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Hindin Han

Hindin Han

On the night of our arrival in Mostar, the lovely lady running the hostel recommended two restaurants to us and explained that she and her brother couldn’t agree on which was the better. We tried Hindin Han first.

The restaurant is housed in an old Ottoman-style building just below the western approach to the old bridge, and the warm light glowing from its front windows is inviting on a cold night. A vine-covered terrace comes right to the edge of the street and the main door leads you inside from there to the exposed wood and richly patterned Turkish carpets of the restaurant itself.

Downstairs was crowded and a little smoky so we headed upstairs to find another warm and inviting room with exposed beams, honey coloured walls, and chequered tablecloths. The kind of place that makes you feel at home right away. Having travelled most of the day on only sandwiches cobbled together from supplies bought with our last scraps of Croatian Kuna, we ordered promptly and enthusiastically and were impressed to find the meals on our table in about five minutes flat. I had the pljeskavica which is like a big meat patty, but tastier and spicier than the ones I’m used to at home. Francie had the ražnjići, chunks of lamb on a skewer. Both meals came with chips and salad, mine was 5KM (2.5Euro) and Francie‘s was 8 (4Euros). After this meal, my vote was going with Majda; her brother’s favourite would need to be pretty good to outdo Hindin Han.

We returned the next day just to warm up with a cup of coffee and a mulled wine and sat downstairs this time. The bartender wasn’t as cheerful as the waiter we had the previous night, but the coffee was good and the large windows gave a good view of the other buildings in the neighbourhood. It must be lovely to sit outside in the summertime under the vines at the front of the restaurant. Both times we went we had no trouble finding a seat, but even in early February there were quite a few other diners coming and going, so it’s probably worth reserving a table ahead in the warmer months.

And if you’re in Mostar, you don’t want to miss out on the Hindin Han.

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