Looking sparse and fashionable one expects Eight and a Half to be on-trend food-wise. No such luck. Fundamentally the food is fine, with quality ingredients cooked with technical competence. Yet while there are hints of skill in the kitchen, there’s little evidence of creativity, passion or invention: imagine the sort of modern European food you’d find in a generic five star hotel.

Krucza 8 i Pól 

ul. Nowogrodzka 10 (enter from Krucza), tel. 784 461 397, open 11:00-23:00