We have prepared an overview of food prices in Croatia in 2021. Find out what to try with national dishes and Croatian fast food. How much groceries cost in stores. Local restaurant traditions and how to save money.
Exchange rate: 1 Croatian kuna (HRK) ≈ 11 RUB.
What to try in Croatia
Croatian cuisine is part of the Mediterranean. It has many borrowings from Italy. In any city and village, pizza, pasta and Italian sweets are excellently prepared. Dubrovnik, Split, Porec and other resorts on the Adriatic coast are famous for their fish and seafood dishes. In the central part of the country they love meat cuisine. In regions that are far from the sea, you can feel the strong influence of Austrian, Turkish and Hungarian culinary traditions.
What food to try in Croatia? We recommend:
- slavonsky kulen - dark brown pork sausage with paprika and spices;
- prosciutto - national meat delicacy of dried and smoked pork ham;
- wanders - stew of different types of sea fish;
- pashtitsada - beef stewed in red wine, garlic, onions and spices;
- gregada - fish soup with white wine and olive oil;
- manestra - vegetable stew;
- black risotto - rice dish with octopus and Mediterranean cuttlefish ink;
- skradinskoe risotto - rice with veal;
- black and white truffle pasta;
- Zagorsk struckli - delicate pastries with cheese and eggs;
- slave cake;
- buchnitsa - pie with cottage cheese and pumpkin;
- lycithic gingerbread - honey gingerbread in the shape of a heart.
Prices for food in cafes and restaurants in Croatia - 2021
It doesn't matter in which city you are vacationing - in the capital of the republic Zagreb, in Split, Dubrovnik or Porec, food prices in Croatia are about the same. Everywhere there are more expensive restaurants that are aimed at tourists, and budget cafes where Croats themselves like to be.
The average bill per person in a cafe is 50-60 HRK, and in an inexpensive restaurant - 100-120 HRK. For this money, you will get a hearty lunch, excluding alcoholic beverages.
During the daytime, visitors are offered a "dish of the day" - an analogue of our business lunches. Lunch of starter, main course, dessert and coffee costs 45-50 HRK.
Here are the prices for food in Croatian cafes and restaurants in 2021:
- Croatian octopus salad - 90 HRK;
- mushroom soup - 10-15 HRK;
- chicken or turkey with vegetables - 35-45 HRK;
- potatoes with fish - 18 HRK;
- meat steak - from 35-45 HRK;
- pork chops - 35-40 HRK;
- seafood - 25-32 HRK;
- a small cake and coffee - 18 HRK;
- freshly squeezed juice - 10 HRK;
- bottle of wine - 50 HRK;
- local beer, 0.5 l - 18 HRK.
Drink prices
Croats are big fans coffee... It is drunk for breakfast and throughout the day. A cup of espresso, which costs 8 HRK, must be accompanied by a glass of cold water. Many people like coffee with milk and whipped cream - it costs 10-12 HRK.
Croatia's main drink is wine... The tradition of winemaking in this country goes back more than one hundred years, so Croats know how to make delicious white and red wines. Great connoisseurs of good wine - Italians - visit their neighbors on wine tours. Croatian red wine is especially appreciated by foreigners.
Wine in Croatia is drunk only with water. Tourists like hemisht - dry white wine with mineral water. The perfect combination to quench your thirst in the heat! Hemisht is usually made from young Grasevina wine and Kalnička salty mineral water.
What do they drink in Croatia
A mixture of dry red wine and still water is called bevanda, and with cola - bambosh... We recommend to try syringe - red or white wine diluted with soda. The drink sizzles and gurgles. The syringe is drunk chilled immediately after preparation - as long as the bubbles go.
Croatians make good vodka from apples, plums and grapes. Local rakiya tastes like Turkish cancers... Tourists praise plum vodka - plum brandy, from grapes - dowser, brandy travary and Maraschine dry fruit liqueur.
Prices for alcoholic beverages in Croatian stores in 2021:
- rakia, 0.5 l - from 35 HRK;
- wine, 1 l - 18-20 HRK;
- Croatian beer, 0.5 l - 7.5 HRK;
- imported beer, 0.5 l - 12-15 HRK;
- rum, 1 l - from 40 HRK.
