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Ranc Restaurant

A family-run Dalmatian restaurant in Bol with a garden terrace and sea views, known for lamb and octopus peka slow-cooked under the coals, spit-roasted lamb, steaks, fish and its own bread. Rated 4.4 on Tripadvisor from more than 1,500 reviews.

Local family business Ranc Restaurant is run by a local family who live on Brač all year round. When you book with them, your money stays on the island and helps local people keep living here.

Tables and red chairs under a fig tree on the garden terrace of Ranc restaurant in Bol
Photo: Ranc restaurant
A platter of grilled fish with mussels, clams and scampi carried through the dining room at Ranc restaurant
Photo: Ranc restaurant
The garden of Ranc restaurant lit up in the evening
Photo: Ranc restaurant

Why it is a pick

  • Lamb or octopus peka slow-cooked under the coals, and spit-roasted lamb to order
  • Family-run, with staff that reviewers name and praise
  • Home-made bread and olive oil
  • A garden terrace with views of the sea
  • 4.4 on Tripadvisor from 1,563 reviews and 4.6 on Google from 1,218, when we checked

Good to know

  • Order peka a day ahead: lamb or octopus, by phone at least 24 hours before
  • Book a table in summer: it is popular with locals as well as visitors
  • Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options; reviewers say the staff know what is safe for coeliacs
  • Parking, high chairs and wheelchair access
  • Come for sunset on the terrace

To do To confirm: Ranc: the months it opens each year.

To do To confirm: Photos from Ranc.

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