Verse Adriatische vis en zeevruchten in de konoba's van Rafailovići, familietaverna's langs het strand en Montenegrijnse klassiekers. 25+ restaurants om te ontdekken.
Adriatische zeevruchten en Montenegrijnse klassiekers — dit zijn de gerechten om op te zoeken.
Het hart van de kustkeuken — de vangst van de dag simpel gegrild met olijfolie en citroen, meestal per gewicht verkocht.
Zwarte inktvisrisotto, gekleurd en op smaak gebracht met inktvisinkt — een rijke Adriatische klassieker.
Mosselen of garnalen gekookt in witte wijn, knoflook en olijfolie, geserveerd met brood om de saus mee op te deppen.
Gerookte ham en kaas uit het bergdorp Njeguši, boven Kotor — het klassieke voorgerecht.
Kleine gegrilde worstjes van gehakt, geserveerd met platbrood en ui — de vertrouwde keuze voor een informele grill.
De krachtige rode wijn van Montenegro en zijn vruchtenbrandewijn — de lokale manier om een maaltijd af te sluiten.
Verfijnd dineren met moderne Adriatische en mediterrane smaken, de meest verse lokale vis en zeevruchten.
Fish & seafood
One of the best-known fish restaurants on the Budva Riviera, right on the Rafailovići seafront a short walk from Bečići — fresh fish and seafood by the water with a magnificent view across the bay. Prices run high (a fish dish can approach €50), so it is the spot for a special seafood dinner.
Seafood
An upscale seafood restaurant on Jadranski put in Budva, with a polished dining room of rope chandeliers, leather armchairs and white-linen tables and a string-lit garden terrace built around a tree. Adriatic fish and shellfish are the focus, in a more design-led setting than the seafront konobas, a short drive from Bečići.
Mediterranean & seafood
The rooftop restaurant of the Astoria boutique hotel, set on the ramparts of Budva's Old Town with white-linen tables looking straight out over the terracotta roofs, the church tower and the beach below. Mediterranean plates and grilled Adriatic fish come with one of the best sunset views in the walled town — a special-occasion table a short trip from Bečići.
Seafood
A long-standing seafood restaurant by Budva's marina, serving upscale Mediterranean-Montenegrin plates — grilled and stuffed squid, mussels and lobster, and seafood platters to share — from a white-linen dining room and terrace near the Old Town walls. It sits at the pricier end, so booking ahead in season is wise; a short trip along the coast from Bečići.
Mediterranean & seafood
A polished restaurant on the Pržno seafront, the next cove east of Bečići, with white-linen tables set under a glass canopy looking out over the little beach and the bay. The kitchen leans Mediterranean — seafood pasta, grilled catch and grilled steaks — and the tucked-away setting below the old stone houses makes it one of the quieter, more elegant tables on this stretch of coast.
Mediterranean
A glossy, design-led restaurant and club a step up from the beach konobas, with a dramatic double-height dining room, a leafy terrace and a menu that runs from charcuterie and Mediterranean plates to grills. It turns from a relaxed lunch spot into one of Bečići's livelier evening venues.
Ontspannen konoba's aan zee en familietaverna's die royale borden huisgemaakte Montenegrijnse gerechten serveren.
Seafood & Mediterranean
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.
Craft beer & burgers
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.
Fish & seafood
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.
Seafood
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.
Montenegrin & Mediterranean
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.
Fish & seafood
A characterful konoba set under a vaulted stone passage in Budva's Old Town, with red-checked tables tucked beneath the arch and ferns hanging overhead. The kitchen leans on the Adriatic — grilled and fried fish, seafood risotto and shellfish platters — served on one of the walled town's most atmospheric little lanes, a short trip from Bečići.
Seafood
A long-running seafront konoba in the fishing village of Rafailovići, with tables set right above the water and the day's catch on the grill. Fried and grilled calamari, whole fish and shellfish come out simply done, and the sunset view over the moored boats is as much of a draw as the food.
Fish & seafood
A stone-built fish konoba on a narrow Old Town lane in Budva, its façade hung with fishing nets and life rings and a handful of tables set out on the cobbles. The kitchen turns out Adriatic classics — grilled fish, Njeguški pršut with melon and seafood plates — in one of the walled town's back streets, a short trip along the coast from Bečići.
Fish & seafood
A seafood restaurant on Budva's Slovenska Plaža, doing generous mixed fish-and-shellfish platters — whole grilled fish, prawns and mussels — in a warm, rustic wood-panelled room hung with greenery, paired with local Vranac wine. A relaxed beachfront option along the bay from Bečići.
Grill & Montenegrin
A corner grill house — a "gril bašta" — in Budva's Velji Vinogradi district, set in a dark-timber building with a hedge-screened garden terrace. It does the Montenegrin grill staples properly: ćevapi, pljeskavica and grilled meats with chips, onion and salad, at prices well below the seafront, a short walk in from the beach.
