Best Pizza in Hvar: Pizzerias in and Around Hvar Town

What pizza in Hvar is like

Hvar Town's pizzerias lean Italian in style, with thin bases and simple toppings, though the island's grill culture creeps in at places that run pizza alongside pasta and meat dishes. Prices are quoted in euros, and Croatia has used the euro since 2023, so there is no conversion to do at the table. Expect the square-side addresses to carry the highest prices for the convenience of the view.

For a benchmark on everyday eating, the Hvar Tourist Board's own portrait of local life puts a simple fish and vegetable lunch at the centre of the island's table, with restaurant dinners as the relaxed evening anchor. Pizza fits the casual end of that picture: a quick lunch, a late plate after a boat day, or the safe choice when the group cannot agree.

If your priority is keeping the bill low rather than sitting on the square, compare the town's wider budget options before committing to a terrace. Our cheap eats Hvar guide covers the cheaper formats, from bakeries to konoba lunches, so you can weigh a pizza against a plate of gregada or a bowl of pasta.

Kogo Hvar: family-run pizza near St Stephen's Square

Kogo is a family-owned restaurant whose own description singles out pizza as the dish to order, with a menu that also runs to pasta and grill dishes. That breadth is the practical reason to pick it: one person can have pizza while another has a grilled main, and nobody has to compromise. It sits close to St Stephen's Square in the middle of Hvar Town, so it works as a lunch stop or a dinner base without a hike.

In a town where many kitchens chase the day-trip crowd, a family-run address is a useful anchor. The trade-off is that the same central location makes it a popular stop, so a table for six in July needs planning rather than strolling up.

La Bocca: Italian-inspired dining on the square

La Bocca describes itself as Italian-inspired dining in the very heart of Hvar, on St Stephen's Square, pairing the island's easy charm with a menu built around Italian comfort. Its position is the draw as much as the food: you eat with the square, the cathedral and the harbour traffic in view. In high season that setting is also the reason to arrive early or accept a wait.

The square is the town's living room, and Hvar's own guide to local rhythm recommends a coffee on the Riva, a walk through the narrow streets and a stop at the square to take the pulse of the place. A meal at La Bocca folds all three into one sitting.

If not everyone at the table wants pizza, the square is also where you will find alternatives within a few steps. Our guide to steak in Hvar covers the grill-led side of town for the person ordering something heavier than a margherita.

Konoba Fig: flatbreads down a side alley

Konoba Fig opened in 2015 with the aim of creating a relaxed, welcoming spot, and its menu draws on the owners' travels and on locally grown produce. The closest thing to pizza is the flatbread range, including one topped with local poached figs, roasted walnuts and fresh farm cheese. It also lists a tomato and onion jam flatbread, so a vegetarian at the table is well covered.

Fig is the option when you want the food without the square's theatre. The alley setting keeps the meal quiet, and the flatbreads arrive as a shareable middle ground between a full pizza and a light plate.

How to find the smaller places

Fig's own directions are unusually precise: from the main square, go about twenty metres down the little alleyway between Pizza Kogo and La Bocca, and look for the logo at the end of the passage. That means the three names in this guide sit on the same short walk, and a full square does not have to mean a wasted evening. Walk the alley before you queue anywhere.

Use the neighbouring names as landmarks rather than as a strict map. The lanes off St Stephen's Square bend and narrow, so the logo at the end of the passage is the reliable signal.

Ordering for a group or a quick lunch

Pizza earns its place as the fallback when the table wants different things, and Hvar Town rewards that logic. At Kogo the pizza sits alongside pasta and grill dishes, at Fig the flatbreads share a table with salads and bowls, and on the square the setting does the entertaining. A mixed group is better served by a venue with range than by a single-dish specialist.

For a fast midday plate, treat the town-centre cluster as a single zone: walk the alleys off the square, check what is busy, and pick by the table you want rather than by the menu alone. The savings from eating earlier in the day are worth weighing against a square-side dinner, and our cheap eats Hvar guide sets out the budget formats in more detail.

If the group would rather have a burger or a sushi plate than a pizza, those exist in town too, and comparing them first avoids a second walk. Our picks for the best burger in Hvar and for sushi Hvar give you two alternatives to put to the table.

Pizza on the rest of the island

Hvar Town holds most of the pizza choice, which is why visitors based in Stari Grad or Vrboska often eat their pizza during a day in the main town. Beyond Hvar Town the island's table tilts towards konoba cooking: home-style kitchens in villages such as Velo Grablje, Dol, Svirce, Vrisnik, Pitve and Humac serve Dalmatian dishes built on the day's fish and the island's vegetables.

That inland tradition is where you go when you want the island's own food instead of a pizza. Hvar has a signature fish dish, gregada, a slow-cooked pot of white fish with potatoes, onion and wine, and peka, meat or octopus cooked under a lid of hot coals. Both need time and usually a booking, so they suit a planned dinner rather than a quick lunch.

Hvar's Mediterranean diet, shared with Brač and other Mediterranean communities, gained UNESCO intangible heritage status in 2013, and the island's kitchens lean on olive oil, fish and garden vegetables. Knowing that helps you choose: pizza is the convenient option, while a village konoba is where the local cooking lives.

Peak-season timing in Hvar Town

In July and August Hvar Town is at its most crowded, with lanes that feel impassable and a harbour full of superyachts, and the square-side seats fill first because that is where everyone wants to sit. The practical response is to eat earlier in the evening or to take the alley tables where the view matters less than the food. Late September changes the mood entirely as the crowds thin.

A quieter option is a morning in town before the day-trippers arrive, followed by lunch rather than dinner on the square. The town at seven in the morning is a different place, and the meal afterwards is calmer too.

After a late dinner, the question becomes where to eat if the kitchen has closed or the group wants one more plate. Our late night food Hvar guide covers the options that stay open when the square winds down.

Which pizza place should you pick?

Choose Kogo if pizza is the point of the meal and someone at the table wants pasta or grilled meat instead: it is the family-run pizza specialist with the widest spread across the menu. Choose La Bocca if the square itself is the draw and you want Italian-inspired cooking in the middle of town. Choose Fig if you would rather eat flatbreads with local figs and farm cheese in a quiet alley a few steps away.

All three sit within a short walk of St Stephen's Square, so the decision can be made on the night by walking the streets and seeing which table you want. Eat earlier in high season, and book ahead if the group is large.