The city of Pula has a wide range of restaurants that offer different types of food. From traditional Istrian cuisine, through Mediterranean food to world cuisine, you can find everything you need.

1. Backyard
breakfast & dinner

BACKYARD is the hidden gem of Pula. The menu is fantastic with some exciting and innovative dishes created by the chef who really cares about his customers

Great food, fantastic atmosphere and lovely service An absolutely “must have” if you stay in Pula. Don’t forget to do a reservation.

2. Mlinar caffe breakfast

Good coffee, good price and great service. Recommended

Adresa: Flanatička ul. 6, 52100, Pula

 

3. Little Red Rooster
breakfast

This restaurant offers (among others) coffee, breakfast and pizza. The coffee and food taste great, the Rooster has a nice atmosphere, the staff and owner are very friendly.

Adresa: Ul. Sergijevaca 24, 52100, Pula

4. Street food
Hook & Cook

If you want quality fish street food, you will hardly find a better place than Pula’s Hook&Cook. Their philosophy is still the same, so food is still prepared from what is caught that day, but in a slightly different, more innovative way. Burgers, tacos and crispy fried fish bites are just part of the more than interesting offer.

Ul. Sergijevaca 18, 52100, Pula

 

5. Pizzeria Jupiter

food in Pula

Located in the very center of the city, in a side street that leads to the History Museum, Pizzeria Jupiter is a place where you can feel the real charm of a rustic ambiance in harmony with nature. . A touch of history can be felt in the pleasant and relaxed atmosphere. 25 years of tradition and quality in the preparation of gastronomic delicacies. Great branch and service

Castropola ul. 42, 52100, Pula

 

6. Wine & Tapas
Boca bar

Upscale snacks and drinks are the main attraction here, inventive bruschettas, fine wines and gin-based cocktails with high-end base spirits. Halfway between the Venetian citadel and the marina, you’re also in historic part of Pula, lending a little atmosphere as you sip your Aperol spritz and nibble on a truffle tapa.

Kandlerova 34, Pula

 

7. Enjoy Istrian family hospitality in one and ony Boccaporta

In the homely surroundings of the Konoba Boccaporta, the motto in the local vernacular is Lipa besida dopire saka vrata – ‘A nice word opens the door’. Braised on hot coals, boškarin beef and octopus are deliciously succulent and served with seasonal vegetables, all the kind of quality you might find at dining establishments that can and do charge more. . It’s all a fair stroll south-east of town but worth the taxi journey.

8. Epulon

Recently opened Epulon Food & Wine sits by Pula’s historic centre but this contemporary eatery is anything but staid. Smooth light wood and bare brick typify this open-plan, high-ceilinged establishment, offset by industrial-style lighting. Istrian tapas may be one way to describe the menu, although you may also find regional favourites such as fuži pasta with truffles, seafood spaghetti and the like.  Of the many Istrian wines, Tomaz from Motovun is the most prominen, rosé, Malvazija and Teran. 

9. Eat like local
Vodnjanka

The checked tablecloths, the payments in cash only and the mid-afternoon (and Sunday) closing tell you that you’re at a restaurant favoured by wallet-conscious regulars. A look at the menu, and its traditional, seasonal Istrian cuisine, with plenty of game in autumn and winter, confirms it. Then your meal arrives, perhaps pasta fužitwists with meat sauce, and you realise why locals come here – the food’s great. Vodnjanka is also close to the Rojc arts centre, so you might meet a few cultural types enjoying a similar cheap lunch.