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Altrokè

Restaurant Bar Seafood restaurant Wine bar Mediterranean restaurant Tapas restaurant

One of the Most Reviewed Wine bars in Ljubljana


Address

Stari trg 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Website

www.altroke.si

Contact

+386 820 55282

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.10 (937 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Friday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Saturday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Sunday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Monday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Tuesday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Wednesday: 12 to 11 pm

Featured Reviews


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  • 3/5 Tjasa G. 1 year ago on Google
    We visited several times, mostly during Restaurant Week, and were quite satisfied. Unfortunately, the level of hospitality is sharply declining, and with it the overall experience. Food is still pretty good, although not exceptional, as the prices suggest. There are definitely at least a dozen restaurants in this price range in Ljubljana right now that have more exciting menus and wait staff that doesn't have an attitude problem. 🤦
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tom E. 11 months ago on Google
    Espectacular restaurant in a prime location in Ljublianas Old Town. Spectacular interior design, menu with many tasty options and three different tasting menus. High quality ingredients and very well prepared courses. An additional plus is that they serve a high number of good local and international wine by the glass as well. Impeccable and friendly service. Very recommended place to enjoy a quality meal in Ljubljana!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Bruno R. 1 year ago on Google
    One of the best meals in my life. Deer tatar and filet mignon rossini are so good its hard belive what you are tasting at the moment of eating.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Andraž R. 1 year ago on Google
    We were a bit disappointed because they didn't had everything on stock from the menu. They did take the effort to prepare something special for us anyway so we were happy at the end. We loved the meat and the wine! Waiters were kind! Prices are a bit stiff. I would recommend for a special dinner or something similar.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Mark L. 4 years ago on Google
    The portion is pretty decent. Be aware. Octopus salad - generous portion and the flavor is good. Tuna tartare - Good, the flavor can be improved. Hence the dressings. May be more Seasame oil and softly touch of sweetness. Tagliatelle with spicy seafoods - loved it cause I like spicy food, the taste was well balanced, not to spicy. Was slightly disappointed in the squid ink pasta cause it's more doughy than springy Al dente. Pasta with truffles - very flavorful, rich truffles flavor and the pasta was fresh and al dente. Grilled chicken breast - Did a wonderful job on the breast, perfectly cooked. Crispy on the outside and moist inside. Warning - they have a good Apple juice there, but they serve it as the same volume as the wine... 1/4 cup. Dude, is Apple juice?! Like Coke, at least you fill it up. That was the only rip off experience I felt.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Laurent C. 3 months ago on Google New
    Wonderful experience! The service was kind and, oh my god, the food 💯 Everything was just perfectly cooked and presented. The bread is homemade and just came out of the oven. They also have their proper wine. I would recommend it to anyone.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Alex P. 5 years ago on Google
    We visited this place during the "restaurants week" and it was simply amazing. The food is very tasty, the wine collection is very good and the staff seems friendly even after working what was probably 12+ hours shifts the 4th day into the festival. Nothing but respect and good will with this one.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 G C. 7 months ago on Google
    TLDR: recommend house white + octopus. Don't recommend the red sea bass or the house red. I expected a bit more quality for the price to be honest. The restaurant don't have a subscription to whatever music they were playing, so ads played numerous times. That also charge 1.20 euro per person for "cutlery". While this isn't a large fee, we were still surprised by it given the overall experience. I found the staff friendly enough, though we had to wait a while for menus. FOOD: Started our meal with a spinach hommus with bread. It was rather nice, though I'm glad it was complimentary as I wouldn't have paid for it myself. The bread was lovely but the spinach flavour in the hommus was overpowering. Adding some of the house olive oil helped a lot. Then we tried a house red: stare plante refosk. I don't recommend this. It has a distinctive vinegar smell, and a sour plum taste. Not the worst, but still not pleasant. We then had the red sea bass and grilled octopus mains. The sea bass was quite unexciting. Fennel sauce was bland. It didn't have any fennel flavour to it. Perhaps it could benefit from garlic or pepper. The octopus was much better. I recommend this dish. The nasturtium garnish is a nice accompaniment. The waiter recommended their house white to go with the octopus. It was a great match. Quite floral.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 egej g. 1 year ago on Google
    It was one of the best experiences in my life of food. The servers (we didn’t get the name of the gentleman but he was extremely knowledgeable on wines) were nothing short of amazing - professional, attentive and kind. We look forward to coming back for more. Hvala!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Emma L. 1 year ago on Google
    Good food but the service is abysmal. I feel sorry for the chef because they are being let down. Service is incredibly slow - we arrived at 20:10 and our order wasn't taken until 20.45. Staff routinely ignored us and prioritised loading/unloading the dishwasher over taking orders and clearing empty plates from customers tables. The manager is Italian and spent about 45 minutes chatting to an Italian table who had finished and paid, when we were sat 50cm away with empty plates trying to get someone to give us the bill. Whilst we waited for our starters waitress dropped a wine glass near our table and large chunks of broken glass hit my partner on the arm and shoulder but the staff didn't acknowledge it at all - no apology and they didn't even clean up the broken glass around our table during our entire meal. The table next to us walked out because their starter was frozen and the table behind us had issues with allergens being used despite warning the waiter when ordering. Our coffees didn't arrive and they still tried to charge us for them. Given the prices, it's just unacceptable. It didn't feel like the staff were even trying. I don't really know how they are in business!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Deborah E. 6 months ago on Google
    We had such an amazing meal! I had the beef cheeks and it melted in my mouth! My husband had their fish and it was excellent. The service was great and I appreciated the server pairing my wine for me! TaBar was the only other place that did that for me while in Slovenia. It’s nice to have a lovely dinner on your last day of vacation!

