The Spectacular - Seafood Restaurant Fosa: We were recommended this restaurant by one of the bars in Zadar.  It’s situated on the Fosa inlet and it’s a stunning location.  They were also hosting a wedding so there was a fantastic ambience.  When I asked what the local fish was our waiter replied “It is all local, it lives in our sea?”  As it’s not cheap we chose to have two main courses and share them - not only did they also bring us some “spontaneous” appetisers to try, they split the portions in the kitchen, so we ended up having: our spontaneous appetisers, a small portion of black truffle and shrimp risotto each, then a small portion of fried local fish each, then tiramisu (the best I have ever had and I apologise to my Italian friends and beg forgiveness of my Sicilian family) and coffee.

It was a wonderfully relaxed lunch, and we wandered out on to the terrace after the wedding party had gone - the view was spectacular.

Our lunch cost us £35-40 each for 1 main course, glass of wine, dessert and coffee (plus spontaneous appetisers.)

Everyday - pizza and pastries: One of the odd things about the many, many bars in Zadar is that they don’t serve food - “only sweets”.  Some of them also do pizza, and it is pretty good, however if you are looking for breakfast or just exceptional pizza I suggest you try the bakery which is situated halfway down Elizabete Kotromanic.  There are no seats, so you can either stand up at the tables or take your delicacies and sit on the quayside. The coffee is very strong, their apple strudel is absolutely out of this world and I highly recommend you try the burek (little spinach and / or cheese pastries.)  These are apparently a national dish, but this was the only place I saw them.  It’s so cheap I’ve forgotten how much it was, but you can definitely feast for a fiver.

Drink: There are lots of local liquers, and some local wines, but I didn’t like the ones we tried, except the  clear maraschino liquer with ice.  The coffee is very good here (it’s very near to Italy!) and you can also enjoy lovely Italian wines and prosecco (the Italian champagne.)  If you can get the waiters at Hotel Adriana to make you an ice coffee you’ll be very happy - the cream they use is gorgeous.