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A Good Choice - but not for Pizza

  • March 31, 2009
  • Rated 3 of 5 by fizzytom from Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
A Good Choice - but not for Pizza

Slovenians love pizza, who doesn't? There aren't many places now where you can't get a pizza and with the proximity to Italy it's should come as no surprise that pizza appears on nearly every menu.

We regularly go to Ptuj on Sunday mornings, it's one of the only places we can get to by bus on a Sunday from Maribor. Having exhausted most of the possibilities we decided to give Pizzeria Pivnica Zlatorog a try. Judging by the number of people already there and who followed us in it seemed popular.

Some people came in and had a drink at the bar then left again, but most people were eating. We chose a table in the bar area and were given a menu in Slovene but as we are learning it was no problem to us, combined with the fact that the Italian pizza names are largely used. Not wanting a huge lunch we chose a medium pizza with ham and mushrooms and a salad to share. The salad was great and doused in just the right amount of pumpkin seed oil which is common in this part of the country. The pizza was less good and used a mixture of cheeses which over-powered the other flavours. the base was also overdone.

We found that while the waitress was quick to take our order, once our food came it was almost impossible to order more drinks. She was busy but not so busy she couldn't have been looking out for her customers.

The interior is cosy; exposed brick arches and booth styles tables, homely and simple but could do with a bit of a spruce up. As the name suggests only Zlatorog (Lasko) beer is served as well as a range of soft drinks and juices.

Other dishes such as grills are available and from what I could see on the plactes of other customers that looks the way to go; I would come back but definitely not for pizza.

If you do decide to give it a try, do push the door even if the place looks closed. From the exterior one might think the place has closed down but it's definitely open for business.

Beers, pizza and salad came in at around 12 Euro

From journal Magical Ptuj - Slovenia's Oldest Town

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