Itaka Library Bar, Podgorica 🇲🇪

Location: C7Q8+4FC, Podgorica 81000, Montenegro

Venue Type: Terrace Bar / Café Bar / Quirky / Modern

Year of Inscription: 2022

EBG Rating:
7.6/10
Choice/
Quality of Drinks
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A rare location for Montenegrin craft beer – and on tap too.  Only the one though. Good standard of café bar options complete a decent set.
Style/
Décor
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Based in an old female Turkish bath house, this place was previously also a bookish cafe. A three storey bar with narrow space around a central atrium, roof terrace.
Atmosphere/
Character
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There are good views on the glass fronted roof terrace, intimate vibes on the middle floor and lively bar action on the ground floor. With a bookish, academic vibe out of season, the pace doesn’t pick up until the crowds arrive in summer.
Amenities/
Events
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Books, snacks, outdoor seating.
Value For Money
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Fair given the options available.
Description
An unusual historic building houses this café, resurrecting a more unusual piece of Podgorica’s heritage, with a women’s Turkish baths on the site formerly. Now, this comes directly under a motorway escarpment, adding to a collage of unusual juxtapositions. Montegrin craft beer is available here, with the bar itself taking cues from the West in terms of its design and attitude. Friendly service and a series of nooks and crannies across 3 floors to have a low key, but intimate and warm evening out.