Restaurants cuisine du monde Poland

THE most prominent café/restaurant in town, an institution! The interior is very comfortable, chic and modern, a perfect invitation to come and sip a cocktail, have lunch (a French inspired menu) or take a coffee break. Its decoration is airy and copies the luxurious French style of the turn of the century. Café Helenka is strategically located on Dietla Square, so you can stop in between visiting the Pieninskie and Uzdrowiska museums. A tip: go to the back room to see the mineral water gallery.

Old Polish cuisine restaurant in a traditional setting with large wooden benches, fireplace, antlers hanging on the walls, waiters in traditional costume. The chef in the kitchen offers his guests a wide range of dishes from the old Polish cuisine. The Krakowiak tavern is huge, with a capacity of about 300 people on its two floors, so don't be surprised by the crowds or by the events it hosts. The portions are hearty and the food is very good with regular folk music performances.

This restaurant in the central square of the Rynek is an iconic part of the downtown landscape. It has been on official photos and tourist souvenirs for several decades and has changed little in the meantime. In its well-situated room, set in a stylish house, it offers a range of grilled food (its specialty) with, of course, Polish dishes and a little bit of European cuisine. It is a smart option to enjoy the central square for dinner, especially in the summer season.

From the outset, one is immediately seduced by its plush interior where everything is made of wood, in the characteristic manner of a dacha in the Russian countryside. The outside, with a sublime and shaded patio and a pretty green terrace, is enough to make the most undecided waver. As for the cuisine, we eat well, quite simply, with fresh dishes with Mediterranean accents (even if we are far from the sea) extremely well presented. On weekends during the summer, it is better to reserve, at the risk of finding yourself on the street!

A slice of Italy in this old street near the university. Under a porch, you'll discover this superbly decorated trattoria, with its small vaulted stone rooms that make you want to linger, but the best part, apart from the kitchen, is the garden that opens up in fine weather.

A restaurant on a boat moored in front of the castle where you can enjoy Polish dishes on the go, especially made with fish. It also has a menu and a playground for children. Excellent address for visitors in a hurry or who don't want to bother with a long lunch break. The menu offers a small selection of dishes, and although the food is not very hearty, nor very tasty, it does the job, when the setting takes care of the rest. The prices on the other hand are somewhat high.

This little eatery, whose bar takes up most of the space, has conquered the hearts of the neighborhood with lightning speed. It has accomplished the feat of importing the habit of morning hummus to Krakow and converting a whole host of devotees. Although not exactly as good as back home, it's still excellent and makes for a top-quality breakfast. Of course, it's not just hummus you'll find here, and all sorts of Levantine specialities are on the menu. All in all, it's a delight from morning to night, you eat light and leave with a smile on your face.

A charming little address that has been in existence for almost twenty years, making the most of its pretty wooden chalet, obviously decorated in the rustic style of a mountain cottage, with its wooden walls, flowers and rural ornaments. If the name "De feu et d'acier" refers to a temple of Polish literature, it's to bring visitors back to the distant past of its recipes, immersing them in Polish and Lithuanian culinary traditions, with a wide choice of meat and game dishes.

This is the restaurant of chef Tomasz Leśniak, who cut his teeth for ten years at the Sheraton and is now the official chef of the Polish national soccer team. His ambition is clearly to win Michelin stars. Will he succeed? Certainly. The cuisine is excellent, particularly the steak (which would be criminal to miss), and the setting is fantastic, especially on the terrace. However, service, food and wine pairings and the sometimes crude experimental gastronomy are still lacking.

This Italian bistro with a modern, sober and friendly decoration with its beige and white dominants is a good contemporary trattoria that does not inflate its bill. It is also one of the only Italian restaurants in the city to offer gluten-free pasta. Everything is good and homemade with love, especially the fresh pasta in the morning. The atmosphere is family friendly, the small terrace at the entrance of the restaurant overlooks the church of Saint Mary and the wine list (mainly Italian varietals) is skillfully composed to please the palate.

Charlotte and Scandal are neighbors and together create a small island of ease and trendy party on Szczepańsk Square. The restaurant brings above all a refined setting an original modern and catch-all menu that mixes French dishes as well as Polish or Asian specialties. This clever mix, if not very great cuisine, is successful and appreciated by the executives of the neighborhood. In the basement, the room is arranged around a stage where musicians, comedians and magicians perform once a month

One of the most popular restaurants among locals. It serves excellent Polish cuisine of well above-average quality. The dishes are carefully presented, and the atmosphere is charming and festive in the three rooms decorated with artefacts and equestrian motifs such as colourful Cossacks or hunters with trophies in hand. The menu changes with the season, but you'll always find game and vegetarian options. The restaurant is also family-friendly, with a children's menu, adapted chairs and even a dedicated play corner.

