Gostilna Francl
old Gostilna Slovenia with a new chef
- Tuesday - Saturday 12.00 - 22.00
- Sunday - Monday closed
- T: +386 41 406 261
- E: info@gostilnafrancl.si
- www.gostilnafrancl.si
Sebastijan Kovačič
Old Francl with a new chef
A wealth of experience, dating back many years, with various places, restaurants and guests – these are the advantages that Gostilna Francl has acquired with its new chef. Although Sebastijan Kovačič is from Kočevje, he and his wife, Andreja, from Gorenjska, have worked in restaurants throughout Slovenia (Bovec, Lepena, Ljubljana, Korte, Piran, Ljubno ob Savinji), therefore they now want to settle down in Zagrad, near Celje Castle, and in doing so add their cookery and hospitality expression to old Francl.
While other restaurants only cook food that people want on their tables at home, Gostilna Francl has retained both tradition and originality, even with a change of tenants. Although one must soon after Celje turn under the railway to reach Francl, it’s worth slowing down after the castle. Even before the soups, there are enough cold house specialities to share, and after them, the new chef in the old Francl takes advantage of the best of the season to satisfy diners. And if it’s already too warm for venison shank, the barbecue is ready and waiting outside.
The experience of the last visit
Recommendation
Francl preserve old dishes, customs and flavours, has a sense for local and quality ingredients and adds to them a measure of originality. Therefore, despite being a century-old, Francl is still a young and fresh, youthful and seasonal, simple Celje and Slovenian restaurant.
Wine list
A big wine cabinet, 100+ labels, also big bottles, France and Italy
Ambience
Guests like to sit beneath the chestnut and linden trees in the old restaurant garden, while in the spacious dining rooms they appreciate the carefully chosen tableware and warmth of the tiled stove.
Specialities
tradition since 1895
