Bačva Pub This is a casual and relaxing bar and a great place to watch a football match with your friends while enjoying a few pints of beer. If you like sport of any kind, this is a place to be. There are regular pub quizzes and resident DJ performances. The beer range is huge as well as the selection of other drinks, and comfortable seating outside allows you to watch the comings and goings on a busy downtown street.QC/D‑2, Dolac 8. Open 07:00-24:00; Fri 07:00-02:00; Sat 08:0002:00; closed Sun. NPTBJW Bar Bar Bar Bar combines industry with some great beverage and snacks combinations. It typically defines the golden age of Rijeka production with one room teeming with age old artefacts allowing for a stroll down memory lane. Look out for the homemade nibbles at the bar amongst other specials.QD‑2, Pod Kaštelom 3, tel. (+385-) 099 331 72 08, www. bar-bar.eu/. Open 10:00-24:00; Fri 10:00-02:00; Sat 17:00-02:00; closed Sun. PJW Bard Celtic Caffe A lovely little bar right outside St Vitus’s Church, with a cosy split-level interior filled with off-beat artworks – and not a TV screen or replica soccer shirt in sight. Connoisseurs of a good pint will be kept happy by Carinthia’s finest Hirter beer on tap and a large number of speciality ales in bottles. With a music policy that runs through blues, jazz, sixties soul and classic reggae, Bard appeals to a slightly older crowd who like a drink and who appreciate good music but don’t want to shout over the din of top-40 drivel. QE‑2, Trg Grivica 6b, tel. (+385-) 091 511 44 47. Open 09:00-24:00; Sat 16:00-24:00; closed Sun. N PTBJ6W Harat’s Pub Harat’s is almost like Ireland in Rijeka. Located on the edge of the Old Town, Harat’s offers everything you would expect from a true Irish pub: live music and quirky décor, excellent choice of draft and bottled beer, local and imported and many kinds of whiskeys. If you are hungry, try their burgers, fish & chips or other beer snacks. Two daily specials are also served. Here at Harat’s, special care is taken with transport, storage, and temperature of beer… all to enable the perfect beer experience!QD‑2, Pod Kaštelom 9, tel. (+385-51) 62 14 34, www.rijeka. harats.com/en/rijeka/. Open 08:00-24:00; Sat, Sun 10:00-24:00. A BE Karolina Probably the first and last stop for ferry passengers in port of Rijeka, right on the quayside between the moored restaurant and café boats. It overlooks the ferry terminal and the Molo Longo pier which encircles the port itself. During the day, sit outside and soak up the working port’s life, the fishing boats and visiting yachts.QD‑2, Gat Karoline Riječke bb, tel. (+385-) 091 490 40 42. Open 08:00-01:00; Fri, Sat 08:00-03:00. N PTBEJ6 facebook.com/RijekaInYourPocket
Hanging out
W Rakhia bar This is the first rakija bar in Rijeka with over 50 kinds of Croatia’s well-known spirit. It is located in the centre in the Old Town. In this extremely pleasant and charming atmosphere done out with little details this is the place where you have the chance to try rare brandies of elderflower and anise with gold leaf as well as brandy truffles, brandy carob and many more.QD‑2, An‑ drije Medulića 5, tel. (+385-) 097 665 61 13, www. rakhiabar.com/. Open 18:00-02:00; closed Mon, Sun. N PTBJ6W River Pub With a slightly older crowd, a nice woodsy interior, a great deck out back and music that inspires conversation and inebriation, River Pub is one of the most fun places to enjoy a drink and a little shimmying till late. One of the best nights out in Rijeka.QD‑1, Frana Su‑ pila 12, tel. (+385-51) 32 46 73. Open 07:00-24:00; Thu, Fri 07:00-03:00; Sat 18:00-03:00; closed Sun. NPTBJW Sabrage Our tip for the best café in town. The terrace in old Trsat is unsurpassed. Inside, antiques cushion your bones and jazz sounds soothe your soul. The great drinks menu (excellent wines) challenges your decision-making abilities, and the goalpost in the urinal your motor skills. Time well spent indeed.QR‑2, Pe‑ tra Zrinskog 2, tel. (+385-) 099 236 75 37/(+385-) 095 865 66 77, www.sabragebar.com. Open 08:0024:00; Fri, Sat 08:00-02:00. N PTBEJW The Beertija Top courtyard open terrace with a mindboggling list of local and imported ales gives it the thumbs up. Few can match the local liquors and shots also, they’ll have you burrrning! It’s up in the Trsat district and live gigs add to the entire pubish type experience.QR‑2, Slav‑ ka Krautzeka 12, tel. (+385-) 091 117 11 95. Open 09:00-01:00; Thu 09:00-02:00; Fri, Sat 09:00-04:00; Sun 09:00-24:00. A PTBE6W Three Monkeys One of the newest slick bars in town that combines vintage designs with colour schemes. Known for quality coffee and crafty cocktails, the bar is open for early morning coffee with light jazz and bossa notes playing in the background, whilst as the sun sets, cocktails, gin and other beverages take over the menu. All in all, this is place to chill from morning till night! QE‑2, Fiumara 5, tel. (+385-) 091 607 60 01, www.facebook.com/threemonkeysri. Open 07:00-02:00; Sun 09:0-02:00. PTB6 Summer 2022 21
