Krakow's best restaurants
Take a Polish tasting trip.
Polish nouvelle cuisine
Art
Top-class Polish nouvelle cuisine. Art is an innovative restaurant that serves genuine gourmet food made from the finest local ingredients under the slogan Polish cuisine reinvented. To get the most out of your experience, choose a tasting menu that’s also available at lunch-time.
Orange wine and cider
Krako slow wine
If you swear by organic and natural wines, Krako Slow Wine is the place to go. Pawel Wozniak and his staff sell and serve sensational Tokaji wine, Polish organic wine, Georgian natural wine, orange wine and cider. Their focus is on wines from eastern Europe about which Wozniak is incredibly knowledgeable. If you fancy a bite to eat, they serve home-made bar snacks and there’s a Georgian bbq outside.
Local slow food
Biala Roza
Head Chef Lukasz Cichy serves modern Polish cuisine in glamorous surroundings, without an over-the-top gourmet feel. The menu features season al local slow food, such as trout from Ojcow, wild salmon, asparagus, local cheeses from small producers and Polish wine. And for something extra special, there’s a dessert tasting menu.
Far from fast food
Andrus food truck
Slow food sandwich sensation. It may sound similar to fast food, but behind Kamil Brys’ cult maczanka po krakowsku sandwich is very slow cooked meat, a specially baked bun that can hold the juices without disintegrating – and plenty of sleepless nights trying to find the perfect recipe.
Instagram-friendly environment
Halicka eatery & bar
Halicka has created something much more than a run-of-the-mill hotel restaurant. The interior design has instant Instagram appeal that suits the casually dressed clientele and they serve high-quality Polish and international cuisine made from the finest local ingredients. Located in the four-star Puro Hotel.
Text by Lise Hannibal