Cafes
Cafe Antico
Great ambiance - bare wooden floors, high tables and stools, and vaulted ceiling.
Cafe Gaudi
Nice interior and wide selection of coffees.
Geonavtik
Nautically themed cafe/bar with travel map and bookshop. Mellow atmosphere.
Le Petite Cafe
Very popular corner cafe.
MaÄek
The most popular cafe along the river.
Sax Pub
Really cool colorful spray-painted cafe/bar along the canal.
Zvezda
Cafe with great ices and pastries.
Äajna Hisa
This is a quirky little coffee and tea room, offering many variations on those warm beverages as well as basic breakfasts and lunches. The background music is impeccably cool, and the atmosphere is ideal for some elegant loafing. Linked to the café is a teashop selling drinking paraphernalia and loads of different fruity flavoured teas by the 100g.
Juice Bar Babo
A juice and smoothie bar in the old city center with over 50 combinations of freshly prepared beverages to choose from. Laid-back atmosphere, interesting combination of urban and health freak culture. Good place to meet tourists and interesting locals of all ages.
Samsara
Summer-only outdoor cafe offers large selection of ice cream & gelato.
Bars
BI-KO-FE
A lively artsy little bar that plays excellent jazz music CD, not live. There is outside seating, but inside is where it seems to be happening. It looks like the place the youngish locals hangout to drink the night away. Coffee, teas, and alcoholic beverages.
Cutty Sark
Lively pub with raucous atmosphere. Usually has live music.
Lepa Žoga
Main sports cafe/bar with sports regalia along the wall and a good, mixed crowd on most nights. Shows international rugby, all sorts of football games European, English, Italian and other leagues and other live sports. Has the best TV coverage in the city, ranging from Sky Sports to local TV stations.
Patrick's Irish Bar
The ubiquitous Irish Pub with Guinness and local beers on tap, with a typical menu of hearty meals available. Also typical is the welcoming atmosphere that seems common to all Irish Pubs. Big Screen TVs show sporting events, mainly traditionally Irish Gaelic Games and occasionally soccer but bar staff are happy to change a television to show other sports Rugby Union, Rugby League, Cricket, AFL, NFL etc. on request. Watch out for ex-pat and tour groups at popular sporting events from their 'home' country.
Pr'skelet
Skeleton-themed basement bar in a side alley. Famous for an extensive variety of cocktails, and you get two for price of one, prices vary from â¬6 to 13.
Pod Skalco
Popular student pub with an almost 150 year long tradition, frequented almost exclusively by locals. Loud music.
Vinoteka Movia
Anyone with any interest in wine should visit here. The cosy, candlelit wine bar comes with knowledgeable barmen who can recommend a wine based on your tastes. The wine glasses are huge, so it's hard to tell if they were being stingy or if it has simply spread out. Be careful about asking for âsamplesâ, as they will charge you full price. The prices can vary from modest to a remortgage.
Zlata Ladjica
Fun, energetic pub. Serves mulled wine in winter.
Breg
Classy wine bar along the river.
Ragamuffin
Intimate, reggae cafe-bar with good tunes.
Clubs
Ljubljana has several good nightclubs discotheques. The clubs hold special events, they will play a certain syle of music on certain nights, etc. Some will also impose a strict dress code and age limits.
Most of Ljubljanaâs bars tend to cluster on the streets running parallel to the river, radiating from PreÅ¡ernov trg, which is the main square in Ljubljana. The more interesting bars tend to be on the backstreets, rather than directly facing the river. Part of the joy of this city is stumbling across these places, but these are few to start you off.