Slovenia Restaurants

A plaice with sole

Advantages: Delicious seafood, helpful staff, good value
Disadvantages: A few over the top dishes, dim lighting

...such places, my favourite being Novi Svet pri Stolnici. It appears to also be the choice of business people entertaining guests from out of town, and large family group celebrating a special occasion. The name translates as "New World by the cathedral"; the emphasis should be on the cathedral since it is indeed situated across the square from the pretty pastel coloured church, rather than the New World as there isn't really anything New Worldly about ...
...expensive portion of fish in Novi Svet. My favourite dish is the oven cooked octopus with potatoes - one for garlic lovers only, while himself favours the wild sea bass. There is also a delicious grilled octopus dish with two generous octopus tentacles cooked to tender perfection and served with a well dressed salad, while the various kinds of stuffed squid are excellent value for money and are very filling. These tender tubes of squid are stuffed ...

fizzytom 01.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Novi Svet Pri Stolnici, Maribor

Gostilna Postela - head out of town for quality Slovenian fare

Advantages: Good value, great food; not hard to get to; friendly staff
Disadvantages: None, unless you're too lazy to get there

...is worth seeking out a gostilna (a local restaurant serving traditional food) and for visitors to the country’s second city, Maribor, I would recommend the short drive, or a hop on the Number 6 bus, to Gostilna Postela, where the food is excellent and the prices are reasonable. Were it not for the yellow sign, illuminated at night, that points to the entrance from the main road, Gostilna Postela would be easy to miss as it is situated a little way ...
...in the lovely surroundings of Gostilna Postela the noise tends to fade into the background as you tuck into some of the best traditional cuisine served in the area. Postela is named for the Illyrian–Celtic settlement, the remains of which have been found on the nearby mountain at Maribor Pohorje, the city’s nearest ski grounds so this is a good option for skiers staying in Radvanje at the foot of the ski slopes as well as an easy trip for people ...

fizzytom 06.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Gostilna Postela, Maribor

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Advantages: Lovely food, only Indian restaurant in Maribor, nice toilets
Disadvantages: Out of the way location, badly laid out menu

...of which brings me to Srecni Slon, the first fully Indian restaurant in Slovenia. There is a terrific restaurant called the Ocarina at Bled which was the first Slovenian restaurant to own a tandoor (these things pass as monumental events in Slovenia) but it is not a fully dedicated Indian restaurant, only firing the tandoor at weekends. Circumstances conspired against us experiencing Srecni Slon and so we actually ate at Namaste in Ljubljana (capital's ...
...were able to dine at Srecni Slon even though we had known of its existence for some time. Srecni Slon (The Happy Elephant) is unfortunately situated and it has to be said that only the dedicated curry lover would make a special effort to get there. It has become popular with a hardcore of Maribor diners who love curry but, on the whole, Slovenians have yet to embrace Indian cuisine with anything like the gusto we Brits have. However as Slovenians ...

fizzytom 28.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Srecni Slon Indian Restaurant, Maribor, Slovenia