Bieszczady
This repurposed peasant's hut from 1905 is the setting for possibly the best restaurant in this part of Poland. The attention to detail speaks volumes,…
Must-see restaurants in Poland
Mazovia & Podlasie
Restaurant, bar, social centre, music venue, art gallery, this lively joint is the best thing going in the heart of Suwałki. Enjoy good pizza under the…
Mazovia & Podlasie
In the basement of the Talmudic House (enter from the back), this basic eatery serves excellent and inexpensive home-cooked kosher meals, including some…
Kraków
This appealing and popular self-service cafeteria has a great view on to Plac Matejki, just north of the Barbican. The diverse menu has a variety of…
Mazovia & Podlasie
The most creative restaurant in town has a fine waterfront location next to a park. Tables and wicker seats sprawl all over outside in summer and there's…
Poznań
This hip restaurant serves pasta, steaks and seafood at communal wooden tables in a stylish atmosphere. Its seafood dishes are popular, as are its wines…
Silesia
Part deli, part quick-and-satisfying fish bar, Rybex sells all sorts of smoked, preserved and fresh fish to take away, or they can fry you up a fillet or…
Kraków
Tiny bar-and-table joint serving some of Kazimerz's best sushi in a casual, hipster-friendly setting. Lots of vegan items on the menu, and on Sundays it's…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Malbork's blockbuster castle also contains one of the area's best restaurants, where the medieval theme continues in commendable authenticity. Taking…
Warmia & Masuria
Gathered around a green ceramic stove (the zielony piec in question), this is one of Warmia's best restaurants and worth making a detour for in itself…
Poznań
This sleek eatery with exposed girders above concrete floors is a top spot for breakfast (served to noon weekdays, 1pm weekends). Choices include a full…
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…
Lower Silesia
Definitely something fresh for Zielona Góra, this chatty, informal eatery has proved a massive hit, offering wood-fired pizzas, burgers, pastas and a few…
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…
Carpathian Mountains
Attached to Szczawnica's reconstructed Victorian pump room, Café Helenka is a handsome, light-filled establishment with a broad terrace for warm-weather…
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…
The Great Masurian Lakes
Books and blackboards, herbata (tea) and herbs gardens, this seasonal bistro (The Dream Storage Room!) provides a wonderful hideaway from the yachties…
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…
Bieszczady
Sanok's best restaurant, the 'Old Sideboard' has high culinary ambitions, and it delivers. Imaginative starters such as turkey liver with caramelized…
Silesia
This elegant, well-regarded restaurant on the main square offers classic Polish cooking, finessed to a higher standard than most. Their gołąbki (cabbage…
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…
Warmia & Masuria
House Cafe has quickly made a name for itself as the place in Olsztyn to meet up and take cake. Stacks of books (in Polish) litter the place, there's a…
Silesia
Celebrity chef Magda Gessler is the drawcard behind this upscale restaurant on the Rynek. The interior is a bit to swallow – tricked out in plum, custard…
Warsaw
As the name suggests, there's a focus on wine at this restaurant aimed squarely at business-account holders. In an industrial-styled space with exposed…
The Great Masurian Lakes
Urban, chic and hip, this large restaurant-bar hang-out with its exposed lightbulbs and air ducts and bare-brick walls is one of the best places in the…
Warmia & Masuria
Lake fish, venison pierogi and a kind of Warmian pizza are the signature dishes at this top restaurant near the cathedral. The eclectic dining room is…
Wielkopolska
This renovated bar mleczny sweeps aside the communist-era reputation of milk bars as drab and functional. Sit within its fresh, bright interior decked out…
Wielkopolska
This cafe and restaurant directly across the road from the church serves a small but delicious range of soups, salads, pasta, poultry and red-meat dishes…
Warsaw
The 'chicken and wine' restaurant is a contemporary rotisserie serving succulent free-range, corn-fed chooks and barbecue-sauce-basted guinea fowl…
Kraków
As the name suggests, the decor emphasises the horticultural. Breakfasts here are a popular choice. You can opt for a classic English breakfast, European…
Kraków
This historic place, dating back to 1792, is perched above the Main Market Square, with timbered ceilings, oriental carpets and fine oil paintings all…
Kraków
The Szpitalna branch of arguably Kraków's most famous milk bar, at Granny Raspberry's is a godsend for travellers on a budget. Hearty Polish staples like…
Kraków
This upmarket grill serves a dizzying array of steaks to suit both appetite and budget, and offers some reasonable vegetarian alternatives for the meat…
Kraków
One of Kraków’s top spots for fine dining, this restaurant serves authentic French cuisine in one of the most beautiful cellars in the city. Artwork and…
Eastern Kraków
Arguably the best pizza in Kraków: the chef learned his pizza-making skills in New York. As you enter you'll see the large brick oven where the magic…
Carpathian Mountains
The Nosh is the first kosher cafe to open in Tarnów for 70 years, since the murder of the town's 25,000 Jewish citizens. Increasing interest in the…
Warsaw
If you can't decide what you'd like to eat, or you're part of a group with diverse tastes, this artfully converted early-20th-century market hall is the…
Warsaw
A temple of creative vegan food, third-wave coffee, organic wine and super-cool design. Sample its delicious take on laksa noodles made with sea buckthorn…
Warsaw
In a huge industrial building, and taking its name from the neon sign salvaged from the nearby train station of the same name, this visually impressive…
Oświęcim
The 'Cottage on Zaborska' is an unlikely discovery on this busy stretch of road, albeit one set back from the traffic at the end of a long drive. Woodsy,…
