Montenegro, Budva: restaurants worth visiting. Photos and reviews

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

If we talk about holidays by the sea, it is worth noting that everyone dreams of different islands and distant overseas countries where you can feed monkeys from your hands and climb to the heavenly shrine. But often paradise is much closer and much cheaper than you might think.

Each resort town is a small cozy village on the seashore, where natives entertain tourists, thereby embellishing their lives. Restaurants in Budva (Montenegro) will not let you feel like a stranger, because there are many Russian-speaking tourists here. All establishments offer menus in Russian, and the charm and cosiness of a small town with narrow streets will give you a feeling of abstraction from the bustle of the world.

All inclusive or not?

Over the past five to ten years, the all inclusive option has been popularized due to inexpensive trips to Egypt and Turkey. They are offered in absolutely all travel agencies. But a truly unique journey is only possible ifthe tourist himself chooses what he would like to see.

What does Budva offer you? Restaurants, the sea, music and just a chic atmosphere - but this is not all that the city will please. "The cult of food" will allow any tourist to find a dish to their liking. Even the local cuisine is cooked differently in each restaurant, and the chefs have their own secret recipe for even the most common Shopska salad. Therefore, choosing all inclusive or impromptu is the decision for the traveler.

How much?

Prices for any cuisine increase in proportion to the proximity to the shore. And what will cost 25 euros in the city will cost about 50 on the coast. Gastronomic quality, taste, color and serving size may be different. Those who have heard about the giant portions offered by Budva restaurants should read the menu more carefully, because there are classic portion sizes, especially in European and Asian cuisines. However, all dishes are very satisfying, so you will definitely not be hungry!

Budva, whose restaurants have an average check per person of about 15 euros (regardless of the preferred type of cuisine), is becoming more popular every year. The cost should be taken into account when planning a daily vacation budget. This is very important, isn't it?

What to eat?

There are two streets along the embankment, completely built up with catering for every taste and color, as they say. There is a place here for a lover of meat, fish, seafood, vegetables, dairy products, desserts and exotic drinks.

WhatAs for local cuisine, all main courses come with a side dish (it's potatoes cooked in different ways, or rice). Montenegrins are "meat people". Despite the proximity to the sea, they do not really like to eat fish, so it is not served on the table as often as meat. Although, according to reviews, Budva restaurants provide an opportunity to enjoy the taste of freshly caught and fried fish.

Is there McDonald's in Budva?

Food catering tried many times to capture fast food outlets, but they all went bankrupt and closed. If a tourist wants "MacChicken", then he will not receive it in its usual form. The city of Budva, whose restaurants offer he althy fresh food, instead of the usual burger, gives a more interesting and he althy fast food that satisfies hunger for the whole day.

The best place of this kind, according to visitors, is "Skolijera". It is located on the beach, the prices are low, and it works around the clock. As the reviews say, the employees of the institution will always meet and see off customers with a smile.

"Big Mac"? Not! Gyros is a local bread cake with fillings. Anyone can afford this food, and what to put there is up to the guest to decide. Everything that is in the window - choose, but what is not - just ask.

Besides "Shkoljara", both in Budva and throughout Montenegro, you can find butcher shops (Mesara), where the purchased piece of meat is grilled for free. The prepared dish can be eaten in a completely calm atmosphere in your room. This is a very budget option.because it will cost even less than an ordinary gyros.

Cheap but not angry

No matter what the average check price of the institution, you will still be served with a smile and patience. Budget Budva, cheap restaurants are definitely Parma and Kuzhina (Parma and Kuzina). A hearty meal of meat and fish with french fries or black risotto can be obtained here for only 5-10 euros per person. And it's only 5 minutes walk from the sea!

Kangaroo is a unique establishment that offers a range of soft drinks and free Wi-Fi in addition to good food and heart-pleasing prices. Recently, an outdoor terrace was built on the second floor, where you can have a good time, surf the Internet and enjoy frappe or glace for a couple of euros.

Where to drink and not drink?

