since 1987, below the fortress
The beans take four hours. The table is yours all evening.
Bakaren Gjum is a family tavern in Ohrid’s old town. We cook Macedonian food the slow way: tavče gravče from the wood-fired oven, peppers roasted over coals, home-baked bread and wine from Tikveš.
The dishes guests come back for
A few dishes from the menu, with prices in denars.
Home-made ajvar with warm bread(posno)210 MKD
Roasted red peppers, slowly cooked down in our kitchen, with bread from the oven.
Tavče gravče(posno)290 MKD
Tetovo beans baked in a clay dish with onion, peppers and paprika. Four hours in the oven.
Village pot520 MKD
Pork and veal with mushrooms and peppers, baked in a lidded clay pot.
Grilled trout690 MKD
A whole farmed trout from the grill, with lemon, olive oil and parsley potatoes.
Walnut baklava190 MKD
Thin pastry, walnuts and syrup, from a tray in our oven.
An old house below Samuel’s Fortress
Vera and Dimitar opened the tavern in 1987 on the ground floor of their own house, with four tables and a wood-fired oven.
Their grandson Nikola runs it now, and Vera still comes in every morning to check the beans.
Find us
A five-minute walk up from the harbour, in the old town. The terrace looks out over the lake and is open from May to October.
- Opening hours
- Mon–Thu 12:00–23:00Fri–Sun 11:00–23:30
- Address
- Gjumarska St. 14, 6000 Ohrid
- Phone
- +389 75 661 764
- info@pnkworks.com
