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Bars in Ljubljana

In Ljubljana there's a bar for everyone's taste. While we've decided to give Pubs and Wine Bars their own categories, you'll find pretty much every other kind of bar in town listed here - from dive bars and hipster hangouts to some truly classy affairs, and everything in between. Note that as in most European cities there is a fine line between a café and bar, with plenty of establishments easily fitting into either category, which means that most of the places here open early and serve coffee, and you can also get a beer or spirits at most cafés.

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Aperitiv Bar

Aperitiv Bar
A pleasant, small and simple café-bar on the ground floor of the Grand Hotel Union Executive with a well-stocked bar and a few nice Art Nouveau touches. Read_on (No Comments)

As Bar

As Bar
Covered during the colder months of the year and gloriously exposed to the elements once the sun has reached an agreeable temperature, Read_on (1 Comment)

Atrium

Atrium
The elegant bar at the Mons hotel is a cocktail lovers delight. There’s bar food too, as well as a cracking selection of desserts. Read_on (No Comments)

Bar Gaj

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The name - which is Slovene for 'grove' and pronounced 'guy' - is a slightly exaggerated reference to the modest row of trees shading the large outdoor seating area. Read_on (No Comments)

Bar Pri Sebi

Bar Pri Sebi
Newly opened at the beginning of May, at first glance this lounge bar in the city centre may seem a bit on the posh side, but Read_on (No Comments)

B Bar

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A small, decidedly local establishment with a dinky stainless steel bar, fishing nets on the ceiling, a dash of sporting memorabilia and a portrait of Tito (who died just around the corner from here) on the wall. Read_on (No Comments)

Bi-Ko-Fe

Bi-Ko-Fe
Situated on a sloping cobbled lane in Ljubljana's old town, BiKoFe is something of a Mecca for hipsters, students, artists, designers, musicians and the like. Read_on (3 Comments)

Brooklyn

Brooklyn
Channeling the hip vibes of the countless bars, clubs and hangouts that have sprouted up in the New York borough of Brooklyn in Read_on (1 Comment)

Casablanca

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Handkerchiefs for lampshades, a vaulted brick ceiling and not a sign of Humphrey Bogart anywhere. Not unlike the couple from Kent who called their child Depressed Cupboard Cheesecake, the owner wasn’t really thinking when he came up with the moniker here. Read_on (No Comments)

Cezar Caffe & Vino

Cezar Caffe & Vino
Located right in the centre of town, only a short walk from the central bus and train stations, as well as just next too one of Read_on (No Comments)

Compañeros

Compañeros
A fixture of Ljubljana's nightlife scene for over a decade, other than the name the only thing that has remained the same is its reputation for hosting wild student parties. Read_on (No Comments)

Conestoga

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Doesn’t look all that much from the outside: only a barrel or two gives away the fact that this a drinking den, and nothing that this is in fact a live music venue par excellence. Read_on (No Comments)

Cubano

Cubano
The newly opened (Jan 2013) Cubano offers a seriously authentic experience of its namesake Caribbean island, Cuba. The location may be in a multiplex cinema, but once inside the restaurant you depart from the familiar. Read_on (No Comments)

Čupiterija

Čupiterija
This place may be located on Mestni Trg in the heart of Old Ljubljana, but don't let that fool you: it's the epitome of funky - in a good a way. Read_on (2 Comments)

Egoist bar

Egoist bar
Generally more of a chill-out bar, this place was heaving on the night IYP visited. Unfortunately this was because it had Read_on (No Comments)

Fétiche

Fétiche
A dark and moody, space-age cocktail bar on two levels complete with everything a cocktail bar should possess. Sit in the Read_on (2 Comments)

Gas Station

Gas Station
Just south of Žale Cemetery on the way back into town, sit and drink inside a convertible car amidst motoring memorabilia including old petrol pumps, hub caps on the walls and a vintage motorbike in the window. Read_on (No Comments)

Goodlife Bar

Goodlife Bar
After a long vacancy, one of Ljubljana's coolest nightlife venues finally reopened to much fanfare the last week of May. Located Read_on (No Comments)

Green Moon

Green Moon
The first and only Mayan-themed cocktail bar in Ljubljana, no expense was spared in getting the details right and turning what was formerly a basement dive bar into a fun place to come drink, dance and party. Read_on (5 Comments)

Horse's Pub

Horse's Pub
Located quite a ways north of where tourists tend to tread, Horse's Pub is something of a Ljubljana institution and one of the first places we went for a beer after moving to the city way back when the tolar still existed. Read_on (No Comments)

Kamera Klub

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A particularly interesting local bar for local people containing some of the best and worst examples of interior design in the city. Read_on (No Comments)

Kavarna Maček

Kavarna Maček
Reassuringly scruffy after so many good-looking places in the area, gurgle down some tea, coffee or something a little stronger Read_on (No Comments)

Klub Daktari

Klub Daktari
Sharing its name with the Swahili word for doctor, we're not sure if there's a connection, but the place always cures us of any bad mood we're in. Read_on (2 Comments)

Konoba Katakombe

Konoba Katakombe
If you're looking for an authentic old town drinking experience, then this no-frills tavern with a medieval ambience is a must-stop on any Ljubljana pub crawl. Read_on (No Comments)

Lar’s Bar

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Sleek lines and more than a mod towards Scandinavian design at this sublime little bar on a quiet central side street. Owned and Read_on (No Comments)

