EBG Rating: 8.2/10

Choice/Quality of Drinks:
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The bar’s weakest suit with only typical Croatia caffe bar wares for the most part.

Style/Décor:
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Small street-facing bar with Guinness signage outside on a quiet street. Decorated with a life’s collection and nautical nik-naks on exposed brick walls. Quarter circle corner bar as you enter, with wooden booths opposite and around.

Atmosphere/Character:
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There’s a jollity that comes from the relative novelty and intimacy of surroundings detached from the usual city churn. Limited seating encourages customers to hold on to their acquired space for the duration. Quaint hospitality helps too.

Amenities/Events:
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Snacks, games.

Value For Money:
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Typical for the city.

Description:
Historic bar dating from 1965 tucked around the back of the city centre the opposite side of the valley from the city fortifications. Run by the original owner’s grandson Damir.

As you approach you pass a series of ex-industrial buildings and it seems these days an odd place for a café to be. Back in the day they would have had more footfall. Walking along, finally the light beams onto the street and an old Guinness sign hoves into view, you’ve arrived.

These days it thrives on word of mouth, not to mention the more obvious fact that there aren’t a lot of good pubs in Croatian cities.

The hospitality is quaint here with a friendly welcome, table service and a mode that puts you at ease quickly.

It’s a small pub decorated with a life’s collection and nautical nik-naks on exposed brick walls which suit the place down to the ground.

During Covid this bar became a rallying point for cultural activities. In the fact of difficulties the owner Demir remarks that people seem to laugh here more often than elsewhere.

Home bias aside, he has a point. There’s a jollity that comes from the relative novelty and intimacy of surroundings detached from the usual city churn. Limited seating encourages customers to hold on to their acquired space for the duration.

If it’s drinks, music, card and board games, you’re sorted here at a lovely, atmospheric pub for all ages.

If they could upgrade the drinks a little, it would be the number one in the city.

(Added October 2025)