Eho Restaurant Perast - Local specialties meet culinary inspiration

I have never written a post only about a restaurant before, at least not on this blog, but in Montenegro Eho stood out. I am not being paid by them. I paid for all of my food and drink. This is not an ad.

The food in Montenegro should have been right up my alley – and I still think it is, but so many of the places I ate at were far below expectations. It truly felt like so many places had given up on quality. Most tourists will visit once and then never return, so why focus on providing good food? As long as it’s good enough not to get a bad review its deemed good enough.

Of course there were good places too, you can read about them in my other posts, but there was only one that was outstanding: Eho.

About the location of Eho

Eho Restaurant is located in the village of Perast, about 15 km away from the famous town Kotor. It’s not directly on the water, but I wouldn’t call it “second row” either, since the spacious area in front of the restaurant is used for outdoor seating.

Inside the sleek and minimal modern furniture in dark colours stands in contrast to the centuries old walls and vaulted ceilings of light limestone.

About the food at Eho

At Eho you get Michelin star quality food (I am not just saying that, the head chef at Eho has worked at two Michelin star restaurants before), with a focus on local produce.

Local Cheese Selection

Starting with a local cheese plate consisting of

Njeguški sir – cow cheese (one of the triangles)
young goat cheese (the white rectangles)
semi-hard sheep cheese (the other triangles)
Prljo – a goat cheese aged in a sheepskin bag (the dumpling looking ones)

Milk production and processing have been a strong focus of many Montenegrin farmers, since a lot of the country is covered in mountains. They have many varieties of cow-, goat- and sheep cheeses.

The cheeses were paired with local olives, light and dark bread and optional olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper for dipping.

My favourites were the two triangle ones. The rectangles didn’t taste like much and the sheepskin aged ones tasted too gamy for my taste.

Local wines and beers

The wine list features many local wines, white, red and rose. I went for a white wine from the winery Plantaze. They are the leading producer of wine in Montenegro and have the largest vinyard in Europe! The wine was a delight with the cheeses.

Other local choices on the drinks menu are beers, Nikšićko and Mammut among others. For the later meal I went with the Mammut Pilsner. Even though I was born in Germany, beer is not my favourite. This one was very light and I did enjoy drinking it, especially with the bacon-butter-shrimps.

Starters, Main Course & Dessert

When I asked the waitress what her recommendation was the answer came within seconds: The Baked Shrimps. She said it with so much conviction and certainty that I did order the baked shrimps.

First the shrimps are roasted in smoked bacon and maple-butter, then finished with sea salt flakes and lemon zest. The shrimps really took to the flavour of the bacon-maple butter, without loosing that distinct shrimp flavour.

Ever since I got home I have been trying to replicate the taste ^^

As an addition she also recommended the Zucchini Carpaccio, explaining that it would add a lighter touch to the very savoury shrimp dish. Even though Zucchini is not among my favourite vegetables I trusted her recommendation and went with both of these starters.

They slice the zucchini extremely thin, then grill it. Theses slices are served with roasted walnuts, asparagus, and yuzu dressing, finished with a mountain of herbs, lemon zest and parmesan. I can confidently say I have never eaten anything like it before. In a good way!

Every time I took a bite my brain couldn’t comprehend what exactly I was eating, that’s how well the flavour profile was matched. The soft zucchini, snappy asparagus and crunchy roasted nuts also combined a nice selection of textures to really round out the dish.

For the main course I had the Green Risotto, which is a risotto with a heap of basil, cooked in leek and fish stock, giving it it’s colour. It was topped with lemon-prawns and even more basil. Despite the sheer amount of basil in this dish the taste wasn’t overwhelming. The risotto had a creamy texture, with the rice still retaining some firmness and the shrimps were buttery soft.

When ordering dessert I wanted to go for the chocolate one, but sadly they had run out. Instead I got to try an off-menu dessert that will be on the new menu: potato-dumplings, sweetened and spiced with cinnamon and tonka bean, vanilla ice cream, vanilla foam dusted in dried raspberries and served with fresh raspberries.

To be clear here: I am still allergic to raspberries. But I just couldn’t pass this opportunity up, so I just took some anti-histamines afterwards and it turned out fine.

This restaurant has only been open since April 2025, so not even a full year when I am writing this. The quality of the food was outstanding and while it was Michelin star quality the prices weren’t overly expensive. That’s even more surprising considering its location in the tourism hotspot Perast / Kotor.

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