Restaurant Balon

A place where your trust in our offer is transformed into a premium gastronomic and enological experience, together leaving an indelible mark.

For over two decades, Restaurant Balon has been an essential gastronomic destination, setting high standards and demonstrating a deep commitment to the culture of dining. We embrace a philosophy of exceptional cuisine, professional hospitality, and authentic warmth, with a constant focus on excellence and culinary craftsmanship.

Beyond the culinary magic, we captivate our guests with a unique ambiance, an atmosphere that exudes warmth, understated elegance, and discreet sophistication. Our oasis of tranquility and inspiration has long been recognized by business professionals, artists, newlyweds, and families celebrating life’s milestones, who choose Balon as the perfect place for both everyday gatherings and special occasions. From the inviting foyer to the inspiring terrace, our space has witnessed meetings, negotiations, and creative breakthroughs, while our premium gastro-eno offerings guarantee a quality that impresses every guest.

Balon is an iconic venue, shaping the city’s social and cultural identity with its urban and entertaining content, its unique gastro-eno signature, and by bringing together business people, families, artists, and public figures.

Our mission is rooted in exceptional service, professionalism, and continuous learning, staying attuned to the latest culinary trends while listening to the needs of our guests. Above all, our passion for creating unforgettable experiences and the desire to see satisfied smiles on our guests’ faces serve as our greatest inspiration.

We do not follow others; we create the standards others aspire to. We are distinctive, unique, and unafraid to show it.

Dalmatian prosciutto ( Dalmatian hinterland )
A selection of cheeses
Beef tartar, butter ( for one person )
Beef carpaccio, parmesan, rucola
Tuna tataki in sesame, pickled ginger cream, apples
Tuna tartar, chive mayonnaise, red caviar
Smoked salmon, buratta, mustard, honey and dill, sea hare caviar €
Shrimp tartare, yuzu gel, basil oil
Adriatic prawns
Duck gyoza, denser liver, sour cherries

Soups

Beef soup
Tomato soup
Butternut squash soup, seeds and bacon powder

Risotto and pasta

Fuži with truffles
Beetroot risotto, goat cheese, pickled mustard
Homemade noodles with steak, parmesan cheese, pickled mushrooms
Homemade tortellini with tuna and cottage cheese,dashi butter emulsion, katobuschi
Risotto with porcini mushrooms, parmesan cream, dried porcini mushrooms
Risotto with Adriatic fruits ( shrimp, squid, mussels )
Lamb ragout with homemade gnocchi, pecorino cheese, gremolata with mint and lemon
Homemade ravioli filled with prawns, red sauce

Vegetarian dishes

Vegetable risotto with dried tomatoes
Vegetable stew, chickpeas, black lentils, bruschetta with dried tomatoes and avocado

Aged meat

Dry Aged Ribeye 1 kg
Dry Aged Tomahawk 1 kg
Dry Aged Striploin 1 kg
*sold per kg depending on availability

Meat courses

Beefsteak
Beefsteak á la Balon
Ladies steak
Duck breast, red vegetables in wine and cinnamon, pumpkin and chilly, wine reduction
Viena-style veal cutlet in clarified butter, potato salad, cranberry jam
Beef cheeks, cream potatoes, cow's cheese, chive oil
Beef cheeks, cream potatoes with goat cheese, parmesan crisps
Lamb steak, beetroot and goat cheese tart, lamb demiglace, smoked burrata cream
Veal fillet in Mediterranean herbs, porcini cream, potatoes with bacon
Beef mille feuille crumble made of mushrooms and hazelnuts, pickled pumpkin, celeriac cream

Fish courses

Dentex fillet, black quinoa, blue crab roll, saffron sauce
Tenderloin fillet, chestnut and celery, sauteed mushrooms, buerre blanc with mandarin
Octopus, cauliflower, white beans, toasted hazelnuts, fish sauce
John Dory fillet, broccolini in butter, oyster sauce, potatoes with saffron
Sea bass fillet, pumpkin risotto, olive powder, fish ballotina
Grilled tuna steak
Fresh Adriatic fish - first category ( Blacksmith, Toothfish Red porgy, Redfish )
without side order, 1 kg
Fresh Adriatic fish – second category ( Gilthead seabream, Sea bass, Baboon Fish )
without side order, 1 kg

Side Orders

Crispy homemade fries
Chard with potatoes
Butter rice
Grilled vegetables
Homemade croquettes
Potatoes with arugula
Puree with goat cheese

Desserts

Chocolate soufflé with baked almonds crust, vanilla ice cream
Apple rolls with vanilla cream
Tiramisu with pistachio
Homemade ice cream ( vanilla, chocolate. Pistacio )
Chestnut ballotine, goat cheese with honey, coffee

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.
(Oscar Wilde)

We create special menus with the client, carefully following their preferences and requirements, while providing quality and maximum responsibility, in order to further enhance and enrich your important life moments and your guests with our gastronomic and enological emotional impressions and, in addition to our usual preciseness, add an effect of hedonistic deliciousness to your celebration,...the thing that makes a difference.

