We at Warsaw In Your Pocket are old enough to remember dear old Gordon Gekko in the classic, epoch-defining film Wall Street, declaring that “lunch is for wimps.” Well, not anymore it isn’t, at least not in Warsaw. Lunch here is king, the new dinner, as it were, and as such the city’s restaurants are fighting each other tooth and nail to grab a piece of the lunchtime pie. So much so that many are offering two or even three course lunches at quite frankly ridiculous prices, enough to make a Dutchman feel generous. Indeed, so cheap are some places that we are certain that they must be taking a loss just to get bodies through the door.

As more and more places join the battle, you can expect these prices to get even lower, which is all good news for the penniless gourmet. For the lunch menu – look out for them everywhere – is often a good way to try out some very good and otherwise expensive restaurants. The whole row of places on Zurawia are a good bet for a cheap, but good quality lunch with prices as low as 19zł for three courses. We should of course point out that with all of these drinks are not included…

Our advice if you want to save some money is to eat earlier in the day and to shop around. The market really is extremely competitive at the moment.