Kulturni Centar Mesnička

One of those mildly eccentric places that give the Croatian capital its distinct but hard-to-put into-words sense of character, Kulturni Centar Mesnička (“Mesnička Cultural Centre”) is a vintage-style living-room bar with a side room devoted to art exhibitions and a live gig space (mostly jazz) in the cellar. With burgundy hues, barrel-vaulted ceiling, mismatched furniture and those cast-iron column radiators they don’t seem to make anymore, it’s a great place to mellow out. There’s a full range of daytime and evening drinks, with draught beers coming from increasingly inventive local brewers Crafters.