Restaurant Zeleni rob — Restaurant in Upravna Enota Kamnik

after a few soft miscommunications with the tourism hireling that operates both the information desk and gondola ticket dispensary we finally begin our 10 minute scenic ascent, which passes through an impenetrable cloud to reach the top of the plateau. now sitting at an altitude of approximately 1666 meters, we exit the quaint wooden lodge that houses the gondola and gondola administrators to reveal the alpine pastures of velika planina, or would, except it is off season in this slovenian hobbit village and everything beyond 10 meters is completely obscured by an opaque and ominous shroud of fog. according to google maps there is a small restaurant just a 20 minute walk from the lodge but we are the only visitors that day and my colleagues express some scepticism that the restaurant will be open. i am filled with an unexplainable sense of optimism and head in that direction despite all indications that it will not in fact be open. the map shows a winding path that leads to the restaurant but impulsively i decide to leave the marked trail and cut through the wilderness to expedite our travels. after about a 10 minute climb, our google map updates to reveal we have only actually travelled one minute closer to our destination. we quickly realize its travel estimation is not taking into account the steep incline we are on. my colleagues apprehensions increase and they attempt to appeal to my sense of reason and suggest turning back. but at this point in the journey, i have fully succumb to some kind of altitude related hysteria and laughing dementedly i skip deeper into the fog beckoning for them to follow. we travel further upwards into the murky green mountains and the navigation system on iPhone indicating our current location becomes more and more erratic and unreliable. the danger of missing the last gondola ride back down to civilization is becoming almost inevitable. suddenly though, a small footpath becomes visible. we follow it to a grouping of wooden huts. the windows of the huts are darkened and the inhabitants do not seem to be home, but the restaurant is now in clear view. from the exterior it does not appear to open but i push on the wooden entrance and the door creaks open. inside it is warm and inviting and we are greeted by a friendly attendant who serves us hot tea. we have exactly 5 minutes to enjoy our beverages and then we begin to descend back to from whence we came. the service here was top notch. the prices extremely reasonable and the bathroom facilities were spotless. i look forward to coming back...

1:40PM. Not so late for a lunch in summertime in the Alps, I guess. Out of chicken, goulash, french fries, and three more courses. Ok, there were bratwursts with different sides orders (remember, no fries), and Lasko lager. But the problem was when the table behind us ordered goulash some 5 minutes later and no problem for them. We asked for the waitress who said it was her fault (mmm... it certainly was, no surprise) but that it was impossible to cancel one of the orders to change it into the goulash; the only solution she offered was paying for a goulash - apart from the 5 main courses we already asked for. I can understand the waitress is a young student having her summer internship, but someone must be in charge to solve this kind of problems caused by the employees. Apart from the detail (a heavy one when you go for having lunch and not for watching around, you don’t have to pay for that), the bratwursts were ok (try them with chucrut) but the service was quite slow. We met a couple that, 15 minutes after being seated, left the restaurant because they were even offered to drink. Ask for a cold beer and bring your sandwiches to eat around, it’s the best option in the breathtaking...

After a tiring hike, it was great to take a break and enjoy local cuisine. Our first meal in Slovenia and we tried Jota with sausage and sweet Strukli. The Strukli was especially delicious and we will definitely be trying more versions while in Slovenia.

The restaurant has a beautiful view and service was friendly. We asked if we could open the sun umbrella and the male staff immediately said they will do it.

Only one thing that we didn’t manage to understand was when we asked if we could have water for our dog, the lady staff said it’s only drinkable for the dog and not for human. Which we didn’t quite understand because tap water in Slovenia is drinkable? Or not? Just a real question. Other than this, we enjoyed our meal here.

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