Manekin ul. Gdańska / Plac Wolności — Restaurant in Bydgoszcz

I have dined at this branch of the Manekin on a number of occasions (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and the service has consistently been welcoming, accommodating, friendly and professional, with the team taking good care of the customers. With regards to the food, they have a huge number of options, all portions are of generous size, many of which are rich, and at times heavy, mostly pancake / pasta related and others come with bread rolls and butter. They do offer a few soups and salads as well. The reason I didn't give it 5* is that I would love for Manekin to offer more healthy and seasonal options, even if it would have to be at the expense of the variety - a few dishes I tried come with a lot of sauce and oil (which you can of course order on a side, which I also now do), many of the drinks are sugary and there isn't a non-caffeine option for teas (would be amazing if they offered peppermint, camomile or other herbal, non-artificially flavoured, teas). I would also like more non-starchy vegetables, rather than bread, to go with most meals and perhaps explore seasonality more - with soups and salad options. I'm sure I will be back again and hope it will be easier to make a healthy choice, which would ensure one could dine there every day, guilt-free and...

Great service who treated kids well and a nice atmosphere yet the food sees this place let down. The grilled chicken in the caesar salad was hard and dry and the buckwheat crepe was oversized, too thick and a little soggy. My advice to management is to focus on the quality of the food. I've had the best of buckwheat crepes in southern France and know what quality tastes like and this establishment has a lot to learn. I do not accept that this is a Polish take on a French dish, especially since it specialises in pancakes and crepes. This is compounded by the price. I don't recommend Manekin for the dishes I had, perhaps the other...

The breakfast and coffee here is pretty good, this place is known for its pancakes, they make almost everything with a pancake twist (the carbonara pasta made with pancakes is amazing).

But I mostly come here for breakfast, I can definitely recommend the frankfurters which come with eggs, pancake (crepe?) filled with cheese and mushroom and of course sausages. But what I always get is the scrambled eggs with bacon which they sometimes stuff with a lot or not, it's a hit or miss.

They recently added a toast with beef, it's bad, don't order that.

Overall I definitely recommend Manekin if you are in Poland and...