Best Restaurants to Close a Deal in Split 2026
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The 2026 deal-closing pick in Split is Krug. Editorial runners-up: ZOI, Dvor, Zrno Soli, Storija, Šug.
A hundred and thirty euros buys Split's first Michelin star and a client who remembers the dinner. Six tables hold a deal here, from a twelve-seat tasting counter to a terrace built into the wall of Diocletian's Palace.
Six Split Tables to Close a Deal
A hundred and thirty euros for nine courses, plus ninety for the pairing, so about two hundred and twenty a head with wine, and the best value in luxury Split. Krug is the city's first Michelin star, won in 2025, chef Karlo Kaleb's twelve-seat counter with sommelier Jurica Delić and a signature of marinated prawns in maraschino and mascarpone. A star at a fraction of capital-city price impresses an international client without the swagger.
A hundred to a hundred and fifty and up a head, and the address impresses on its own. ZOI is built into the south wall of Diocletian's Palace on the Riva, chef Alberto García Pérez cooking a seven-course Dalmacija tasting that merges sea and hinterland, in the Michelin Guide since 2017 with a Gault&Millau 17/20. Request the rooftop terrace. Quietly luxurious service, the polish a formal close needs.
A five-course tasting around sixty to sixty-five euros, with whole fish by daily market weight on top. Dvor is chef Hrvoje Zirojević's seafront room over Firule beach, opened in 2013 and in the Michelin Guide across 2018 to 2025, with raw tuna and goose liver and a sommelier-led Croatian list. A tree-shaded terrace over Šolta and Brač, calm and spaced rather than rowdy. Quiet enough to talk numbers, with a view that does the impressing.
Eighty to a hundred and twenty and up a head with whole fish or a tasting, and a marina-yacht backdrop that signals success. Zrno Soli sits on the first floor of the ACI Marina, a benchmark fish restaurant since 2011 and in the 2025 Michelin Guide, with whole fish baked in salt and carved tableside, now run by chef Branimir Prnjak. Polished service, a real Croatian wine list. The pick for a lunch or dinner close in front of a visiting client.
Sixty to ninety euros a head for three courses with wine, and Roman arches overhead. Storija is chef Ivan Pažanin's room on the Riva with sommelier Roko Bekavac, opened in 2018, with hand-rolled truffle pasta and monkfish wrapped in Dalmatian pršut. One caveat with a season on it: the terrace fronts the busiest promenade in Split, so book the quiet inside room under the palace arches for a negotiation. The picture-book setting, seated right.
Forty to sixty euros a head with wine, the best value serious kitchen and the quietest. Šug is chef Duje Kanajet's room off the tourist track, the only Bib Gourmand in Split across 2022 and 2023, with braised octopus on the namesake tomato-and-olive sauce and pašticada with homemade gnocchi. Small, intimate, an evening you can actually hear. The pick when the deal needs discretion over flash, at a sensible spend that still carries a Michelin marker.
How to Book
Krug releases online bookings one month ahead and its twelve seats fill fast in peak summer, so book the moment a date opens and phone direct for a party of seven or eight. ZOI and its rooftop need booking well ahead in summer. Dvor and Zrno Soli want a few days' notice June to September, easier in the shoulder season. Šug needs a reservation a week out in summer.
7:30 to 8pm, the Dalmatian early seating before the promenade fills. Take Krug or ZOI for the prestige close, Dvor or Zrno Soli for a seafront terrace, Storija's inside room when you want the palace setting without the crowd, and Šug when the negotiation needs to stay private.
Frequently Asked Questions
The 2026 editorial pick is Krug, Split's first Michelin-starred restaurant, where chef Karlo Kaleb's nine-course tasting runs 130 euros, or about 220 with the wine pairing, at a twelve-seat counter on the waterfront. For a setting that impresses on its address, ZOI is built into the wall of Diocletian's Palace on the Riva, with a rooftop terrace and tasting menus from roughly 100 euros a head.
Šug on Tolstojeva, east of the old town and off the tourist track, is the quietest serious room in Split, the city's only Bib Gourmand, where you can negotiate undisturbed for 40 to 60 euros a head. Dvor's spaced seafront terrace over Firule beach is calm and away from the cruise crowds. At Storija on the Riva, book the inside room under the palace arches rather than the busy terrace.
Krug runs highest at about 220 euros a head with the wine pairing, then ZOI with tasting menus from roughly 100 euros and Zrno Soli at 80 to 120 with whole fish. Dvor's five-course tasting is around 60 to 65 euros, Storija 60 to 90, and Šug lowest at 40 to 60 with wine. A credible Split deal table runs well below a capital-city Michelin bill.
Yes. Krug, ZOI, Dvor, Zrno Soli, Storija and Šug all operate year-round, which suits a business-travel calendar, with summer affecting only crowds and booking difficulty rather than opening. Krug and ZOI are the hardest to book June to September, so reserve weeks ahead, while the shoulder season opens up tables and quieter rooms across all six.