The historic fish-market square that gave the city its name; the pre-war market is long gone, but Mercato sits in the Hilton, the Targ Rybny - Fishmarkt restaurant runs from the same square, and the Motława promenade starts here.
Mercato in Gdańsk reads the city's market history through Dominik Karpik's kitchen at the Hilton on Targ Rybny. Priced at $$$. Kitchen leans pomeranian.
Signature: Pomeranian lamb, Fish Market tasting
Order: The market-map tasting menu built around Pomeranian lamb and Baltic catch.
Tip: Kitchen runs until 01:00 Friday and Saturday, longer than any other Michelin-listed room in town.
Targ Rybny - Fishmarkt in Gdańsk sits on the historic fish-market square that gave the city its name. Kitchen leans seafood. At ul. Targ Rybny 6C.
Signature: Whole-cooked lobster, Smoked Baltic eel
Order: Smoked eel from Hel to start, the whole-cooked lobster as the splurge main.
Tip: Lunch service is calmer; book the upstairs window seats for the Hilton-side view.
Targ Rybny - Fishmarkt in Gdańsk works the historic fish-market square the city was named for, with chef Patryk Domachowski running a Kashubian-Mediterranean.
Signature: Whole-cooked lobster, Smoked Baltic eel
Order: Smoked eel from Hel to start, then a whole-cooked lobster as the splurge main.
Tip: Open to midnight every day. Window seats upstairs face the Hilton across Targ Rybny.
High 5 in Gdańsk's Targ Rybny is the fifth-floor open-air terrace of the Hilton, the rooftop pool bar that looks over the Motława, the Crane and the AmberSky Ferris Wheel from one of the city's only true rooftops.
Tip: Lift to floor 5 from the Hilton lobby; the western edge catches sunset over the Old Town. Cocktails 39-69 PLN, oysters by the half-dozen.