We live in Porec, but honestly, but we don’t eat out in Porec very often. The town is almost pathetic when it comes to restaurants. Many places cater exclusively to tourists and locals rarely (if ever) eat there.
However, there are a couple of places that are worth seeking out, and the restaurant St. Nikola is one of them.
The restaurant has a lovely location, right at the seafront. It’s just across the mooring dock with nice yachts. We’ve always feared St. Nicola restaurant too fancy and too expensive to our taste (perhaps because of all yachts people who eat there on their visit to Porec). But, it is not quite true.
The place is elegant (very elegant), and just a little bit pricey, but it’s definitely a must-try restaurant in Porec. The service is top-notch. And I mean it for real; the guys even went out of their way to present each dish in French for me with a little help of Google translator. How often that happens to you in a restaurant, … in a Croatian restaurant?!
Our experience at the restaurant Sv Nikola Porec
We’ve dined there this past winter. Sv Nikola is also one of the rare restaurants in Porec open all year. Winter is slow for businesses in Porec, especially during weekdays. However, Sv Nikola Porec remains open and runs fixed-price daily menus. This means you can indulge in a three-course fancy menu for only 100 Kn (15€). Now, that’s a good deal. During the summer, they do the same for lunchtime when business is slow.
Sv Nicola has a good balance of meat and fish dishes, as well as a choice of pasta dishes. As usual, when given a choice, we’ve opted for fish dishes. While our food was prepared, we had a delicious amuse-bouche to start.
For an appetizer, we went raw. We’ve chosen the Mare Nostrum seafood plate. It comprised of octopus, and sea bass carpaccio, raw scampi, and shrimp and scampi tartar. Yummy!
Dinner continued with a vellutata, a creamy scampi soup. And for the main course, we had a black squid risotto and homemade fuzi pasta with squids. Both dishes were delicious. We finished our meal with a nice black and white mousse.
We had a lovely experience at Sv Nicola restaurant. Expect to pay around 250 Kn per person with drinks. Highly recommended.
Further reading about Porec Croatia:
- Learn all Porec essentials with our Porec Travel Guide.
- Plan your activities in Porec with our detailed guide to things to do in Porec. Or check our list of things to see in Porec.
- If you plan to stay in Porec, consider renting our vacation rental. Or check a list of recommended accommodation in Porec.
- Find out where to eat in Porec with our post on best restaurants in Porec.
- Detailed info on Porec beaches you’ll find here.
- A list of Porec bars and clubs.
- Staying in Porec for a day or two? Here is our post on how to spend 48 hours in Porec.
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I couldn’t agree more, Frank! I went there in June and had oysters for the first time – the food was absolutely amazing.