Hotel Marina

Istrian seafood from the sea to the plate

Chef:Ivica Evačić - Ivek
Ivica Evačić - Ivek
Chef

From fishing boats to plates

Marina isn’t just a hotel restaurant, rather it’s a restaurant that also has a hotel! In the evening it’s not far to go to bed and next morning you can not only indulge in a massage, sauna and jacuzzi but also go for a swim nearby.

This small hotel with a menu featuring a long list of seafood dishes is situated in Izola’s Veliki trg (large square). Although the hand-written menu is on all tables, when the chef comes to the table just: “From the sea to the plate” can be heard! It’s no wonder that he always carries out his chef’s duties so elegantly since “nothing” needs to be done! His other statement goes like this: “Caught today, prepared today, but with the minimal amount of intervention in the kitchen!” And this is what makes Marina the best seafood restaurant at the Slovenian coast.

The experience of the last visit

The days of the sardine queen (2025)

When the weather is nice, Izola is always full. But when the weather is bad, when it’s not in season, when it’s not a weekend, Izola is also lonely… With one exception! The Marina Hotel is always full (at least 80% occupied), from January to December, from Monday to Sunday, from morning to evening. Why? Because of nostalgia! There is too much nostalgia – terraces by the sea, waiters with bow ties, fish from the oven, grilled shrimp and sorbet in a straw – on the coast. But because it is generic nostalgia. The Marina is old-fashioned in a sincere, authentic and modern way! This and that, which we want everywhere at the seaside, but which disappoints us almost everywhere precisely because of this crowding, we can, unfortunately, only get in the Izola Marina.
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For lunch bavette from the seabed or seasonal fuži pasta, and it’s also hard to resist the brodet-style fish soup. For dinner why not leave the choice to the chef, since he’s not exaggerating when he says: “Caught today, prepared today.” Polenta au-gratin, filled with cod, should definitely be alongside.

Menu

Tasting menu

4 courses

48 €

5 courses

58 €

6 courses + accompanying wines

90 €

Wine list

Sommelier Miloš Nikolič manages 180 labels, of which, of course, most are local-Istrian, but also as many as 60 foreign ones.

Ambience

A terrace beneath a shady pergola beside the harbour, an elegant hotel dining room

Specialities

Michelin recommendation
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