When it came to revivals, there were none bigger in 2022 than the resuscitation of the Blue Cactus… When the Blue Cactus closed in 2017 after twenty-years of service, was that really the end? No, it was just the end of the first chapter. Revived in two parts over... Read more
Finessing the countryside tastes we all know and love, a crop of new restaurants are successfully reexamining Poland’s culinary traditions… For our Best of Warsaw, we bring you four that have knocked us sideways! Anons do Dzielni Madalińskiego 7 This charming brick-lined recess has a magical intimacy and a... Read more
When it came to deciding Warsaw’s Best New Restaurant, the voting was straight forward – Tuna… Head chef and co-owner Martin Gimenez Castro requires no introduction; first bursting onto the public radar in 2013 when he stormed to victory in the inaugural season of Top Chef Polska in 2013,... Read more
For fans of ethnic cuisine, the last couple of years have spawned numerous hits – but none, in our mind, have done as much as this fab four… Delhi 6 Jana Pawła II 41A Small and narrow, Delhi 6 is sparingly decorated with wipe-clean tables, exposed pipes and white... Read more
Continuing our Best of Warsaw rundown, it’s time to turn our minds to our favorite category of all! Whilst Warsaw is now spoiled for ice cream choices, it’s Dal Dalla Gelato that wins our race… It’s always heartwarming to hear of someone chucking in the rat race to pursue... Read more
Warsaw has no shortage of local legends that make their districts come alive, but charming us the most over the course of the year was none other than Cafe Bar Havana… History has a funny habit of repeating itself. Opened in the 1960s in what was then the Merkury... Read more
Popular as it was before, the lockdown era reaffirmed the city’s love of pizza – and in particular, the Neapolitan style… With that in mind, we bring you four of our faves… Pollypizza NEOpolitan ul. Puławska 24 With more and more Neapolitan pizzerias opening around town, pizzaiolos are having... Read more
Celebrating their tenth years of operations, our choice for ‘outstanding achievement’ was never more than a one-horse race… Jacek Grochowina of Nolita Ten years is a long time whichever way you wish to look at it – but in gastronomy, it’s even longer. That Nolita has outlasted other premium... Read more
Casual Runners-up The Cool Cat Proving something other than just a faddish flash in the fire, The Cool Cat has caught the zeitgeist by the horns and come to represent the hip Powiśle style; casual and convivial and absent of aloofness, it’s a place in which all life seems... Read more
Few streets encapsulate the changing face of Warsaw better than Oleandrów – once seen as a grey road to nowhere, a fizz of action has seen this skinny side street transformed by a growing collection of offbeat stores and unorthodox hangouts… Nowhere, however, does a better job of capturing... Read more
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