  • 4/5 Sandra S. 7 months ago on Google
    We were a bit unsure at first as the restaurant was almost empty when we arrived but the food was amazing! Especially the white fish with asparagus, peas and fennel sauce. The octopus dish was delicious too. The restaurant is located in a less busy/noisy street and was therefore perfect for a nice and quiet, comfortable dinner.

  • 5/5 clara c. 7 months ago on Google
    We had the warm appetisers : Spinach tagliatelle & mediterranien buzara. It taste incredibly delicious. The freshness of the seafood & the umami.

  • 4/5 Богдана �. 1 year ago on Google
    The restaurant is just ok Can't say that it was something special. What we liked is the atmosphere, nice waiters and quite quick service. They all speak very good English. We came to the restaurant at a busy hour and were sat in just 5 minutes. But regarding the menu, it is not like in the pictures and the previous reviews on Google Maps. When we were choosing the restaurant, the menu and pictures of food were very appealing but eventually the current menu turned out to be significantly smaller. Additionally, 3 of 4 warm starters were not available It'd be nice if the owner could keep such information up to date also on Google Maps, because it can be misleading for guests

  • 1/5 s i. 6 months ago on Google
    Too bad. So expensive. Bad quality. Unbelievable that you have dinner and once you leave you are still hungry. Small quantity!! We won’t be back for sure. I don’t recommend it at all. Sorry!

  • 5/5 Nastja T. 3 months ago on Google New
    Great experience and really tasty food. It's great that they have two menus between 12:00 and 17:00. The ratio between price and quality is really excellent. We are happy to praise local Slovenian restaurants, which work hard and succeed with their food.

  • 3/5 Przemysław P. 3 months ago on Google New
    Altroke restaurant looks nice from outside. The interior is fine, too. I ordered glas of red wine aged in oak barrel - delicious. The desk of ham was my starter. Very good, and full of flavour. My main dish was quail. Meat was very good 👌. Dinner was quite expensive. However, it was tasty. Some cons. An appetiser was offered to me, fresh bread, and some kind of beetroot butter. Not bad. While serving starter, unfortunately, the waiter by accident put his hand in the butter 😀 . I was surprised that it was not changed for a new one. The waiter just went back to the kitchen. Usually, my food was replaced after similar events in less fency places 😅

  • 4/5 Chiara 3 months ago on Google New
    Nice place in the city center. Quality of food super was super high ad the staff was really nice! Would recommend.

  • 5/5 Manos M. 2 months ago on Google New
    We were in Ljubljana with my siblings and we visited it on a Thursday night, just before NYE, without reservation and although it was full, they found us a table! The service and especially our waitress was extremely helpful, quick and friendly! She also proposed a red house wine which was very good to pair with our food and the desert that she recommended was truly amazing! The food was very tasty and the size of the portions were more than enough! Totally recommend it!

  • 5/5 Nestor Y. 1 year ago on Google
    Brilliant small place, in heart ot Ljubljana. Great staff, great food 👍

  • 4/5 Ralitsa G. 10 months ago on Google
    The establishment is quite small, but pleasant in terms of atmosphere. There were certain dishes missing from the menu, but nevertheless, the waiter/waitress was exceptionally kind and recommended various options for both main courses and appetizers. Everything I ordered to eat was incredibly delicious and meticulously prepared down to the smallest detail. The portions are definitely not large, but the taste is worth it.

