Soleil, sable et Adriatique, juste en contrebas de Budva.

A highly rated seafront restaurant on the Rafailovići promenade, with a string-lit terrace looking straight out over the beach and the bay towards Budva. The kitchen leans on the day's catch — whole grilled fish, prawns and seafood pasta — alongside Mediterranean plates, and the sunset view from the umbrella-shaded tables is a big part of the draw.

A relaxed craft-beer pub a few streets back from the Budva seafront, with a string-lit courtyard of wooden benches and a snug, poster-covered interior. The draught line-up of craft beers is the main event, poured alongside smash burgers and pub snacks — a low-key, good-value change of pace from the seafront konobas.

A characterful stone konoba right on the Pržno seafront, the next cove along from Bečići — walls hung with ship's wheels, clocks and a Poseidon mosaic, and tables set out over the little bay. Fresh fish and seafood in proper Montenegrin style, with the boats and turquoise water a few steps away.

One of Rafailovići's most popular seafood restaurants, set in a leafy garden terrace a few steps back from the water. The kitchen turns out grilled prawns, octopus, seafood risotto and whole fish with a light touch, and the shaded, vine-covered courtyard is a cool retreat from the midday sun.

A family-run restaurant in the village above Sveti Stefan, with a shaded terrace built under a canopy of grapevines and set with linen-topped tables. The kitchen does Montenegrin and Mediterranean home cooking — grilled meats and fish, fresh salads and grilled vegetables — a relaxed, good-value stop a short walk uphill from the famous island.