Named after the cherry liqueur from Zadar, Maraska, this three-floor spot in trendy bar central is packed to the rafters in the evenings, but a low-key...
Margaretska 1The intimate Masters is located next the clay courts of the Maksimir Tennis Centre and in a loft bedecked with wooden floors and a tree-house-style bar. The...
Ravnice
Melin has long been a cult spot off on Tkalčićeva, slightly scruffier but somehow more characterful than the multitude of mainstream café-bars along the...
Kožarska 19
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...
Radićeva 7Despite the modest-looking entrance this is a stylish, roomy and bustling place with a long bar running along one side of the room, lots of brass fittings...
Savska 141A classic-looking old pub: a mirror behind the brass bar, pharmacy-related sepia photographs and vintage adverts crowding the walls, and dark wood...
Hebrangova 11ASmack in the middle of Tkalčićeva, Oliver Twist has a giant terrace with a beer-garden feel and goes elbow-to-elbow when the weather is nice. Inside, they...
Tkalčićeva 60Set in the narrow shape of a train carriage, this tasteful recreation of the famous vehicle is decked out with a wonderful series of black-and-white...
Teslina 10For decades this address, across from the Ribnjak Park, was a café. The doors have opened again as a club - albeit a small one. Cosy doesn't quite do...
Ribnjak 10
It simply doesn't get any more local than this. And, you'd be hard-pressed to find a place more central. Located in an alley just metres north and west from...
Radićeva 3AOne of Zagreb's classic watering holes, patronised by writers and actors since the 19th century, 'Under Old Roofs' looks every inch the part, with its bare...
Basaričekova 9Sited atop the new Cascade shopping centre (by the Kaptol Centar at the head of Tkalčićeva), this is, as is plainly implied, a posh spot. Cocktails, in the...
Tkalčićeva 88
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...
Hrvatske bratske zajednice
Purgeraj is as solid and diverse a club - in the heart of the Ribnjak Park - as there is in town. Good news: it is also walking distance from Jelačić, which...
Ribnjak 1This two-room café-bar at the southern end of Savska cesta (near the Savski most tram terminus) is far from the cute exercise in nostalgia that you might...
Savska cesta 180