Since its renovation in 2016, when it began a new, unique culinary journey, Stara gostilna has been working even more closely with local suppliers and has connected local culinary heritage with youthful imagination and talent, thus old is in fact…new!

Reviewed by: Violeta & Uroš Mencinger, Šola okusov

Contrasts

Stara gostilna is full of contrasts with its name, ambience, aesthetics and cooking

Stara gostilna, prvi grižljaji pozdrava
Stara gostilna, prvi grižljaji pozdrava
Stara gostilna, prvi grižljaji pozdrava
Stara gostilna, prvi grižljaji pozdrava

Truffles

Fritaja with truffles is a goat’s cheese dumpling rolled in truffles.

Brodeto

Brodeto is a tomato chip with a mussel buzara flavor; the mussels cooked in it are seared, from the soup is a mayonnaise cream, everything is refreshed by pickled carrot stars. Creative!

Stara gostilna, drugi grižljaji pozdrava, brodet
Stara gostilna, drugi grižljaji pozdrava, brodet
Stara gostilna, drugi grižljaji pozdrava, makron panakota
Stara gostilna, drugi grižljaji pozdrava, makron panakota

Macaron

The herb macaron is made of orange gel in the shape of a disc and lime chips in the shape of a flower, the top of the macaron is covered with a miniature asparagus panna cotta.

Elegance

Stara gostilna, with its intimacy, elegance and different ambience, tells you that this evening will remain in your memory!

Stara gostilna, miza z ogledalom
Stara gostilna, miza z ogledalom
Stara gostilna, vinska spremljava
Stara gostilna, vinska spremljava

Accompanying wines

Aperitif: champagne Vilmart & Cie, Grande reserve
Sea bream sashimi: Malvazija 2022, Steras
Oyster: Sivi pinot 2022, Tilia
Scallop: Chardonnay classic 2022, Marjan Simčič
Ravioli: Gusto 2021, Mavrič.
Turbot: Malvazija Uniqua 2020, Kabola.
Dessert: French sweet wine, 2017

Bread

White bread with onion, rye bread with seeds, Mediterranean bread with herbs, tomatoes and olives, spicy grissini with Parmesan cheese. Foamed butter with olive oil and olive hummus with buckwheat popcorn.

Stara gostilna, tretji del pozdravov, kruh
Stara gostilna, tretji del pozdravov, kruh
Stara gostilna, tretji del pozdravov, maslo, kuskus
Stara gostilna, tretji del pozdravov, maslo, kuskus

Hummus

Olive hummus with buckwheat popcorn.

Sea bream

Sea bream sashimi, cucumber compressed in mint syrup, whey sauce, lime juice and mint oil.

Stara gostilna, orada in kumara
Stara gostilna, brancin in kumara
Stara gostilna, ostriga, por, salikornija
Stara gostilna, ostriga, por, salikornija

Oyster

Tartar of compressed celery and dill stalks, steamed oysters, crispy soup balls rolled in charred leek powder, lightly frozen oyster liquid cream, salicornia.

Scallop

Scallop tartar on burrata cream, nectarine crisps, nectarine sauce and basil oil.

Stara gostilna, tatar pokrovače
Stara gostilna, tatar pokrovače
Stara gostilna, paradižnik, lubenica, figovi listi
Stara gostilna, paradižnik, lubenica, figovi listi

Tomato

Cherry tomato variations: the red one is compressed in apple and fennel juice, the yellow one is marinated in caramel, malvasia, thyme and orange peel sauce. It is accompanied by pickled shallots and watermelon and a sauce made from fermented tomatoes and fig leaf oil.

Ravioli

Two-colored ravioli stuffed with scampi and fermented fennel, clear shrimp bisque and coffee oil, Jamar cheese from Zidaric farm, aged for 1 year in a karst cave.

Stara gostilna, ravioli, škampi, jamar, bisque
Stara gostilna, ravioli, škampi, jamar, bisque
Stara gostilna, romb, zelena, grah
Stara gostilna, romb, zelena, grah

Turbot

Fillet of turbot covered with turbot mousse and herb pesto, charred celery on top, leek sauce on the bottom, smoked peas, pickled horseradish, tarragon oil.

Sorbet

Roasted barley with Jerusalem artichoke peel powder, cabernet sauvignon grape sorbet, rabbit clover.

Stara gostilna, sorbet kaberneta, zajčja detelja, pokalica ješprenja
Stara gostilna, sorbet kaberneta, zajčja detelja, pokalica ješprenja
Stara gostilna, jagode in custard
Stara gostilna, jagode in custard

Egg cream

Egg cream with rosemary (custard), kefir, tarragon ice cream, smoked strawberry, covered with strawberry and raspberry jelly.

Petit fours

Chocolate olive, peach and sage jelly in a shell and herbal madeleine.

Stara gostilna, petit fours sladkarije
Stara gostilna, petit fours sladkarije
Stara gostilna, kava, Julius Meinl
Stara gostilna, kava, Julius Meinl

Coffee

You can’t leave Stara gostilna without coffee…

Stara Gostilna

The youth behind the Piran promenade invites you on a culinary journey
Kristian Zule
Chef