Scampi Festival

NEW FOOD EVENT ON THE CRIKVENICA-VINODOL RIVIERA - SCAMPI FESTIVAL

The Crikvenica-Vinodol Riviera, an area renowned for its wide-ranging, high-quality gastronomy, is very active in promoting and protecting its food and wine heritage. This year, our Riviera will host the new Scampi Festival as part of the programme to promote Kvarner as a 2026 European Region of Gastronomy.

Three tourist boards – Crikvenica, Novi Vinodolski and Vinodol Municipality – have joined forces in pursuit of a common goal: to promote the Crikvenica-Vinodol Riviera through its wines and gas-tronomy and the high-quality ingredient that makes this area special – scampi. The project has been recognised by the Croatian National Tourist Board, which allocated resources, through the Fund for Associated Tourist Boards, for the realisation of a new wine and food event promoting scampi as a dish, the Riviera as a destination, and Kvarner in its entirety as a region of great im-portance in the overall Croatian wine and gastronomy context.

This year’s Scampi Festival will be held in June, as a pilot project. One part will include visitors, while the other will be organised as a promotional tour for agencies, hoteliers, influencers, media and all those who will spread the word – not only about scampi, but also about this beautiful area – to their followers and future visitors to the Riviera.
From 6 to 15 June, featured restaurants on the Crikvenica-Vinodol Riviera will offer special menus with scampi dishes to further highlight this high-quality and valuable foodstuff that all visitors to the Riviera can enjoy. On Friday, 6 June, a promotional walking and boat tour will connect the Vinodol Municipality, Crikvenica and Novi Vinodolski. As these three tourist boards are continuously devel-oping the destination’s outdoor offer, this project will also promote some local cycling and walking trails. By walking along the trails and experiencing the boat trip, visitors will get to know both the blue and green parts of the Riviera, which we feel confident will make them want to return to visit all the beautiful parts of this area. For all tour participants, various scampi dishes will be presented at seven scenic locations, accompanied by local wines and traditional music. This tour will also an-nounce the spring 2026 Scampi Festival as a new tourism event dedicated to gastronomy in the year when Kvarner will have the title of a European Capital of Gastronomy. This will connect the destina-tion’s gastronomy and outdoor offerings, a valuable combination that has already proved to be a major draw in attracting people to visit the Crikvenica-Vinodol Riviera.

Why scampi? Because this is a first-class seafood speciality and a symbol of our destination, espe-cially the Vinodol Channel, home to scampi larger and tastier than those in the open sea, due to the nature of the sea floor, sea temperature, and a large number of springs, resulting in a combination of brackish and salt water.
The concept of the Scampi Festival connects gastronomy, culture, tradition, education and enter-tainment, creating a unique experience for all visitors.
Food lovers: don’t miss out on positively surprising your taste buds while the blue sea and the green hinterland appeal to all your senses!

SPECIAL MENU OFFER IN RESTAURANTS – 6-15 June 2025

RESTAURANT BURIN

• Raw scampi on a skuta fresh cheese and strawberry roll
• Scampi and mango ceviche
• Gnudi and scampi
• Swordfish tataki – julienne vegetables – ponzu sauce
• Strawberry

Price: 55,00 €

RESTAURANT DIDA

• Cream of scampi soup, cuttlefish profiteroles, pomegranate
• Tagliatelle with scampi sauce, roasted tomatoes, škripavac cheese espuma, basil
• Strawberry tart, sour-cream ice cream, lime gel

Price: 65,00 €

RESTAURANT LEMOON (Hotel Esplanade)

THREE-COURSE MENU:

• Cream of scampi and white fish soup – bouquet garni
• Scampi tails in beer batter – ratatouille vegetables – aioli sauce
• Chef's choice dessert

Price: 25,00 €

FIVE-COURSE MENU:

• Adriatic scampi pâté – Prošek wine sauce
• Green crab bouillabaisse
• Royal ravioli stuffed with Istrian skuta fresh cheese and Kvarner scampi cream
• Scampi cardinale wrapped in bacon – saffron risotto
• Chef's choice dessert

Price: 40,00 €

HOTEL MARINA

• Fish soup
• Kvarner scampi in white wine and garlic sauce with linguine pasta
• Lava cake with vanilla ice cream

Price: 40,00 €

HOTEL MIRAMARE

• Kvarner scampi marinated in Istrian olive oil and mandarin juice – honey, pepper, lemon and olive oil emulsion – lamb’s lettuce, Grana Padano, radish – Chardonnay Gaudeamus
• Scampi seared in butter – celery cream – celery powder – fennel with citrus fruits – malvazija Bastian
• Mascarpone and Philadelphia cream with raspberry

Price: 65,00 €

RESTAURANT ARGO

MENU 1.

• Scampi cocktail
• Risotto with scampi and rock samphire
• Scampi buzara-style
• Trio of desserts: tiramisu, pannacotta, and apple strudel
Price: 45,00 €

MENU 2.

• Scampi, mango and beetroot sprout ceviche on a skuta fresh cheese and honey mousse
• Pljukanci pasta with scampi and asparagus
• Grilled scampi
• Trio of desserts: tiramisu, pannacotta, and apple strudel
Price: 50,00 €

MENU 3.

• Cream of scampi soup
• Scampi à la Parisienne with green risotto
• Scampi and sea bass with grilled vegetables
• Trio of desserts: tiramisu, pannacotta, and apple strudel

Price: 55,00 €

GOSTIONA DANICA

• Scampi soup
• Risotto with scampi
• Scampi buzara-style
• Chocolate cake

Price: 60,00 €

KONOBA LUCIJA

• Scampi soup
• Green risotto, scampi, rock samphire in a parmesan bowl
• Scampi in white sauce

Price: 40,00 €

PIZZERIA NAVA

• Kvarner scampi soup with basil
• Monkfish with scampi on a bed of rice, mimosa salad
• Tiramisu with strawberries

Price: 30,00 €

KONOBA NAVIGARE

• Cream of scampi and fennel soup
• Pljukanci pasta with scampi and mild truffle sauce
• Scampi baked in sesame with tomato and basil salsa served on medallions alla Romana

Price: 38,00 €