Explore our curated restaurants, hotels, bars, and wineries in Zagreb.
Accolades in Zagreb
Noel in Martićeva and Dubravkin Put in Tuškanac are the two Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide, and both serve a tasting menu. Nav in Zagreb Central and ManO2 in Old Town serve tasting menus and hold Michelin Plates dated 2026.
Noel, in Martićeva, holds a Michelin star dated 2026. Chef Mario Mandarić cooks a seasonally changing tasting menu of Croatian ingredients with French techniques, and the restaurant also serves a la carte. The wine program is curated and sommelier-led, with an extensive list, a sake program and craft cocktails.
Dubravkin Put, in Tuškanac, holds a Michelin star dated 2026. Chef Tibor Valinčić cooks modern Mediterranean food over fire, with the grill and the season setting the menu. The restaurant serves a tasting menu, a la carte and a set menu. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive list and Croatian wine pairings.
Nav, in Zagreb Central, holds a Michelin Plate dated 2026 and a La Liste score of 78 points. Chef Tvrtko Šakota serves a creative, seasonal tasting menu of Croatian cooking, using local organic ingredients from small producers. The wine program is curated, with an extensive list. The tasting menu is the only format.
ManO2, in Old Town, holds a Michelin Plate dated 2026. Chef Hrvoje Kroflin reworks traditional Croatian dishes with contemporary techniques and hyper-local, micro-seasonal ingredients. The restaurant serves a tasting menu and a la carte. The wine program is curated, extensive and sommelier-led. The Best Chef One Knife award is dated 2025.
Zinfandel's in Zagreb Central, Balon in Outskirts/Riverside (Prisavlje) and Trilogija Fino&Vino in Kaptol have exceptional, sommelier-led wine programs. Each list is extensive.
Zinfandel's, in Zagreb Central, holds a Michelin Plate dated 2026 and 94 Falstaff points. Executive Chef Ana Grgić oversees modern Mediterranean cooking with Croatian influences in a hotel dining room from 1925. The restaurant serves a la carte, a tasting menu and a buffet. The wine program is an exceptional Croatian wine program, sommelier-led, with an extensive list.
Balon, in Outskirts/Riverside (Prisavlje), is a contemporary bistro with a Michelin Plate dated 2026. It serves modern Mediterranean steakhouse cooking, seafood and steaks, from a riverside room with a leafy terrace. Formats are a la carte, a set menu and a tasting menu. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive list.
Trilogija Fino&Vino, in Kaptol, has an exceptional wine program: over 100 wines personally curated by a sommelier of 25 years, with an extensive sommelier-led list and corkage allowed. The kitchen cooks contemporary Croatian food with Mediterranean influences, including homemade pasta and bread, on a daily-changing menu. Formats are a la carte and a tasting menu.
Pod Zidom in Lower Town and Le Bistro Esplanade in Central Zagreb hold Michelin Plates dated 2026. Beštija in city center and Izakaya in Zagreb hold Michelin Bib Gourmand awards dated 2026.
Pod Zidom, in Lower Town, is a modern Croatian bistro with a Michelin Plate dated 2026. The kitchen serves daily market-fresh Croatian cooking with modern twists, a la carte and as small plates. The terrace looks toward Zagreb Cathedral. The wine program is curated, with an extensive list.
Le Bistro Esplanade, in Central Zagreb, holds a Michelin Plate dated 2026. The French-Croatian bistro serves a la carte and a set menu. The house specialty is Esplanade Štrukli, a cheese-filled pasta baked au gratin, on the menu since 1951. The wine program is curated, with an extensive list.
Beštija, in city center, holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand dated 2026. The courtyard bistro serves market-fresh Croatian dishes with contemporary twists, a la carte and as small plates. The cuisine is modern Croatian bistro cooking. The wine program is curated, with an extensive list, natural wine and craft cocktails.
Izakaya, in Zagreb, holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand dated 2026. It placed 34th on the World's 50 Best MENA's Best Restaurants list. Chef Num Samuay cooks Japanese sushi and hot dishes, a la carte and as small plates. The wine program is curated, with a sake program and craft cocktails.
