The Insider gets the VIP treatment at Legia, and finds a world removed from the football match stereotype… BY ALEX WEBBER The air is cool, crisp and heavily scented. Collecting an analytical sample would, at a guess, reveal over a hundred different colognes. The clink of wine glasses is... Read more
In an industry still largely defined by its perils, pitfalls and general complexities, negotiating the real estate minefield has just become a whole lot easier: step forward Hamilton May. Established ten years ago in Kraków, Hamilton May have forged a reputation built on solid values of service. Aimed at... Read more
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Restaurants 9 September 2014 0
***CLOSED*** “It needs a barbed wire fence,” spits my friend. We’re sat on Pl. Zbawiciela, though my colleague isn’t talking about the rainbow installation that has just about survived its umpteenth drunken torching, but the area itself. “We need to keep these bloody hipsters in one place,” he says... Read more
It’s not just princesses who live in towers – now you can as well. The Insider peers behind the door of one of Warsaw’s most unusual properties… From the outside, Marszałkowska 28 is so typical of the area: an oppressive statement of socialist aesthetics. Built in the 1950s as... Read more
You know when Warsaw is in the middle of a craft beer revolution when even Muranów gets its own multi-tap bar – commonly seen as something of a black hole for nightlife (I should know, I’ve lived there for years), the opening of Hopsters is seismic indeed. True,... Read more
Polish cuisine has undergone a revamp; a stylish update to bring it into the 21st century. Out is the mountain cabin look, and out too are the piles of stodge and goo you once saw all too often. Take Słoik. It’s defiantly Polish, but not in the traditional sense.... Read more
Looking to squeeze out some more outdoor grilling before it gets too cold? Check out these great sources for the best meat in town. Befsztyk (Puławska 176/178) The Prokopowicz family has been running this business since 1994 and many will argue this butchery is ‘top of the chops’, and... Read more