Bar Gastronomiczny — Restaurant in Warsaw

Takes me back in the best possible way.

Excellent true Polish home food. Not snobby, not “fancified” - and so close to the Old Town, the Jewish Historical Institute with its archives and museum, the Arsenal - historical museum.

Cash only accepted, but not much of it is required - half or less compared to the Stare Miasto - the Old Town - eateries.

What to have? Soups: grochówka, a hearty yellow pea soup with Polish sausage (a few slices, don’t expect a massive piece for £1.40), krupnik - Polish vegetables and pearl barley soup, pomidorowa - excellent tomato soup. Mains - my favourite gołabki - stuffed cabbage leaves in tomato sauce, schabowy - a nice pork schnitzel, klopsiki - meat balls ... these are examples and the menu changes. Make sure you get some of the salads - for an equivalent of £1 you get a small plate loaded with them. Try seler - that’s seleriac, marchew - carrots and a great combination of sauerkraut with horseradish (kapusta z chrzanem) - if it’s on, that is.

And then there are naleśniki - pancakes with cottage cheese and things (sweet) or with apples (z jablkami).

Highly recommended, especially if you are fed up with...

Geez, this place took me back to the 80s or even 70s. Really oldschool, commie-looking bistro. The menu consists of what I ate at home in my childhood. Having said that, the choices are quite limited and it’s rather pricey for what it is. I paid 22 zlotys for a schnitzel with mashed potatoes and a salad which you would get with a soup and drink in any milk bar for some 15-20 zlotys. Nevertheless, worth visiting for the...

Living in the neighbourhood for a week, I found this "under the radar" looking place. The food options are limited, but the food is amazingly tasty and freshly made every day. From 12 to 16,only cash, old school design of the 80s. You have to be there and try the cucumber soup. It is a...