With the onset of summer comes the annual shootout over Warsaw’s best ice cream – add Sweet Moments to the list of credible contenders. Although choice isn’t too comprehensive, the quality is first rate: made using exclusively natural ingredients, everything they offers seems to hit the spot. Find also... Read more
Warszawski Lukier
Restaurants 2 February 2017 0
Upmarket, boutique patisseries have swept into Warsaw, though all thus far have a style that’s so serious it borders severe. Then, on the other hand, you have Warszawski Lukier. Looking pretty in pink, there’s a fun and feminine vibe that goes beyond just a quirky design that features rose... Read more
Cukiernia Miodowa
Restaurants 9 April 2016 0
Gone were the days when Warsaw’s dessert / pastry shops were communist relics overseen by half-mad old bats. The rise of upscale dessert stores continues unchecked with the latest, Cukiernia Miodowa, possibly the most exciting launch thus far. Offering five-course ‘dessert tasting menus’, truffles, tarts, pralines and Warsaw’s first... Read more
Stół
Restaurants 19 January 2016 0
Poor Muranów – while the rest of Warsaw joined the foodie revolution, Muranów was left looking at everyone else having fun. There is hope, and much of it is based around Nowolipki. Opening just days after Falafel Bejrut, Stół have created a buzz of their own thanks to a... Read more
Deseo
Restaurants 12 December 2015 0
Deseo is not an easy place to visit. Greeted by the sight of Piotr Chylarecki’s gleaming confections, guests first marvel and then agonize over the choice spread out in front. Twinkling like forbidden fruit, these sweets are a work of absolute alchemy, precisely crafted and constructed in the laboratory... Read more
A Nouche
Restaurants 5 December 2015 0
A fruit and nut based Armenian confectionary that satisfies hankerings for the sweeter side of life. Contents include a personalized selection of Armenian goods to fill the winter pantry, as well as Java Coffee bean coffee and fine Asian teas. You’ll also find owner Irina Urumova setting up shop... Read more
Deseo is not an easy place to visit. Greeted by the sight of Piotr Chylarecki’s gleaming confections, guests first marvel and then agonize over the choice spread out in front. Twinkling like forbidden fruit, these sweets are a work of absolute alchemy, precisely crafted and constructed in the laboratory... Read more
First launched in Lublin in 2011, expanding to the capital was always on the cards. Set in a modern, glass-fronted unit, Czekoladowy has won blanket praise for its stunning cakes, pralines, truffles and chocolate. Demonstrating a fine eye for detail, the creations of Jakub Przysucha are pure luxury and... Read more
Odette Tearoom
Restaurants 19 October 2015 0
If you thought those living in Warsaw’s swankiest residential tower – the Cosmopolitan – had it tough, then you’ve got one more reason to envy them: the ground floor Odette Tearoom. Taking its lead from their original dessert stop on ul. Górskiego, the sister venue peddles glorious cakes and... Read more
Legal Cakes
Restaurants 25 September 2015 0
‘No need to cheat’ chirps their motto. Proclaiming to be the first of its kind in Poland, Legal Cakes specialize in gorgeous cakes and assorted desserts – the difference being these are all made from completely natural and healthy ingredients. Occupying a pinkish, feminine space just off Chłodna street,... Read more
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