Croatia: Nostress Caffe Bar-Bistro (August 2016)




My spouse and I visited the Nostress Bistro for dinner on a Tuesday evening in late August 2016. Nostress is open daily for breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, and late-night refreshments. The restaurant accepts reservations.

Nostress Bistro is located on Ulica Iza Loze in Folk Square Piazza (Pjaca Narodni Trg) next to the fifteenth century City Hall. It occupies the former fourteenth century Renaissance palace of the Karepic family, which displays Gothic and Romanesque elements. On the building’s façade, the family coat of arms and an inscription explain the Renaissance renovations made during the sixteenth century. A large al fresco terrace (covered by an awning) provides guests with front-row seats to observe Croatian life, and the outdoor dining area is decorated with attractive potted plants and flowers.

Nostress serves innovative and interesting Croatian cuisine. We shared a pasta dish as a starter (fettucini with a meat ragu, which we think contained chicken because the Croatian-to-English literal translation was “long hard boiled c*ck”, which made us chuckle!), followed by a fish main course (pistachio-crusted sea bass accompanied by fingerling potatoes and summer vegetables and fruits like crispy onions and mandarin oranges), and several rounds of drinks. Our bill totaled 442K ($64 USD). We tried to share a dessert, but our server delivered it to another table by mistake; in order to compensate for the error, the owner offered us each a complimentary rakija (grappa). A mistake can happen, but how a restaurant recognizes and corrects it is a true sign of character. 

We enjoyed the creative, seasonal dishes at Nostress Caffee Bar Bistro. Highly recommended!












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