Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Maribor from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Maribor
Maribor’s wine-led rooms include Polek in city center, Rožmarin in City Center and MAK in Pobrežje, Maribor. They give the city a clear range from bar-led pours to dining rooms with considered lists.
Polek in city center received a Star Wine List award in 2026. Slovenian wines from Podravje sit alongside wines from classic regions on its list. The bar also serves Champagne.
Restavracija Rožmarin in City Center pairs modern Slovenian gastronomy with a wine programme that earned a Star Wine List award. The cooking draws on local Štajerska produce and European classical technique, and the room works in an a la carte format.
MAK in Pobrežje, Maribor pairs a wine list with sommelier-led service and a tasting menu. Its Michelin Plate and La Liste scores place it among Maribor’s most recognised fine-dining rooms, with a creative Modern European kitchen that treats regional sourcing as central.
Maribor’s tasting-menu choices are few, and they sit alongside a wider group of contemporary rooms with distinct formats.
Restavracija Sedem in Center is a college restaurant where hospitality students prepare innovative tasting menus under mentor supervision. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, and the room also offers à la carte service in Maribor’s contemporary dining scene.
City Terasa in City Center is a rooftop terrace with views of the Drava River, old Maribor and the Pohorje mountains. It serves Modern Adriatic Mediterranean cooking à la carte, holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions, and brings seafood and local Slovenian meats into one room.
Njami sushi in City Center is a small sushi bar offering à la carte and omakase service, with sake on the drinks list. It specialises in Edomae-style sushi made with local Adriatic fish by a Tokyo-trained chef.
City Center, Glavni trg and Pobrežje, Maribor have contemporary restaurants with wine lists in our guide. City Center has City Terasa and Njami sushi, Glavni trg has Fudo and Nana Bistro & Kavarna, and Pobrežje, Maribor has MAK.
Maribor has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. MAK, Restavracija Sedem and City Terasa each hold Michelin Plate recognitions. MAK offers a tasting menu with sommelier-led service, while Restavracija Sedem serves tasting menus prepared by hospitality students under mentor supervision.
Polek in the city center is the most focused wine stop, with about 450 labels and a Star Wine List award. Restavracija Rožmarin in City Center also holds a Star Wine List award, and MAK in Pobrežje, Maribor adds a wine list with sommelier-led service.
MAK in Pobrežje, Maribor and Restavracija Sedem in Center both offer tasting menus in our guide. MAK combines that format with sommelier-led service, and Restavracija Sedem pairs it with mentor-led student cooking.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
Maribor
Selected entries from the current guide for Maribor.
Maribor, Slovenia
MAK holds a Michelin Plate and a La Liste ranking of 76 points, placing it among the more recognised addresses in Maribor's compact fine-dining scene. Chef Ben Baehrend leads a creative kitchen that treats Slovenia's agricultural hinterland as its primary pantry, producing a menu where regional sourcing shapes every decision. The restaurant sits at the upper end of the city's price range, making it the clear reference point for serious dining in the Styrian capital.
Maribor, Slovenia
Restavracija Sedem holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, placing it among Maribor's most recognised contemporary dining addresses. The mid-price format makes serious cooking accessible without the formality of Slovenia's starred tasting-menu circuit.
Maribor, Slovenia
City Terasa holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024, 2025) and brings Mediterranean cooking to Maribor's mid-tier dining scene at a €€ price point. For a city whose fine-dining reputation leans toward Štajerska tradition, a Mediterranean-focused kitchen at this price represents a distinct position.
Maribor, Slovenia
On Gosposka ulica, one of Maribor's most storied streets, Restavracija Rožmarin has repositioned what fine dining means in Slovenia's second city. The menu draws on local Štajerska produce and European classical technique in equal measure, placing it in a tier above the city's casual grill-and-schnitzel mainstream. For visitors tracking Slovenia's emerging restaurant scene, it warrants a reservation.
Maribor, Slovenia
Ancora occupies a quiet address on Jurčičeva ulica in Maribor's older urban core, where Slovenia's northeast culinary identity is shaped as much by the Drava River valley and the surrounding Štajerska farmland as by any single kitchen. The restaurant sits in a city where serious dining is increasingly tied to provenance and regional supply chains, making it a useful lens on where Maribor's food scene is heading.
Maribor, Slovenia
Baščaršija on Poštna ulica 8 brings a slice of Balkan trading-quarter culture to Maribor's old town, where the name itself references the historic Ottoman bazaar district of Sarajevo. The address places it within walking distance of Maribor's compact city centre, making it a natural stop for those tracing the region's layered Central European and South Slavic culinary threads.