A successful chain offering excellent pierogi cooked to suit all tastes and sauces. The menu features all kinds of specialties and tasty dishes that could have come straight out of a real Polish grandmother's kitchen. The dishes are therefore slightly different from what you'd expect to find in traditional cuisine, with quiches, soups, salads and a wide choice of desserts. In short, you're in for a treat at this rustic restaurant, which is very popular with the locals. We recommend the specialties and the grilled pierogi.

Located in a cellar of one of the beautiful Armenian houses in the city center, not far from the city hall, this restaurant is specialized and even rather famous ten years ago in Polish cuisine and has seen over the years many great personalities. Although its star has faded somewhat, its traditional cuisine remains formidable, mixing local specialties with Jewish and Armenian dishes on its menu. The soups in particular are delicious. We recommend it for an atmospheric dinner in town.

The "Guardhouse" is a restaurant-cafe on the Rynek, which you should not miss: overlooking the square, its terrace is set high up on a small shady knoll. It is very popular for good reasons. First of all, it is very pleasant. Then, its rather trendy atmosphere joins its cuisine, which is very good, especially the naleśniki. The desserts are hearty. From a certain hour, it is the only somewhat lively place in the sleepy downtown Sandomierz. A must visit for a sweet break.

Luxurious, traditional decor in the first room, the Presidential Room, where some tables overlook the Rynek. A second room, called Królewska, is much smaller, with just a few tables for two scattered around a bar. Finally, the third room, the Piwnica room, is more intimate and invites immersion. This establishment, which has been open for 15 years, offers French wines and high-flying dishes that are renowned in the city. The setting and dishes are luxurious and therefore more expensive than average, but not excessively so.

We find this modern cafe at the roundabout Mogilskie, after the opera, in a building that looks like a chalet. Pizzas, pierogis, salads: The card is diverse, but the dishes are successful and adapt to every taste. The place lends itself to a small stop to take a drink. Just steps from the Chopin hotel, it is an ideal place to take a few moments away from the bustling tourist activity of the city centre.

In the framework of the oldest restaurant in Wroclaw on the Rynek few steps to descend under the museum. A French chef of Polish origin opened this new address a few weeks ago, fresh products such as the Saint James, red meats and also some traditional Polish dishes not to be missed. The traditional traditional decoration of the country to see…

Nowa Huta's central milk bar is part of a well-established chain. Its stodgy, proletarian appearance is completely reminiscent of the socialist era, which is particularly easy to do in this neighborhood. The room is very large, and looks like a canteen. The menu, typical of these establishments, is obviously not translated, so you'll have to draw on your best Polish pronunciation or find a generous customer to translate for you, because the staff won't have the patience to please you. A 100% authentic experience.

This "Cat's Castle" with its medieval, folkloric and...jungle decor is a pure delight! The legend of the brigand Pipikas is closely linked to the town of Szczawnica. He is said to have lived in the "Cat's Castle" where he hid his plundered treasures. Thanks to the dynamism of its current owner, who knew how to renovate it while preserving its quirky charm, the establishment is now back to its former splendor. In addition, one eats there very well a mixture of Slavic specialities, are in particular famous its tartar and its pierogis.

In the city center, this restaurant offers traditional Polish cuisine (but the menu, adapted to its location on the Baltic, also includes French fries and shrimps) in a warm, rustic atmosphere. Fish caught offshore is also served. The establishment has an atypical appearance: that of a wooden hut, copying typical mountain architecture (not common by the sea), but which remains warm in its own way.

Plac Nowy 1 is the emblem of Kazimierz's transformation. This popular local restaurant is housed in a large, industrial-inspired building divided into 3 different rooms, with large bay windows and modern accents of copper and concrete. The menu is all-you-can-eat, and its execution is simple but effective. It's renowned for its burgers, so much so that adjacent office workers order theirs in advance so they can enjoy it on their lunch break. In the basement is Krakow's only bowling alley!

Renowned on the gastronomic scene, the Albertina's chef's menu is designed to match food and wine (the wine waiter will suggest a new pairing between each course). The menu highlights the richness of Poland's terroir, with an emphasis on game and fish. The food is very good, the gourmet dishes mastered and the presentation pleasing. The chic, understated decor lets you concentrate on your meal. Have dessert!

In a trendy setting of photos, he proposes a simple brewery menu over a drink. Continuing, you will discover the Scandale Garden under a glass roof that opens for the sunny days when the Grill offers you a more complete menu of meats and fish whose quality is renowned in the city. Flat screens, good music, sofas to relax and even jazz evenings some evenings, in short a friendly space to enjoy. Be careful, despite this huge space, it is often full on weekends.

