Bringing the outdoors indoors is one way of describing this enormous space. In effect, it's a courtyard, with parts of the buildings that used to face it...

Opened in 1973 and praised in Croatia's top gastronomic guides, Boban is tucked among residential buildings a steep walk up from Firule - the taxi driver...

At this traditional establishment, the claim on the menu is that almost everything you eat is grown, caught or produced within 1,000 metres of your table. A...

Locals would class this as a restaurant and it serves food, to be sure. They would also called it the 'Tre Volte', after the arches overlooking the sea, the...

Just behind Narodni trg, Gaga is a permanently busy cocktail bar filling a tiny old square (check out the authentically retro barber's signs) with a young,...

Opposite Firule's tennis courts Hedonist has been a swift hit with affluent young Splićani after a celebrity champagne-and-oysters opening in 2009. The...

At the city end of Ivana Meštrovića, near the ACI Marina, this prominent terrace bar offers relaxation after a day at Zvončac beach. Families and couples...

A legendary performance space in the basement of the Youth Cultural Centre hosting punk, electro, drum 'n' bass or techno in gritty, graffiti-and-concrete...

Joze's friendly Tavern is central but slightly off the beaten track - head out of the Golden Gate, over the park and Sredmanuška opposite, up a slight...

This local restaurant, perfectly located with a terrace overlooking a prominent square by the palace, has a menu that reflects its traditional...

Also known as Kavana-Bistro Anika, Le Monde's downtown restaurant is tucked behind the National Theatre. With a downstairs café-bar, upstairs dining room...

Luxor's café in the heart of the palace is already one of the most popular meeting places in town. The restaurant on the first floor has been re-energised...

Tiny bar within the palace, with a few tables scattered outside. It's in a major hub of bars on Majstora Jurja on the north side of the palace, Teak, Kala,...

The wide terrace of this disco-bar is right on Kašuni beach, on a quieter stretch of seafront below the Meštrović Gallery - look out for the green Zlatorog...