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Pod Zidom Bistro

Croatia City of ZagrebPod Zidom Bistro

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Michelin-guide recommended restaurant in the heart of Zagreb, serving seasonal dishes curated from locally sourced ingredients (some from the neighboring Dolac Market!) This restaurant was one of my favorites during our trip to Croatia. Great location, excellent service and attention to detail, and the fresh wildflowers on the table were beautiful! Each dish is also unique and made specifically for the restaurant by a local potter. A special touch. The pea and garlic soup was delicious and I highly recommend. Beef tartare was absolutely incredible, though the bread pairing was filling so I was sad that we did not finish the rest of the tartare. The white fish, beefsteak and lamb gnocchi were all great but nothing really out of this world. I enjoyed trying the local ingredients (special truffle that Croatia is known for, garlic grown above ground, celery root, green vegetable that tasted like spinach, etc). For dessert, we got the strawberry vanilla mousse with chamomile ice cream. The ice cream was heavy on the cream and light on the ice - which made for an interesting texture. The marinated strawberry was delicious - subtly sour with the perfect kick and sweetness. We also ordered two glasses of white wine - their house Pod Zidom and a dessert wine. We were not a huge fan of the wines in Croatia in general. Overall excellent meal and I am so happy we tried this on our last night in Zagreb! My only regret is we did not have enough cash to tip our waiter the 20% he deserved - he was phenomenal and had a great fund of knowledge on the source of ingredients. We enjoyed his recommendations and he went above and beyond in accommodating my family’s preferences for sharing! For those coming from USA, though tipping is voluntary, 10-20% is still expected. Thanks for a great meal!

Alyssa ChenAlyssa Chen

10

This is arguably a restaurant with exceptional food. The two dishes I sampled as a party of one were absolutely delicious, balanced and cooked to perfection. My server was also very kind, attentive and helpful with suggestions for wine pairing. The 4 stars to an otherwise 5 star food experience is due to the approach to service: I booked an outdoor table with standard height seating. Because: smoker, prefer some back support, and perfectly happy with low temperatures (it was about 10C, which for me was absolutely fine). Upon arrival, however, I was informed (not by my server, who did try to help, but someone who I can only assume is the arch-server or someone with authority re:seating) that I could not sit outside and would have to instead sit inside. I was I stead seated indoors, at a high table/stool seating. This was mind boggling as no such restrictions were referenced on the booking site. For the record, the entire outside tables and seating were empty. I explained that I would really like to sit outside and why (which I shouldn’t even have to: my decision, given the options on offer) only to be informed that 10C is too cold to dine outside. Clearly, management here seems to be an expert on what temperatures one should enjoy their dinner at. If a restaurant is not willing to serve dinner outside, perhaps that should not an option for booking. While advice on the optimal dining experience is welcome, there is a fine line between offering advice and forcing it upon the customer.

Kalliope TsouroupidouKalliope Tsouroupidou

20

This restaurants was below my room; after reading the reviews I was excited to experience the Michelin star restaurant. I researched the menus and croatia traditional dishes and wines. My family is from the south (Mississippi and St. Louis) so I've eaten beef cheeks, chicken feet, pig intestines, liver beef & chicken, hog head cheese..etc.so...Croatia food speaks to my foodie heart. I travel 4x a year international and alway focus on experiencing local traditional food in a Michelin star restaurant and/or a local mom and pop restaurants. Making reservations are required but it's easy. Book on the restaurants website or opentable.com. The restaurant is beautiful inside with an outside terrace. All local wines and Croatia has the best wines. I shared my background so you know my palate is refined and ready to eat...lol The house wine was fantastic my waiter helped with wine pairing and he did a great job!! I had two glasses...I would have finished the bottle. I ordered the beef cheeks with romaine gnocchi and for dessert Snenokle (I hope I got the name right). The dessert custard with sheets of sugar to give it a crunch....it wad delicious. The beef cheeks were slow cooked; mmmmm tender and good with a thick sauce..but it was missing one thing...seasoning. I little salt would have taken this dish from average to extraordinary. I shared my thoughts when the waiter asked me if I enjoyed my meal. l It didn't go over well. My meal totaled $76 Euros. I went to SOL tapas na hrvatski and had a fantastic Michelin meal for $40 Euros with wine in a non-Michelin restaurant. Would I go back?? Yes..Why?? I want to try the ox tail risotto..but I will bring my own salt and pepper packs. My friends asked me should they try the restaurant..I said yes but be prepared to pay more for the experience and not the food.

