Szara Gęś on Kraków's Rynek Główny runs a Polish carte in the Cloth Hall-facing dining room. The kitchen leans on Polish poultry and game; seasonal goose.
Address: Rynek Główny 17, 31-008 Kraków
Filipa 18 in Kraków's Kleparz district is the neo-Polish room inside Hotel Indigo with chef Marcin Sołtys. Tasting menu changes every two weeks, from Stary Kleparz.
Tip: Tasting menu Tuesday to Saturday 17:00 to 22:00; the lunch sitting is the easier table. Book ahead for Friday and Saturday.
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 cellar.
Copernicus inside Hotel Copernicus on Kraków's Kanonicza is the most decorous fine-dining room in the Old Town: gothic vaulted ceiling, Polish-French tasting carte.
Wierzynek on Kraków's Rynek Główny dates to 1364, when the namesake councilman hosted a coronation feast. The dining room runs royal-Polish service to this day.
Pod Różą inside Kraków's namesake hotel on Floriańska runs a Polish-French carte under a glass-roof courtyard. Liszt slept here in 1843; the room kept the romance.
Trzy Rybki inside Hotel Stary on Kraków's Szczepańska runs a Polish fine-dining carte in the Old Town hotel. Quiet ground-floor room, seasonal Polish menu.
