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Best Rooftop Restaurants in Dubrovnik 2026
Rooftop dining · Dubrovnik · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 15, 2026 · Updated June 15, 2026
Dubrovnik's two most celebrated high tables are not rooftops at all. Restaurant 360 sits on the medieval ramparts above the old harbour, and Restaurant Panorama rides the cable car to the top of Mount Srdj. Inside the city walls, true rooftops are vanishingly rare: there are only a couple of hotel roofs in the whole Old Town, and the rest of the scene lives in the hotel belts of Ploce and Lapad. The Rooftop Guide grades the city's range modestly for good reason. We rank the genuine roofs, food first, Adriatic view second. For ground-level Old Town konobas, see our Dubrovnik dining guide.
1.Above 5 Rooftop
A rare rooftop table inside the city walls, with Adriatic and fort views; reserve ahead.
Above 5 crowns the small Hotel Stari Grad and is one of the very few rooftop tables inside Dubrovnik's Old Town, looking over the tiled roofs to the Adriatic and the historic forts. The kitchen runs a tight Mediterranean fine-dining format, a choice of three or five courses, with dishes such as homemade Croatian pasta in a lobster tomato bisque and a whole lobster tail. It appears in the MICHELIN Guide. With only a handful of tables and an outdoor terrace, it is seasonal and books out fast, so reserve well ahead and ask for a sunset slot.
Reserve at above5rooftop.com.
2.Stara Loza
A 16-seat rooftop in the Old Town, in the MICHELIN Guide every year since 2017; book early.
Stara Loza sits on the roof of the Prijeko Palace boutique hotel on Prijeko street, in the dense heart of the Old Town, with just 16 seats and a view over the rooftops to the bell tower and the sea. The kitchen cooks a seasonal contemporary Mediterranean menu, running from creamy risotto to grilled steak and whole grilled sea bass, and it has been recommended in the MICHELIN Guide every year since 2017. The intimate scale is the appeal and the constraint. Book as far ahead as you can, and request a table along the terrace rail.
Reserve at staraloza.com.
3.Villa Dubrovnik Rooftop
A cliffside rooftop facing the walled city and Lokrum, best at sunset; go for the view.
Villa Dubrovnik is built into the cliff in Ploce, just east of the walls, and its rooftop bar looks straight back at the Old Town and across to the island of Lokrum. The roof runs a Mediterranean menu of light plates and cocktails rather than a full tasting, with the sunset over the walled city as the headline. The hotel's main kitchen, Pjerin, sits on a lower sea-facing terrace if you want a longer dinner. As one of the best sunset perches in the city, the rooftop earns the short walk or boat from the Old Town. Time it for golden hour.
Details at villa-dubrovnik.hr.
4.Blue Sky Lounge
A rooftop lounge over the Lapad coast for champagne and light plates; go at sunset.
The Blue Sky Lounge tops the Royal Dubrovnik on the Lapad peninsula, a short drive west of the Old Town, with a rooftop terrace over the pine-lined coast and the Adriatic. It is built for champagne cocktails and a light dinner at sunset rather than a long sit-down meal, with a menu of small plates to go with the drinks list. The position away from the walls trades the historic skyline for an open-sea horizon and a calmer crowd. Use it as a sundowner before dinner in Lapad, and book a seat on the sea-facing edge.
Details at royaldubrovnik.com.
5.Royal Blue Rooftop
An infinity-pool rooftop on Babin Kuk with a clean sea horizon; go for a pool-deck drink.
The Royal Blue Hotel on the Babin Kuk peninsula, about twenty minutes from the Old Town, puts a rooftop bar and infinity pool that seems to merge with the horizon at the top of the building. This is a pool-deck rooftop for cocktails and a light bite with an open Adriatic view rather than a destination dinner, and the sunsets here are the draw. It suits a relaxed afternoon or an early-evening drink while staying on the peninsula. Come up for the pool and a sundowner, and pair it with dinner in the Lapad bay below.
Details at royalblue.hr.
