Comments on: Restaurant “Vela Nera” Pula: The decline?

By: Gogo

Gogo — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:34:43 +0000

Dear Netty,
When you come to Šišan from Pula follow signs from Ližnjan or Medulin. Once you almost exit the village there will be a crossroad with a road sign for Ližnjan pointing on the right. Follow it an after few ten meters or so on your right you’ll see a brand new hotel that tries to follow traditional Istrian architecture. Hope it helps! Tell me how was the food…
Goran

By: Netty

Netty — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:55:42 +0000

Exactly where in Sisan is the new restaurant? I drove there to find it and couldn’t……..Am going back to Pula on Sunday and would love to try it….

By: Gogo

Gogo — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:13:35 +0000

Dear Joseph,
Thank you for your comment.
The owner of Vela Nera, Dušan Černjul, has decided to move the restaurant to Šišan, a small village 10 km east of Pula, where it is a part of his new countryside hotel. I pass there every weekend and I see the hotel and new Vela Nera are now opened. I can’t wait to see what’s cooking in Dušan’s kitchen
For more recommendation on restaurants, fine dining, good wines and traditional products from Istria and Croatia check out Taste of Croatia web. It’s a project that I started together with other three girls. We also have a Taste of Croatia Android app that can help you to find all these hidden gourmet spots.
Keep in touch,
Goran

By: Joseph G

Joseph G — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:14:35 +0000

Anyone know what will be in the Vela Nera’s former spot in Pjescana Uvala ? Last time we were there (late April 2011) it looked like some renovation/building work was in progress. New restaurant, or….?
We too had some wonderful meals at the Vela Nera over the years and were very disappointed to see it go.
Lanterna in Pjescana Uvala was a good surprise last time we were in the area though.

By: Gogo

Gogo — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:50:37 +0000

I think it is closed because the restaurant will move to Šišan, a small village 10 km east of Pula, where the owner has just built a new country side boutique hotel. From what I have seen from outside, the hotel is beautiful. I hope the quality of the food will be as nice as visual appearance of the place, like in the first years of “Vela Nera” when it was among the top5 restaurants in Croatia.

By: bob ama

bob ama — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:53:56 +0000

It has gone bust! We went there the other day (Oct 2010) and the whole place has shut down.

What a shame. Now the only other quality restaurant in Pjescana Uvala is the Valsabbion.

By: Grdoselo. Retrieval of a lost taste.

Grdoselo. Retrieval of a lost taste. — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:49:43 +0000

[...] during the simmering process that might last over three hours. So far I have eaten žgvacet in Vela Nera in Pula, in Agritourism Tončić in Zrenj, but also in Italy in Restaurant Suban in Trieste, but [...]

By: Agritourism “Tončić” Zrenj: home-produced ingredients and white truffles pasta

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:37:40 +0000

[...] to perfection – large pieces, made of thick pasta sheets so that they remain al dente (like in Vela Nera, but here they taste even better). On top they added just a bit of butter and grated plenty of [...]

By: El Klimpo

El Klimpo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:05:11 +0000

I agree that Vela Nera is declining. Sadly, because I used to like the place. I especially enjoyed reading your opinion about their sauce bearnaise. It really is a disaster!

By: Dr. Gogo

Dr. Gogo — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:32:58 +0000

Yes, the fuži really deserved the 10/10 score but as you can read the rest was not so breathtaking. After we left Vela Nera, we had that awful feeling in the stomach of being robbed.
Regarding the fuži, next time you go to France I will give you the address of a lady that makes them at home and are much better then the ones from Klara Marić.