APOTHECA — Restaurant in Grad Rijeka

Incredible place & service ☺️.

We had the pleasure of visiting this bar in Rijeka and were blown away by their amazing whisky collection and top-notch service. The staff was incredibly knowledgeable about their selection and helped us choose the perfect dram to suit our tastes.

The interior of the bar was also fantastic, with a cozy and intimate atmosphere that made for a truly enjoyable drinking experience. I particularly loved the attention to detail in the décor and the comfortable seating arrangements.

Overall, I would highly recommend this bar to any whisky lover looking for a great place to unwind and enjoy a quality dram. The combination of their amazing collection, top-notch service, and fantastic interior make it a must-visit spot in Rijeka. In fact, I would even go as far as to say that I would return to Rijeka just for this place. Highly...

Datum: 10.08.2024. oko 21-22h. Koktel cuba libre je bio očajan. Doslovce sami led i izuzetno prevelika količina soka od limete. Iako u njega ide coca cola, a ne pepsi, pepsija je bilo samo u tragovima. Prozirna časa na svijetlu je bila jedva blago smeđe boje. Od količine limete, sam kasnije dobio i žgaravicu, a koktel sam popio samo do pola. Cijena "koktela" ili ti obojene vodice je bila 10.80eur. Preporuka za buduće goste je da uzmete flašicu coca cole i čašicu ruma, jer više od ovoga toliko kiseli koktel nije moguće razvodniti. Na komentiranje te smeđe vodice konobaru, rekao mi je da idem unutra i da se žalim. Druga dva koktela koje smo dobili, su isto bila kisela, odnosno jedan je bio s malo upitnom povećom količinom mente. Iskreno, nisam nikada probao te koktele, pa ih i ne želim komentirati, a osobe koje su ih konzumirale se nisu htjele žaliti, iako nisu bile previše oduševljene s okusom. Četvrta osoba je pila gin-tonic, koji je došao u zasebnoj čaši/flašici, pa nije bilo moguće ocijeniti rad "koktel majstora" i bio je super.

Majstoru koktela ili vlasniku ovog ugostiteljskog objekta poručujem nek se prvo nauči raditi "jednostavne" koktele ili neka se koktel majstoru dopusti da baš tooooooliko ne štedi na korištenim sastojcima. Ovisno o tome da li je problem prva ili druga stvar. Kuba libre je prastari koktel nastao davne 1900 i neke godine u borbi za nezavisnost kube. Od tuda je i dobio i ime. No nije od početka bio mješavina kole i ruma, nego ruma i pošečerene vode. Kasnije se uobličio kao mix kole i ruma, kako su se pojavile veze s SAD-om. A još kasnije se komercijalizirao u obliku dodavanja limete, ali NE iscjeđene polovice limete, nego samo blago dozirano, samo da dobije jednu laganu notu citrusa, tj. da se ne pije ledena limunada s rumom. Uglavnom to je piće (ne bih čak reko ni da je to koktel) od ruma i kole, a ne leda i ruma s tragovima kole. Tip ruma je ovdje totalno nevažan. Osobno, ja ga najviše volim sa spiced rumom. No opet ponavljam, rum i kola su sastojci, a ne led/voda i užasno velika količina limete.

Što se tiče usluge, račun se mora momentalno platiti čim piće stigne na stol, što mi je isto onako, ružno, ali ajde mogu ih shvatiti jer danas ima svakakvih ljudi, koji su u stanju pobjeći bez da plate račun.

I da li bih opet tamo došao na koktele, ne,...

The service was at the lowest possible level. We were not informed that the payment could not be split until the moment of payment (the reason given was that the waiter didn’t have time – I assume that means there’s no time to actually do the job?). To this day I still don’t know whether payment can be made by card or only in cash. Now we will have to go to every bar and ask how we can pay. When we asked and spoke with the waiter, we were told that these are the rules/regulations and that we should not argue – which I believe should not have been said. One out of four drinks was somewhat okay. The rest were not...