Having recently bought the Francuski Hotel, Polish star restaurateur Adam Gessler has made his arrival in Kraków felt by not only naming its new restaurant after himself, but also making it one of the most impressive and popular places in town. Dingy, unfinished walls contrast with the olde-world over-the-top service of white suit-jacketed gentlemen who serve everything at your table, even preparing some of it in front of you from the labourious mincing of the steak tartare to the firing of the sugar glaze on the creme brulee, all while a pianist tickles ivories in the corner. The set three-course 'Espresso Lunch' (served Mon-Sat 12:00-16:00) is a fantastic opportunity to experience high society inter-war elegance for a shocking 20zł. As such, this place is packed and we are totally on board.

(28-47zł)