  • 3/5 Irina D. 1 year ago on Google
    We had a very good private service from Gral in this restaurant, being the only customers at that moment of the day. The food was ok, we weren’t lucky and that day the Madeira sauce was too salty. Unfortunately we had 2 dishes with Madeira sauce and some salt also on the meat :)) From the starters I would recommend the beef carpaccio with the yolk cream and definitely the chocolate fudge for dessert. Some heating would be advisable in the restaurant, but surely I can understand that for 2 customers they would not turn it on. They have a young team, hope they will improve and we wish them good luck!

  • 4/5 laurens b. 1 year ago on Google
    Our first evening in Ljubljana we were saying to each other: "let's have dinner but like..not much, something small" We did not have something small, how could we in a place like this. We wouldn't be Belgians if we did. Food prepared with passion. No fooling around with special herbs and stuff. A verry pure experience that leaned towards haute cuissine. Also the wine pairing was on point. They know what they serve and they know what fine dining means. If I really have to criticise: for dessert I had a toffee cake(wich was glorious) paired with a somehow macerated Movia sauvigon blanc. My girlfriend had the apricot/rosemary cake and my wine paired good with the toffee cake, but actually really showed it's full potential when I had it with her dessert. (she liked it but was full😁) The fruity smooth yet powerfull and mature dry taste of the wine took the apricot rosemary cake to a whole new level. Another thing I didn't like (the owners of the restaurant can not do anything about this) people smoking in the same area where other people are dinning.. It's something I will never understand since smell is such a big part of the experience when you eat at a restaurant. ah well.. Overall: wonderfull experience, friendly people, .. 100% would go here again!

  • 4/5 Isabelle R. 1 year ago on Google
    Staff is great and very helpful. Food is delicious and very well presented. They also produce their own wine. The white one was very good.

  • 5/5 Megan S. 1 year ago on Google
    Service is really good! Food is delicious, highly recommend the sea bass with the scallop mousse wrapped in zucchini, large tender portion packed with flavor. My fiancé had the octopus which is also delicious. Loved the house sparkling wine so much that I got a bottle to go!

  • 1/5 Francesca Da R. 2 years ago on Google
    We had dinner at this restaurant on Saturday, October 30. We reserved a table for 8:30 pm. Unfortunately when we arrived we were told that the kitchen was closed so there were only two dishes to choose from, a meat main course and a fish main course. We opted for the second option, a mackerel with some vegetables. We asked for side dishes but nothing was available. Result, 56 euros for two main courses and 4 glasses of Malvasia. It may have been our bad luck but I would not go back. Customers should be warned before not after about a possible disservice. In 2021, in a restaurant in the heart of a capital I expect a good service not a bad one!

  • 5/5 Alvaro 1 year ago on Google
    Nice place, good wine and one of the best tuna I ever tried!!!

  • 4/5 Laura H. 2 years ago on Google
    Sadly can't give it 5 stars even though the food was amazing! There is very bad management the waiters are not organized and took forever to bring the menu, the food, the check... But I must say the food was great

  • 1/5 Jack M. 2 years ago on Google
    This was by far the worst restaurant experience I have had in a very long time. The waiters were not welcoming at all and it felt like they just wanted to get you in and out of the restaurant as quickly as possible (they removed everything from the table, even the drinks that were not empty yet). They also tried, quite aggressively, to get you to order wine (do you want wine? No thank you. No wine? No thank you. Really, no wine?…). But the biggest disappointment was the food itself. Very, very disappointing. I ordered amberjack. This is supposed to be a very juicy fish, but it was terribly dry. Classically this is served with a butter and lemon sauce, but this time it was extremely sour, almost as if the butter had turned bad. To make matters worse, the portions are really small (see photo), and very expensive for what you get (21€ for the Amberjack, with one cheese roll and to small pieces of green asparagus). I wouldn’t care so much about the price and the size of the portions, if it would have been exquisite cuisine, but this was far from fine cuisine. My two children ordered a caesar salad: A little bit of lettuce, chicken, cheese and a lot of sauce. I mean: a LOT of sauce (drowned in sauce really)! Children in general usually like sauce, but even for my kids this was way to much sauce. I told the waiter that I was extremely disappointed; and to my surprise he agreed with everything I said and even used the phrase “tourist trap” himself. Conclusion: there are much better alternatives in Ljubljana and I would definitely not recommend Altroké. (visit 1/8/2021).

  • 5/5 Natasha C. 2 years ago on Google
    Really great service, the waiter had helpful recommendations on dishes to try and wines, the food was delicious and great music/ambiance. The tuna salad is quite large and very good, and the fish starter plate is fantastic. Everyone was happy with their meals, would come back!


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Salad bar
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Organic dishes
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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