Must-see restaurants in Gdańsk & Pomerania

  • Atmosphere

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    That Słupsk has one of Poland's best restaurants may come as a surprise – that it's buried in the suburbs 2.3km west of the train station is an even…

  • Browar Miejski

    Sopot

    It's not just the beer that fills the 250 seats at Sopot's very own microbrewery with punters; the food here has also built up quite a reputation. Filling…

  • Dym na Wodzie

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    One of the best places to eat on the Baltic, 'Smoke on the Water' is the creation of chef Rafał Niewiarowski. The focus is on local seasonal ingredients…

  • Błękitny Pudel

    Sopot

    This top pub-cafe, Sopot's longest survivor, is a real cosy knick-knack fest with the cobbled interior bedecked in wooden tennis rackets, balalaikas,…

  • Szeroka 9

    Toruń

    Arguably Toruń's top restaurant, this place offers a changing menu of seasonal gourmet fare ranging from pickled trout with horseradish to pig cheeks with…

  • Tawerna Mestwin

    Gdańsk

    The speciality here is Kashubian regional cooking from the northwest of Poland, and dishes such as potato pancakes, stuffed cabbage rolls, fish soup and…

  • Gothic

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Malbork's blockbuster castle also contains one of the area's best restaurants, where the medieval theme continues in commendable authenticity. Taking…

  • Kuchnia

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    With its white tiles, bar made of palettes and painted brick walls, this trendy-looking place has a simple menu of well-cooked Polish favourites plus…

  • Bulaj

    Sopot

    One of northern Poland's best restaurants, foodies flock here to sample chef Artur Moroz' seafood dishes, served in a crisp but basic, pub-like…

  • Bohema

    Szczecin

    For a blast of old-world style in sometimes slightly gritty Szczecin, seek out this little-touted restaurant with its romantically aristocratic decor and…

  • Restauracja Pod Winogronami

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Extremely popular among the more discerning of the ambling crowds, ‘Under the Grapes’ has a candlelit rural theme and the meat-heavy menu draws mainly on…

  • Kutter

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Hel's top place to eat is the beautifully done out Kutter where fishing knick-knacks of yesteryear combine with old wooden floors, colourful Kashubian…

  • Exterior of Restauracja Pod Łososiem.

    Restauracja Pod Łososiem

    Gdańsk

    Founded in 1598 and famous for its fish dishes, this is one of Gdańsk’s most highly regarded restaurants. Red leather seats, brass chandeliers and a…

  • Restauracja Gdańska

    Gdańsk

    Dining in any of the five over-the-top banqueting rooms and salons here is a bit like eating out in a well-stocked museum, with surroundings of antique…

  • Złota Jesień

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Kashubian dishes can be tricky to track down in Kartuzy, but the food prepared by the chefs at this professional outfit in the far south of town is both…

  • Kaszubska Marina

    Gdańsk

    Go Kashubian at this delightful place opposite the Town Hall, which manages to evoke a rural theme without a single ancient agricultural knick-knack or…

  • Bar Neptun

    Gdańsk

    It’s surprising where some of Poland’s communist-era milk bars have survived – this one is right on the main tourist drag. However, Neptun is a cut above…

  • Filharmonia

    Gdańsk

    Occupying a red-brick corner of the Philharmonia building facing the Targ Rybny (Fish Market) across the river, the cooks here dabble in fusion cuisine to…

  • Dom Królów

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Within the luxury Hotel Elbląg, the town's finest restaurant is overseen by chef Jacek Faltyn who cooks up Polish favourites as well as Argentine steak,…

  • Kresowa

    Gdańsk

    Take your taste buds to Poland’s long-lost east and beyond at this two-level, 19th-century period restaurant with the mood of an Imperial-era Chekhovian…

  • Karczma Polska Pod Kogutem

    Szczecin

    A lovely spot for a lowlit dinner, this rustic barn inserted into the ground floor of a post-WWII tenement displays its yesteryear knick-knacks with style…

  • Český Film

    Sopot

    The phrase Český Film (Czech film in Czech) in Polish means something surreal and incomprehensible, but there's no confusion about the quality of this…

  • Kos

    Gdańsk

    If you're travelling with the family in tow, this internationally minded, kid-friendly place is an excellent choice. The crowd-pleasing menu is a pizza…

  • Bar Mleczny Stągiewna

    Gdańsk

    The milk-bar 'concept' raised slightly upmarket, the food and ambience here are far from the workers' canteens of yore. Have your Polish staples heaped…

  • Bar Bursztyn

    Sopot

    A millennium away from the milk bars of yesteryear, this snazzy canteen with nightclub decor, polite English-speaking staff, free magazines, pagers that…

  • Luizjana

    Toruń

    Cajun or creole food is a novel concept in these parts, but one that works exceedingly well here. Enjoy mains like spicy grilled chicken served in sweet…

  • Tawerna Portowa

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    This red-brick warehouse on the waterfront, with old railway lines running past the door and fishing boats bobbing outside, houses one of Ustka's best…

  • Bar Syrena

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    The bar mleczny (milk bar) brought almost into the 21st century, serving Polish standards in a spick-and-span tiled dining room. You’ll forgive the…

  • Oberża

    Toruń

    This self-service cafeteria stacks 'em high and sells 'em cheap for a hungry crowd of locals and tourists. Find your very own thatched minicottage or…

  • Repeta

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Opposite the tourist office in a brightly muralled strip of buildings, this clean-cut bistro serves pizzas, burgers, salads, pastas and light meat dishes,…

  • Kurna Chata

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Świnoujście's craziest place to eat is this friendly, rurally themed restaurant, its entire ceiling hung with a meadow's-worth of dried flowers, homemade…

  • Kaisers Pavillon

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Though occupying a modern building, the interior of this popular cafe serving heavy Germano-Polish meat dishes has been convincingly done out as if it…

  • Kuchnia Po Mojemu

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    A hike from the castle (1.4km to be exact) this sprightly cafe is worth seeking out for its takes on the humble Polish pancake and pierogi. Sweet, savoury…

  • Studnia Smaków

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Specialising in meat dishes such as local goose, pork knuckle and duck, this open-all-hours feeding spot tries to cater for everyone with a couple of…

  • Domek Kata

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Skip the downstairs over-the-top belle-époque dining space and head upstairs for a more medieval-banquet-hall feel centred around a huge fireplace and…

  • Gvara

    Gdańsk

    Take a retro-style seat under bare lightbulbs to enjoy some scrumptious Polish fare at this new bistro-restaurant. Your finger could do worse than land on…

  • Paprykarz Fish Market

    Szczecin

    If fish is your dish, then head for this seafood place on the Jana Pawła II strip which has been done out to look like a traditional fish market. The…

  • Bar Mleczny Trendy

    Sopot

    Forget the awful name and the outward appearance, inside you'll find Sopot's best budget fare. No old-school bar mleczny, there's coffee, big monochrome…

  • Rybna Chata

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Świnoujście's best seafood restaurant is this simple affair where the main ingredient on your plate is guaranteed to have come from the Baltic. The fisher…

  • Bar Turysticzny

    Gdańsk

    Gdańsk's most clean-cut milk bar may have 'since 1956' on the door, but inside it's received a postmillennium makeover. Though the interior may not be…