The Stradun at night, with café tables under awnings along the lit stone frontages and a bell tower at the far end

Dubrovnik Bars and Wine: Where to Drink in the Old Town and Lapad

Where to drink in Dubrovnik: D'vino wine bar open 10:00 to 02:00, Cave Bar More in a limestone cave, hotel bars that stay open all year, and the fines for drinking in the street.

Photo: Richard Mortel · CC BY 2.0

Updated 8 November 2026First published 4 November 2026

In this guide

💡 The Short Version: For wine, go to D’vino in the Old Town, open daily 10:00 to 02:00 with tastings from 12:00 to 21:00 (D’vino). For a cocktail, go to Cave Bar More, cut into a limestone cave on Lapad Bay, which takes walk-ins only (Hotel More). Abakus Piano Bar at Hotel Excelsior is open all year, 08:00 to 24:00, with live music in the evening (Adriatic Luxury Hotels). Do not drink in the street: the UK Foreign Office says Dubrovnik can fine you on the spot. Or book a tour: Dubrovnik Old Town: 3-Hour Food and Wine Tourad (from €140, 4.9 stars from 273 reviews) puts the tasting and the table booking into a guided walk.

⚠️ Public drinking gets you fined. The UK Foreign Office says tourist towns including Dubrovnik hand out on-the-spot fines for drinking alcohol in public spaces, and fines of up to €4,000 for public order offences such as fighting, shouting or drunken behaviour (UK government, US State Department). Drink inside a bar or on its terrace.

The bars

D’vino

Palmotićeva 4a, Old Town · daily 10:00 to 02:00 · tastings 12:00 to 21:00

A small wine bar on the third street on the left as you walk in from Pile Gate. It says it lists more than 60 wines by the glass, from Slavonia’s dry whites to Istria’s pinots and the deep reds of Pelješac, and serves cheese platters with bread, dried fruit or marinated olives, and platters of cured meats. Order the daily tasting, a flight of Croatian wines, between 12:00 and 21:00. The Saturday set tasting “The One With da Boss” starts at 20:30, is for groups of 4 to 13, needs a reservation, and is seasonal from May (D’vino tastings). Reserve a table on the bar’s site or on +385 20 321 130.

Cave Bar More

Beneath Hotel More, Lapad Bay · walk-ins only

A bar in a natural limestone cave on three levels, 3.5 km from the Old Town, with a terrace over Lapad Bay (Hotel More). The cave stays below 24°C in summer. Order a Cave Spritz or a Dark & Stormy, the hotel’s favourites, and eat from a menu of burgers, bruschettas and chips. Hotel More says there are no reservations.

Abakus Piano Bar, Hotel Excelsior

Open all year · 08:00 to 24:00

A sea-view terrace bar at the hotel, with live music as night falls. Order a signature cocktail or a snack on the terrace before going on into the city. Because it is open all year, it is the one to know in winter.

Zenith Bar, Hotel Kompas

Top floor, Hotel Kompas · 07:00 to 24:00

A top-floor bar with coffee, fine wines, cocktails and draught beer, and views over the Adriatic (Adriatic Luxury Hotels). Draught beer is on the menu alongside the wine.

The Wine Bar, Hotel Bellevue

Hotel Bellevue · 16:00 to 24:00

A hotel wine list of more than 180 wines and champagnes, European and New World, where you can sip a glass or reserve a tasting (Adriatic Luxury Hotels). The hotel’s open-air seafront Spice Lounge serves cocktails from 08:00 to 24:00.

A narrow stone street with a café umbrella and steps climbing between tall stone houses in Dubrovnik's Old Town

Palmotićeva street, Old Town. Photo: JoJan, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.

Tours from Dubrovnik

A tour beats walking into a bar when you want the tastings arranged for you and a guide to the food that goes with them.

Old Town food and wine tour

From €140 · 4.9 stars from 273 reviews · 3 hours · free cancellation

Dubrovnik Old Town: 3-Hour Food and Wine Tourad is a three-hour walk through the Old Town with food and wine stops.

