Milk Bar Pod Barbakanem (Mostowa, Warsaw) – despite its name, a “milk bar” in Warsaw serves traditional Polish meals at budget prices. In such restaurants, you can feel the atmosphere of communist Warsaw. Milk bars were originally created in the sixties to serve cheap meals for the working class. They attract mostly students and senior […]
Latawiec (Armii Ludowej 12, Warsaw) – this restaurant serves mainly breakfast and lunch food – ranging from an English breakfast, to traditional Polish meals (hams, cheese, marmalade and bread), and scrambled egg dishes. A local crowd often comes here, including hipsters from nearby Zbawiciela Square.
Kawiarnia Kafka (Oboźna 3, Warsaw) – located between Warsaw University and its library, this restaurant is great for breakfast and lunch — serving sandwiches, soups, pastas, salads, and breakfast foods like pancakes, French toast, and yogurt with muesli & fruits. The presence of books throughout the restaurant’s shelves gives diners the impression this is an […]
Enoteka Polska (ul. Dluga 23/25, Warsaw) – this wine bar gets high marks from international visitors because of its reasonable prices for the fine wines served here (many of which are French, Italian, German and Spanish). Along with the wines (which can be bought by the bottle and taken home), the food served here includes […]
Charlotte / Chleb I Wino (Aleja Wyzwolenia 18, Warsaw) — this has already become very popular. Enjoy the smell of fresh-baked bread and taste of Parisian bakery in the center of Warsaw. They have a great choice of delicious sandwiches. You can sit outside, at the tine sip a glass of wine (including those from […]
Butchery & Wine (Zurawia 22, Warsaw) – reviewed by Michelin, this trendy restaurant, which draws in a business crowd, uses locally-sourced ingredients to prepare a variety of meat dishes – from chateaubriand, to rib eye steak, rack of lamb, and bavette steak. Diners can also opt for USA, Spanish, German, and Irish beef. Patrons who […]
Burger Kitchen (Widok 8, Warsaw) – this is an upscale American burger restaurant with industrial-like décor reminiscent of the “Shake Shack” eateries in America. The burgers are top-notch, if a bit small, which leaves room for sides like its crunchy skin-on French fries, and dessert items like cheesecake.o.
Warsaw Rising Museum (Street Grzybowska 79, Warsaw) — this Museum is a tribute to Warsaw’s residents who fought and died for independent Poland and its free capital. The exhibition depicts fighting and everyday life during the Rising, keeping occupation terror in the background. Complexity of the international situation at the time of the Rising is […]
Warsaw Railway Museum (Street Towarowa 1, Warsaw) – located at the one-time Warsaw Main Station, this museum is a paradise for lovers of locomotive trains. Here, one can find both standard and narrow-gauge railways, documents, railway carriages, machines and equipment, uniforms, models of rolling-stock, railway banners and paintings. Admission: 12 ZŁ (regular), 6 ZŁ (reduced) […]
State Archaeological Museum (Street Długa 52, Warsaw) – housed within the Warsaw Arsenal is this museum, which has a variety of exhibitions. One of them is “Prehistory of Polish Lands” – highlighting the people who lived in Poland from the Stone Age until the medieval period. Another, “the History of Biskupin” – covers that fortified […]