Our guide has two Michelin-starred restaurants citywide: Noel in Martićeva and Dubravkin Put in Tuškanac. Both hold a star dated 2026. Chef Mario Mandarić at Noel cooks a seasonally changing tasting menu of Croatian ingredients with French techniques, and also serves a la carte. Noel's wine program is a curated and sommelier-led list with a sake program. Chef Tibor Valinčić at Dubravkin Put cooks open-fire Mediterranean food. Dubravkin Put's wine program is exceptional, with Croatian wine pairings.
Lower Town is the largest neighborhood cluster in our guide, with nine venues. Pod Zidom and Takenoko, both in Lower Town, hold a Michelin Plate dated 2026. Pod Zidom serves daily market-fresh Croatian cooking with a curated extensive wine list. Takenoko serves modern Nikkei cooking, Japanese and Peruvian, with a sake program and craft cocktails. Ribice i tri točkice, also in Lower Town, serves traditional Croatian seafood, including black risotto and cuttlefish stew.
Tasting menus in our guide are served at Noel in Martićeva, Dubravkin Put in Tuškanac, Nav in Zagreb Central, ManO2 in Old Town, Zinfandel's in Zagreb Central, Theatrium by Filho in Zagreb Central, Balon in Outskirts/Riverside (Prisavlje), Bekal in Trešnjevka, Torero in Upper Town and Trilogija Fino&Vino in Kaptol. Nav, Bekal and Torero serve a tasting menu as their only format.
Our guide counts five exceptional wine programs citywide. Dubravkin Put in Tuškanac, Zinfandel's in Zagreb Central, Balon in Outskirts/Riverside (Prisavlje) and Trilogija Fino&Vino in Kaptol each have an exceptional, sommelier-led list. Zinfandel's program is an exceptional Croatian wine program. Trilogija Fino&Vino keeps over 100 wines curated by a sommelier of 25 years, and corkage is allowed.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
Best of Zagreb
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Selected entries from the current guide for Zagreb.
Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb's Michelin-starred Noel occupies a quiet address off Ul. popa Dukljanina 1 and has held its star through both the 2024 and 2025 guides, placing it among a small group of fine-dining rooms that have reshaped the capital's upper tier. The modern cuisine format positions it squarely at the €€€€ bracket, where it competes with a handful of creative restaurants rather than the broader Zagreb dining mainstream. A 4..
Zagreb, Croatia
Dubravkin Put earned Zagreb's first Michelin star in the 2025 guide, anchoring a case for open-fire Mediterranean cooking in a city whose fine-dining scene has spent years building toward this recognition. Chef Tibor Valinčić works within a minimal-intervention framework where the grill and the season set the agenda. At €€€ pricing, it sits in a mid-to-upper tier that reflects serious intent without reaching the capital outlays of the city's most experimental tables.
Zagreb, Croatia
Nav holds a Michelin Plate and consecutive La Liste scores of 78 points across 2025 and 2026, placing it firmly in Zagreb's top tier of creative dining. On Masarykova, one of the city centre's most walkable streets, it draws a returning crowd that values considered technique over spectacle. For visitors planning ahead, it belongs on the same shortlist as Noel and Dubravkin Put.
Zagreb, Croatia
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder for 2024 and 2025, Izakaya brings Japanese contemporary cooking to Zagreb's Selska cesta at single-euro price points that sit well below the city's starred competition. Chef Num Samuay (Weerawat Triyasenawat) has earned a global footprint: the kitchen ranked 34th at the World's 50 Best Restaurants MENA 2024, a credential that makes this among the more internationally recognised addresses in Croatia.
Zagreb, Croatia
Franko's Pizza & Bar on Ul. The bar program pairs wines, beers, and cocktails with both the pizza and a supporting cast of appetizers and cooked dishes.
Zagreb, Croatia
A Michelin Bib Gourmand bistro set in a city-centre courtyard, Beštija trades on Croatian market produce and precise, generously portioned cooking that draws a loyal cross-section of Zagreb diners. The €€ price point and accessible address on Masarykova make it a reliable reference for what contemporary Zagreb bistro dining actually looks like when it is done with care.
