30 editor picks across Poland.
30 polish modern restaurants worth the trip across Poland, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Poland.
Eliksir in Gdańsk was the first Polish room to receive a Michelin Green Star. Open Wednesday to Sunday only. Walk-ins are rare; book seven days ahead minimum.
OrderThe foodpairing tasting menu with the matched cocktail flight.
TipOpen Wednesday to Sunday only. Walk-ins are rare; book seven days ahead minimum.
Eliksir in Gdańsk was the first Polish restaurant awarded a Michelin Green Star, recognising the zero-waste kitchen Paweł Wątor and Mateusz Trzeciak run.
Bottiglieria 1881 in Kraków's Kazimierz holds Poland's only two Michelin stars. Przemysław Klima cooks Polish ingredients on a long tasting menu only.
OrderThe full tasting menu with the Polish-wine pairing from a 700-bottle list.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. Book three weeks ahead for Friday or Saturday; midweek is easier.
Bottiglieria 1881 in Kraków is Poland's first two-Michelin-star kitchen, Przemysław Klima's neo-Polish tasting room in a Kazimierz townhouse with a deep wine.
Marcin Przybysz's Epoka in Warsaw cooks elevated Polish food from a different historical century each course. Located in Srodmiescie. Priced at $$$$.
OrderThe full multi-course history-of-Poland tasting menu, no a la carte.
TipBookings open four weeks ahead. The wine pairing leans heavily on Polish and Hungarian producers.
Marcin Przybysz's Epoka in Warsaw cooks the Short History and History tasting menus structured by Polish historical centuries, inside the Raffles Europejski.
Sztuczka in Gdańsk, on Granary Island, was Poland's best new opening of 2025. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Book Wednesday or Thursday for the calmest service.
OrderThe full tasting menu, including the seasonal turbot with beurre blanc if on the card.
TipClosed Mondays and Tuesdays. Book Wednesday or Thursday for the calmest service.
Vine Bridge in Śródka, Poznań is one of the city's smallest serious tasting restaurants, with chef Radosław Nejman running a new-Polish-cuisine kitchen.
OrderWhatever the chef plates at the counter; the kitchen does not run a fixed menu.
TipReserve three weeks ahead, or try the Sunday brunch on Jordan Bridge in summer for a lower booking bar.
SPOT. in Poznań holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand 2025 in the Wielkopolskie selection, with chef Jakub Hamankiewicz cooking modern Polish on biodynamic.
OrderWhatever the kitchen is doing with seasonal vegetables; the menu leans plant-forward.
TipAsk the sommelier for a Polish pour; the list champions native wines and includes over 75 of them.
Vine Bridge in Śródka, Poznań is one of the country's smallest serious tasting restaurants, with chef Radosław Nejman running a new-Polish-cuisine kitchen.
OrderWhatever the chef plates that day; there is no fixed menu.
TipThe Sunday brunch on Jordan Bridge in summer is the lower-bar way in; you skip the three-week reservation queue.
Robert Trzopek's Bez Gwiazdek in Warsaw rebuilds regional Polish cooking the way you wish your grandmother had cooked it. Located in Powisle.
OrderWhatever regional set the kitchen is running this month. The chef plates one menu, no choice.
TipOpen Wed-Fri evenings and Saturday from 16:00. Book three to four weeks ahead, it is a small room.
Witek Iwanski's hub.praga in Warsaw was awarded one Michelin star in 2025, the first for an east-bank restaurant. Kitchen leans modern polish, hyperlocal.
OrderThe full long tasting and the Polish-crayfish course with house-sourced caviar.
TipBook direct: the restaurant handles its own reservations, three to four weeks ahead.
Robert Trzopek's Bez Gwiazdek in Warsaw is the unpretentious Powisle bistro where the ex-Noma, ex-El Bulli, ex-Le Manoir chef plates one set regional Polish.
Beata Śniechowska's BABA in Wrocław took a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand a year after opening on Nożownicza. Located in Stare Miasto. Priced at $$$.
OrderWhatever short-rib or pork dish anchors the day's blackboard, with a glass of Lower Silesian Riesling.
TipBookings open four weeks ahead and burn within a day. Try the late seat at 19:30, easier than 20:00.
Łukasz Budzik's Między Mostami sits between the Oder bridges and runs two rooms: a funk-walled bar and the tasting-only Most behind it. Priced at $$$.
OrderThe chef's tasting menu in the Most room, six courses with paired natural wines.
TipThe bar room takes walk-ins. Most needs a four-week booking and is Thursday to Saturday only.
Karakter in Kraków's Kazimierz is the loud, low-lit neo-bistro with chef Daniel Myśliwiec. Open kitchen, offal-heavy modern carte, small Polish growers.
