastronomic regions. Listed as Michelin.
Pen Klub ★ 4.4 · Ljubljana
center · Tomsiceva ulica 12, 1000 Ljubljana
Pen Klub on Tomsiceva is the Kaval Group's relaxed sibling to Strelec, where chef Mojmir Marko Siftar plates contemporary European cooking with Slovenian.
Monstera Estate ★ 4.4 · Ljubljana
day-trip · Krsovec 12, 9264 Grad, Slovenia
Chef Bine Volcic closed his Ljubljana bistro and moved Monstera to a Goricko hills estate in spring 2023, the closest thing to a Slovenian chef's table.
EK Bistro ★ 4.4 · Ljubljana
center · Petkovskovo nabrezje 65, 1000 Ljubljana
EK Bistro on Petkovskovo nabrezje is Ljubljana's anchor for all-day brunch, baking its own brioche and English muffins daily. Eggs benedict and French toast.
Druga Violina ★ 4.3 · Ljubljana
stari-grad · Stari trg 21, 1000 Ljubljana
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.
Slovenska hisa Figovec ★ 4.3 · Ljubljana
center · Gosposvetska cesta 1, 1000 Ljubljana
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.
Harfa ★ 4.3 · Ljubljana
center · Slovenska cesta 27, 1000 Ljubljana
Harfa is a Michelin Guide selected restaurant on Slovenska cesta, plating traditional Slovenian dishes with a modern hand and a tight pour list of Slovenian.
Pop's Place ★ 4.3 · Ljubljana
center · Cankarjevo nabrezje 3, 1000 Ljubljana
Pop's Place is the riverside burger bar run by the same family behind Gostilna As, plating gourmet burgers with local beef and a long craft-beer list a few.
Klobasarna ★ 4.3 · Ljubljana
stari-grad · Ciril Metodov trg 15, 1000 Ljubljana
Klobasarna is the fast-counter shrine to kranjska klobasa, the protected Carniolan sausage served with Kaiser roll, mustard and fresh horseradish.
Gostilna Sestica ★ 4.2 · Ljubljana
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.
Vodnikov Hram ★ 4.2 · Ljubljana
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.
Slovenska hisa ★ 4.2 · Ljubljana
center · Cankarjevo nabrezje 13, 1000 Ljubljana
The riverside sister of Figovec, Slovenska hisa serves breakfast, lunch and evening plates on Cankarjevo nabrezje. Protected Slovenian dishes from struklji.
Le Bistro ★ 4.2 · Ljubljana
center · Hacquetova ulica 1a, 1000 Ljubljana
Manna's former Eipprova team relocated in November 2024 to a new room in Zupanciceva jama and renamed Le Bistro, keeping the same chefs and the seasonal.
Gostilna Sokol ★ 4.1 · Ljubljana
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.
Ribca ★ 4.1 · Ljubljana
vodnikov-trg · Adamic-Lundrovo nabrezje 1, 1000 Ljubljana
Ribca sits below Plečnik's colonnaded arcade by the river fish market, sourcing all its seafood from the stalls upstairs at the basement counter.
Ja, pr' Lectar ★ 4.1 · Ljubljana
stari-grad · Stari trg 17, 1000 Ljubljana
Lectar's Radovljica inn anchored Slovenian tradition since 1822 and the family opened Ja, pr' Lectar on Stari trg in 2025 to bring it to the capital.
Kucha ★ 4.1 · Ljubljana
trubarjeva · Trubarjeva cesta 6, 1000 Ljubljana
Kucha runs an Asian-leaning vegan and vegetarian menu on Trubarjeva, including the city's most popular plant-based burger and a daily noodle bowl.
Compa ★ 4.0 · Ljubljana
trubarjeva · Trubarjeva cesta 40, 1000 Ljubljana
Compa is a small Trubarjeva meat-lovers' bistro known for cuts cooked over wood, polished by a chalkboard of Slovenian wines. Reserve, the room seats around.
Lars & Sven Burgers ★ 4.0 · Ljubljana
center · Kongresni trg 3, 1000 Ljubljana
Lars & Sven were among Ljubljana's first serious burger operators, grinding their own beef daily and serving a tight menu out of a small Kongresni trg.
Hood Burger Center ★ 4.0 · Ljubljana
center · Nazorjeva 4, 1000 Ljubljana
Hood Burger opened in 2012 in a Vic shipping container and now runs three Ljubljana rooms; the Center counter near Preseren keeps gluten-free options.
Restavracija Allegria ★ 3.9 · Ljubljana
center · Nazorjeva ulica 8, 1000 Ljubljana
Allegria works in a rustic Mediterranean register a few blocks west of Preseren Square, pasta, seafood and a long list of Slovenian Istrian wines.
Cantina Mexicana ★ 3.7 · Ljubljana
vodnikov-trg · Knafljev prehod 3, 1000 Ljubljana
Cantina Mexicana has been Ljubljana's Tex-Mex anchor since the 1990s, kept on this list because it stays open past midnight when the rest of the centre has.