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12 Stolików

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If the idea of a restaurant not having a menu sounds pretentious, well, we thought the same thing. Fortunately the concept turns out to be charming at 12 Stolików, a small restaurant that writes the ever-changing offerings on a chalkboard facing diners. Read_on (No Comments)

Absurd228

Absurd228
We know the 228 represents the number of the building found a 10 minute walk south of Wilanowska metro station (stay right not left as googlemaps suggests) but we have no idea about the Absurd bit. Read_on (No Comments)

Akademia Smaku

Akademia Smaku
There’s no shortage of sex appeal in the Taste Academy, a swish spot with mirrors fastened to the ceilings and neat rows of wine bottles standing by the walls. Read_on (No Comments)

Alternatywa Cafe

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Cluttered with sofas and hanging lampshades this Złota newbie has gone for a hip young look and a floor plan that features an industrial looking ‘art bar. Read_on (No Comments)

Bierhalle

Bierhalle
Bierhalle have 2 locations in the city of which this is the more central. Located on the equivalent of Warsaw’s main street, you’ll find bench seating, generous portions of good food and a tasty range of in-house brewed beers. Read_on (No Comments)

Bierhalle

Bierhalle
With a name like Bierhalle you’d be right to think the beer comes first here. Brewed in huge glass vats the in-house beer is the best for miles, but don’t let drunkenness get in the way of eating. Read_on (1 Comment)

Bordo

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Neatly tucked off Nowy Świat, this highly likeable, popular pre-party gem just wants to make you happy, and satisfaction Read_on (No Comments)

Brasserie

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Situated in the Courtyard Hotel opposite the airport this place makes its way into our listings on account of being your best Read_on (No Comments)

Brasserie Warszawska

Brasserie Warszawska
From the fine folks behind the peerless Butchery & Wine comes Brasserie Warszawska - a culinary capstone that will surely court the attention of the folks at Michelin. Read_on (No Comments)

BrowArmia

BrowArmia
Warsaw’s other microbrewery tends to mysteriously live in the shadow of the more famous Bierhalle, and though it fails to share the lively atmosphere of its rival, BrowArmia is by no means second best. Read_on (No Comments)

Christian's Baker House

Christian's Baker House
Stop thinking religious tea and book shops frequented by little old ladies in the UK, or why it’s not Christian’s Bakery or Bake House? That aside, this is a rather nice little mix of bakery, café and restaurant. Read_on (No Comments)

Concept

Concept
It’s hard to do justice to Concept restaurant, one of the most impressive dining experiences to be found in Warsaw. Found Read_on (No Comments)

Czaji & Beluga

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See The Incomes House. Read_on (No Comments)

DeCoteria

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A small restaurant with a pleasant orange interior, DeCoteria is one of the few clutter-free locations in Praga for a meal. Read_on (No Comments)

Delikatesy Esencja

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A simple, short menu comprised of seasonal ingredients is the hallmark of Delikatesy Esencja, where lunch will barely break 19zł and the service is impeccable (a compliment we rarely give out). Read_on (No Comments)

Endorfina Foksal

Endorfina Foksal
Located in a giant mansion at the end of Foksal Street, Endorfina Foksal is what we imagine dining in a museum is like. The high ceilings and long hallways make for an impressive space, but in summer the seating is mainly in the expansive backyard. Read_on (No Comments)

Five

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Guaranteed a steady flow of customers by its designer looks and top location amongst Warsaw’s biggest and best hotels, this place doesn’t have to be all that good, but is. Read_on (4 Comments)

Flaming & Co Restaurant

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Located in the heart of Embassyland, the people over at Flamingo (pronounce it the Polish way Fla-ming-co) have their crossbows aimed at the embassy and lady lunching crowd. Read_on (No Comments)

Flow

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A light, bright cafe bar on the corner of Chmielna and Nowy Świat, day time sees coffee and a decent choice of lunch options served in a modern setting with large windows offering plenty of people watching opportunities. Read_on (No Comments)

Galeria Freta

Galeria Freta
Bar? Restaurant? Café? A mix of all to be honest, and a highly impressive addition to an area more known for its tourist traps. Read_on (No Comments)

Grand Kredens

Grand Kredens
Few places in Warsaw match this for a fine, dare we say splendid dining experience. The decor is tremendously, enjoyably eclectic, and the menu - with a terrific variety of fish (amongst much else) to savour - well up to the challenge of its rivals. Read_on (5 Comments)

GR Bistro & Restaurant

GR Bistro & Restaurant
A two-level bistro set on a quiet street just away from the hustle and bustle in the centre of the city. A small downstairs Read_on (No Comments)

Hotel Rialto's Restaurant

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The kitchen here is run by a chap called Paweł Suchenek, a man whose sharpened his talents in some of Europe’s most prestigious hotels. Read_on (2 Comments)

