Guide to Warsaw
A little foodie-guide to Warsaw with my favourite spots to have coffee, small lunch or nice dinner. Listed by area. You can view and download a PDF version of this list HERE.
Żoliborz:
Fawory: Breakfast/Snack cafe and evening-chill out place for young people; serving a variety
of fried eggs with e.g. spinach, jalapenos or other fresh ingredients; 10-20PLN
(2,5-5€); easy-going, friendly atmosphere & offer all kinds of brewing techniques
Location: Mickiewicza 21, Warszawa
Winny Przystanek: Wine bar; serving all kinds of wines per glass or bottle and small
appetizers like olives or cheese; 15-70PLN (or more, depending on wine)
(3,5-18€)
Location: Adama Mickiewicza 20, Warszawa
Website: http://winnyprzystanek.pl
DOM: Modern Polish restaurant serving Polish dishes with a little twist; good lunch menus;
20-80PLN (5-20€); they have seating outside in a lovely garden
Location: Mierosławskiego 12, Warszawa
Centrum/ Śródmieście:
Mandala: Indian/Thai restaurant with a plain but cozy interior serving the best
Indian food in town; 25-40PLN (6-10€); great mango lassi, go for the lamb
vindaloo or the green chicken curry
Location: Emilii Plater 9/11, Warszawa
Website: http://mandalaklub.com/Menu.aspx
Bibenda: Modern Central European cuisine with Middle Eastern influences; stylish, simple
interior, dimmed light, New York style; very friendly waiters; 30-60PLN
(7-15€); menu changes frequently, if you have the chance, try the
sage-pine-nuts koftas in cherry sauce
Location: Nowogrodzka 10, Warszawa
SAM: breakfast and lunch place serving all kinds of sandwiches, salads and breakfast combos; 25-50PLN
(6-12€); try their homemade bagels with cream cheese and salmon;
co-working-place atmosphere, very relaxed
Location: Lipowa 7a, 00-313 Warszawa
BuÅ‚kÄ™ przez BibuÅ‚kÄ™: breakfast and lunch place; 20-40PLN (5-10€); great coffee, several locations
Location: Puławska
24, 02-512 Warszawa
NiezÅ‚e Ziółko: breakfast and lunch place; 15-30PLN (4-8€); great coffee, smothies and
sandwiches; relaxed atmosphere, nice waiters
Location: Krucza 17, 00-525
Warszawa
Słodki Słony: café
serving traditional, but also not so traditional polish cakes and pastries and
also small lunch dishes; 15-60PLN (4-15€); cakes are rather expensive, but
extraordinary; try the “Malinianka”, a yeast pastry with raspberries; kitschy,
cozy atmosphere
Location: Mokotowska
45, Warszawa
Website: http://www.slodkislony.pl
Smaki Warszawy: café with cakes and small dishes; 15-50PLN (4-12€); try one of their
pavlovas (“biala dama”)
Location: Żurawia
47/49, Warszawa
Website: http://www.smakiwarszawy.pl
Ministerstwo Kawy: coffee place; 8-25PLN (2-6€); delicious ice-tea, mocca and coffee;
wood-dominated interior & offer all kinds of brewing techniques
Location: Marszałkowska
27/35, 00-639 Warszawa
Coffee Karma: coffee place with own roaster also serving small dishes; very relaxed place to hang
out for a while; 10-30PLN (3-8€); buy some of their coffee beans or ground
coffee for around 3€ per 100g
Location: Mokotowska
17, 06-640 Warszawa
Charlotte: French-inspired breakfast place; 8-30PLN (2-8€); very hectic, waiters quite unorganized
and confused but friendly; non-pretentious, simple interior; try their
croissants and the charcuterie
Location: aleja
Wyzwolenia 18, 00-001 Warszawa
Prasowy: Traditional Polish “Milk Bar”; serving all kinds of polish food; 5-25PLN (2-6€);
canteen-like, but modern interior; you get your receipt and have to wait until
the number of your order is called; try leniwe pierogi, pierogi ruskie and
their pancakes
Location: Marszałkowska
10/16, 00-590 Warszawa
Tuk Tuk: Thai restaurant; Thai curries and dishes; 25-40PLN (6-10€); take-away/bistro
atmosphere staff quite hectic; try the Phad Thai
Location: Mokotowska
17, 00-640 Warszawa
Saska Kępa:
Kuchnia Funkcjonalna: Modern Polish cuisine; regional dishes with a special twist; 20-60PLN
(5-15€); modern interior with dimmed light and dark colours; attentive and
friendly waiters
Location: Jakubowska
16, Warszawa
Wilanów:
Złoty Król: Traditional Polish pub; Polish dishes in an old self-service restaurant; 5-20PLN
(2-5€); good, traditional food, but don’t expect the older lady to be friendly
Location: Stanisława
Kostki Potockiego 27, 02-952 Warszawa
Website: -
Mokotów:
Przystanek Piekarnia: Bakery; fresh and tasty bread and pastries; 4-10PLN (1-2,5€); try the
cranberry-rye bread
Location: Koszykowa 58, Warszawa