Restaurant Aurea

Visiting experience -Food and wine from the first floor (2026)

The seabass is filleted or baked in salt, the scampi are raw or in a fish stew, the tuna is sashimi or fried – as guests these days like. And because the windows are big, the tablecloths long, the lighting intimate and the guests sociable, Aurea is also for those bon vivants, who choose between dishes and wines and between smoked trout and Vipava štruklji with white chocolate. But the best of all is the Vipava cream slice!

Reviewed by: Violeta & Uroš Mencinger, Šola okusov

Eda center

From the playful lounge bar, one escapes up the stairs into the comfort of fine place settings, the allure of wine bottles, and the intimacy of a lit-up city.

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Restaurant & wine bar

Aurea is a restaurant & wine shop. Although it is also a wine shop, the wines, mostly from Vipava, are not only for home use, but primarily to accompany food. That is why Aurea’s culinary story is well-known and popular – food & wine.

Greeting

Greetings from the kitchen in a porcelain tin: marinated sardine fillets, olive oil, raspberry and passion fruit pearls, pickled olives. Fresh homemade focaccia in a basket. Brda olive oil Villa Eva (Brataševič).

Aurea, sardelni pozdrav
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Aurea, brancinov karpačo z mandarino
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Carpaccio

Sea bass carpaccio, dill oil, fresh dill, tangerine marinated in salt. Another similar, but slightly different, version of the popular carpaccio, where the chefs’ ideas may change, but the essence remains – when you have such fresh and beautiful sea bass, it’s best raw, cut into carpaccio slices.

Trout

Trout marinated in salt and brown sugar, wakame seaweed on the bottom, hollandaise sauce in between, trout roe on top, and Pinela smoke (Pinela chips) trapped in the glass.

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Soufflé

Cheese soufflé, cheese fondue sauce, grated black truffle. Even though you know you’ve had this somewhere else, you’re not mad, but you’ll probably come back to Aurea for the soufflé too. It’s so delicious that everyone loves it.

Ravioli

Chef’s ravioli stuffed with sea bass, prawn on the side, scampi bisque on the bottom, lemon foam on top and a sprinkle of dehydrated olives.

Aurea, chefov raviol
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Tuna

Fried tuna, mashed potatoes with lemon, caponata, stewed chard. Another proof that Aurea is not superficial when it comes to its deliciousness.

Lamb

Lamb rump (sous vide and roasted), caramelized cauliflower puree, demi glace sauce, baked plum jam, pickled beetroot, Brussels sprouts roasted in butter.

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Dessert

At the bottom of the cup is panna cotta, topped with vanilla cream with baked peach compote, and baked puff pastry on top.

Štruklji

Walnut štrukelj, white chocolate and pistachios.

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Restaurant Aurea

Restaurant and vinotheque, urban, Mediterranean and winy
Denis Ibrišimović
Chef