OrderThe tartare for the table, then whatever is on the grill list that night.
TipCounter walk-ins often available at 18:00. The dining-room tables take booking only.
SPOT. in Wilda, Poznań is a Michelin Bib Gourmand 2025 room in a former power station on Dolna Wilda, with chef Jakub Hamankiewicz cooking modern Polish.
OrderWhatever the chef is doing with the day's vegetables; the kitchen leans plant-forward.
TipBook a garden table in summer; the on-site herb garden and grapevines sit right off the dining room.
Beata Śniechowska's Młoda Polska on Plac Solny in Wrocław. A bistro and bar with a live pianist most evenings and a kitchen rooted in Polish comfort food.
OrderThe leek croquette to start, the pork chop with potato puree to follow.
TipIf Saturday dinner is booked, the Sunday brunch service is the same kitchen at a fifth less per head.
IDA kuchnia i wino in Wrocław's Hotel Jazz building won a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand for regional Polish cooking tied to the Wrocław and Ślęża hinterland.
OrderThe six-course tasting menu with wine pairings, the only way to read the kitchen.
TipLunch midweek runs a shorter card at roughly half the price of the evening tasting.
The main funk-walled room at Między Mostami in Wrocław. Łukasz Budzik's modern Polish kitchen, riverside terrace, Michelin Selected 2025. Booking recommended.
OrderThe chef's selection of six small plates with the natural-wine pairing flight.
TipWalk-ups work at the bar on quieter weeknights. The room itself wants a week's notice for weekends.
Restauracja Fino in Gdańsk hides off the tourist track on ul. Grząska, with chef-owner Jacek Koprowski running a Michelin-recommended tasting menu.
OrderThe full tasting menu or, if vegetarian, the plant-based equivalent.
TipEasier to book Monday to Thursday. Service ends 22:00 weeknights and 23:00 Saturday.
Niesztuka in Gdańsk works a Mariacka townhouse among the amber-shop terraces, with chef Jakub Śliwiński cooking a concise card that changes several times.
OrderWhatever short tasting menu is up that week.
TipGround floor runs communal-table; book the first-floor room for a quieter service.
Modra Kuchnia in Jeżyce, Poznań is a small basement room on Mickiewicza, run by Szymon and Dorota, cooking a tight modern Polish menu with a wine pairing.
OrderRoast duck with the modra kapusta that gives the room its name.
TipThere are only a handful of tables; book a week ahead for weekend dinner.
Modra Kuchnia in Jeżyce, Poznań is a small basement room on Mickiewicza, run by Szymon (kitchen) and Dorota (front), with a tight modern Polish menu.
OrderRoast duck with the modra kapusta that gives the room its name.
TipBook the table by the open kitchen; you can see the entire pass and Szymon plates every dish himself.
Alewino in Warsaw started as a wine shop on Mokotowska and grew into a tucked-away bistro behind a courtyard gate. Kitchen leans modern polish wine bar.
OrderThe kitchen's set plate of the day with a glass of whatever the sommelier is excited about.
TipLook for the signpost by the gates as you arrive; the entrance is off the main street, easy to miss.
Tarasowa sits inside Hala Stulecia's UNESCO-listed shell, fully glazed, facing the multimedia fountain. Located in Centennial Hall. Priced at $$$.
OrderThe seasonal tasting menu and a glass of the house Riesling on the terrace.
TipSit Tue to Fri after 19:30 to catch the fountain's evening light show through the glass.
Damian Bildź's Lwia Brama² in Wrocław sits in a medieval cellar on Cathedral Island, the only restaurant inside Ostrów Tumski itself. Michelin Selected 2025.
OrderThe venison pierogi to start, the duck breast with red cabbage to follow.
TipBook the garden in summer for the cathedral view; the cellar gets warm by 21:00 even with the brick keeping it cool.
Tarasowa inside Wrocław's UNESCO-listed Hala Stulecia runs a Lower Silesian tasting card facing the multimedia fountain. Led by chef Katarzyna Daniłowicz.
OrderThe seasonal Lower Silesian tasting menu, ideally with the local Riesling pairings.
TipTime the meal to overlap with the fountain show after dusk in summer, roughly 21:00.
Tygle Gdańskie in Gdańsk, on the restored Granary Island, runs a Michelin-recommended menu under chef Michał Stężalski. Kitchen leans modern polish.
OrderThe beef tenderloin with asparagus when on, or the seafood section in late summer.
TipWindows over the Długie Pobrzeże fill fast at sunset; book a 19:00 slot for that view.
Tygle Gdańskie in Gdańsk, Michelin-recommended on Granary Island, runs Michał Stężalski's three-track menu (meat, seafood, vegetarian) through Pomeranian.
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