Restaurant in Belgrade, Serbia
Hilton's rooftop earns its Michelin Plate.
SkyLounge, on the eighth floor of the Hilton Belgrade, holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) and a 4.4 Google rating from over 1,000 reviews. The €€€ international menu spans Asian-influenced dishes, sushi, and tableside seafood service. Easy to book, conversation-friendly atmosphere, and one of Belgrade's most reliable options for a polished occasion dinner.
At the €€€ price tier, SkyLounge on the eighth floor of the Hilton Belgrade delivers something few restaurants in the city can match: a polished international dining room with consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) and a menu broad enough to satisfy a table with competing appetites. If you are planning a celebratory dinner, a business meal, or simply want a guaranteed-quality evening in Belgrade without hunting down a harder-to-book local specialist, this is a sound choice. For diners who prioritise hyper-local cooking or want to spend less, [Salon 1905](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/salon-1905-belgrade-restaurant) and [The Square](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/the-square-belgrade-restaurant) offer strong alternatives at the same or lower price points.
Two consecutive Michelin Plate listings are not a coincidence. The Michelin Plate, awarded since 2024 and retained for 2025, signals a kitchen that meets a consistent standard of cooking — not a starred destination, but a reliable room where the food warrants attention. For Belgrade, where Michelin recognition across the board remains selective, that credential matters when you are deciding where to put a significant dinner.
The setting reinforces the decision. The eighth floor of the Hilton at Kralja Milana 35 gives SkyLounge a position above the city's central pedestrian core, and the dining room itself is designed to match the address: soft lighting, considered music levels, and an atmosphere that sits comfortably between formal and approachable. The ambient energy here is calm rather than buzzing, which makes it a better fit for conversation-first evenings than for a loud group celebration. If you are planning a dinner for two or a small business table, the room works in your favour. For larger groups looking for a livelier atmosphere, you may want to check what [Metropolitan](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/metropolitan-belgrade-restaurant) or [The Twenty Two](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/the-twenty-two-belgrade-restaurant) can offer.
The menu takes a deliberately global approach. Asian-influenced dishes — Tom Yum soup, Gyoza dumplings, nigiri, sashimi, and a full range of maki rolls , sit alongside simpler Mediterranean-leaning meat and fish preparations. The tableside trolley service for certain dishes, including crab, lobster, and fresh salads, is a deliberate theatrical gesture that suits the occasion-dining context. It is the kind of menu architecture you find at well-run international hotel restaurants: wide enough to accommodate different dietary preferences at the same table, technically competent across categories, and anchored by premium proteins that justify the price bracket.
For the explorer-minded diner, the wine angle at SkyLounge is worth considering carefully. An international hotel restaurant at the €€€ price tier, with Michelin recognition, will typically maintain a wine list built to complement exactly this kind of broad, globally-inspired menu. Serbian wine production has grown considerably in quality over the past decade, with producers from Šumadija and the Morava Valley now appearing on serious lists alongside French and Italian staples. Whether SkyLounge leans into the Serbian wine story or defaults to the predictable international selection is a question worth asking when you book. Comparable international restaurants in other European cities , such as [Sahila - The Restaurant](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/sahila-the-restaurant-cologne-restaurant) in Cologne or [Matthias](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/matthias-berlin-restaurant) in Berlin , tend to use their wine programs as a point of differentiation within the international cuisine category, and SkyLounge has the platform to do the same. If wine is a priority for your evening, ask specifically about Serbian producers on the list when you call ahead.
Google reviewer sentiment backs up the Michelin signal: 4.4 from over 1,000 reviews is a credible score for a hotel restaurant in this category, where expectations tend to be higher and patience for inconsistency lower. The volume of reviews matters here , a 4.4 average at 1,022 reviews carries more weight than the same score from 80 people.
For context on how SkyLounge fits the broader Belgrade and Serbian dining picture, [Fleur de Sel in Novi Slankamen](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/fleur-de-sel-novi-slankamen-restaurant) represents the more destination-driven end of the Serbian dining spectrum. Within Belgrade itself, the full range of options is covered in [our full Belgrade restaurants guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/belgrade). If your trip extends beyond dining, [our full Belgrade hotels guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/hotels/belgrade), [bars guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/bars/belgrade), [wineries guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/wineries/belgrade), and [experiences guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/experiences/belgrade) cover the city in full. For international reference points in the same cuisine category, [TRB - Temple Restaurant Beijing](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/trb-temple-restaurant-beijing-beijing-restaurant), [Marcel von Winckelmann](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/marcel-von-winckelmann-passau-restaurant), [Sommerfeld](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/sommerfeld-frankfurt-on-the-main-restaurant), [Loumi](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/loumi-berlin-restaurant), and [Haubentaucher](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/haubentaucher-rottach-egern-restaurant) offer useful comparisons for how the international cuisine format performs across European cities.
