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Le Scandale
This plush restaurant and cocktail bar covers many bases from breakfast to way past bedtime. A late-night tapas menu includes filet of cod in a chorizo crust and shrimps with garlic,…
Sąsiedzi
”Neighbors” is a homely, rustic eatery serving Polish classics on three levels. The most atmospheric is the bare-brick and candlelit cellar, where couples can find a cozy alcove before…
Resto Illuminati
Fresh ingredients are the cornerstone of this contemporary newbie, run by Irish co-owner and chef Michael Conney. The menu isn’t extensive but it’s seasonal and well-sourced. All takes…
Portofino
With a sun-catching terrace, Portofino cannot fail to capture regular passing trade—but the number of return customers indicates the quality of its cuisine. It’s not cheap—there’s a…
Pod Róza
This hotel restaurant exudes suitable grandeur, located in a leafy, light-filled atrium dominating the lobby. The menu is seasonal, mainly Polish, with plenty of game and mushrooms in…
Pod Aniołami
This is local fare at its most rich and opulent, prepared in a beech-wood oven. Game is well represented—wild boar with beech-smoked bacon, red cabbage, and grilled pepper, and saddle…
Corse
Poland’s only Corsican restaurant has been in business for 2 decades, serving Calvi-style filet mignon with Roquefort sauce and African catfish to four rooms of satisfied diners. The…
Miód Malina
The lines outside the front door year round are no coincidence—reserve a table or miss out on one of Kraków’s finest meals. And it’s not just the woodstove-prepared roasted pork…
Milano
A change of restaurants at the five-star Paƚac Bonerowski Hotel off the main square. The menu, created by chef Grzegorz Fic, concentrates on Italy, with plenty of seafood, all…
Marmolada
This pleasant, simple, and affordable establishment provides filling but tasty Italo-Polish dishes. Noodles and dumplings are the specialties here, as well as pierogi pancakes—you…
Manzana
One-half cocktail bar, one-half restaurant, ‘Apple’ is a chic new Latin American venue. A basic five dishes of fish and meat are complemented by a handful of soups, salads, and…
Klezmer Hois
This landmark venue is a cafe, restaurant, theater, hotel, and music venue in one, its three public rooms dressed like a 19th-century drawing room. As concerns the restaurant, Jewish…
Jeff's Grill & Bar
If you’ve been in Krakow a while and you’re starting to crave baby back ribs or a serious burger, this is where to head. Smiling waitresses serve up hulking portions of beef fillet,…
Jarema
Specializing in dishes from eastern Poland and Lithuania, this is a lovely, traditional venue on a quiet square just minutes from the Old Town. Tuck into the free appetizer of rustic…
Hawelka
This is the most famous place in town—you’re not just here for the pricey beef tenderloins but for the Habsburg ambience and 130-year-old tradition. Salmon, wild boar, and chicken are…
Gruzińskie Chaczapuri
Some two dozen Georgian dishes are available at each of Krakow’s five branches of the Chaczapuri chain. Cheese, pork, chicken, and aubergine all feature strongly on a menu where little…
Farina
Krakow’s premier fish restaurant makes imaginative use of imported delicacies from Brittany and Italy. Farina specializes in whole fish such as John Dory, Dover sole, or sea bream,…
Cyrano de Bergerac
One of the best restaurants in Poland, and certainly the top French table in town, the exclusive Cyrano serves banquet-worthy dishes in a historic medieval cellar. Châteaubriand with…
Copernicus
When director Roman Polański is in town, this is where he dines. Amid frescoes and beneath a Renaissance ceiling, an attentive staff serve superbly conceived seasonal dishes such as…
Chłopskie Jadło
With branches all over Poland, and four in Krakow, Chłopskie Jadło is a reliable purveyor of traditional local cuisine. A vast range of favorites are offered in suitably rustic…
Chimera
Professors from the nearby university buildings frequent this long-established Polish favorite offering the widest selection of salads in town, although most come for the hearty goose…
Baroque
A contemporary cocktail bar and restaurant, where the visitor can opt for a simple pasta dish say, tagliatelle with salmon and broccoli or black spaghetti with seafood; or splash out…
Bar Grodzki
The menu board in English and Polish at this perennial local cheapie tells all. A list of domestic standards, most for under 10 z, attracts a regular crowd of budget-conscious diners,…
Balaton
Balaton has been here for decades, and it remains a classic Magyar haunt thanks to its traditional menu, wooden, two-room interior and old-school waiters. The food is highly authentic,…
Avanti
Set in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood just outside the Old Town in the student quarter, Avanti comprises a top-quality restaurant, garden cafe, and orangerie with its own…