SHUK mezze & bar — Restaurant in Warsaw

It’s been a long time since I’ve had such an enjoyable dining experience! 🍽️✨ I visited this place with my friend. We originally planned to come for breakfast, but since we arrived around 2 PM, it turned into more of a lunch experience — and it was totally worth it! We ordered the chef’s special Wrap, and honestly, we loved it! Every single bite brought a different flavor; it felt like each piece told its own little story. The combination of such diverse ingredients created an amazing harmony that truly impressed me. The shakshuka we ordered on the side was also delicious (a bit heavy).

The prices are a bit on the higher side, but the food is absolutely worth it. Everything was prepared with care, perfectly balanced, and full of fresh flavors. The only thing I wasn’t fully satisfied with was the orange juice — it was a bit overpriced for the size, and it had too much pulp. A slightly larger glass or a smoother texture would make it perfect.

Overall, it was an amazing experience. The presentation, the flavors, and the attention to detail were all excellent. I’ll definitely be coming back again and again! 👏✨

👉 My tip: Definitely try the chef’s special Wrap! You’ll be amazed at how such contrasting ingredients can come together to create such perfect harmony. 😋

📍 I can easily say this is my favorite restaurant in Warsaw!

We are from Turkey and we have Middle Eastern foods just like in this restaurant but this restaurant is something else highly...

I went there with a group of friends. We ordered drinks and after some time we wanted to have a main course for everyone, besides one friend who wasn't hungry that much and wanted to order smaller portion from the kids menu. I need to add, that the chosen course has a unique recipe not available in regular menu. It is written in the menu that it's only for children and we heard from the waitress that we cannot order a dish from this menu because it's specially for kids. It was obvious it's the portion size and price thing. Asked about that she admitted it's about the money, and as long as our friend wanted to have this specific dish we told her that we are ready to pay even double price as an adult. And then the best part happened - she said they cannot prepare the dish from the kids menu, because there's no kids at the table. I politely asked for a manager to come and explained once again that we want to try this specific course and we will pay double of price listed. Once again we heard it's impossible as long as it's the menu for kids whom she cannot see besides us. I still cannot believe we were discriminated because we haven't kids at the moment. After that we left paying only for drinks. Surely it's the restaurant owner politics they can define as they want, as much as it's my choice not to visit the place where I wasn't treated fair because I don't...

The worst Middle Eastern food I’ve had in Warsaw. Turkish pide should never be served with a poached egg—you could travel all over Turkey and never find pide served this way. To make matters worse, there was an unexpected sweet taste in the pide, which is also completely inauthentic. I lived in Turkey and came to this lunch with my Turkish husband, so we know exactly how this dish is supposed to taste—and this wasn’t it. The price, 49 PLN, is hard to justify for something that bears no resemblance to real pide (let’s be clear—it’s just bread with egg and cheese).

The aubergine in glaze was equally disappointing. The eggplant was undercooked, barely warm when served, and paired with a glaze that seemed to be mustard-based. Mustard is almost never used in Middle Eastern cuisine, and while it might have been intended to taste French-inspired, it missed the mark entirely. Beside the lukewarm, undercooked eggplant was a completely overcooked, cold boiled egg. I have no idea what this dish was supposed to be. It felt like the eggplant had been pre-cooked and reheated in a microwave, with a random boiled, long time before serving, cold egg added as an afterthought.

The only redeeming quality of this restaurant was the drinks. The food, however, was a complete disappointment. I won’t...