Grocery Prices in Croatian Stores - 2021
What are the prices for food in Croatia? The products are cheaper than in the UK, Austria and Denmark, but more expensive than in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. In resort areas, the cost of goods rises in July and August, when the most tourists come to the country.
Food is sold in small shops and supermarkets Lidl, Konzum, Mercator, Bio & bio, Plodine and Interspar. The Tommy shops are famous for the most democratic prices.
Here are food prices in Croatian stores in 2021:
- boiled sausage, 1 kg - 50-55 HRK;
- chicken fillet, 1 kg - 20 HRK;
- ground beef, 1 kg - 25 HRK;
- beef tenderloin, 1 kg - 50 HRK;
- pork loin, 1 kg - 25 HRK;
- Croatian salami, 1 kg - 70 HRK;
- cheese, 1 kg - from 60 HRK;
- olive oil, 0.5 l - 40-45 HRK;
- salmon steaks, 1 kg - 120 HRK;
- shrimps, crabs, mussels, oysters, 1 kg - 65-85 HRK;
- apples, 1 kg - 6-8 HRK;
- grapes, 1 kg - 15 HRK;
- pears, 1 kg - 8-10 HRK.
Croatian fast food
There are many fast food establishments in the country - McDonald's restaurants and pizzerias. The average bill in them is lower than ordinary cafes - 40-45 HRK.
Dish # 1 of a traditional Croatian fast food - burek... Meat and Cheese Puff Pie is a hearty snack on the go. Everywhere you can order chevapchichi (čevapčići) - small sausages made from minced meat, which are fried on a wire rack over coals. Great snack - cutlet splash (pljeskavica) in a wheat cake.
Prices for street food in Croatia in 2021:
- puffs and buns - 2-3 HRK;
- sausage in dough - 5-7 HRK;
- boiled and baked corn - 10 HRK;
- fried chestnuts - 10 HRK;
- filled pancakes - 15 HRK;
- sandwich - 15 HRK;
- hamburger - 25 HRK;
- baked apple - 10 HRK;
- ice cream - 7-8 HRK.
What you need to know
The most delicious food is offered in small family establishments. They are easy to find by signs. konoba, gostionica or gostiona... The locals eat and socialize here. Konoba open early so you can have breakfast before work. The portions are large, so we advise you to take the salad and the main course for two.
For those with a sweet tooth, we advise you to look into Croatian pastry shops slasticarnica and slasticarna... There are low prices, a large selection of desserts and tables for visitors to enjoy pastries and cakes.
If you want to be brought to you not herbal, but black tea, ask indijski čaj.
Restaurant menus usually list the price for 100 g of fish, and the chefs cook the whole fish. To avoid misunderstandings, discuss the portion size with the waiter in advance.
Tipping in Croatia is 10-15% of the bill.
How to save money on food in Croatia
- In establishments that are located away from tourist spots, food in Croatia is 20-30% cheaper.
- You can have a cheap breakfast or lunch at fast food restaurants. A set of hamburger, fries and a glass of cola costs 25-30 HRK.
- High food prices in Croatia - in the Old Town of Dubrovnik. If you are visiting this resort, we advise you to visit an inexpensive restaurant Konavoka and a pizzeria Scala... Split has a budget restaurant Konoba Matejuska, pizzeria Galija, Cafe Kod joze and barbecue The fig leaf... We recommend restaurants in Porec Konoba Kazeta, Fortuna and cafe Gelati & Baci.
- Some tourists rent apartments with a kitchen and cook themselves. There are discounts in large stores every day. Discount sale is held in the late afternoon, before closing. At the end of the working day, there are few goods left, and they need to be urgently sold. Some products can be bought at half the price.
- Look for the cheapest fish in fish shops where fishermen donate their catch. For fresh goods, come before 7 in the morning. Excellent fish is sold at the market near the port of Gruz in Dubrovnik
- Buy Croatian red wine in 3L plastic cans. It costs only 40 HRK.