Zagreb, Croatia
Tač sits on the residential edge of Zagreb at Vrhovec 140, operating in the tier of everyday Croatian cooking done with enough rigour to earn a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand. The price point stays firmly in the €€ range, making it one of the more accessible Michelin-recognised addresses in the city.
Zagreb, Croatia
ManO2 holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, placing it among a small tier of Croatian-cuisine restaurants in Zagreb operating at the €€€ price point. Located on Radnička cesta, the restaurant sits within a city where serious fine-dining ambition and local culinary tradition are beginning to converge in ways that reward advance planning.
Zagreb, Croatia
Zinfandel's holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, placing it among Zagreb's most recognised modern cuisine addresses at the €€€€ price point. Located at Mihanovićeva 1, the restaurant draws a 4., signalling consistent performance over time. It sits within a compact tier of fine dining options that make Zagreb worth considering seriously as a central European food destination.
Zagreb, Croatia
Situated at Prisavlje 2, it operates at the €€€ price tier, in the same bracket as Dubravkin Put but below the €€€€ ceiling of Noel and Nav. For Mediterranean cooking in the Croatian capital, it represents a well-credentialed choice.
Zagreb, Croatia
On the pedestrianised stretch of Gajeva in Zagreb's historic centre, Boban holds a 2025 Michelin Plate for Mediterranean-leaning Italian cooking served in a recently renovated dining room. Fish, seafood, and meat main courses anchor the menu, with starters drawing particular attention from regulars, and a wine list weighted toward champagne. At a €€ price point, it occupies a distinct position in a city where Michelin recognition usually comes at a higher tariff.
Zagreb, Croatia
A Michelin Plate recipient in both 2024 and 2025, Le Bistro Esplanade brings French bistro cooking to Zagreb's Esplanade quarter at a mid-range price point that sits below most of the city's recognised fine-dining addresses.
Zagreb, Croatia
A two-time Michelin Plate recipient (2024 and 2025), Pod Zidom sits in the upper reaches of Zagreb's mid-price farm-to-table tier, translating Croatian seasonal produce through a technique-driven kitchen. Located at Pod zidom 5 in the historic Upper Town, it holds a 4.,000 reviews, signalling consistent execution rather than occasional brilliance.
Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb's Michelin Plate-recognised Japanese counter on Radnička cesta 37b offers an open-view kitchen where nigiri, sashimi, uramaki, hosomaki, tempura and teppanyaki are prepared in plain sight. Priced at the mid-range €€ tier, it sits as one of the few Japanese addresses in the Croatian capital to earn formal Michelin recognition.
Zagreb, Croatia
Theatrium by Filho has held a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, placing it among Zagreb's recognised Mediterranean dining addresses at a mid-range price point. For a city whose fine-dining scene is still maturing, that combination of critical and popular recognition carries weight.
Zagreb, Croatia
The kitchen draws on Croatian culinary roots in a neighbourhood where contemporary and traditional approaches compete for the same diner. For visitors tracking Zagreb's evolving restaurant scene, it represents a grounded entry point into the city's local cuisine.
Zagreb, Croatia
A Michelin Plate-recognised seafood restaurant occupying the basement of Castellum Centar on Hebrangova, Gallo brings Mediterranean and Italian coastal cooking to central Zagreb. The menu centres on fish dishes, homemade pasta, and desserts, backed by an extensive wine list and warm service. In summer, dining moves outdoors, making it one of the city's more considered addresses for serious fish cookery away from the coast.
Zagreb, Croatia
A Michelin Plate-recognised grill address on Ulica Florijana Andrašeca, Maredo sits at the mid-range tier of Zagreb's dining scene where quality sourcing and fire-focused cooking intersect. For visitors after direct grilled meat in a city better known for modern Croatian and Mediterranean tasting menus, this is a reliable point of reference.
Zagreb, Croatia
On a quiet street in Zagreb's Lower Town, Nico's Bistro at Ul. Augusta Cesarca 4 draws a local crowd that treats it as a reliable neighbourhood fixture rather than a destination. The format is relaxed, the pacing unhurried, and the cooking sits within Zagreb's casual European bistro register, where the meal itself is the point rather than any particular ceremony around it.
