26 editor picks in Kraków.
26 upscale places in Kraków, editor-picked. occasion restaurants in Kraków: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Kraków food.
Mercy Brown in Kraków is the city's most editorial speakeasy: unmarked door on Straszewskiego, candlelit cellar, classic cocktails and Polish whiskey.
TipWalk-up policy: ring the bell and ask for the table. Closed Monday and Tuesday; opens Wednesday through Saturday from 19:00.
Alchemia on Kraków's Plac Nowy in Kazimierz has run candle-lit, antique-furniture rooms since 1999. Order the polish vodka shots. At ul. Estery 5.
TipFive rooms across two floors; the back-room piano is the better seat after 22:00.
Piwnica pod Baranami on Kraków's Rynek Główny is the cabaret cellar that ran the city's literary-cabaret scene since 1956. Order the polish vodka.
TipSaturday cabaret nights need booking ahead. The cellar room is also open as a regular bar most weeknights.
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.
Weźże Krafta in Kraków's Kazimierz on Dajwór pours 25 Polish craft taps and serves wood-fired Neapolitan pizza. Order the polish craft ipa. At ul. Dajwór 16.
TipWood-fired pizzas to share; the outdoor seating in the Tytano courtyard runs in summer.
Szara Gęś on Kraków's Rynek Główny runs a Polish carte in a Cloth Hall-facing dining room. Located in Stare Miasto. Kitchen leans polish-french.
OrderThe roast goose for two with red cabbage and apple, in November during goose season.
TipReservation only on weekends. The Cloth Hall side tables go first; ask when booking.
Singer on Kraków's Plac Nowy in Kazimierz, named for the sewing-machine tables that double as bar tops, runs the late-night Kazimierz drinking room.
TipCash only. The mulled wine is the autumn order; absinthe shots after midnight.
Harris Piano Jazz Bar in Kraków's Rynek Główny cellar has run live jazz nightly since 1996. Whiskey-heavy bar, candle-lit cellar, free entry on weeknights.
TipLive jazz nightly from 21:30; weekend slots fill by 22:00. Reservation by phone.
Starka in Kraków's Kazimierz cooks classic Polish in a townhouse cellar with a courtyard garden, and pours its house-aged Starka vodka in 8 to 25-year-old.
OrderDuck with baked apple and the 10-year Starka vodka flight; courtyard table in summer.
TipBook the courtyard for sunset; the cellar room is the better seating in winter.
Filipa 18 in Kraków's Kleparz is the neo-Polish room inside Hotel Indigo. Located in Stare Miasto. Priced at $$$. At ul. Świętego Filipa 18.
OrderWhatever tartare is on, and the duck with smoked plum if it's running.
TipTasting menu Tuesday to Saturday 17:00-22:00. Book a week ahead for weekend dinner.
Wódka Cafe Bar in Kraków keeps 100+ Polish vodkas behind the bar and pours flights of four for 30 zl. Counter seating, small Polish snack carte.
TipThe four-shot tasting flight at 30 zl is the order; the apple-cinnamon flavoured pour is the easy entry.
Winosfera on Kraków's Plac Szczepański is the stylish corner wine bar with Polish and international wines, and a terrace overlooking the square.
TipEight or so wines by the glass change regularly; the terrace is the summer seat.
Pod Aniołami in Kraków sits in a 13th-century cellar on Grodzka with a beech-wood grill at the centre of the room. Kitchen leans traditional polish.
OrderThe beech-smoked lamb shank, and oscypek with cranberry jam to start.
TipAsk for the vaulted-cellar room over the courtyard. Open daily from 13:00.
Cargo Grill & Deli on Plac Nowy in Kraków's Kazimierz fires dry-aged Polish beef and fresh European seafood with a wine cellar to match. Priced at $$$.
OrderDry-aged Polish ribeye with a bottle from the cellar; deli counter for cured meats on the way out.
TipBook the dining room for dinner; daytime walk-ins lean toward the deli side of the room.
Multi Qlti Tap Bar on Kraków's Szewska pours 18 rotating Polish craft taps and runs a pizza counter through the night. Open until 02:00 weekends.
TipHalf-pints to mix-and-match; the pizza window runs the cheap-and-cheerful food backup.
House of Beer on Kraków's Świętego Tomasza pours 25 rotating Polish craft taps. Order the polish ipa flight. At ul. Świętego Tomasza 35. Booking recommended.
TipA four-glass flight at 25 zl is the way to taste through; the back-cellar room is quieter.
Starka in Kraków's Kazimierz runs a cellar dining room with aged Starka vodka by the pour alongside Polish wines, paired with the traditional Polish kitchen.
TipAged Starka by the glass alongside the dining-room duck. Cellar room atmosphere.
Klezmer-Hois in Kraków's Kazimierz is the Polish-Jewish kitchen in the 16th-century Great Mikveh on Szeroka. Gefilte fish, cholent on the carte.
OrderGefilte fish, the chicken liver pâté and a glass of Slivovitz to finish.
TipBook ahead for evenings with klezmer concerts. Check the concert calendar in advance.
Ariel on Szeroka in Kraków's Kazimierz is a 16th-century tenement-house restaurant cooking Galician Jewish and Polish dishes across two dining rooms.
OrderCarp Jewish-style to start, then roast goose with cherries; a shot of slivovitz to close.
TipKlezmer concert runs every night (separate ticket); book the upstairs dining room for the larger space.
Fiorentina on Grodzka in Kraków's Old Town is the Tuscan-inspired room with a vaulted red-brick ceiling. Located in Stare Miasto. Priced at $$$.
OrderThe bistecca for two with a Brunello by the bottle, and the gnudi as a starter.
TipThe bistecca needs ordering in advance; closed Sunday. Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition.
Viva la Pinta on Kraków's Floriańska is the dedicated taproom of Browar Pinta, the Polish craft brewery that started the country's IPA wave in 2011. 14.
TipThe seasonal Pinta cards rotate weekly; the IPA is the brewery's defining beer.
Wesele in Kraków is the editorial pick for traditional Polish on the Rynek Główny: pierogi, roast duck, żurek, with a terrace pointed at the Cloth Hall.
OrderThe mixed pierogi plate and żurek soured-rye soup served in a bread bowl.
TipReservation recommended for evenings; the cellar room is quieter than the terrace in summer.
Barka in Kraków is the riverside-barge bar moored on the Vistula at the Kazimierz-Podgórze footbridge. Order the polish craft beer. At ul. Podgórska 16.
TipOpen summer only, roughly May to September. Cash and card; queues form at sunset.
Movida on Kraków's Mikołajska in the Old Town runs a refined cocktail and plate room: Polish Mules with Wyborowa, Polish and Mediterranean food.
TipWalk-in; open daily 16:00-03:00. Cocktails and plate menu through the night.
Absynt on Kraków's Miodowa in Kazimierz pours 20 absinthes the traditional drip-and-sugar-cube way in a Belle Epoque room. Live music on Thursdays.
TipThe traditional absinthe drip with sugar cube is the order; open daily from 10:00 to past midnight.
Vis-à-Vis on Kraków's Rynek Główny is the long-running cafe-bar opened in 1978, with a Cloth Hall-facing terrace and ties to the Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret.
TipThe Cloth Hall terrace is the seat for people-watching; daily from morning to 23:00.
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