logo

This field is hidden when viewing the form
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
  • BEST OF WARSAW
  • News
  • Events
  • Eat
  • Drink
  • Shop
  • Neighborhoods
  • More…
    • Features
    • Best of Summer
    • Food Halls & Hubs
    • Going Out
    • Education
    • Culture
    • Hotels
  • Magazine

09.08.2022

FeaturesGoing Out

Going Out: Rascal Bar

Having first carved a name as importers, the Rascal team have returned with what has reportedly become the biggest natural wine bar in the whole of Europe…

Who’s The Rascal?

Actually, there’s two! Created by Dominika Buck and Radek Drabik, this duo carry considerable weight in Poland’s creative circles – her, as a designer and architect, and him as a film producer. Sharing a love for natural wine, together they created Natural Rascal – beginning as an importer, last year saw another step taken with the opening of a teeny, tiny bottle shop on Emili Plater. Now though, their success has led them to take the biggest leap of all: a flagship bar on prestigious Moliera.

The Place

Set in the heart of Warsaw’s theater quarter (though ‘quarter’ might be an ambitious term), this striking two-tone piece of modernist architecture unfolds to reveal a gorgeously appointed space that is a tribute to Buck’s design ethos. Looking stripped down to maximize the original accents, what was once reputedly a canteen for ballet dancers today features a mix and match of tables, plenty of exposed concrete and a tall entrance curtain through which to swish.

Sprinkled with small, custom-made trinkets, there’s enough going on to ensure that the sparsity is never too heavy. Crowned with a veneered, marble-topped bar, it’s a beauty to behold – a point not lost on the Vogue staffers and fashionista that have made this their domain.

In Summer…

The interior is pleasingly cool and works especially well at the height of Warsaw’s steamy summers – but to enjoy the Rascal to the max, head to the backyard. A collection of potted shrubs lend this gravelly space plenty of color, and these are juxtaposed against the spectacular concrete form of the apartment block it faces – it feels like you’re looking at a game of Tetris.

The Wines

No-one has done more in Poland to popularize natural wines than the co-owners of Rascal. With a motherlode of bottles in their collection, these have been picked out with something of an obsessive passion. Bringing niche and alternative producers to the fore, the choice is a celebration of the alternative with Buck and Drabek only working with wineries that follow ‘dry-farming’ methods.

Lacking in enhancers, artificial nasties and synthetic additives, these unconventional wines are as natural as is possible – which means not only do they taste intriguing, but they’re also hangover free! Often adorned with highly graphic and unusual labels, these pair well against a team of staff not short on captivating tattoos.

The Food

Not only do they do food, they do it very well. Kept to little plates of this and that, this includes boczniak with parmesan on toast as well as a to-die-for rhubarb dessert with whipped cream and strawberry dust.

Rascal Bar

ul. Moliera 6

STAY IN THE LOOP!
For more Warsaw news, reviews, and tips, sign up for our weekly newsletter

This field is hidden when viewing the form
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Read more

15.07.2025

Summer in the city

27.06.2025

Warsaw’s Forest Green Terrace is your new favorite hangout

10.06.2025

Vote for Warsaw’s Tree in the Polish Tree of the Year 2025 Competition!

Read more

15.07.2025

  • Features

Summer in the city

27.06.2025

  • Features

Warsaw’s Forest Green Terrace is your new favorite hangout

10.06.2025

  • Features

Vote for Warsaw’s Tree in the Polish Tree of the Year 2025 Competition!

logo

Guide to good living
and fast times in Poland’s
capital

  • News
  • Insights
  • Events
  • Eat
  • Drink
  • Neighborhoods
  • Features
  • Culture
  • Best of Warsaw
  • Magazine

Magazine

  • Editorial Team
  • Newsletter Signup
  • Policy

Advertise With Us

  • Insider Media Kit
  • Guidelines
  • Distribution

Contact

  • Subscriptions
  • Career

VALKEA MEDIA S.A., www.valkea.com ul. Ficowskiego 15, Warszawa, Poland; tel. 22 257 75 00; e-mail: insider@warsawinsider.pl
All information ©2022 Warsaw Insider.