Okrugljak

Rating: 13
Author: Gault&Millau

Mlinovi 28, 10163 Zagreb, Croatia

13/20
Chef's Restaurant

3 PHOTOS

Chef: Zoran Lugarić
Cooking: Traditional
Services: Access for people with disabilities | Pets allowed | Private Parking
Style: With children

Gault&Millau's review 2026

For over a hundred years the legendary Okrugljak restaurant in the northern part of the city has been synonymous with traditional cuisine and a loyal audience. Many Zagreb families come here for lunch on weekends, celebrating birthdays, first communions, confirmations, graduations and weddings. In the summer, it is pleasant to sit in the wooden gazebos in the courtyard, with the murmur of the stream, and on colder days several of their spacious rooms are available. We chose the traditional one with the rustically decorated interior full of framed memories where a special charm is given by the large green clay stove. Friendly personnel take you to the table set up with linen napkins. They serve the food on elegant white plates. The menu is dominated by meat dishes: from duck roasted on a spit served with mlinci (flat bread pastry pieces boiled and seasoned with the jus of the roast meat), veal from a bread oven, young lamb on a spit, pašticada (braised beef) with gnocchi to grilled steak or in three-pepper sauce, and grilled dishes. To fully experience Okrugljak, start your lunch or dinner with appetizers such as cooked ham with freshly grated horseradish and fresh cheese with cream, the baked Zagorje štrukli (dough filled with custard, eggs and sour cream), a consommé or a cream soup. In spring, the asparagus soup is especially delicious while in winter you should try the horseradish soup. With its silky texture, toasted bread croutons and finely chopped bacon, the horseradish soup is a real treat. The slow-cooked veal cheeks in porcini sauce and pljukanci (pasta) are rich in flavour, and if after the generous portions you still have room for dessert sweeten yourself with rožata (a kind of crème caramel) or apple cake.