One of the capital's best known traditional Slovene restaurants, little has changed at this Ljubljana mainstay for well over half a century. Now in the third generation of the Marinčič family, Brinje has managed to maintain the air of an unassuming neighbourhood diner despite its popularity and clientele (many of the country's top power-brokers are regulars). Of course it helps to have had the same furniture for 50 years and the same cook for almost as long. The menu is quite extensive and changes seasonally, but year-round the house specialty remains obscenely large portions of high quality meat, followed by Solnograški žličniki - a one-of-a-kind dessert invented by the family matron.

(€5-18).