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Page 1 of 3Restaurant tips, food events and festivals, seasonal menus, and trends from Slovakia.
Restaurant tips, food events and festivals, seasonal menus, and trends from Slovakia.
Illustration photoProseccheria in Ružinov: how to grow by getting smaller
An Italian restaurant in Bratislava did not open a second restaurant but a small bar with 50 proseccos, a play area and events. What it says about growing in hospitality today.
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Illustration photoFarmeria in Trnava: when a restaurant becomes a shop with a bakery and bistro
In the former Slovenská reštaurácia in central Trnava, the Farmeria chain opened its largest store on 15 October, complete with its own oven, a bistro and soup to go. What does it say about who now competes for the breakfast and lunch guest?
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Illustration photoBratislava Christmas market 2026: what a stall costs and why each must offer a Christmas Tip
Behind the scent of lokša and mulled wine lie six months of tenders, scoring and contracts. We read the conditions of Bratislava's Main Christmas Market 2026: rents from €2,600 to €18,500, points for affordability and a mandatory good-value item at every stall.
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Illustration photoMICHELIN Key reaches Slovakia: two Bratislava hotels and a lesson for hospitality
In 2026 Michelin awarded its hotel Keys in Slovakia for the first time, to LOFT Hotel & Wilson Palace and Marrol's Boutique Hotel in Bratislava. Behind the distinction is not just room design but the restaurant, the bar and a sense of place, which makes it news for the whole Slovak hospitality scene.
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Illustration photoSubway is coming back: 300 restaurants for Central Europe and what it means for Slovakia
Subway has signed a ten-year master franchise deal with Vienna-based Emerging Bites: 300 new restaurants across Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia, where the brand is down to five units in four cities. It is not just sandwich news — it signals that franchising is professionalising and the fight for shopping-centre sites is about to get tougher.
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Illustration photoKuchyňa Pelikán in Lučenec: when a hotel restaurant opens lunch to the street
The Lehocký family is opening Kuchyňa Pelikán to the public inside Hotel Pelikán in Lučenec: a daily lunch menu from 19 October 2026, an affordable plate, deliveries to offices and rooms for celebrations. For hotel owners outside Bratislava it is a lesson in how an F&B that once lived on guest breakfasts looks for a second revenue stream — not through luxury, but through the street’s lunch rhythm.
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Illustration photoMedusa at Villa Albrecht: when a restaurant group walks into a hotel
On 15 October 2026 group Medusa opens MINT Albrecht inside boutique hotel Albrecht below Slavín — completing its first step into hospitality. For restaurant owners this is more than a new Mudroňova address: it is a lesson in why a dining room alone is no longer enough, what it means to take over a prestigious but loss-making site, and how a bistro brand tries to live inside a national cultural monument.
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Illustration photoStarbucks in Trnava: when global coffee reaches a regional capital
On Tuesday 20 October 2026 at 9:00, Starbucks opens its first café in Trnava — inside the City Arena mall, as its 18th venue in Slovakia. For local owners this is not just another logo on a façade: it is a lesson in how a global chain enters a region, what a mall location really buys, and why opening day has become a marketing ritual.
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Illustration photoSimon’s Burger at Eurovea: when a Hungarian smash-burger brand tests the capital
After Košice, Hungarian chain Simon’s Burger is heading to Bratislava’s Eurovea — first floor of building E2, already listed among the mall’s upcoming tenants. For restaurant owners this is more than another burger headline: it is a lesson in how a foreign brand tests Slovakia, why a short menu travels well, and why the capital arrives only as the second stop.
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Illustration photoWhere it pays to open a restaurant: Europe according to METRO, and a lesson from next door
A new METRO ranking compared 20 EU countries by how easy it is to open a restaurant there. Spain wins, while Austria, Hungary and Czechia bring up the rear. For Slovak owners it works as a mirror: our neighbours show what happens when costs catch up with the West and revenues do not.
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