Reservations: Easy , this is a hotel restaurant with standard reservation access; booking a few days ahead should suffice for most dates, though weekends and public holidays warrant earlier contact. Budget: €€€ , expect to spend at the higher end of Belgrade's mid-range, with premium proteins (crab, lobster) pushing the bill up if you order widely. Dress: Smart casual is the safe baseline for a Hilton dining room at this price tier; the room's international hotel DNA means overdressing is unlikely. Location: Eighth floor, Hilton Belgrade, Kralja Milana 35 , central, walkable from most city-centre hotels and the main pedestrian zone. Group size: Leading for tables of two to four; the atmosphere suits conversation-led dining rather than large celebratory groups.
See the comparison section below for how SkyLounge positions against [Langouste](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/langouste-belgrade-restaurant), [Bela Reka](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/bela-reka-belgrade-restaurant), and other Belgrade options.
Yes, with some caveats. The Michelin Plate recognition, hotel-quality room, and tableside service elements make it a credible choice for anniversaries or business dinners. The calm atmosphere works better for intimate celebrations than for large group events. If you want a more theatrical or locally distinctive special-occasion restaurant, [Langouste](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/langouste-belgrade-restaurant) at €€€€ is the higher-spend alternative in Belgrade.
Smart casual is appropriate and safe. This is a Hilton hotel restaurant at the €€€ price point in Belgrade's city centre, so the expectation is polished but not black-tie. Jeans are fine if they are clean and paired with a neat leading; trainers would be pushing it. If in doubt, dress one level above what you would wear to a mid-range city restaurant.
The menu's strength is in its seafood and Asian-influenced dishes: the nigiri, sashimi, and maki programme is the clearest expression of the kitchen's technical intent, and the tableside crab and lobster service is worth the premium if the occasion calls for it. The trolley-presented salads and Mediterranean fish dishes are the simpler, lower-risk options if your table has mixed preferences.
A few days is usually enough for midweek dinners. For Friday and Saturday evenings, or around Serbian public holidays and major events, aim for at least a week ahead. Booking difficulty here is rated Easy, which is consistent with the hotel restaurant format , you are unlikely to be turned away with reasonable notice.
Tasting menu availability is not confirmed in current data for SkyLounge. Given the menu's broad, à-la-carte structure spanning Asian, Mediterranean, and seafood categories, the kitchen's strength may be better expressed by building your own selection around the tableside seafood options and the sushi programme rather than waiting for a set format. Ask directly when you book.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| SkyLounge | €€€ | Easy | — |
| Langouste | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| The Square | €€ | Unknown | — |
| Salon 1905 | €€€ | Unknown | — |
| Iva New Balkan Cuisine | € | Unknown | — |
| Istok | € | Unknown | — |
How SkyLounge stacks up against the competition.
Yes, it's one of the more reliable choices in Belgrade for a celebration dinner. Two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025), a polished eighth-floor setting in the Hilton, and a broad international menu covering everything from nigiri to lobster give it enough range to impress most guests. It works better for small groups of two to four than for larger parties who want a more intimate or locally-rooted experience.
The setting is a styled hotel dining room with soft lighting — think the kind of place where jeans feel slightly off. Business casual to smart dressy is a safe read: collared shirts, dresses, or blazers fit the room. The Hilton context and €€€ pricing both point toward an occasion-ready standard rather than a casual night out.
The menu leans hard into Asia-Pacific formats: Tom Yum soup, gyoza dumplings, and an extensive selection of nigiri, sashimi, and maki rolls sit alongside tableside-served meat and fish dishes, fresh crab, lobster, and salads. The seafood and raw fish sections are the most distinctive part of the menu — if you're drawn to the Mediterranean meat-and-fish side, the kitchen handles that too, but it's a more common offering in Belgrade's €€€ tier.
A few days ahead is usually enough for midweek dining. Weekend evenings, particularly for groups or tables with a view preference, warrant booking at least a week out. As a hotel restaurant, the reservation process is accessible and unlikely to require the weeks-in-advance planning that standalone fine dining venues in other cities demand.
Tasting menu details are not confirmed in available venue data, so a direct verdict on format and pricing isn't possible here. What is documented is a wide à la carte range spanning sushi, seafood trolley service, and Mediterranean dishes at the €€€ tier — if the kitchen's Michelin Plate consistency carries through to a set menu format, the credentials support it, but confirm directly with the restaurant before committing to that format.
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