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Placki ziemniaczane are crisp shallow-fried potato pancakes, eaten plain with sour cream, savoury with goulash on top, or sweet with sugar. The street-cart and milk-bar favourite.
Potato pancakes spread across the Slavic world after potatoes arrived from the New World, with the Polish placki ziemniaczane recipe stabilising in the 19th century. The Mazovian version uses raw grated potato bound with egg, flour and salt only; the more elaborate Sudety mountain version (placki po zbojnicku) adds a meat goulash on top. Warsaw milk bars and pierogarnie still plate the plain version every day for under 20 zl, and home cooks fight over whether to drain the grated potato (Mazovia: yes) or keep the starch (Galicia: no).
4 editor picks for Placki ziemniaczane in Warsaw, ranked by editorial score. All Warsaw signature dishes · Placki ziemniaczane across every city.
Also in: Kraków.
Bar Mleczny Prasowy in Warsaw has fed the centre since 1954 from a socialist-realist building on Marszalkowska. Kitchen leans milk bar (bar mleczny).
OrderPierogi ruskie with sour cream and a glass of kompot.
Tip12:00-14:00 weekday peak. Aim for late breakfast or the 14:30 lull.
Bar Familijny on Warsaw's Nowy Swiat has run continuously since the People's Republic. Mon-Fri 07:00-20:00, Saturday 09:00-17:00, Sunday closed.
OrderNalesniki (Polish pancakes) with twarog and a bowl of zurek with white sausage.
TipMon-Fri 07:00-20:00, Saturday 09:00-17:00, Sunday closed Walk-ins usually OK.
Lokal Vegan Bistro on Krucza in Warsaw, run by the Margines cooperative since 2015, rebuilds the Polish home-cooking canon without any meat or dairy.
OrderThe vegan pierogi ruskie and a bowl of mushroom-and-barley krupnik.
TipClosed Mondays. Tue-Sat 12:00-21:00, Sunday 12:00-19:00. Cash and card.
Magda Gessler's Restauracja Polka in Warsaw sits in a Renaissance tenement steps from the Royal Castle. Located in Stare Miasto. Priced at $$$.
OrderThe bigos and the hand-rolled pierogi, with a shot of Polmos vodka.
TipBook a window seat on the Old Town side. It is touristy but earns the reputation.
Placki ziemniaczane makes more sense with someone from Warsaw explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
Guided tour · 4 hours
Discover what pierogi, gołąbki and schabowy are on a 4-hour food tour of Warsaw, and experience the flavors of Polish cuisine. Learn about the local food culture and h...
2 hours
Make your trip to Poland complete by learning to make pierogi, delicious Polish dumplings that become popular across the world.
Day trip · 1 day
A swift journey will take you to the "European Capital of Culture 2016", Wrocław. The city of 100 bridges will enchant you with its splendid Gothic Old Town.