Mediterranean & grill
A large, long-established restaurant, café and pizzeria on Budva's Slovenska obala, with a warm timber-beamed dining room hung with fishing nets and an antique world map, plus a big garden terrace out front. The menu is broad — grilled meats and fish, pizzas and pastas — and its size and central position make it a reliable, family-friendly stop near the beach.
Montenegrin seafood
A relaxed waterfront konoba right on the Bečići promenade, with tables under a pergola looking straight out over the bay. Grilled fish and squid, risottos and Adriatic classics come with a sea breeze and, after dark, the lights of the coast reflected on the water.
Fish & seafood
A relaxed konoba on Budva's Slovenska obala, with a leafy garden terrace of wooden X-frame tables shaded by a vine-covered pergola a few steps from the Old Town. Adriatic seafood — octopus salad, grilled fish and shellfish — comes in a cool, green setting that's a quieter alternative to the busy seafront tables, an easy trip from Bečići.
Fish & seafood
A traditional konoba in the seaside town of Petrovac, south along the coast from Bečići, tucked just back from the small palm-lined promenade. Grilled octopus, fresh fish and Adriatic salads come in generous, honest portions, making it a favourite for a relaxed seafood lunch or dinner on a trip down the Riviera.
Mediterranean & grill
A long-running, glass-fronted restaurant on Budva's Mediteranska street a short walk from the Old Town, with a green-framed dining room and a hedged pavement terrace. The menu is broad and crowd-pleasing — grilled meats, Adriatic fish, pastas and big mixed plates — making it a dependable, well-priced choice a little back from the busiest seafront tables.
Fish & seafood
A long-standing, always-busy fish restaurant set right on the old Budva marina, with rows of white-linen tables running down to the water's edge and a nautical, model-ship-and-marlin dining room behind. Fresh fish and seafood — seafood pasta, grilled catch and shellfish — share the menu with grilled Montenegrin classics, and the harbour-side setting makes it a Budva institution.
Montenegrin & seafood
A traditional konoba tucked behind a blue-framed stone façade inside Budva's Old Town walls, doing Montenegrin coastal cooking in an intimate, plant-filled room and on the lane outside. Whole grilled fish, local wine and, on some evenings, live music make it a reliable choice for the walled-town atmosphere without a purely tourist-trap feel, a short hop from Bečići.
Mediterranean
A big, buzzy beachfront restaurant and lounge right on Budva's Slovenska plaža, with a two-level terrace of loungers and dining tables looking straight out over the pebbles to Sveti Nikola island. The all-day menu runs from club sandwiches and salads to grills and seafood, and after dark the neon-lit upper deck turns into one of the busier spots along the beach.
Terrassen aan het strand voor sterke koffie, een langzaam ontbijt en een zeezicht.
Bovenal Adriatische zeevruchten — verse gegrilde vis, buzara (schaaldieren in wijn en knoflook) en crni rižoto (zwarte inktvisrisotto) in de konoba's van Rafailovići. Klassiekers uit het binnenland maken het compleet: Njeguški pršut en Njeguši-kaas, gegrild vlees en ćevapi, alles weggespoeld met lokale Vranac-wijn of een rakija.
Rafailovići, het visserdorpuiteinde van het strand, heeft de beste concentratie visserskonoba's pal aan het water. De rest strekt zich uit langs het strand van Bečići en de boulevard, en de oude stad van Budva, op korte loop- of rijafstand, voegt er nog veel meer aan toe.
Redelijk naar West-Europese maatstaven, al rekenen de plekken aan het strand en bij de resorts een toeslag in het hoogseizoen. Een informele grill- of bakkersmaaltijd is goedkoop; een compleet visdiner met wijn kost meer, vooral voor vis die per gewicht wordt verkocht.
De meeste konoba's en taverna's werken zonder reservering, maar de populaire plekken aan zee zitten in de zomerweekenden snel vol, dus het is de moeite waard om vooraf te reserveren voor het diner in juli en augustus.
Ja. Gegrilde groenten, salades, kaas- en bonengerechten, en pasta en risotto staan op de meeste menu's, dus het is makkelijk om goed te eten zonder vlees of vis in bijna elke taverna.
Waar de lokale bevolking eet, de beste visserskonoba's, Montenegrijnse gerechten en de waterkant van Rafailovići.
A guide to the best places to eat in Bečići and Rafailovići — waterfront konobas, the fishing-village seafood cluster, and design-led beach dining.
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Where to stay in Bečići on the Budva Riviera — from the five-star Splendid to all-inclusive beach resorts and good-value hotels, plus quieter Rafailovići.
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When to visit Bečići on the Budva Riviera — why late spring and early autumn are the sweet spot, what peak summer is like, and how quiet winter gets.
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The best day trips from Bečići on the Budva Riviera — Budva Old Town, Sveti Stefan, the UNESCO Bay of Kotor and Perast, and the inland trio.
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