Where to eat in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Restaurants, cafes, wine bars, bakeries and markets - by city. Each place has its address, hours, our honest write-up and a link to the map.

What to try in Bosnia and Herzegovina: a guide to the cuisine

Places shown: 9

Sarajevo

A round pan of japrak, vine leaves rolled around rice and minced meat, resting on a red and blue Bosnian kilim rug — Photo: Tizilohja25 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)

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Aščinica ASDŽ

Baščaršija (Ćurčiluk mali) Traditional Bosnian, aščinica €

A steam-table canteen a minute off the bazaar, cooking since 1994. Point at the trays - stuffed peppers, stuffed onions, stews - pay by what you took, and eat like a local for very little.

Opening hours: daily 09:00-19:00 (please confirm)

Picked as the acinica locals send visitors to first: cooking since 1994, now running past sixty stewed and stuffed-vegetable dishes a day, and named by a Sarajevo guide as the answer for traditional food that isn't grilled or baked.

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A cut slice of flaky spinach filo pastry on a decorative plate next to a whole piece of the pie, with a fork resting beside it — Photo: Tamorlan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (source)

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Buregdžinica Bosna

Baščaršija (Bravadžiluk) Bakery, burek and pita €

A multi-floor buregdzinica on the pie-shop lane, selling meat burek, cheese sirnica, spinach zeljanica and potato krompirusa by the kilo, with a terrace for eating on the spot.

Opening hours: not published reliably - bakes from early morning in batches until the trays sell out (please confirm)

Picked as one of the biggest and most recommended pie shops on the Bravadžiluk lane, with a garden terrace and two floors above the counter for the mornings when the street outside is full.

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An ornate engraved coffee service set with a tall pot, small cups on a round tray and two lidded sugar bowls — Photo: Robertgombos / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)

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Čajdžinica Džirlo

Baščaršija (Kovači) Bosnian coffee, tea house €

A single small room on the edge of Baščaršija, wood-lined and cushioned Ottoman-style, run by the same family since 1997. Order Bosnian coffee in its copper džezva, or pick from more than fifty teas.

Opening hours: no fixed hours published - typically late morning to late evening (please confirm)

Picked as Sarajevo's classic teahouse experience, open since 1997 and consistently one of the city's very top-rated places to eat or drink on TripAdvisor, for its slow bosanska kafa ritual and a list of more than fifty teas.

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Grilled cevapi rolls tucked into somun flatbread with a scoop of white kajmak and a pile of chopped raw onion on a metal plate — Photo: Fanny Schertzer / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source)

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Ćevabdžinica Željo

Baščaršija (Kundurdžiluk) Grill, ćevapi €

A bazaar-lane grill that has done one thing since 1968: small, juicy cevapi in steamed somun with raw onion. Named after FK Zeljeznicar, the football club, not a family.

Opening hours: not published reliably - busiest 12:00-14:00, calmer before 11:00 or after 15:00 (please confirm)

Picked as Sarajevo's default cevapi counter since 1968: an independent ten-place taste test in 2022 put it at the top of the field, and TasteAtlas listed it among the world's legendary restaurants in 2024.

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Mostar

Grilled cevapi rolls in cut somun flatbread with a pile of chopped raw onion, served on a metal plate on a woven mat — Photo: ZlatanBratovic / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (source)

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Ćevabdžinica Tima-Irma

Old Town (Onešćukova) Grill, ćevapi €

A family-run grill counter just off the Old Bridge, doing cevapi in somun with raw onion the way Mostar has for more than three decades. No reservations, fast turnover, and consistently the highest-rated kitchen in town.

Opening hours: daily, roughly 09:00-23:00 (please confirm)

Picked as Mostar's top-rated cevapi counter across TripAdvisor and Google, a family grill running in the UNESCO old town for more than thirty years and regularly ranked the city's best-reviewed restaurant of any kind.

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A baking dish of stuffed peppers in sauce, the kind of slow vegetable plate Food House lists on its vegetarian platter — Photo: BiHVolim / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)

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Food House Mostar

Old Town (Rade Bitange) Bosnian, vegetarian-friendly €€

A sit-down Bosnian kitchen on Rade Bitange, a few minutes south of the bazaar, with a vegetarian platter and published daily hours. The mixed-diet answer in a town of grills. Confirm hours before you walk.

Opening hours: daily 09:00-22:30 as of Aug 2026 on own site (please confirm)

Picked as the Old Town sit-down room that publishes vegetarian and vegan dishes on its own site, and that is consistently well reviewed on TripAdvisor and in a 2026 aggregator snapshot.

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A pan of bamja, Bosnian okra stew with meat, a slow-cooked dish typical of sit-down Herzegovina kitchens — Photo: Miansari66 / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (source)

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Hindin Han

Old Town (Jusovina) Traditional Bosnian, garden €€

A garden restaurant on Jusovina where the Radobolja meets the Neretva, a few minutes from the Crooked Bridge. Come for a slower sitting than a grill counter, not for a postcard of Stari Most. Confirm hours on the day.

Opening hours: not published on an operator page - please confirm

Picked as the garden restaurant at the Radobolja-Neretva confluence, consistently well reviewed on TripAdvisor and Google (via Restaurant Guru) and named in local 2026 round-ups for the setting rather than the arch.

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A bowl of begova čorba, Bosnian chicken and okra soup, served in a restaurant setting — Photo: BiHVolim / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)

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Restoran Lagero

Old Town (Onešćukova / Tabhana) Bosnian grill, river fish €€

A terrace restaurant on Onešćukova at the east end of Stari Most. Come for the arch in the frame; the kitchen is Bosnian grill and river fish. No operator hours published - ask on the day, and bring cash.

Opening hours: not published on an operator page - please confirm

Picked as the Old Town terrace whose job is the view of Stari Most: named among the Old Town terraces on TripAdvisor and in local 2026 round-ups, with lower and upper terraces at the east end of the bridge.

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Whole lambs turning on spits over open coals at an outdoor grill, with a chef in a white uniform and toque tending the fire behind them — Photo: Adam Jones / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source)

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Restoran Šadrvan

Old Town (Jusovina) Traditional Herzegovinian €€

A family restaurant in the old bazaar since 1989, staff in traditional dress serving trout, lamb sausages, mixed grill with kajmak and stuffed peppers around an open fireplace. One of Mostar's most-booked tables.

Opening hours: daily, roughly 09:00-23:00 (please confirm)

Picked as one of Mostar's most-recommended sit-down kitchens, family-run in the Old Bazaar since 1989 and consistently named among the city's top restaurants on TripAdvisor and Restaurant Guru for its trout and mixed grill.

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