Croatia: Klarisa Restoran (August 2016)




My spouse and I enjoyed refreshments at Klarisa Restoran on a Saturday afternoon in late August 2016. We noticed the sidewalk cafe at Klarisa after we descended the City Walls of Old Town on a hot and sunny day. Klarisa Restoran is located near the Pile Gate and Great Onofrio Fountain (Velika i mala Onofrijeva fontana), steps from the Stradun (main street). The restaurant occupies the former monastery of St Claire, which dates back to the thirteenth century. 

Klarisa offers several places to dine, including umbrella-shaded tables on the exterior snack bar terrace with a view of neighboring shops and the bustling pedestrian-only streets. Indoors, the dining space is elegant and modern, with an onyx-topped bar and large windows that enclose the old cloister walkway/gallery/arcade so that booths and tables have a view of the interior al fresco courtyard (where you can dine outside in a quieter, more protected environment versus out on the sidewalk terrace). The restaurant can accommodate large groups because of its expansive size. Staff man the bathrooms, and non-restaurant guests must pay a fee to access them. (Klarisa’s location near a city gate with wall access, and adjacent to a souvenir/tour shop, generates a lot of non-patron traffic through its bathrooms, hence the usage fee for non-guests.)

In its indoor and interior courtyard dining areas, Klarisa offers fish, meat, and vegetarian dishes. Its sidewalk café offers more casual menu options. Klarisa also offers takeout gelato from a small area on its sidewalk café. We visited only to drink some beverages, so we cannot comment on the food, but our two rounds of drinks (two beers and two sodas) totalled 158 Kuna ($22 USD). 

Klarisa Restoran’s prime location is not inexpensive, but it is an good spot to watch the bustling pedestrian traffic.





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