Creative suggestions, our gorgeous scenery and inimitable ambiance, as well as suggestions for entertainment, are merely a handful of the options that arise from our extensive experience, all with one aim - to make our client, the host of the event, shine in front of their guests.

Our experience in organizing your celebrations to mark your important moments in life - personal, family or business events and parties - is one of the best recipes for fighting the stress and tensions that cannot be avoided. So feel free to leave the organization with us!

Restaurant Balon special offer

Every day after 17:00

EVENING MENU

MEAT MENU

Lamb ragout with homemade gnocchi, pecorino cheese, gremolata with mint and lemon
Shiraz – Velebna, Poličnik
Beef mille feuille crumble made of mushrooms and hazelnuts, pickled pumpkin, celeriac cream
Svrdlovina – Bora, Podgradina
Apple rolls with vanilla cream
Bomary – Degarra, Zadar

FISH MENU

Homemade tortellini with tuna and cottage cheese,dashi butter emulsion, katobuschi
Silvanac zeleni – Martin Albus, Orahovica
Sea bass fillet, pumpkin risotto, olive powder, fish ballotina
Chardonnay 2023 – Knebu, Bosna i Hercegovina
Tiramisu with pistachio
Muškat Žuti – Štampar, Sv. Urban
*Tasting menu is served for the entire table only.

TASTING MENU (5 FOLLOWS)

Tuna tataki in sesame, pickled ginger cream, apples
Riesling – Wienninger
Dentex fillet, black quinoa, blue crab roll, saffron sauce
Chardonnay Bramito – Antinori, Italija
Veal fillet in Mediterranean herbs, porcini cream, potatoes with bacon
Malvasia Nera – Talo, Italija
Lamb steak, beetroot and goat cheese tart, lamb demiglace, smoked burrata cream
Sessantanni Primitivo di Manduria – San Marzano, Italija
Chestnut ballotine, goat cheese with honey, coffee
Port six grapes – Graham`s, Portugal
*Tasting menu is served for the entire table only.

Wine list

A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.
(Jean Anthelme Brillat Savarin)

Wine is a social and spiritual food. Our guests have recognized the finest quality wines in our extensive selection of renowned manufacturers and they agree with St. Martin, who talks about wine as an active driver and a moving force of great works.

Writing about wine is like writing about love. It must be tasted, a person must be nourished by it, intoxicated by it, it must be paired with food. It must be enjoyed. In the world of unification, all is one, and then wine speaks with the secret language of wisdom.

There is wisdom in wine, and the wine list in Balon waits for you to discover it. Cheers!

WINE BY CORAVIN
CHAMPAGNE AND SPARKLING WINES
WHITE WINES
Rose wines
ORANGE - MACERATED WINES
Red Wines
Dessert wines

SPARKLING WINES
267 Blanc de Blanc – Kota , Gornja Batina
Diplomat – Tomac, Plešivica
Blanc de Blanc Zero Dosage – Meneghetti, Bale
Brut – Griffin, Plešivica
Rose – Griffin, Plešivica
Prosecco DOCG Brut – Col de` Salici, Italija
CHAMPAGNE

Non vintage
Brut Imperial – Moet & Chandon, Francuska
Brut Reserve – Taittinger, Francuska
Brut Reserve 0,375 L – Taittinger, Francuska
Rose – Vueve Clicquot, Francuska
Vintage champagne
Dom Perignon Brut 2012 – Moet & Chandon, Francuska
Premier Cru Blanc de Meunier Zero 2015 – Lecrec Briant, Francuska

WHITE WINE

Sauvignon

Sauvignon – Puhelek, Sv. Ivan Zelina
Sauvignon – Galić, Kutjevo
Sauvignon – Korak, Plešivica
Sauvignon Blanc – Villa Maria, Novi Zelenad
Sancerre Blanc – Gitton, Francuska
Sauvignon vom Opok 2021 – Muster (biod.), Austrija

Malvazija

Malvazija – Bastian, Buje
Malvazija – Benvenuti, Kaldir
Malvazija 2021 – Bertoša , Kaldir
Malvazija 2022 – Marko Fon, Slovenija

Graševina

Graševina – Josić, Zmajevac
Graševina Mitrovac – Krauthaker, Kutjevo
Graševina – Ledić, Plešivica

Škrlet

Škrlet – Kosovec, Popovača

Rajnski rizling

Riesling – Wienninger (biod.), Austrija

Gruner Vertliner

Gruner Vertliner – Wienninger (biod.), Austrija

Pušipel

Pušipel – Dvanajščak Kozol, Dragoslavec

Vugava

Vugava Premier – Vislander, Milna

Maraština

Maraština – Bora, Podgradina

Pošip

Pošip Pod Korita – Pecotić-Baran, Smokvica
Pošip Nerica – Krajančić, Čara
Pošip – Stina, Bol
Pošip Mindel – Krajančić, Čara

