A modernisation of the classic Polish cafeteria, the mantra of Polish/Irish-owned Milk Bar might be that cheap, slow-cooked Polish food need not be unappealing, lack flavour, or served in cramped, unclean surroundings. Hardly a reinvention of local cuisine, Milk Bar pays proper respect to its culinary roots (take our milky pickle soup with rice for example - - only a Polish mind could conceive such a thing), swapping slippered grannies for a staff of cute students and institutional interiors for a bit of colour and wall-length windows. The daily special (18zł) includes soup and entree and gives you two options of each to choose from, or select from the set chalkboard menu of pierogi, potato pancakes, crepes, bagels and breakfast options. Comfort, cleanliness and taste are worth the extra 5zł in our opinion.

(10-18zł)