Lepa Žoga

Lepa Žoga
Ideally situated for basketball and hockey fans without tickets for the events in neighbouring Hala Tivoli, you can grab a drink at this sports bar and cheer on your team in action on three TVs and a big screen. Read_on (No Comments)

Le Petit Café

Le Petit Café
On a leafy yet bustling square, tables of bubbly locals and clued-up visitors drink coffee, tea and look utterly Parisian without even trying. Read_on (No Comments)

Liquid

Liquid
Sitting on the riverbank facing picturesque Dragon Bridge, Liquid café/bar has bright and modern decor with minimalist music to match. Read_on (No Comments)

LP Bar

LP Bar
With the existing bars and cafés in Ljubljana's old town already approaching the saturation point, new establishments have to bring something extra to table if they'd like to stick around. Read_on (No Comments)

Makalonca

Makalonca
After several years hiatus, and several months of renovations, Makalonca reopened in September 2009 with much fanfare - and deservedly so, as it occupies one of the coolest locations in the Ljubljana. Read_on (1 Comment)

Moj Žep

Moj Žep
With a name like Moj Žep (which is Slovene for My Pocket) it would obviously be hard for us not to like this place, but linguistic Read_on (No Comments)

Na Balanci

Na Balanci
If you find yourself pacing through the halls of Ljubljana's modern shopping centres, wondering where the Slovenia of yesteryear got buried, you might just find it hidden here far away from the centre. Read_on (1 Comment)

Opera Bar

Opera Bar
A bright, large, colourful space popular with many of the city’s more well-heeled residents, including those who like to attend the opera house across the street, Opera Bar is your classic café-bar. Read_on (1 Comment)

Parodija Bar

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Unabashedly a student hangout, which makes perfect sense as it's directly opposite the second largest university area in the city, this relatively new bar is usually packed with young people clamouring for cheap drinks from later afternoon till closing. Read_on (No Comments)

Piano Bar

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Hardly worth a second glance during the day, this long, thin little shopping-centre café transforms itself during the evening into something charming and unique. Read_on (No Comments)

Playa

Playa
This fancy bar inside of BTC center gained notoriety for being co-owned by one of Slovenia's better pop stars, Jan Plestenjak. Read_on (No Comments)

Porto

Porto
Formerly known as Hugo Barrera, this more appropriately named place is set to open in early to late-February after undergoing some minor renovations. Read_on (1 Comment)

Pri Zelenem Zajcu

Pri Zelenem Zajcu
This is a good place to head to if you want to find a small non-pretentious bar where the locals are friendly. Slowly rotating Read_on (3 Comments)

Pr' Skelet

Pr' Skelet
Look for the skeleton hanging in a cage on the corner of the street, dip up the alley and down the skeleton-riddled staircase, over the skeleton lying under the glass floor and enter what may well be the strangest cocktail bar of them all. Read_on (5 Comments)

Randevu

Randevu
Among the clutch of cafés and bars that virtually line the right bank of the Ljubljanica between Prešeren Square and Cobbler's Bridge, at first glance Randevu stands out with its sprawling terrace filled with large inviting white chairs. Read_on (No Comments)

Repete

Repete
Located in the space formerly occupied by the Norwegian-owned Lars Bar, Repete (or Repæte Jazz & Okrepčila Read_on (No Comments)

Rollbar-Karting BTC

Rollbar-Karting BTC
Another reason to visit the huge BTC complex is this extraordinary place. Taking the gimmick of the race-car-theme-drinking-hole Read_on (2 Comments)

Roxly

Roxly
It’s all in the timing so they say. Spread over two floors, the Roxly provides a dual function by offering meals by day and music by night. Read_on (1 Comment)

Roža

Roža
Dark and jazzy, find among other hip drinkers plenty of sophisticated students chucking back glasses of expensive wine and cocktails in two rooms decorated with padded walls and lots of nice little extra touches. Read_on (No Comments)

Sax Pub

Sax Pub
This is what happens when an unruly youth inherits his great aunt’s country cottage. This now legendary, graffiti-spattered nightspot wouldn’t last a week in New Orleans, but in Ljubljana there’s nothing of its kind to beat it. Read_on (2 Comments)

Scratch Rock Bar

Scratch Rock Bar
Ljubljana's only authentic rock bar is owned, operated and patronised by true fans of rock music, which means the music is loud, the tattoos plentiful and the selection of beer impressive. Read_on (No Comments)

Slon Lounge

Slon Lounge
If Ljubljana were a village, this would be the village pub. This legendary bar in the legendary hotel of the same name is the Read_on (No Comments)

Sputnik

Sputnik
Suave, dark and moody, featuring 60s retro furniture with lots of beautiful-looking people sitting on it, ice-cold beer and cocktails, a long, long bar and waitresses with even longer legs. Read_on (1 Comment)

Stara Mačka

Stara Mačka
The ground floor space of this combined cocktail bar and steak house restaurant has opted for something along the lines of a Cuban vibe, with plenty of Cuban cocktails on the menu to accompany the Cuban music and cigars also on offer. Read_on (No Comments)

Tombstone Saloon

Tombstone Saloon
Complete with authentic cowboy saloon-type swinging doors to get unceremoniously thrown through after you’ve drunk Read_on (1 Comment)

Tozd

Tozd
A favourite destination for Ljubljana's cool crowd from seemingly the day it opened (if not even earlier), Tozd's carefully Read_on (No Comments)

Žmauc

Žmauc
Ask any tuned-in local to make a list of their favourite bars and they’re almost certain to put this place on the list. Read_on (3 Comments)

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