Picking the right restaurant when visiting Split for the first time can be tricky. With so many well-rated restaurants scattered in and around the Old Town one can easily run into analysis paralysis. Checking reviews, exploring menus for dietary options, and seeking out local favorites can help narrow your choices. But to make this tedious process quicker, we compiled our growing list of some of the best-restaurants in town.
Unlike regular travel blog restaurant lists, our list is a result of a complicated process of selection that takes into consideration not only our private experiences, but expert opinions, crowd feedback, location, culinary creativity, ambiance and stylistic diversity.
Our list is not bound by the formality of haute cuisine, nor is it overburdened with traditional Dalmatian taverns. We recognize that a great dining experience can be enjoyed in a variety of settings and forms. That’s why we made sure that inexpensive crowd favorites stand by side with high-brow culinary masters. All that it is important to us, is that every place on our list does its thing the best they possibly can.
Make the Most of Our Restaurant Section
To help you navigate our website, we have conjured an unique tag system under each individual restaurant profile that can help you figure out what makes that particular restaurant a good choice.
Click on any of the restaurant profiles and scroll down to find essential information such as which restaurants accept credit cards, take reservations, are wheelchair-accessible or welcome pets.
You can also check whether a restaurant offers outdoor seating, only has limited outdoor seating, or is indoor-only.
Whether you’re looking for a leisurely breakfast or brunch, prefer a restaurant with vegan options or vegetarian dishes, or crave fresh seafood, we’ve done the research for you!
Our location tags can help you find restaurants in historically significant location as well as those that come with a stunning view. We also highlight spots with beautifully maintained gardens an those with exceptional interior design.
For those looking for expert recommendations, we’ve marked the restaurants featured in the Michelin Guide and Gault & Millau. Some of these also offer a tasting menu.
We went a step further than the experts, highlighting what you—the crowd—like the most. We aggregated the data from the most popular review websites in order to highlight your favorites based on the total number of reviews, overall ratings, and those offering outstanding value.
Last but not least, we know that budgeting is important. That’s why we analyzed the menus of all the restaurants we selected to give you a clear understanding of their price points. For ease of use, these are split into four balanced groups.
In Inexpensive Restaurants ($$), a single dish meal for one person, excluding drinks or tips, is typically expected to cost between 10 – 18 EUR. The largest group, the Moderately Expensive Restaurants ($$$) will set you back, on average, between 18 – 24 EUR. On the higher end, you’ll find more expensive restaurants ranked as Upscale ($$$$), with a typical costs between 24 – 30 EUR, and Upscale Plus ($$$$$), where prices start at over 30 EUR.
Step by Step Example
So lets say you find yourself on the page of Fig Restaurant. Scrolling down you can find our quick links to Fig’s Google Maps and Tripadvisor profiles together with its overall rating. Further down our tags tell you that the place accepts credit cards and accepts reservations. It is very tastefully designed and it is located at an authentic location—the ground floor of a historically significant late fifteenth century urban palace associated with the late medieval merchant Augubio family.
Fig has outside seating available and falls into our inexpensive category, meaning that an average meal should cost you from 10 – 18 EUR. Their lower than average price, unique location and great overall rating make it one of our 10 Great Value picks for 2025.
It’s menu has vegan and vegetarian options and the restaurant serves breakfast or brunch in the morning hours.
Clicking on any of the tags will lead you to a page where you can find similar restaurants. For example, choosing elegant interior will lead you to a page where we list the 8 restaurants we currently choose for its interior design and vibe.
Clicking on any of the proposed restaurants will bring you back to their page, from where you can again repeat the screening process.
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