Beestro Bled

Visiting experience -Clearing Bled (2026)

The menu is bistro-style short and concise, albeit with the chef’s conception. Beestro is far from generic bistro fayre, which is only fast without being ‘bright’. The amuse bouche consists of buckwheat and honey, which are a nod to Gorenjska, and the starters feature salads that are pleasant on the eye and full of flavour. To satisfy local tastes there are soups, which are clear and hearty, while for tourists there are krapi and žlikrofi dumplings. Meat lovers can choose from ribs, rib roast, rump steak, and chef’s choice for two, and for dessert, as befits Bled, the mandatory cream slice and grmada – the latter is akin to trifle.

Reviewed by: Violeta & Uroš Mencinger, Šola okusov

Beestro, not bistro

Beestro at the Rose Bled Hotel (and bus station) pleasantly surprises with its differentness, which is calm, nice and tasteful. Its pastel natural tones are homely and welcoming, but at the same time refined and elegant.

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Kitchen

Beestro’s kitchen is thoughtful, with two skilled chefs doing everything they can to make guests salivate as they watch them layer and serve. Beestro, with its bistronomic character (a chef’s upgrade of well-known, simple, good dishes), offers simple, but better. Chef Jug Bošković.

Greeting

Savory buckwheat Linzeer eye, stuffed with homemade chicken pate and cranberry and apricot jam, toasted homemade spelt bread and honey butter.

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Vodnik's salad

Romaine lettuce, egg cream, pickled cauliflower, baby beetroot, salad dressing, boiled potato slices, croutons. Istenič balsamic vinegar and Sveti Kancijan olive oil on the table.

Chicken consommé

Chicken consommé, homemade egg Spätzle and chive oil, small cubes of root vegetables.

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Mushroom consommé

Mushroom consommé, a hearty soup made from Pokljuka porcini mushrooms and chanterelles, with a ‘taste’ of shiitake mushrooms and a splash of soy sauce.

Buckwheat pasta

Buckwheat krapi stuffed with smoked curd cheese and topped with sour cream (Planika), tomato chips.

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Idrijski žlikrofi

Idrija žlikrofi (dumplings) with homemade ragout (rabbit and boar cheek), sauce with added cranberries, freeze-dried raspberry powder, fresh chervil.

Local trout

Zupan’s red (Bohinj) trout, beetroot puree, beurre blanc sauce with herbal oil, lavender gel and, as ‘our presentation of trout in a corn crust’, a lace-tuile made from corn dough.

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Chef's prime rib

Beef prime rib and three types of onions: onion cream, onion sauce and roasted shallots. Served with homemade curd cheese štrukelj.

Bled's cremeschnitte

House-made cremeschnite and – period. You can’t leave Bled without trying it.

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Beestro grmada

It’s actually a ‘house cocktail of love Grmada’. Two types of sponge cake (light and dark), raisins cooked in three types of alcohol with cinnamon and star anise, pear sorbet, wine sauce and whipped sweet cream.

Accompanying wines

With the Rose wine bar, Beestro’s wine selection has expanded nicely. Those who are more curious can browse for a long time or go around the corner, and those who want a glass of wine can start with champagne and continue with enough stylish variety that the bistronomic and Beestro dishes will not get boring.

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Beestro Bled

A different and better bistro in Bled
Jug Bošković
Chef