Polakowski is a modern polish budget eat in Kazimierz, Kraków.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: ul. Miodowa 39, 31-052 Kraków
Andrus in Kraków's Kazimierz serves maczanka po krakowsku, the city's slow-roasted-pork sandwich on a homemade bun. About 18 zl; street-food since 2014.
TryMaczanka po krakowsku sandwich
TipCash and card. The sandwich is built to order; queue at lunch.
Smakołyki on Kraków's Straszewskiego is the cheap-and-honest student-canteen Polish room: schabowy, pierogi, potato pancakes, a full plate under 28 zl.
TrySchabowy and pierogi student plate
TipCash only. Closes 22:00 weekdays, 17:00 Sunday. No bookings.
Bar Mleczny U Stasi in Kraków on Mikołajska is the working-class milk bar near the Old Town walls: żurek, pierogi, kotlet schabowy, kompot, the bill under 22.
TryPierogi and żurek under 20 zl
TipClosed Sunday. Cash only. Queue at 13:00; the small dining room shares with strangers.
The blue Nysa van outside Kraków's Hala Targowa grills kielbasa from 20:00 until 02:00. Bread, sausage, mustard, 15 zl. A Polish institution since the 1990s.
TryGrilled kielbasa from the night van
TipCash only. Closed Sunday. Open from 20:00. Just kielbasa, bread, mustard.
Bar Mleczny Pod Temidą on Kraków's Grodzka is the city's most editorial surviving milk bar: full meal, soup-main-kompot, all in under 25 zl since the 1960s.
TryFull Polish meal under 25 zl
TipBring cash; the card terminal is unreliable. Tables share with strangers.
Milkbar Tomasza in Kraków updates the milk-bar format with table service. Naleśniki with cottage cheese, pierogi, żurek, a brunch plate at 25 zl.
TryNaleśniki and pierogi for under 30 zl
TipClosed Monday. The brunch plate is the steal; sit-down service, not a counter.
