Across Warsaw, everyone is eating together! Join the revolution at the following game changing venues… Hala Gwardii – Food Hall Set within a charmingly distressed piece of Tsarist-era brickwork, it’s not just the depth of the offer that has kept crowd figures high, but the quality as well. Standouts... Read more
It’s the size you first notice – tiny is Kawałek. More like entering a friend’s living room, think of it as living proof that it’s not just the big things in life that get noticed in Wola. In a district that’s in the process of supersizing itself as Warsaw’s... 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
Having ditched their old, pokey address off Pl. Zbawiciela for (slightly) larger surrounds on Elektoralna, the curious location of the new operation has done little to dent their popularity: at all hours, find tables inside this fashionably sparse / frayed set of rooms occupied by cool-looking designer types gabbling... Read more
Ukim
Restaurants 20 July 2018 0
Though not as high profile as Warsaw’s other gastro streets, Chłodna’s gradual resurgence has been no less spectacular. But fine dining and fancy wine bars aside, it’s actually the more standard venues that make the area feel so complete. Take Ukim, a cheerful joint decorated with steel Tolix chairs... Read more
Home to the Polish AeroPress and Polish Brewers Cup champions, few cafes in the country nail the quality of their coffee in quite the same way as Forum. Having ditched their old pokey address off Pl. Zbawiciela for (slightly) larger surrounds on Elektoralna, the curiously detached nature of their... Read more
Chop Chop Thai Lody
Restaurants 27 June 2018 0
Blindingly brilliant Thai-style ice cream: pick up to three flavors, then watch them mashed and chopped together before being sprinkled with the toppings of your choice: Gummi Bears included! The production process does take time which can lead to queues – most agree that the wait times are worth... Read more
Despite its small footprint, Piwna Gwardia packs a big punch in its tiny, box-like layout. Presenting a comprehensive range of beers from Poland’s maverick craft breweries (and a few beyond the borders), the prodigious choice is complimented by five or so taps serving beer to go in growlers. Open... Read more
Daft Cafe
Restaurants 23 April 2018 0
With a location inside the Warsaw Spire, you’re dead right to expect the place to be all slim fit shirts and shiny shoes. Plus points are many and include a futuristic style, well-spaced tables, humongous windows and sockets for every table. To prove they’re really serious, there are even... Read more
Survivor Saved!
Insider News 16 April 2018 0
One of Warsaw’s great surviving war ruins has been saved after being entered into the so-called ‘register of monuments’. Substantially damaged towards the end of WWII, the building at Waliców 14 had come to be viewed as one of the city’s quirkier landmarks on account of its crowning feature:... Read more
Interview: Mural Artist Kamila Lipka
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