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,...
Preradovićeva 12Apartman 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...
Preradovićeva 7Just 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...
Trg kralja Tomislava 16
With a welcoming orangey-brown colour scheme that resembles the skin tones of a long-necked African mammal, Žirafa is unusually funky for a neighbourhood...
Maksimirska 64Very much the new kid on the block when it comes to ultra-cool but ultra-comfortable interiors, Blok Bar is arguably Zagreb's most aesthetically pleasing...
Tomašićeva 13The anchor of the café and pub scene on the buzzing street between the Hotel Dubrovnik and Flower Square (parallel to and one street south of the main...
Bogovićeva 6
This tiny storefront 'graperia, cafeteria and galleria' is the most underground place you'll find on the Tkalčićeva strip. The interior undergoes radical...
Tkalčićeva 18
CroArt is part photo exhibition space and part café. Leather couches are set among display cases of old cameras (the door handle is also shaped like a...
Gajeva 25
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...
Martićeva 17Suitably set in an old hi-fi store, this superior music bar is a lively and popular rendezvous for younger, spiky-haired locals and older rockers. Pub-like...
Gajeva 18This is a straight-up pub. They have Guinness, Kilkenny and Erdinger on tap. There's a long list of bottled beers. They have bar food like sausages and...
Maksimirska 75
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...
Ribnjak 26
Opened in 2007 at the new, glitzy Almeria Centar where Vukovarska meets Heinzelova, Fly Bar has a theme which is, not surprisingly, aeroplane-induced. The...
Vukovarska 284A rather tatty-looking café-bar by day, by night the Funk Club is lively indeed. Spontaneous interaction sparks around a horseshoe-shaped bar, while...
Tkalčićeva 52
Run by the people behind the sadly defunct Global, this is now the main gay spot in Zagreb. Fun but no hard-core action.
Mesnička 36