Grk

Grk – Radovanović, Lumbarda
Grk Raventon 2022 – Zure, Lumbarda

Chardonnay

Chardonnay 2023 – Knebu, Bosna i Hercegovina
Chardonnay Emeritus 2021 – Literarri, Medvednica
Chardonnay Rosenberg – Krauthaker, Kutjevo
Chardonnay Bramito – Antinori, Italija
Chardonnay Cervaro della Sala 2019 – Antinori, Italija
Chardonnay Leithaberg – Heinrich (biod.), Austrija

Sivi Pinot

Sivi Pinot 2018 – Kalazić, Zmajevac
Pinot Grigio Coletti – Kolarić, Plešivica

Vermentino

Vermentino – Sette Ponti, Italija

Viognier

Viognier Contarini 2022 – Degrassi, Savudrija

Cuvee

Mala Nevina – Saint Hills (malvazija, chardonnay), Oskorušno
Blanc – Royal Hill (crni pinot, cabarnet sauvignon, merlot), Erdut
Burnum Cuvee – Burnum (chardonnay, viognier, pošip, maraština), Knin
R3 – Bibich (debit, maraština, sauvignon blanc), Skradin
Meneghetti White – Meneghetti (bijeli pinot, chardonnay), Bale
Terlaner DOC – Terlan (bijeli pinot, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc), Italija
Carolina Bela – Jakončić (chardonnay, rebula, sauvignon), Slovenija
Velue Weiss – Johannes Zillinger (gruner veltliner, muscat) (biod.), Austrija
Reserve della Contessa – Manincor (pinot blanc, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc), Italija
San Giovanni Orvieto – Antinori (grechetto, procanico, pinot bianco, viognier), Italija

ROSE WINES

Rose – Benvenuti, Kaldir
Miraval Rose – Jolie-Pitt & Famille Perrin, Francuska
Whispering Angel – Chateau d`Eslcans, Francuska

ORANGE – PRODUŽENO MACERIRANA VINA

Haiku 4 – Šoškić, Jastrebarsko
Grk – Križ, Potomje
Graševina, Grašica – Burja (biod.), Slovenija
Chardonnay 2019 – Kmetija Mlečnik, Slovenija
Pinot Grigio 2018 – Ronco Severo, Italija

RED WINES

Crni Pinot

Pinoar 2023 – Knebu, Bosna i Hercegovina
Crni Pinot – Ledić, Plešivica
Pinot Noir – Heinrich (biod.), Austrija

Merlot

Merlot 2021 – Velebna, Poličnik
Merlot Punta Greca 2022 – Medea , Vodnjan 1
Merlot Cont`Ugo – Guado al Tasso, Italija

Plavac Mali

Plavac Mali Bartul – Bartulović, Prizdina
Dingač Grande Nobile 2009 – Madirazza, Potomje
Dingač 2016 – Saint Hills, Oskorušno
Plavac Mali 2019 – Vislander, Milna
Plavac Mali Majstor – Stina, Bol

Teran

Teran 2021 – Bertoša, Kaldir

Svrdlovina

Svrdlovina – Bora, Podgradina

Portugizac

Dark Side 2020 – Griffin, Plešivica

Babić

Babić 2022 – Marinov, Primošten

Cabarnet Sauvignon

Cabarnet Sauvignon – Medea, Vodnjan
Cabarnet Sauvignon – PP Orahovica, Orahovica

Cabarnet Franc

Cabarnet Franc – Josić, Zmajevac
Cabarnet Franc Galantas 2019 – Haras de Pirque (Antinori), Čile

Shiraz

Shiraz 2021 – Velebna, Poličnik
Sangreal Shiraz – Bibich, Skradin
Max`s Shiraz 2021 – Penfold`s, Australija

Cabarnet Franc

Cabarnet Franc – Josić, Zmajevac
Galantas 2019 – Haras de Pirque, Čile

Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot 2015 – Degrassi, Savudrija

Malbec

Malbec 2021 – Pyros, Argentina

Primitivo

Primitivo – San Marzano, Italija
Sessantanni Primitivo di Manduria – San Marzano, Italija

Malvasia Nera

Malvasia Nera – San Marzano, Italija

Nerello Mascalese

Alta Mora 2020 – Cusumano, Italija

Cuvee

Cuvee – Josić (cabarnet franc, cabarnet sauvignon, pinot crni), Zmajevac
Jakob Cuvee – Jakob (cabarnet franc, cabarnet sauvignon, merlot), Medvednica
Bonterra – Degarra (cabarnet sauvignon, merlot, syrah), Zadar
Meneghetti Red – Meneghetti (cabarnet franc, cabarnet sauvignon, merlot), Bale
Tvoja krv i moja – G&J (cabarnet sauvignon, merlot), Nadin
Caplar – Tomić (plavac mali, cabarnet sauvignon), Jelsa
Mercs – Krauthaker (merlot, cabarnet sauvignon), Kutjevo
Amarone Costasera – Masi (corvina, rondinella, molinar), Italija
Chocolate Block – Boekenhoutskloof (syrah, grenache, cabarnet sauvignon, cinsault, viognier), Južnoafrička Republika