Eight tastings food tour

From €123 · 4.8 stars from 72 reviews · 3.5 hours · free cancellation

Dubrovnik: Authentic 8 Tastings Food Tour of the Old Townad is a 3.5-hour food walk with eight tastings.

Panoramic sunset cocktail cruise

From €59 · 4.5 stars from 538 reviews · 1.5 hours · free cancellation

Dubrovnik: Panoramic Sunset Cocktail Cruise Around Old Townad is a 90-minute boat trip with cocktails. The listing says bad weather means a new date or a refund.

Golden hour sunset cruise

From €29 · 4.8 stars from 601 reviews · 1 hour · free cancellation

From Dubrovnik: Golden Hour Sunset Cruise with Free Drinksad is a one-hour evening cruise with free drinks, subject to favourable weather.

What to drink

The Dubrovnik-Neretva County tourist board points to the red wines Dingač and Postup from the Pelješac peninsula, both made from plavac mali, and calls their vineyards some of the steepest in the world (wine list). Its white wines are Pošip, from Čara and Smokvica on Korčula, and Grk, grown only on the plains of Lumbarda on Korčula. Malvasija from Dubrovnik is grown mostly in Konavle and was first recorded in 1424. Local spirits are travarica, a herb brandy, and lozovača, a grape brandy (gastronomy).

Terraced vineyards of bare vines on a pebbly slope above the Adriatic on the Pelješac peninsula

Vineyards at Dingač on Pelješac. Photo: Quahadi Añtó, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

To see the vineyards, take the Pelješac and Ston day trip. D’vino also runs Pelješac wine tours that visit at least three family-run wineries, with a home-cooked lunch (D’vino tours).

Rows of Dingač and Postup red wine bottles on a shelf

Dingač and Postup bottles. Photo: Silverije, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Clubs and bills

The Foreign Office warns that tourists in Croatia have been overcharged at some “gentlemen’s clubs”, sometimes by thousands of euros, and threatened with violence if they refused to pay. Is Dubrovnik safe? has the rest.

What to see next

Where to eat in Dubrovnik: dinner before the bar.
Is Dubrovnik safe?: fines, scams and emergency numbers.
Stradun and the Old Town walk: the street at night.
Winter in Dubrovnik and Advent: concerts on the Stradun from 28 November.
Pelješac and Ston day trip: the vineyards and oyster bay.
Where to stay in Dubrovnik: hotels with bars.

Common questions

Where can I try Croatian wine in Dubrovnik?

D'vino wine bar on Palmotićeva in the Old Town says it lists more than 60 wines by the glass and runs daily tastings between 12:00 and 21:00. The Wine Bar at Hotel Bellevue lists more than 180 wines and champagnes and is open 16:00 to 24:00.

Can I book Cave Bar More?

No. Hotel More says the bar takes walk-ins only, with no reservations. It sits in a limestone cave on three levels beneath the hotel on Lapad Bay, 3.5 km from the Old Town.

Can I drink alcohol in the street in Dubrovnik?

Not safely. The UK Foreign Office says that in tourist towns including Dubrovnik you can get on-the-spot fines for drinking alcohol or using drugs in public spaces.

Which Croatian wines come from near Dubrovnik?

The county tourist board names Dingač and Postup, red wines from the Pelješac peninsula made from plavac mali, Grk, Pošip and Rukatac (Maraština) from the island of Korčula, and Malvasija from Dubrovnik, grown mostly in Konavle. Its local spirits are travarica, a herb brandy, and lozovača, a grape brandy.

Are there bars open in winter?

Yes. Abakus Piano Bar at Hotel Excelsior is open all year, 08:00 to 24:00, with live music in the evening. D'vino is open daily 10:00 to 02:00, and Zenith Bar at Hotel Kompas is open daily 07:00 to 24:00.