Joseph's Wine & Food

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Celebrated television chef Joseph Seeletso sets the bar high with his new combination winebar/wine shop that is a little further afield for visitors but worth the haul. Read_on (No Comments)

Kosmos Kosmos

Kosmos Kosmos
Do tots and tipples mix? They do at Kosmos Kosmos, and surprisingly well. This new bar/restaurant has an entire separate play Read_on (No Comments)

Krokiecik

Krokiecik
A basic café that hums with custom thanks to its position in the heart of the city. Polish café standards served in a room decorated with tiles and wood, while coffee machines hiss and splutter in the background. Read_on (No Comments)

Loft

Loft
Mixed in amongst fast food choices like KFC and Sphinx comes Loft, a welcome respite for those who don’t necessarily want a meal in the city centre that requires eating with your fingers. Read_on (No Comments)

Marconi

Marconi
Marconi is the kind of restaurant that is so upper-crust, you say its name in a whisper. Seeing as it is situated inside Bristol Warsaw hotel, that makes sense. Read_on (No Comments)

Meat Love

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The audacious name would suggest a barbarian bone-sucking, finger-licking orgy of dripping meat juice (to us, anyway), Read_on (No Comments)

Meza

Meza
If you’re staying in the Hilton there really isn’t much reason to go beyond the foyer. This place has it all, and that includes a superb restaurant decorated with what can only be described as a psychedelic magic carpet. Read_on (No Comments)

Mokotowska 22

Mokotowska 22
One of the few coffee shops that we actually believe wants visitors to sit for ages with a book sipping coffee concoctions. How Read_on (No Comments)

Nolita

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You know you’ve hit on haute cuisine when the first thing you see on the menu is ‘scallops with celeriac and squid ink. Read_on (No Comments)

The Olive

The Olive
A mix of faultless Polish and Mediterranean cuisine served in a curvy glass room attached to the Sheraton. The Sunday Brunch - featuring unlimited booze and food - is an expat highlight. Read_on (No Comments)

Papu

Papu
A genteel looking restaurant with parlour palms and sconces, as well as well positioned mirrors that add an extra sense of size. Read_on (2 Comments)

PariPari

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The Parisian posters and caned chairs say “French bistro,” but the three flat screen televisions blaring music videos say “don’t eat here with mom if she’s not a fan of watching Jay-Z rap about being a pimp while she eats. Read_on (No Comments)

PariPari

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Passe Partout

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Our favourite spot on Warsaw’s left bank, and a popular haunt with the Saska Kępa rich set. Modern interiors feature deep, pale sofas though the real highlight here is the back garden: utterly unmissable. Read_on (No Comments)

Pepper Pub & Restaurant

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Last time we tried to review this place we made the mistake of thinking the not entirely dissimilar venue next door was it. Don’t Read_on (No Comments)

Piękna 56

Piękna 56
Neighbourhood restaurants don’t get more charming than Piękna 56, a sentiment you’ll agree with as soon as you spot the bricks with tiny plants growing out of them that dot each birch table. Read_on (No Comments)

Piękna Bistro

Piękna Bistro
Piękna Bistro went through a major overhaul and reopened this classier spot in the fall. The look is sleek, modern and simple Read_on (No Comments)

Podwale - Kompania Piwna

Podwale - Kompania Piwna
Enter via a mock Bavarian courtyard to discover a huge hall filled with the sound of beery antics and oompah music. The word here is size, with Warsaw’s biggest portions coming within a whisker of sending tables keeling. Read_on (1 Comment)

Przegryź

Przegryź
Dingy, laid back restaurant owned by local provocateur/journalist Piotr Najsztub. A quick gander at the rather shabby looking Read_on (No Comments)

Restauracja Concept 13

Restauracja Concept 13
Tucked inside the high-end VITKAC shopping center, Restauracja Concept 13 lives up to its luxurious location with soaring fifth floor views of the city and stylish design. Read_on (No Comments)

Restauracja Kultura

Restauracja Kultura
On the ground floor of the Kino Kultura, and therefore commanding one of the greatest locations on all Krakowskie, the Kultura makes good use of the space by serving food that lives up to its surroundings. Read_on (No Comments)

Restauracja Wilanów

Restauracja Wilanów
An extraordinary excursion back to the days of a planned Polish economy, this much talked about classy restaurant serves a range of international and Polish food in a blast to the past atmosphere. Read_on (No Comments)

Restaurant @Ferdy's

Restaurant @Ferdy's
A class act found on the ground floor of the Radisson. Veneered woods, potted plants and huge shutters lend an atmosphere not dissimilar to the first class deck of a cross Atlantic liner, while the steaks are reputed to be some of the best in the city. Read_on (1 Comment)

Restro

Restro
As you may have noticed some central Warsaw streets have a habit of ending abruptly before re-appearing again sometimes hundreds of metres away on the other side of a busy road. Read_on (No Comments)

