limmy

We leave for our long anticipated trip to Warsaw, Kraków, Budapest & Amsterdam in just one week (finally!). Please share your favorite restaurants, cafes, street food stops, music lounges, etc.

All budgets welcome but please include that info if possible.

BigRuss

You need to hit the online resources and be more specific about what you will and won't eat and do and don't like. Otherwise, your topic is far too broad.

Christina

I don't think I ever saw "street food" in Poland, so not sure what that means. I don't snack or eat between meals anyway, so just don't know what that would be, but since I don't look for it, myabe I missed it. I don't remember people on the street selling food.

This is too obvious, but I really liked the main swuare in Krakow which has tons of cafes and restaurants all around it, and a fun place to sit and people watch or whatever. One of my favorite proper restaurants in Krakow was Hawelka which is on the square. It is a lovely nicer dining room, but also a cheaper section which still has very good food. http://www.hawelka.pl/

limmy

BigRuss, "You need to hit the online resources" - is this not an online resource?

"be more specific about what you will and won't eat and do and don't like. Otherwise, your topic is far too broad."
I don't understand what is "far to broad" about my topic? I asked for restaurant recommendations, specifically the forum user's FAVORITE restaurants in three specific cities. I expanded a bit to invite folks to include cafes, street level food stalls and music lounge (aka after dinner cocktail spot) if they would like. Many people enjoy sharing their favorite restaurants, bars, experiences, etc. from their travels. Why on earth must I indicate what "I will and won't eat"? Do restaurants in these cities not have menus with varied choices on them? I know that is not the case. But to answer your question, unless your favorite restaurant is "House of Tripe" then I'm all ears. I don't eat tripe.

If you don't have any favorites to share or just don't want to share that's fine, it is simple to just move along. No need to hop on and say my question is plain old unanswerable just because you don't have anything to answer. I find that the first reply in threads often sets a tone for the entire thing. I wish you didn't do that to my perfectly valid question.

limmy

Christina, Hawelka might be great for us on the night we arrive since our hotel is on the square. A good restaurant in close proximity that night would be great. I see they take online reservations too. Thank you!

Leely2

I haven't been to Poland since 2013, so keep that in mind when I make these recommendations:

A pretty popular street food were these sandwiches with melty cheese and ketchup:

http://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/food/...dream-sandwich

We had a delicious lunch at Szara in Krakow, the one in Kazimierz.

http://www.szarakazimierz.pl/en

Also had a dinner here, loved the soups and dumplings but we were less interested in the main meat courses:

http://podbaranem.com/en/restaurant.php

Also dined at Miod Malina *or* Wesele; they are sister restaurants and I cannot recall which one we ended up reserving.

http://miodmalina.pl/en/about-us/

Tired of Polish food? We liked Del Papa for a salad-and-wine lunch on their terrace and another time with pasta and fish for dinner. You won't think you're in Italy, but it's nice to mix things up every once in a while.

http://www.delpapa.pl/en

Can't remember where we ate in Warsaw. I know I had a great hamburger that was stuffed with Polish cheese and topped with beets.

Michael

<i>I don't think I ever saw "street food" in Poland, so not sure what that means</i>

There are food stands on the Rynek in Krakow.

Michael

I wrote a trip report on our travels in Poland and on our stay in Amsterdam. Both mention restaurants. Click on my name to find the reports.

GinnyJo

Our two favorites for dinner in Budapest earlier this year were Nightingale and Mozel Tov. You can google to get their Hungarian names and locations. We spent less than $40 for dinner for two.

Also highly recommend the The Central (or Great) Market Hall for breakfast, snacks or lunch (even a casual dinner).

We also went twice for a light breakfast to Cserpes Tejivo near Deak Ter.

HappyTrvlr

Kraków- Pod Aniolami(Under the Angels.) Lovely historic setting with delicious meats grilled on an open fire. Elevated Polish cuisine. Loved having a baked apple served with my meal as a side. Apple pie for dessert too. Highly recommend this restaurant.

menachem

For Amsterdam:

www.iens.nl