You won't have to search for a long time, because for many years tourists have chosen several cafes and bars in Budva. First up is Casper. There is no limit to the perfection of drinks in this bar, just as there is no limit to music and good mood.

Budva attracts tourists, cafes and restaurants, bars and hotels which are simple but well thought out. Therefore, any pub (including Casper) will not have a kitchen, except for primitive snacks for drinks. It is logical that after visiting the bar, it is advisable to stock up on the address of a 24-hour restaurant where you can eat heartily.

All visitors to the "Republic of Casper" (this is the full name) adore it for its special atmosphere. All local creative people and foreigners gather here. "Casper" - centervarious jazz festivals. The history of the bar is long, and the territory is wide and roomy. In addition, in 2016 "Respublika" "swallowed" the adjacent premises. Now there will be a place not only for old regulars, but also for new visitors.

An example of drinks that cannot be tasted anywhere except Montenegro will be raspberry or cafta beer, and among wines - "Malvasia". The local strong drink is rakia. The strength of rakia is approximately 40%, but it is much softer than vodka. Rakia is plum, quince and grape.

Besides the Kasper Republic (by the way, that was the name of the owners' cat), Pivnica is very popular, where reviews recommend trying local beer. Moreover, Budva has its own brewery.

What about the luxury class?

If you are drawn to luxury and "jeweled" sea views, then there is a place like El Ray. There are always many visitors here. This is a cafe-restaurant, but it is visited mainly to drink coffee and look at the beautiful sea view from the panoramic window.

Watching the sunset in comfort is the most precious thing, it is worth overpaying three times for coffee for this. But such pleasure is subject only to those who are driving, because the institution is located far from the center on the highway passing through all the Balkans.

All the best restaurants in Budva are located along the coastline. Among them there are relatively inexpensive places, but all are mainly focused on tourists, and thismeans that both the prices and the situation oblige, as they say.

As one of the luxurious establishments, reviews note the Divino wine bar, where you can drink a wide range of wine from all over Europe at a very affordable price. Of course, there are rakia and several types of beer on the menu. But wine comes first.

Kitchen for wines, as always, very modest in quantity, but immodest in essence: olives, several types of cheese and so on. Here you can drink coffee, swim and imagine yourself rich in a beautiful cozy environment.

What are the kids to do?

Among all this endless string of gastronomy and drinks, it may seem that children in Budva have nothing to do. Everything is exactly the opposite. In 2016, a water park was opened directly in the city, and so far only children can visit it, because the adult terminal is not finished yet. The next season promises to be even more fun, because what adult does not dream of feeling like a child on vacation?

There is a zoo near the bus station itself. And such a park is loved by people of all ages in any city, regardless of whether you can pet the animal and feed it or not. This zoo has a cafe, paths, a small lake, and a gameland with humane prices, thanks to which parents can relax while the baby jumps. Every year the zoo is replenished with new animals, and in 2016 a deer was born here.

Food, drinks and more food. Everyone?

Yes, Montenegro is a country of adoration for food, and not just any, but the national one. But this is not all that can be explored if you find yourself in such a city,like Budva. Restaurants are not all attractions.

It is worth remembering that this city is over 2500 years old. It has many ancient walls that can tell stories from past millennia. The whole city can be bypassed from one edge to another in half an hour, and to go along and across in one day. The ancient walls of the Citadel, a panoramic terrace, a national restaurant, museums of architecture - all this will be in large numbers at every step, at every turn.

If until 2010 Montenegro was not interesting for the majority of travelers, then over time everything has changed. So, the Balkans have become a godsend for the traveler.

The monotonous cuisine throughout Europe and America is no longer surprising. Restaurants in Budva receive mostly enthusiastic reviews from visitors, because the cuisine is really like nothing else, although meat prevails in most cuisines of the world. Unusual seasonings and cooking methods (charcoal, grill, etc.) - everything gives an unusual taste and a desire to try more.

Learning new things, swimming in the sea, getting to know a new culture and people is a fantastic holiday. The choice is up to the guest!