9 cheap eats rooms in Kraków, editor-picked. the best low-budget rooms in Kraków — the places editors actually return to. All Kraków food.
Bar Mleczny Pod Temidą ★ 4.5
stare-miasto · ul. Grodzka 43, 31-001 Kraków
Bar Mleczny Pod Temidą on Kraków's Grodzka is the city's most editorial surviving milk bar: laminated menu, queue-and-pay-first, full meals for 15 to 25 zl since the 1960s.
Tip: Bring cash; the card terminal is unreliable. Tables share with strangers; queues at lunch.
Pierogarnia Krakowiacy ★ 4.3
stare-miasto · ul. Szewska 23, 31-009 Kraków
Pierogarnia Krakowiacy on Szewska in Kraków's Old Town runs a 30-strong pierogi carte: ruskie, meat, duck, spinach, sweet cherry. Counter service, queue at lunch.
Tip: Pierogi come boiled or pan-fried. Pan-fried takes 5 extra minutes; ask for half-and-half.
Milkbar Tomasza ★ 4.3
stare-miasto · ul. Świętego Tomasza 24, 31-027 Kraków
Milkbar Tomasza on Kraków's Świętego Tomasza updates the milk-bar form: same prices and naleśniki, but table service and a younger crowd. Breakfast from 09:00.
Tip: Closed Monday. Breakfast all day; the brunch plate at 25 zl is the steal.
Endzior (Plac Nowy zapiekanka) ★ 4.3
kazimierz · Plac Nowy 4, 31-056 Kraków
The Plac Nowy zapiekanka window in Kraków's Kazimierz, Endzior at the round former kosher slaughterhouse, has poured open-face baguettes since 1989. Open till 03:00.
Tip: Cash only. Six windows ring the rotunda; Endzior is the consensus pick. Open until 03:00 weekends.
Przystanek Pierogarnia ★ 4.2
stare-miasto · ul. Bonerowska 14, 31-068 Kraków
Przystanek Pierogarnia in Kraków's Old Town is the no-nonsense pierogi counter locals queue at: 20 fillings, plates from 18 zl, open from 11:00 to late.
Tip: Cash and card. Counter seats only; ten stools and a window-bar.
Vegab ★ 4.2
kazimierz · ul. Starowiślna 8, 31-038 Kraków
Vegab on Starowiślna near Kraków's Kazimierz is the vegan kebab and zapiekanka counter that beat the city's late-night habit at its own game. Open until 02:00 every night.
Tip: Cash and card. Open until 02:00 every night; the kebab in pita is the order.
Chimera ★ 4.0
stare-miasto · ul. Świętej Anny 3, 31-008 Kraków
Chimera on Kraków's Świętej Anny is a salad-bar counter near the Jagiellonian University in a covered medieval courtyard. You build a plate; the kitchen weighs it.
Tip: Cash and card. Daily 10:00 to 22:00; the covered courtyard is the main dining area.
Polakowski ★ 3.9
kazimierz · ul. Miodowa 39, 31-052 Kraków
Polakowski in Kraków's Kazimierz is the all-day Polish canteen for the Old Synagogue end: pierogi, bigos, schabowy, gołąbki, served counter-style from 10:00 to 22:00.
Tip: All-day Polish canteen on Miodowa in Kazimierz; counter service, no bookings.
Smakołyki ★ 3.9
stare-miasto · ul. Straszewskiego 28, 31-110 Kraków
Smakołyki on Kraków's Straszewskiego is the cheap-and-honest student-canteen Polish home-cooking room: schabowy, pierogi, potato pancakes, full plate under 30 zl.
Tip: Cash only. Closes 22:00 weekdays; until 17:00 Sunday. No bookings.