Mostar's food is firmly Bosnian-Herzegovinian: grilled meats, stuffed vegetables, slow-cooked stews, and freshwater trout from the Neretva. The old town is full of restaurants aimed at day-trippers from the coast; quality varies and prices on the bridge itself are higher than a block back. The Hindin Han and Šadrvan are reliable old-town options. For something cheaper and more local, head a few streets north into the modern town — the bakeries along Braće Fejića sell excellent burek by weight.
Try Žilavka, the local Herzegovinian white wine, and finish with a Bosnian coffee — fine grounds boiled in a long-handled džezva and served with a cube of rahat lokum.