The restaurant located in the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PABiH) is probably the only one in BiH, and almost certainly in Europe, where food and drink prices have not increased in the past ten years.
Although official statistics show that food and drink prices have been constantly rising in recent years, the Service for Joint Affairs, which manages the restaurant in the PABiH, has not changed the prices.
Coffee in this restaurant can still be bought for 0.8 BAM, soup for 1 BAM, and veal roast for 5.5 BAM. Sesame chicken in this restaurant costs 3.5 BAM, while side dishes such as roasted potatoes, rice, and mashed potatoes are 1 BAM. Salads in this restaurant also cost one BAM, while dessert is one and a half BAM. Cevapi cost four BAM, omelet with cheese 2.5 BAM, cheese pie and potato pie 2 BAM, and burek 2.5 BAM, which are prices that were rarely found even in 2015.
So, a complete meal including soup, main dish, dessert, and a drink costs around eight BAM, which is by far the cheapest restaurant in BiH, and very likely in Europe.
“Despite audit recommendations, the Service has still not prepared a proposal for a new price list or new standards. The selling prices of food and drink items are determined by the 2015 Price List of Meals and Drinks in the facilities of BiH institutions, which was adopted by the Council of Ministers of BiH at the proposal of the Service. Every year, the difference between the purchase and selling price of items becomes smaller, which is a consequence of the continuous rise in prices. If we look at the period from 2017 to 2024, significant changes in the purchase prices of items are observed. Also, it was noted that when determining the standards, the weight of ingredients lost during meal preparation was not included, which directly affects the stated price difference,” states the Audit Report of the Service for Joint Affairs of BiH Institutions.
Earlier, in October 2022, to be exact, the Ministry of Finance and Treasury of BiH instructed the Service to reconsider the proposed price increase and to prepare a detailed analysis of the justification for the increase, and to adjust the prices in accordance with retail purchase prices. However, the Service never did this. At the beginning of 2025, the Service leadership appointed commissions to draft new standards and a new food and drink price list, but auditors found that no deadlines had been set for the completion of the commissions’ activities.
Consumer protection advocates previously said that the price lists from the restaurant in the BiH Parliament are truly shameful when taking into account the income of the people who are entitled to eat there.