Michelin-starred gourmet BIB restaurant (i.e. good value for money) that plays with Polish cuisine. Its chef, Robert Koczwara, adapts the dishes to his own liking for a final rendering of great subtlety, which surprises as much by its staging as by its flavors. The restaurant is committed to ecological practices, its menu follows the seasons and its ingredients are all sourced from producers without preservatives. The dining room, a superb vaulted brick cellar, is modern and pleasant. We recommend the Fiorentina steak.

In a quiet street, not far from the Wysoka synagogue, this restaurant with a Mediterranean decoration, sober and bright, is specialized in Polish cuisine... but not just any cuisine, it is an authentic grandmother's cuisine that fills the stomach and regulates the hunger in the world (or at least your caloric intake of the week)! This is a very nice address, not to be missed, in the heart of the Jewish Quarter. Especially if you are a big eater, or simply hungry: you won't be disappointed by the size of the dishes served.

In one of the most beautiful buildings in the main market square is the Wentzl, one of the very beautiful tables of the city and its elegant pre-war framework. Rich interior, dark wood and with voluptuous curtains, bouquets of flowers, white tablecloths. European dishes, refined and a seasonal menu to highlight local products. One of Cracow's most recommended tables.

Opened in 1364, it is the oldest restaurant in Krakow, the venerable grandfather of the city's gastronomic tradition. It is located in two historical buildings and has eight rooms, each with a different decor, absolutely exceptional and sumptuous in the tradition of the aristocratic palace and overlooking the market square. On the menu, a prince's meal, not too gastronomic: lobster soup, quail, venison, wild boar, roast duck with apples and for the gourmets an excellent chocolate fondant. It also serves as a café and tea room.

This is a history buff's restaurant, featuring a very neat historical interior with animal and chivalric motifs. The name of the place itself is a reference to Nobel Prize winner Sienkiewicz's epic dealing with the war between Cossacks and Poles. The dishes, researched in the university library, are also old recipes. In short, it is a paradise for enthusiasts and a real gustatory journey to discover a disappeared world. Everything is good and their beautiful vodka list is a wonderful accompaniment.

This restaurant offers excellent French cuisine in a tasteful, typically Polish setting. A selection of French wines purchased directly from producers in all regions. Impeccable service. Luxury apartments with splendid views can be rented above the restaurant. The decor is superb and has been collected from the owners' travels. And let's not forget Le Fumoir: a space decorated in the style of the 1930s where you can enjoy your digestif, accompanied by a good cigar.

This restaurant is part of the same complex as Oberża Sąsiadów (Neighbors' Inn, Neighbors' Restaurant). Folkloristic, it serves delicious Polish cuisine in costume in beautiful exposed brick rooms, including a superb vaulted room. Fine, traditional Polish dishes, with a typical atmosphere.

Located on the square behind the Barbacane, this restaurant excels in the preparation of typical Eastern Polish cuisine. Frontier specialties are not so different from the rest of Slavic fare, but the emphasis is on game and rare meats, and it's unusual to see dishes so well executed. The dishes served are quite refined and very good, in a rustic "grandma's house" decor and warm atmosphere. To top it all off, the waitresses are dressed in traditional costumes.

Simple setting and food, but this milk bar is one of the most popular in town.

This pub-restaurant is one of the most pleasant in the neighborhood, which is not easy to do in Kazimierz. In the summer, you can relax in the garden on the large open terrace lined with wood, and in the winter, you can enjoy the warmth of the large adjacent veranda. The openness of the room, the omnipresence of varnished wood, the welcoming architecture full of curious curiosities create an atmosphere that invites you to escape. The kitchen is light and produces a variety of soups, salads, toasts and naleszniki . In the summer, many of the farm's dairy products can be found on the table.

This trendy Polish restaurant, a little out of the way, is very bright, with a large bay window opening onto a mezzanine. It's a Polish restaurant where you can settle down for a French-style dinner for a few hours and watch the night set over the Planty. The relaxed atmosphere, the coffee, the locally-produced beers and the simple but delicious and inexpensive Polish dishes prepared here all contribute to the charm of the place. The restaurant occasionally organizes live concerts, sometimes even featuring big international names.

The two Warsztat' in Kazimierz are a sure bet among the addresses favored by young Krakowites. Excellent value for money for pasta, pizzas, salads and dishes, a striking decor and efficient service. But the love of the owner, Witold, for the real Polish cuisine pushed him to make his third address a Polish Warsztat! Family recipes, traditional, with fresh and seasonal products... and you can feel it in the dishes, always copious and at very good prices. No reason not to enjoy it!

A large, trendy American-style room in a post-industrial cellar with brick walls, wooden floors and spotlights on every table. A large bar takes up part of the interior, and as the evening progresses, the place fills up with young drinkers. The restaurant's atmosphere is definitely party-oriented. In terms of cuisine, it serves meat (of good quality) and burgers (a little too heavy and average for the price). It remains one of the city's great restaurants, and the atmosphere is pleasant.