Silesian crispy potato pancakes served bandit-style: a stack of crisp potato pancakes topped with a goulash-style beef-and-vegetable stew, sour cream and a sprinkle of paprika. The Lower Silesian pub plate.
Placki ziemniaczane (grated-potato pancakes) are eaten across all of Poland, but the Lower Silesian variation served po zbóju (literally bandit-style, meaning loaded up with stew) is the regional Wroclaw signature. The dish emerged in late 19th-century Silesian inns as a way to combine the cheap potato pancake with a small portion of leftover goulash, stretching expensive meat across a peasant plate. The Lower Silesian variation usually uses Hungarian-influenced paprika-heavy beef gulasz rather than the wetter Polish bigos. The dish is a Karczma standard across Wroclaw, served at Karczma Lwowska and Dwór Polski; locals order it with a pint of dark Tyskie at midday.
4 editor picks for Placki Ziemniaczane po Zbóju in Wrocław, ranked by editorial score. All Wrocław signature dishes · Placki Ziemniaczane po Zbóju across every city.
Restauracja Wrocławska ★ 4.3
stare-miasto · ul. Szewska 59, 50-139 Wrocław
Restauracja Wrocławska on Szewska has cooked pre-war Wrocław and Silesian classics for nearly thirty years. Located in Stare Miasto. Priced at $$.
Restauracja Konspira ★ 4.1
stare-miasto · Plac Solny 11, 50-061 Wrocław
Konspira on Plac Solny treats Wrocław's Solidarity past as a dining room, 1980s living-room props, Communist-era menu typography. Located in Stare Miasto.
Karczma Lwowska ★ 4.0
stare-miasto · Rynek 4, 50-106 Wrocław
Karczma Lwowska on Wrocław's Rynek cooks Eastern Borderlands food, the family roots a lot of post-1945 Wrocław inherited. Located in Stare Miasto.
Dwór Polski ★ 3.9
stare-miasto · Rynek 5, 50-106 Wrocław
Dwór Polski on Wrocław's Rynek serves classic Polish food in a building that's a working monument: King Wladislaw IV met with Marie Louise Gonzaga here.