Maribor, Slovenia
Fudo occupies a central address on Poštna ulica in Maribor's old town, placing it within walking distance of the city's main dining corridor. The restaurant sits in a Slovenian dining scene that has sharpened considerably over the past decade, with regional producers and Štajerska wine traditions increasingly shaping the plate. Check current hours and booking availability directly before visiting.
Maribor, Slovenia
Gostilna pri lipi sits on Lackova cesta in Maribor, operating within the gostilna tradition that defines Slovenian neighbourhood dining at its most grounded. The format, communal, unhurried, rooted in regional ingredients, places it in a category distinct from the city's contemporary restaurant scene. For visitors wanting to read Maribor through its food rather than its menus, this is a sensible address.
Maribor, Slovenia
Set along the Drava riverbank in Limbuš, just outside central Maribor, Jack & Joe BBQ & Pizza occupies a stretch of Slovenia where casual outdoor dining meets the unhurried pace of a riverside village. The format sits in a distinct tier from Maribor's more formal dining rooms, offering smoked and wood-fired cooking in a setting where the river, not the room, sets the atmosphere.
Maribor, Slovenia
Jack&Joe Steak and Burger Club on Ob bregu brings a focused meat-forward format to Maribor's riverside dining strip, placing it in a different register from the city's Mediterranean and contemporary rooms. The venue operates in a category where cut quality, cooking temperature, and informal ritual matter more than tableside ceremony. For visitors calibrating their Maribor dining across multiple nights, it fills a specific and practical gap.
Maribor, Slovenia
On Gosposka ulica, one of Maribor's most walked streets in the old town, La Pizzeria occupies the kind of address where casual and serious dining share the same table. The kitchen works within a tradition that lives or dies by the quality of its base ingredients, flour, tomato, dairy, placing it in a city where everyday eating has quietly grown more considered. A reliable neighbourhood stop in Slovenia's second city.
Maribor, Slovenia
Malca Mimogrede occupies a spot on Slovenska ulica in central Maribor, placing it within easy reach of the city's compact dining core. Maribor's restaurant scene has diversified considerably in recent years, and this address sits among a tier of locally established venues that draw both residents and visitors looking beyond the obvious tourist circuit. Practical details remain sparse, making advance research worthwhile before visiting.
Maribor, Slovenia
On Maribor's central Glavni trg, Nana Bistro & Kavarna occupies the kind of address where the square itself sets the tone before you reach the door. The venue operates as both bistro and kavarna, a dual format common to Central European café culture that makes it readable as a daytime stop or an evening sit-down. Its position in a city with a growing mid-market dining scene places it alongside a cohort of accessible, neighbourhood-facing venues.
Maribor, Slovenia
Vietnamese cooking has had a quiet foothold on Glavni trg, Maribor's central square, since Ngon arrived to offer pho, fresh herbs, and Southeast Asian flavour profiles in a city whose dining scene tilts heavily toward Central European traditions. The address alone signals something different: a Vietnamese kitchen operating from one of Slovenia's most historically layered public squares, where the regulars return not for novelty but for consistency.
Maribor, Slovenia
Njami Sushi brings Japanese counter dining to Cafova ulica in central Maribor, occupying a niche that the city's restaurant scene largely leaves open. In a city defined by Štajerska gostilna tradition and a growing wave of Mediterranean-influenced kitchens, a dedicated sushi address signals a deliberate shift in local appetite. The address sits within walking distance of the old town core.
Maribor, Slovenia
Pizzeria Pomodoro sits on Betnavska cesta in Maribor's quieter eastern belt, away from the medieval centre's tourist circuit. In a city where the restaurant scene divides between Slovenian gostilna tradition and a small cluster of contemporary addresses, Pomodoro occupies the reliable neighbourhood-pizzeria tier: a format built on repeat local custom rather than destination dining credentials.
Maribor, Slovenia
Slaščičarna Ilich occupies a quietly significant address on Slovenska ulica in central Maribor, operating in a category where Slovenian café-pastry culture meets Central European confectionery tradition. Against a Maribor dining scene that skews toward contemporary and Mediterranean formats, Ilich represents the older, slower register of the city's food character, the kind of establishment that accumulates local loyalty over decades rather than seeking broader recognition.
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Maribor, Slovenia
Polek sits in Maribor's university quarter, a city that holds a singular distinction in the wine world: home to the oldest productive vine on earth, with vineyards running inside the city limits. The bar draws on that context, offering a setting where local wine culture and a considered drinks programme meet in one of Slovenia's most underrated urban destinations.
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