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STANCIJA KOVAČIĆI 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19
Rukavac 51, 51211 Rukavac www.stancija-kovacici.hr stancija.kovacici@gmail.com 051272106
12 - 23, PON, UTO,
pon, uto: 18-23, sri-ned: 12 - 23, 21.01. - 07.02.
Restaurant Stancija Kovačići is surrounded with green hills in the small village of Rukavac, only 4 km from Opatija. In 1990 the enthusiastic owner and restaurant’s chef Vinko Frlan, turned his grandparents’ house built in 1880’s and the blacksmith’s shop into a luxurious and rustic “stancija” (inn) and into an authentic and elegant destination for gastronomic connoisseurs. The gastronomic offer is based on traditional cuisine and reflects the influence of the climate, vicinity of the sea and the forest, seasons, smells and tastes of the littoral. Fresh seasonal ingredients and local produce are used in
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daily preparation of food. Fresh bread and pasta are made daily. Guests can enjoy meat and fish specialties that are in springtime complemented with wild asparagus, wild onion, nettle and samphire and in autumn with porcini mushrooms, dried fruit and chestnuts. There are also dishes with truffles, homemade pasta “pljukanci”, ravioli, “grašnjaki”, dishes with Adriatic scampi and cockles and dishes made with meat of special local ox. Part of the story is the terrace with a herb garden full of plants (sage, rosemary, lavender, fennel, laurel, basil…) carefully picked by chef Vinko Frlan when creating his dishes. Wine list is based on the offer of Croatian wine makers and it contains about 50 labels, mostly from Istria. The restaurant’s interior is inspired by its natural surroundings with natural materials such as stone and wood intertwining with warm earthen colours. Stancija provides lodging in 5 comfortable rooms.
