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FRIKA RESTAURANT

Frika Restaurant is the restaurant of SPA HOTEL KANIN BOVEC, named after the dish. It is built on local ingredients, Soča trout and frika itself, read through contemporary Alpine and Mediterranean cooking.

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  • BUFFET BREAKFAST AND DINNER
  • LIMITED LUNCH MENU
  • FRIKA TERRACE

Named after a dish of potatoes and cheese, which tells you where the kitchen’s loyalties are.

Frika is a Soča valley dish made of potatoes and cheese, cooked in a pan until the edges catch. Naming the restaurant after it is a statement of intent: the kitchen starts with what is close rather than with what is fashionable.

That means local ingredients first, Soča trout from the river in the valley below, and frika itself on the menu rather than in the story. It is read through contemporary Alpine and Mediterranean cooking, so it is not served as heritage.

Working with local suppliers keeps the supply chain short, which is a decision about how good the ingredients are on the day as much as anything else.

Alpine and Mediterranean, in one valley

Bovec sits where the Alps stop and the influence of the Adriatic begins, which is why the cooking reads both ways. Butter and cheese from the mountain, olive oil and fish from closer to the coast.

Soča trout comes from the river in the valley below the hotel, and frika, the potato and cheese dish the restaurant is named after, stays on the menu rather than only in the story.

The result is not fusion. It is what people in this valley have actually eaten, cooked with contemporary technique.

Frika Restaurant in detail

The service structure for the season. Every item here is confirmed; anything still to be confirmed is marked.

  • Buffet breakfast

    Breakfast is served as a buffet. [TO CONFIRM: whether breakfast is included in the room rate]

  • Limited lunch menu

    A limited lunch menu from 12:00 to 16:00.

  • À la carte in peak season

    In peak season, à la carte dining from 12:00 to 17:00. This is a lunch service, not an evening one.

  • Buffet dinner

    Dinner is served as a buffet. One service for all guests.

A guest floating on her back in a pool at sunset, the low sun flaring across the water

Check the Frika Restaurant menu

The menu is a contemporary interpretation of Alpine and Mediterranean cuisine, built on local ingredients from local suppliers. Soča trout and frika are among the local dishes.

View the menu

THE restaurant

98 rooms and suites, from a 19 m² superior double to a 60 m² two-bedroom suite. Every room includes the panoramic pool and the fitness area.

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Frika Terrace

The terrace is the outdoor extension of the restaurant: the same kitchen and the same bar, with the Julian Alps in front of you instead of a wall.

It opens with the season and works for breakfast in the sun as readily as for a drink at the end of a day on the mountain.

A guest floating on her back in a pool at sunset, the low sun flaring across the water

Check the Frika Restaurant menu

The menu is a contemporary interpretation of Alpine and Mediterranean cuisine, built on local ingredients from local suppliers. Soča trout and frika are among the local dishes.

View the menu

Also at the hotel

The Wine Cellar is a product in its own right, and one signature experience is built around it.

Questions about Frika Restaurant

Every item here is confirmed for this category. Nothing is listed that the hotel has not committed to.