I have never worried about dress codes and, actually, never seen one on a website. Perhaps, I just don’t normally dine at such places. I will be taking my son, daughter-in-law and 13 year old granddaughter to Dubrovnik for 4 days after 3 weeks on Greek island. They are very casual dressers. Will be staying at the Hotel Bellevue. I stayed there with Mr. History 8 years ago before embarking on a National Geographic tour and loved the hotel and decided I would love to bring family here. One of the highlights of our stay was dining at their Vapor restaurant. Fabulous views. Now it seems they have added other restaurants and online have a suggested dress code for each. For the Vapor, they suggest jet set casual. It sounds terribly pretentious to me but have absolutely no idea as to what jet set casual means. I’m usually fine at almost any place with nice black slacks, white shirt/blouse etc. My son is particularly casual. Doubt if he’ll have any proper shoes although a decent shirt, maybe pants or shorts. We will have been rock climbing for the 3 weeks prior to Dubrovnik so nice clothes are not on our packing list. Suggestions or ideas as to what the hell they mean?

Yes, when we were there 8 years ago, we ate outside on a terrace overlooking the bay. The setting was the main reason for deciding to dine there at least one night. We will be there 4 nights. It is a definitely 5* very expensive etc. but it won’t be the first time I’ve stayed at such a place. Ten or twenty years ago I would’ve dressed up a bit more but in all my recent travels, I’ve found very few tourists do. I am often better dressed than most even at the Balmoral Brasserie where I frequently dine when in Edinburgh. Tourists seem to have gotten very casual regarding any dress code, but this place may be the exception. Guess we’ll do our best and if they refuse to serve us, head into Dubrovnik, have a drink and a laugh.

Thanks for for your thoughts.

Janisj, well that was interesting. Not sure about the camouflage pants and I’ll definitely rule out rhe short shorts but liked rhe polka dot skirt. That was a hoot. Thanks. I think we’ll be fine after all I’ve booked two rooms for four nights so it’s not as if we will have drifted in from the local bar and plan to do a dine and dash.