Rewers

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A modern canteen style restaurant found in the Warsaw University Library building close to the river and Copernicus Science Centre, the opening of which made this an area of town worth discovering even more. Read_on (No Comments)

Rozbrat 20

Rozbrat 20
For all intents and purposes, faultless. A fine dining experience of the old school, though the food has a contemporary twist and packs a seriously sophisticated punch. Read_on (No Comments)

SAM Restaurant & Bakery

SAM Restaurant & Bakery
Fresh baked bread, plentiful salads, a shop with organic herbs and superfoods like acai...it’s safe to say that SAM has arrived in Warsaw with some strong credentials, and after our visit we can declare it the Charlotte of the student set. Read_on (No Comments)

Sketch

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Watch your head – Sketch’s main claim to fame are a selection of over 160 world beers. Complimenting them are a range of beer bites including Belgian frites, mussels, spuds and ciabattas, all of which are available up until midnight. Read_on (No Comments)

Skwer - filia Centrum Artystycznego Fabryka Trzciny

Skwer - filia Centrum Artystycznego Fabryka Trzciny
If location is everything then Skwer is the place to be. Commanding a prime spot on Krakowskie Przedmieście a stone’s Read_on (No Comments)

Socjal

Socjal
Socjal comes with excellent pedigree - it's the creation of the folks behind 12 Stolików, which was named one of the top 5 restaurants in the city last year. Read_on (1 Comment)

Sofa Restaurant&Bar

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Bigger than it looks, we visited on a wet Monday and were astonished how many people had also made the trip: it was rocking. Read_on (No Comments)

Solec 44

Solec 44
Solec 44 marries two of the best things around at one location: delicious food and the joy of beating the crap out of your friends at board games. Read_on (No Comments)

Soul Kitchen

Soul Kitchen
Soul Kitchen's aim is to stir emotions and touch souls with their cooking. Corny? Indeed. But tasting is believing, and this straightforward menu makes a good case for the power of simple cooking. Read_on (1 Comment)

Sowa & Przyjaciele

Sowa & Przyjaciele
The pet project of well-known Polish master chef Robert Sowa, this outstanding restaurant raises the bar not only with its extensive range of tantalising dishes that sound so good you'll want to eat the menu, but also with the level of hospitality. Read_on (No Comments)

STO900

STO900
Any time a chef will hold up what he's making - in this case wiggling a kluski kładzione, a type of doughy Polish dumpling without filling, in the air - to explain what you’re ordering then you can feel good about where you’re dining. Read_on (No Comments)

St. Traffo

St. Traffo
People watching at its best, with only hearty helpings of pasta or the goulash soup served in a loaf of bread to distract you. Read_on (1 Comment)

Tamka 43

Tamka 43
Location, location, location. You could probably open a dive serving tripe soup and nothing else and be successful here (here being opposite the Chopin Museum), but Tamka 43 would be brilliant anywhere. Read_on (No Comments)

Trylogia

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Found in the Radisson Blu Sobieski Hotel, this isn't your typical hotel dining spot. With its swirly carpets and staid Read_on (No Comments)

Upstairs Bar & Bistro

Upstairs Bar & Bistro
The flagship restaurant of the MDM hotel offers an experience that isn’t unlike eating aeroplane food. A bright design is topped off with views that go straight down Marszałkowska, while the menu takes no chances by serving global favourites. Read_on (No Comments)

Venti Tre

Venti Tre
At the risk of sounding like a broken record we’ll say once more; some of Warsaw’s finest meals are to be had in hotel restaurants, and the Hyatt’s flagship eatery proves no different. Read_on (No Comments)

Villa Foksal

Villa Foksal
Villa Foksal has long had a name for good food and is a smart, modernish eatery found on one of Warsaw’s sexiest streets. Read_on (No Comments)

Vinoteka La Bodega

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You may remember the Vinoteka crowd from their old place across the road or from one of their other premises around Poland. If you do you'll recognise this as probably the most impressive space they've yet occupied. Read_on (No Comments)

Vogue Style

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Pink and purple have never looked so good. The decor is bold enough to be ironic, and the separate dining and drinking areas work well independently: feel free to turn up here just to drink cocktails. Read_on (No Comments)

Winiarnia Restauracja Superiore

Winiarnia Restauracja Superiore
Yet another business venture which has decided to make the move from the increasingly sad looking Miasteczko Wilanów  posh estate and into the centre of the city. Read_on (No Comments)

Winosfera

Winosfera
Coming across as a shopping mall for wine lovers, even including a cinema, it’s a little difficult to pinpoint what Winosfera actually is. Read_on (No Comments)

You & Me

You & Me
The narrow as hell yet shaded and glorious terrace is the top draw here in the warmer months while they also make a half-decent stab at an English breakfast. Read_on (1 Comment)

Żurawina Rest & Wine

Żurawina Rest & Wine
Stylish and spacious, this upscale resto wine bar looks like it should be attached to a modern art museum and is about as fashionable Read_on (No Comments)

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