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RAB: Astoria 
Seafood Road Map B3
Trg Municipium Arba 7
Tel (051) 774 844 Closed mid-Oct–
Apr
A first-floor restaurant looking
out over the main square, Astoria
serves fresh fish and seafood
with style and panache, followed
by some terrific desserts.
RAB: Marco Polo 
Seafood Road Map B3
Banjol 486
Tel (051) 725 846
Located in the coastal suburb of
Banjol, Marco Polo offers Adriatic
seafood with an imaginative
twist, served in an elegant dining Softly lit interiors of Wine Vault, Rovinj
room or on a garden terrace.
ROVINJ: Giannino  ROVINJ: Monte 
RIJEKA: Bracera  Seafood Road Map A3 Mediterranean Road Map A3
Pizzeria Road Map B2 Augusta Ferrija 38 Montalbano 75
Kružna 12 Tel (052) 813 402 Closed Tue Tel (052) 830 203 Closed mid-Oct–
Tel (051) 213 782 Located in a typically atmospheric mid-Apr
A popular and enjoyable pizzeria alley, Giannino offers superb A high-class dining experience
just off the main Korzo, Bracera pasta and seafood in a dining with friendly, informal service,
features nautical decorations and room full of artworks or on a Monte offers sparkling fish and
a satisfying menu of inexpensive shaded terrace on the street. seafood alongside multi-course
pastas, salads, pizzas and risottos, tasting menus showcasing
and meats grilled over charcoal. ROVINJ: Kantinon  creative Mediterranean cuisine.
Traditional Road Map A3
RIJEKA: Konoba Tarsa  Obala Aldo Rismondo bb ROVINJ: Wine Vault 
Traditional Road Map B2 Tel (052) 816 075 French Road Map A3
Josipa Kulfaneka 10 A high-ceilinged harbourside A. Smareglia 3
Tel (051) 452 089 former wine cellar houses this Tel (052) 636 017
Up the hill from the centre in Istrian speciality tavern, serving Based in the Monte Mulini hotel,
Trsat, Tarsa offers a huge menu the best local meats and fish Wine Vault is renowned for its
of pasta and meat dishes, a wide with recipes taken from old quality, French-influenced cuisine
choice of Croatian wines, and an local cookbooks. and multi-course tasting menus
atmospherically rustic interior. intended to last several hours.
ROVINJ: La Puntulina 
RIJEKA: Kuća istarskog pršuta  Seafood Road Map A3 UMAG: Badi 
Bistro Road Map B2 Svetog Križa 38 Seafood Road Map A2
Riva Boduli 3a Tel (052) 813 186 Lovrečica
Tel (051) 211 129 Set in a cliff-hugging stone house Tel (052) 756 293 Closed Nov–Mar;
Right on the harbour, this decorated with arty objects, La Wed
informal bistro with a handful of Puntulina excels in imaginative This fine restaurant in the village
tables and bar stools offers soups, fish dishes, seafood pastas and of Lovrečica is very close to
cheeses, home-cured pršut (ham) risottos. The adjoining cocktail Umag. Great seafood and sublime
and local wines from the barrel. bar offers seating on the rocks. desserts, in a leafy green setting.
RIJEKA: Bistro La Rose  ROVINJ: Veli Jože 
French Road Map B2 Traditional Road Map A3
Andrije Medulića 8 Svetog Križa 1 Dalmatia
Tel (051) 315 504 Closed Sun Tel (052) 816 337
A welcoming restaurant decked Wooden benches and a jumble BRAČ: Bistro Palute 
out like a 19th-century living of quasi-antiques characterize Traditional Road Map D5
room, La Rose offers French- this enjoyable restaurant offering Porat 4, Supetar
influenced soups, quiches and seafood, pastas and roast meats. Tel (021) 631 730
stews, alongside Adriatic Often crowded, but it’s well Sit right on Supetar’s harbour to
seafood standards. worth the wait. enjoy Palute’s superbly fresh fish
alongside inexpensive dishes
RIJEKA: Kamov  ROVINJ: L  such as pasta and grilled meats.
European Road Map B2 Fine Dining Road Map A3
Dolac 4 Luje Adamovića 31 BRAČ: Taverna Riva 
Tel (051) 357 980 Tel (052) 632 000 Regional Road Map D5
The restaurant of the Bonavia Housed in the futuristic Hotel Frane Radića 5, Bol
hotel provides chic modern Lone, L fuses Adriatic ingredients Tel (021) 635 236
decor, old-school service, and with global herbs and spices to Baked lamb, veal, octopus and
a menu of Croatian meat and create a light, healthy, exotic Brač vitalac (sheep innards) are
seafood classics given a creative, cuisine that looks as well- among the specialities at this
contemporary European twist. designed as the building itself. tavern on the Bol seafront.
Key to Price Guide see p238
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