Bars & Pubs

This tiny storefront 'graperia, cafeteria and galleria' is the most underground place you'll find on the Tkalčićeva strip. The interior undergoes radical...

Can too much interior design be a bad thing? The growing army of regular customers at Divas certainly doesn't think so. The place carries the name of a...

On the Ribnjak slope, this red-lit bar/club burned beyond recognition in 2008. Within two months the place was reopened with a new colour scheme: out with...

It's been here for years, the 'Cultural Information Centre', but still attracts a loyal, bohemian following throughout the week. Some are drawn by the...

This small, red-brick basement bar is decked out in wry, kitsch-but-cool details, with a veritable solar system of tiny mirrorballs hovering above the bar,...

For a decade the soul of alternative Zagreb hovered above a former warehouse at Runjaninova 3, home to the first incarnation of the Mo_vara club in 1999 and...

Known by all as 'Krolo' after the writer Miroslav Krleža who lived here, this beautiful old wooden bar near the main square gives a flavour of pre-1991...

Formerly known as Spunk, this leading music bar and student hang-out has expanded into the next-door room to double its size, smartened up the decor and...

Cult bar Sedmica does little to advertise its presence on the street. The clue is a small sign above a residential doorway. It's the meeting place of people...

Just off Ilica in a passageway lined by some of Zagreb's fancier shops, Velvet displays the kind of flamboyant-but-minimalist interior typical of its...

This place has been around for a few years and it's a real locals' hang-out. The interior of Alcatraz is crowded with American number plates, beer flags,...

Apartman is a funky first-floor spot on the corner with Teslina. Incongruously, it was the HQ of the local scouts' association, signified by a plaque and an...

Just off the first square as you walk up from the station, the Bacchus Jazz Bar is an ideal place to meet friends, listen to jazz and either have a...

With a welcoming orangey-brown colour scheme that resembles the skin tones of a long-necked African mammal, Zirafa is unusually funky for a neighbourhood...