Lee LadyLee Lady

00

The service was okay. The waiter seemed in a hurry when introduced the dishes. Slow down buddy, after all, this is a Michelin recommended...so serve like one. How in the world did this restaurant (Pod) get its Michelin recommended? It's time to question the Michelin rating. Here's the food section - it's nothing but disappointment. The chicken breast was overcooked. The lamb belly was very gamey, so they tried to cover it up with very salty sauce; the carrot that came with the lamb was the best part of the dinner. Risotto with ox tail was the worst risotto we've had. The arborio was overcooked and the cheese was overpowering. Lastly, the sea bass was satisfactory (bit fishy; not the freshest), but nothing impressive. The only thing we were impressed with was the (apple) sauce for the amberjack sashimi, but the fish itself was not so fresh. It's Summer and I should have known better not to order it. The couvert charge & the bread - it's a joke. We don't mind paying you the couvert charge, but make some effort to earn it. The bread is nowhere close to an artisan bread, and they didn't bother to heat it up to make the crust more appealing. We went to Theatrium by Filho this morning for lunch. It's not Michelin rated but the service was very attentive and patient. The food was good, it has room for improvement especially their veal, but it's far better than this Michelin joke (Pod Zidom). If you are a wine drinker, Theatrium is your choice. Sorry, no pix for zucchini, amberjack, & the risotto.

French ClaretFrench Claret

10

Walked in to reserve a table for 5 the place was completely empty, I have no doubt because we were not dressed like false idiots we were told by a guy with a beard working there that the only tables available were outside !! Yet if I were to book online tables are available inside!! I do not recommend this restaurant if you are a normal tourist, if I had staff like this working in my hotel restaurant they would be fired on the spot for this attitude or indeed mentality to judge the book by the cover while the restaurant was empty 🤡🤡 In response to your reply after 2 days, some facts that need to be in The public domain, firstly at no point was your restaurant full inside I checked on numerous occasions, secondly the first waiter I spoke to offered us a table inside, then came the waiter with the beard who then said inside was full but we could have a table outside, the reality is this waiter needed someone to sit outside amongst the flys to try and portray the restaurant was busy, and because we were not dressed as I said before like false idiots, he was arrogant enough to think he could push us outside, once again I highly recommend people do not visit this restaurant until this waiter with the bad attitude is removed, I must say the original waiter did not have attitude, as for the restaurant fully booked this is of course a complete lie designed at portraying a very successful Michelin star restaurant, what a lie 😂😂

Martin DalyMartin Daly

00

Nice interior and good service. We had 2 different menus: fish and meat along with their choice of wine paring. Meat menu was really good. Beef tartar in combination with kimchi was spot on and paired perfectly with shiraz. Amberjack with green tea, citrus sauce was slightly too much. Wine paired was not great choice. Sauce overwhelmed fish and dominated on plate. For main course meat menu was beef cheeks with parsnip, parsnip sauce and parsnip chips that was perfect. One side of cheek was slightly chewy which means it was sticking out from demi glace sauce while cooking for 8 hours, but very good overall. Once again meat menu had perfect wine paired (but cannot recall which one was it). Fish main course once again did not go well with paired wine. Plate was good but nothing spectacular. For dessert we had chocolate cake with sour cheery that was ok, and some raspberry-white chocolate combo that was good but slightly too sweet for my taste. All in all, nice dinner but value for money was not there (compared to other places in Zagreb). I had meat menu and wife had fish. We shared bites and she said 3 stars I said 4. Restaurant has no parking so getting there if you are with car will be challenge for it self.

Goran O.Goran O.

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