6.Love Bar
A rooftop terrace bar to escape the Old Town crowd for a drink; go for the sun.
Love Bar is a small rooftop terrace bar set above the lanes near the southern walls, billed as a rare rooftop hideaway away from the Old Town crush. The format is cocktails, wine and a relaxed crowd rather than a kitchen, with a terrace angled at the sun and the sea beyond the ramparts. It is a place for a drink and a pause between sights, not a dinner table, and it fills quickly on summer afternoons. Climb up for a late-afternoon drink, then drop back down for dinner at a konoba in the lanes below.
Details at lovebardubrovnik.com.
Avoid for a rooftop dinner
Famous high tables that are not rooftops
Restaurant 360. Dubrovnik's Michelin-starred showpiece, under chef Marijo Curic, is not a rooftop: its terrace runs along the medieval ramparts above the old harbour. It is superb, and it reopens for the season on March 27, 2026, but book it for the cooking and the walls, not for a roof.
Restaurant Panorama. The most sweeping view in Dubrovnik comes from Panorama at the top of the Mount Srdj cable car, but it is a mountaintop restaurant, not a city rooftop. Go for the panorama over the walls and the islands, just do not expect a roof terrace.
How to book a Dubrovnik rooftop
Dubrovnik's rooftop scene is smaller and more seasonal than its reputation suggests, and most genuine roofs run only from spring to autumn. Inside the walls there are essentially two rooftop restaurants, Above 5 and Stara Loza, both tiny and both quick to sell out, so reserve weeks ahead for a summer evening. The bigger hotel rooftops, Villa Dubrovnik, Blue Sky and Royal Blue, sit in Ploce and on the Lapad and Babin Kuk peninsulas and lean toward sunset drinks and light plates rather than a full dinner. Remember that the famous 360 and Panorama are a rampart terrace and a mountaintop, not rooftops. For ground-level konobas in the Old Town, see our Dubrovnik dining guide and the RFK rankings index.
Frequently asked
Which Dubrovnik rooftop has the best food?
Above 5 at the Hotel Stari Grad and Stara Loza at the Prijeko Palace are the two genuine rooftop restaurants inside the Old Town, and both appear in the MICHELIN Guide. Above 5 runs a three or five-course Mediterranean menu; Stara Loza cooks a 16-seat contemporary Mediterranean carte.
Is Restaurant 360 a rooftop?
No. Restaurant 360, Dubrovnik's Michelin-starred restaurant under chef Marijo Curic, sits on a terrace along the medieval ramparts above the old harbour rather than on a roof. It reopens for the season on March 27, 2026. It is outstanding, but it is a walls table, not a rooftop.
Are there rooftop restaurants inside the Old Town?
Only a couple. Above 5 on the Hotel Stari Grad and Stara Loza on the Prijeko Palace are the rare rooftop tables within the walls. Most other Dubrovnik rooftops are hotel terraces in Ploce, Lapad and Babin Kuk, outside the Old Town, reached by a short drive or boat.
Are Dubrovnik rooftops open year-round?
Mostly no. The Old Town rooftops and the hotel terraces are seasonal, running roughly from April or May into October, and several close entirely in winter. Restaurant 360 reopens at the end of March 2026. Always confirm hours before an off-season trip.
Which Dubrovnik rooftop is best for sunset?
Villa Dubrovnik's rooftop in Ploce faces back at the walled city and Lokrum, while the Lapad and Babin Kuk roofs at Blue Sky and Royal Blue have open-sea horizons. Inside the walls, Above 5 and Stara Loza catch the light over the tiled roofs. Book the earlier seating for the sunset slot.
Can you have a full dinner on a Dubrovnik rooftop?
Yes, at Above 5 and Stara Loza, which are proper restaurants. The hotel rooftops such as Villa Dubrovnik, Blue Sky and Royal Blue, and the Old Town's Love Bar, lean toward cocktails and light plates, so treat them as sunset bars and eat your main meal at a restaurant.
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