Review: Gourmet by Café de la Poste
FeaturesRestaurants 14 July 2021 0
The French Connection Inspired by the French concept of “pour vivre heureux, vivons caches” (“if you want to live happily, live hidden), Café de la Poste first opened in 2013 in the quaint back corner of Stary Bielany. Launched by Tatiana Fremond and her late husband, it stripped away... Read more
Monsieur Leon
Restaurants 22 May 2019 0
Found resting on the corner of a quiet residential street, Monsieur Leon is surely one of Mokotów’s best kept secrets. Here, simplicity is the name of the game, with a brief blackboard menu that involves cheese boards, salads and a hefty croque monsieur. With wine tipping down and conversation... Read more
“I want people to learn,” says Arkadiusz Wilamowski, “what authentic French cuisine is all about.” As the only Pole to have ever worked under Alain Ducasse, he’s better placed than most to act as the guide. Though only opened last summer, his restaurant has sent an electric current through... Read more
Smak Brasserie
Restaurants 10 April 2018 0
A moody, open-plan space overlooking the busy market action of Hala Gwardii, Brasserie is place in which to soak in the atmosphere of this echoey hall. It’s given added impetus by artfully arranged seafood platters, meaty snails and stews that are heavy, robust and thick with goodness. Smak Brasserie... Read more
Melt
Restaurants 15 November 2017 0
Better than anyone could have imagined, one key to Hala Gwardii’s success has been the diversity of their tenant mix: find everything from Thai ice cream and Brazilian grilled meat to bio wines and oysters. But that list is nothing without a mention of raclette – for that Swiss... Read more