22 editor picks in Warsaw.
22 polish modern places in Warsaw we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Warsaw | Polish Modern across every city.
Modern Polish fine dining has come of age in Warsaw, much of it pushing east across the Vistula. Witek Iwanski's hub.praga in Praga Polnoc took the first Michelin star for an east-bank restaurant in 2025, and Marcin Przybysz's Epoka in Srodmiescie builds tasting menus around Polish historical centuries inside the Raffles Europejski. In Powisle, Robert Trzopek's Bez Gwiazdek plates a single set regional Polish menu on Wislana, while Alewino on Mokotowska keeps a wine-bar bistro running behind a courtyard gate.
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.
Marcin Przybysz's Epoka in Warsaw cooks elevated Polish food from a different historical century each course. Located in Srodmiescie. Priced at $$$$.
OrderThe full multi-course history-of-Poland tasting menu, no a la carte.
TipBookings open four weeks ahead. The wine pairing leans heavily on Polish and Hungarian producers.
Alewino in Warsaw started as a wine shop on Mokotowska and grew into a tucked-away bistro behind a courtyard gate. Kitchen leans modern polish wine bar.
OrderThe kitchen's set plate of the day with a glass of whatever the sommelier is excited about.
TipLook for the signpost by the gates as you arrive; the entrance is off the main street, easy to miss.
Witek Iwanski's hub.praga in Warsaw was awarded one Michelin star in 2025, the first for an east-bank restaurant. Kitchen leans modern polish, hyperlocal.
OrderThe full long tasting and the Polish-crayfish course with house-sourced caviar.
TipBook direct: the restaurant handles its own reservations, three to four weeks ahead.
Mateusz Gessler's Warszawa Wschodnia in Warsaw runs 24 hours a day at the Soho Factory complex in Praga. Located in Praga Polnoc. Priced at $$$.
OrderWhatever cut the bar grill is searing tonight and the in-house bakery's sourdough.
TipOpen round the clock, the rare late-late-night option for a proper dinner outside Old Town.
Stary Dom in Warsaw is the steak and Polish-classics anchor of leafy Mokotow, an old-house dining room with linen tablecloths and a deep cellar list.
OrderThe hand-cut tartare to start, then whatever steak the butcher's window has aged longest.
TipSunday lunch is the easy booking window. The basement dining room is the better seat.
Kafe Zielony Niedzwiedz in Warsaw, the Green Bear, hides in Beyer Park between Powisle and the centre. Priced at $$$. Kitchen leans modern polish.
OrderWhatever foraged-mushroom dish is on, with a glass of Hungarian Furmint.
TipEntry by car from Kruczkowskiego on the Powisle side. Walk-up from Smolna through the park.
Marcin Przybysz's Epoka in Warsaw cooks the Short History and History tasting menus structured by Polish historical centuries, inside the Raffles Europejski.
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.
Warszawa Wschodnia by Mateusz Gessler in Warsaw's Praga district is the only proper 24-hour restaurant in the city. French-bistro Polish at the bar.
OrderTartare, French-bistro Polish
Pijalnia Wodki i Piwa on Nowy Swiat in Warsaw runs 24 hours of PRL-themed vodka and zakaski snacks. At ul. Nowy Swiat 19A. Booking recommended.
OrderHerring, kanapki, pickled snacks with vodka
Pyzy, Flaki Gorace! in Warsaw's Praga district keeps the late-evening hot-food slot open to 22:00 with pyzy in jam jars and flaki tripe soup on the side.
OrderPyzy with mushroom gravy, flaki
Bez Gwiazdek in Powisle is Robert Trzopeks Wislana room where the ex-Noma chef plates one set Polish regional menu three nights a week, three weeks ahead.
TipBookings open Wednesday morning for three weeks out, online only.
Kafe Zielony Niedzwiedz hides inside Beyer Park between Powisle and Smolna, with a chalkboard of foraged-mushroom and game plates from a small kitchen.
TipWalk in from the Smolna side; the car entrance from Kruczkowskiego is for deliveries.
Pyzy, Flaki Gorace! is the Praga dumpling room serving pyzy in jam jars under fluorescent strips for under 20 zl, working-class Polish across the Vistula.
TipCash works fine. The flaki tripe soup is the second-order if pyzy is not enough.
Bar Prasowy in Warsaw is the milk bar that fed central Marszalkowska since 1954. Pierogi for under 15 zl, zurek for 8, kotlet schabowy with sides.
OrderPierogi ruskie, kotlet schabowy, zurek
Bar Familijny on Warsaw's Nowy Swiat is the cheapest hot meal on the Royal Route. Nalesniki, kotlet mielony, plate of pierogi, all under 25 zl.
OrderNalesniki, mielony, zurek
Pyzy, Flaki Gorace! in Warsaw's Praga district plates pyzy dumplings in jam jars for under 20 zl. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
OrderPyzy in jam jars
Bar Bambino in Warsaw is the slightly tidier milk bar at the Krucza-Hoza corner. Daily-changing chalkboard, the same socialist-canteen pricing.
OrderPierogi, nalesniki, kompot
Vege Kiosk on Krucza in Warsaw is the tiny vegan booth feeding the centre on a 7 to 15 zl budget. Pierogi, burgers, soups, pasta plates, ice cream and pies.
OrderVegan pierogi, burgers, pasta
Bar Mleczny Pod Barbakanem sits just past the Old Town Barbican in Warsaw with vintage decor, lunch-canteen prices and the kotlet schabowy plate for less.
OrderZurek, bigos, kotlet schabowy
Zapiecek on Swietojanska in Warsaw's Old Town plates twelve pierogi varieties at 25 to 40 zl per portion. The tourist-friendly pierogarnia, hand-rolled dough.
OrderPierogi by the plate
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