Zagreb, Croatia
SOL tapas na hrvatski brings a Spanish small-plates format to Zagreb's Petrinjska street, translating it through Croatian produce and the particular rhythms of the city's dining culture. The result sits in an interesting middle tier: casual enough for repeat visits, considered enough to hold its own against the capital's more formal dining rooms. A reliable address for those mapping the city's evolving restaurant scene.
Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb's Japanese dining scene is thin at the mid-to-upper range, which makes Takenoko's 2025 Michelin Plate recognition on Preradovićeva worth noting.
Zagreb, Croatia
On Tkalčićeva, Zagreb's most animated pedestrian street, Torero holds a Michelin Plate for 2025 and a 4.. The kitchen works within a contemporary idiom, and the address puts it at the social centre of the Upper Town fringe. Priced at €€€, it sits between the city's casual dining layer and its fine-dining ceiling.
Zagreb, Croatia
Al Dente sits on Bogovićeva ulica, one of Zagreb's most trafficked pedestrian corridors, placing it in direct conversation with the city's evolving mid-to-upper dining tier. The address alone signals intent: this is a restaurant that competes in the same breath as the Croatian capital's more discussed tables, positioned where foot traffic and reservation culture intersect at the centre of the city's social geography.
Zagreb, Croatia
On Vlaška, one of Zagreb's more quietly confident streets, Amélie occupies a position that sits between the city's mid-range bistro tier and its more formal dining rooms. The menu architecture here is the thing to read carefully: what it chooses to include, and at what register, says more about the restaurant's ambitions than any single dish. A useful address for visitors building a wider picture of Zagreb's current dining range.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Zagreb.
Zagreb, Croatia
Open since 1925 as a refuge for Orient Express passengers, the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel is the Croatian capital's most historically significant address. Its Art Deco interiors have been maintained rather than modernised, placing it in a rare category of grand hotels where the architecture itself is the primary experience. La Liste ranked it 93 points in its 2026 Top Hotels selection, confirming its standing among Europe's enduring luxury properties.
Zagreb, Croatia
art'otel Zagreb occupies a sharp position within the Croatian capital's hotel scene: a MICHELIN Selected property on Petrinjska ulica that frames contemporary art as architecture rather than decoration. The building's design language sets it apart from Zagreb's heritage palace hotels, placing it inside a growing cohort of European city hotels where the art program and the physical space are genuinely inseparable.
Zagreb, Croatia
Pullman Hotel Zagreb belongs to the capital’s contemporary business-hotel tier, a category shaped by efficient public spaces, international-brand consistency, and access to the city rather than resort theatrics. With limited public venue data available, the useful reading is comparative: place it against Zagreb’s heritage hotels, design-led openings, and Croatia’s coastal luxury circuit before deciding if its urban format suits the trip.
Zagreb
Selected entries from the current guide for Zagreb.
Zagreb, Croatia
Ranked #330 in the Top 500 Bars 2025 list, Peaches & Cream Bar on Krapinska ulica is one of Zagreb's more quietly credentialed drinking destinations. The address places it within the city's compact bar quarter, where the emphasis tends toward considered pours rather than high-volume nights. A reference point for anyone tracking the Croatian cocktail scene with any seriousness.
Zagreb
Selected entries from the current guide for Zagreb.
Zagreb, Croatia
Saints Hills brings a design-led winery format to Croatia’s Plavac Mali country, pairing underground cellar architecture with a portfolio that reaches from Istrian Malvazija and Chardonnay to Dingač reds. The appeal is less rustic cellar-door charm than a polished estate experience: guided tastings, food pairing, terraces, suites, and a cellar program shaped around cement tanks and French oak.
Zagreb, Croatia
Vina Jakob is a small Zagreb winery focused on still reds and rosé, with Slavonian hillside fruit and an appointment-led tasting format. The appeal is not scale or spectacle: it is a compact cellar experience shaped around Bordeaux varieties, quiet service, and a city-edge setting in Šestine that gives Zagreb’s wine culture a more intimate register.
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