On the top square in Old Ljubljana, opposite the church of St. florijana, we can visit the inn Spaiza, which invites and surprises with its slightly unusual, but extremely pleasant and homely image. the old wooden floors creak underfoot, at lunch we sit on a bench from our grandmother's legacy, and we are watched from the walls by portraits from...
Gornji trg 28
Ljubljana
On Gornji trg in old Ljubljana, opposite the church of St. Florijana, we can visit the inn Špajza, which invites and surprises with its slightly unusual, but extremely pleasant and homely image. The old wooden floors creak underfoot, at lunch we sit on a bench from our grandmother's inheritance and portraits from the dusty attic watch us from the walls. Everything smells of the old, only above the stove are the smells of fresh, modern cuisine, written on the skin of modern, demanding eaters. Špajza is famous for a variety of carpaccio, from beef, stallion, to tuna and, already extremely exotic, octopus... At Špajza, they say they cook Mediterranean and international dishes, but they also serve completely homemade and simple ones, such as žlikrofi or buckwheat porridge with porcini mushrooms. If we've decided on a more demanding meal and we're craving meat, foal fillets, deer medallions or oven-baked kid, or fresh sea fish: carp, grouper... In the summer, they cook octopus or lung roast right in the garden. Namely, it boasts a spacious, intimate closed garden, the kind of pub in Ljubljana that hardly has any other pub in Ljubljana, where the word garden usually refers to three or four tables on the sidewalk in front of the bar. Businessmen like to go to Špajza for more relaxed meetings, but it also seems suitable for an intimate dinner for two... The quality of the cuisine and service, and of course the lovely atmosphere, is evidenced by the fact that Špajza can be found in the world travel guide Lonely Planet, its five she also experienced minutes of fame on the Discovery and CNN channels.
