Paczek z roza is the Polish doughnut filled with rose-petal jam, fried in lard, and finished with a citrus icing or sugar. Tlusty Czwartek (Fat Thursday) draws queues around the block for it.
The Polish doughnut tradition stabilised in the 19th century, but A. Blikle on Nowy Swiat made the rose-petal-jam version the canonical Warsaw paczek from 1869. In February 2013, Gazeta Wyborcza named the Blikle rose paczek the 'king' of the Polish doughnut market. The day before Lent (Tlusty Czwartek, Fat Thursday) is the city's biggest pastry day: queues form at Blikle and Lukullus from 06:00, and the average Pole eats 2.5 paczki that day. Outside Lent, the same paczek is in every bakery in the city every morning.
4 editor picks for Paczek z roza in Warsaw, ranked by editorial score. All Warsaw signature dishes · Paczek z roza across every city.
Lukullus (Mokotowska) ★ 4.7
ul. Mokotowska 52A, 00-543 Warszawa
Lukullus on Mokotowska in Warsaw is the third-generation Warsaw patisserie family business since 1946. The chefs Albert Judycki and Jacek Malarski took Poland's Prix au Chef Patissier in 2021.
A. Blikle (Nowy Swiat) ★ 4.5
ul. Nowy Swiat 33, 00-029 Warszawa
A. Blikle on Nowy Swiat in Warsaw has sold rose-filled paczki since 1869. Five generations of the Blikle family across 157 years, fifteen Warsaw locations, and the doughnut Gazeta Wyborcza called the king.
Charlotte (Plac Zbawiciela) ★ 4.4
Aleja Wyzwolenia 18, 00-570 Warszawa
Charlotte on Plac Zbawiciela in Warsaw is the French-style bakery-cafe that anchors the city's trendiest square. Croissants from 07:30, glass-roof terrace, French wines by the glass after dark.
Cafe Bristol ★ 4.4
ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 42, 00-325 Warszawa
Cafe Bristol in Warsaw has poured coffee since 1901 from inside the Hotel Bristol. Viennese-chic interiors, kremowka and raspberry cream desserts whose recipes have not changed in a century.