We are hiring an apartment in Dubrovnik early October, and can%26#39;t wait to get there! We are self catering and will probably do a mixture of eating in and out (if I%26#39;m not too lazy to cook). What is the average price of a reasonable meal out in the evening and how do food items compare in price to English ones.
We do like to eat local foods so any recommendations for what to look for in supermarkets, especially lunch type foods.
What is a %26#39;typical%26#39; Croatian breakfast, we enjoy coffee and croissants on a balcony in France and Italy, is there something similar.
What are local cheeses like and what do we look for?
Are there bakeries for fresh bread and %26#39;delicious%26#39; pastries?
My mouth is watering already at the thought.
It%26#39;s obvious that my main thoughts on holiday are food, but then the food is greatly enhanced by the atmosphere and ambience, which Dubrovnik seems to have in abundance!!!
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I know what you mean!
There is a small bakery just outside east gate, on right hand side, for lovely choc croissants and also savoury pastries. You can eat these in cafe opposite (just purchase coffee).
We spent £20-30 for lunch for 2 people (2 courses and a drink or 2), for example, for salads plus truffle pasta (at Pupa) or grilled chicken, and for dinner between £20 (pizzas at Mea Culpa) and £55 for 2 (try Arsenal at old harbour, or Sesame just outside West Gate for reasonably priced local food).
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As much as we loved Dubrovnik I must admit we weren%26#39;t too impressed with the food. It very much caters for the Italian tourists who come over for the summer. There is lots of pasta and pizza. Apparently the seafood is very good but we don%26#39;t eat it.
There are a few small supermarkets around, one in the centre of the old town and one on the outside of each gate.
The bakeries were really nice. We ate fresh bread everyone morning for breakfast.
If you are fit enough walk up the road to the top of the hill behind the town. Make sure you stay on the road as there are still bombs about from the war (a local told us this) the view is spectacular looking over Dubrovnik as well as back over the mountains. There isn%26#39;t much up the top, you can%26#39;t walk around the old fort.
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I agree with Robsie, I wasn%26#39;t too impressed with the food either. Stick with the seafood (if you eat it), it is usually very good. Anything else was ok but not great. Other than seafood, local food seemed to be mainly meats. To be honest I could not recommend anywhere for a good meat dish as any we had were not great. Try the Dalmatian Ham, but it can be very chewy so make sure its a decent place. Any of the local cheeses we had were good, they all were mild. No idea what ones they were though, sorry!
If you are not into seafood, most restaurants do pasta or risotto as a first course so its not huge, but you could have it as your main if you had a starter (and don%26#39;t have a big appetite!). There are also pizza restaurants (but this is because the influence from of its proximity to Italy rather than catering for the Italian tourists - any cuisine is influenced by its location). Any we went to were fine - you can%26#39;t go that far wrong with pizza. You should also try Taj Mahal for something a bit different. I think its one of the first cities I%26#39;ve been to in Europe that didn%26#39;t have either a Chinese or Indian restaurant!
The lunch menus were usually the same as dinner, or at least a variation. If like me you are more used to a lighter lunch, there are a few places that do sandwiches but many are just pre-made rolls with ham %26amp; cheese wrapped in clingfilm - they didn%26#39;t look appetising. We found omelettes in a few places, and Bistro Dubrava seemed to do decent sandwiches. But we usually ate in the apartment and got fresh bread (yes, the bakeries are good), and olives, ham, cheese, etc from the deli. And finished off with cakes from the bakery - yum! We picked up food at the morning market in Grundulics Square and there is a deli on Od Puca (near the Church and Icon Gallery). There is also a bakery along Od Puca with cakes and sweet and savoury pastries.
One thing to note is that many of the restaurants have large outdoor sections but inside can be small. This is fine in the summer, but we were there in September and it was getting too cold to sit outside. I%26#39;d imagine October will definitely be too cold.
I hope this might be some help and I really hope this hasn%26#39;t discouraged you! As you say dining is enhanced by the atmosphere. We used to go for coffee or a drink at the cafes along Stradun even though they are more expensive - it was nice just to sit %26amp; watch the world go by. (And it was still cheaper than in Ireland anyway).
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