My spouse and I enjoyed lunch at Kopun Restoran on a
Saturday afternoon in late August 2016. We encountered Kopun during a walking
tour of Old Town Dubrovnik. Kopun is located near the top of the monumental
Baroque staircase that leads to Ruder Boskovic Square, where the Church of St.
Ignatius of Loyola (Crkva sveti Ignacija) and the Jesuit
College (Jesuite Collegium Ragusinum) are located. (One or both of the latter
two sites must be backdrops for the “Game of Thrones” show, because some niche
tours stopped there for photographs; in fact, one industrious tour guide stores
swords and shields at Kopun for his guests to use in their photos.) The
restaurant is open for lunch and dinner daily, although abbreviated hours may
exist in winter months (see their website for details).
Kopun Restoran, which opened in 2012, offers both indoor and
outdoor seating. The outdoor terrace provides dining space for approximately 90
patrons at tables positioned beneath huge umbrellas, with large fans operating
in summer and heaters in winter. A huge triple-branched pittosporum tree
provides additional shade. The air-conditioned, bright white interior dining
space hung with minimalist artwork seats 40+ patrons. Kopun hosts private
groups and events indoors or outdoors.
Kopun serves authentic regional cuisine using recipes handed
down through the centuries; however, they also serve continental dishes such as
fish and seafood. The word “Kopun” means “capon”, which refers to the castrated
rooster that is part of its most famous specialty dishes, capon in mushroom
sauce, capon stuffed with herbs/meat/vegetables (which feeds 3-4 people and
must be ordered a day in advance), and capon with oranges and honey (kopun na
dubrovacki nacin). We ordered the
delicious last dish with the oranges and honey, which is described in
sixteenth-century playwright Marin Drzic's comedy called “Dundo Maroje”. We
also shared another favorite local dish called “dirty spaghetti “ (sporki
makaruli, or pasta with goulash sauce) as a starter (which was entrée-sized).
Our bill totaled 409 Kunas ($59) for one starter, one main dish, and three
rounds of drinks.
Our lunch at
Kopun was one of our favorite meals of our trip!
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