This list of best restaurants to eat in Krakow, will help you enjoy Polish and international cuisine to the fullest while touring this beautiful medieval city.
Most Krakow restaurants offer blunt dishes at very tight prices, plus you have the famous "milk bars", that are recognized for carrying the word on the posters pod, and are local created in the communist era, which offered cheap food to workers and had milk as the main ingredient. They have now been converted into fast-food and homemade restaurants and are one of the places you cannot miss in the city.
In addition to these, another of the best things to do in Krakow is to eat at the market stalls that are mounted in the Market Square and Mały Rynek, especially on weekends, when the atmosphere is unique.
Based on the experience of our trip to Krakow, we leave you a list of the 10 restaurants where to eat cheap in Krakow and well, so that your trip leaves you the best possible flavor.
1. Mleczny Bar
One of the restaurants where to eat in Krakow cheap is the Mleczny Bar or Pod Temida, one of the milk bars most famous in the city. Located on Grodzka shopping street, this old place will transfer you several years ago by maintaining the decoration of the communist era where you can taste the rich and abundant homemade food they offer, ordering at the bar with a tray, which in a few minutes will fill you up That you can take to the table. Prices move around 5 euros per person.
- Address: ul. Grodzka 43.
- Hours: every day from 9am to 8pm.
2. Przystanek Pierogarnia
Przystanek Pierogarnia, is one of the cheapest restaurants to eat in Krakow and where to try the popular pierogi, which is nothing more than pasta stuffed with different types of meat and vegetables and that has become one of the star dishes of Krakow's cuisine.
In this place you can eat a sweet or savory dish of this essential Polish cuisine for about 2 euros. The only drawback is that the interior is very small and outside they only have two tables, if you do not want to take them to eat in a nearby park it is better to arrive very early or from 3 in the afternoon.
- Address: ul. Bonerowska 14.
- Hours: every day from 10am to 8pm.
3. Restauracja Starka
The Starka restaurant, located in the Jewish quarter, is another of the restaurants in Krakow With a better value for money. The forceful meat dishes such as pork tenderloin and duck magret accompanied by a good red wine, are delicious and it is also a good place to try goulash, a stew made with meat, potatoes and vegetables, served inside a bread round. The average price is about 15 euros per person.
- Address: ul. Jozefa 14.
- Hours: every day from 12 noon to 11pm.
4. Zarowka Coffee
One of our favorite corners where to eat or have breakfast in Krakow cheap is the Zarowka Café, located in a beautiful courtyard of Florianska Street, an oasis of tranquility in which we recommend you to have a good cheesecake or a cupcake accompanied by a coffee or tea, although you also have several vegetarian and vegan options.
In our case we ordered a homemade lemonade, an iced coffee and a cake, all for less than 7 euros.
- Address: ul. Florianska 20.
- Hours: every day from 9am to 9pm.
5. Bianca, one of the restaurants to eat in Krakow
If you fancy a change of cuisine, the Bianca restaurant is a perfect choice when offering top quality Italian dishes. Located in the Market Square, this place has an extensive menu in which pasta, risotto, meat and dessert, pistachio tiramisu stand out.
The price of about 15 euros per person is reasonable with the good preparation of the dishes and the quality of the product.
- Address: pl. Mariacki 2.
- Hours: every day from 10am to 11pm.
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6. Vegab
Vegab is one of the best places to eat in Krakow cheap and healthy, thanks to its wide range of vegetarian or vegan kebabs accompanied by natural juices.
Although the service is fast, inside there are only three tables that are usually filled and most people take it to eat in a park or on the street. In addition the staff is very nice and will help you in the choice.
- Address: Starowiślna 8.
- Hours: Monday to Thursday from 11am to 9pm, Friday and Saturday from 11am to 11pm and Sunday from 11am to 8pm.
7. Pod Złotym Karpiem
The Pod Złotym Karpiem is the perfect restaurant to try some more refined duck pierogis and a delicious Zurek soup, a typical Polish dish consisting of a slightly acidic soup made with rye flour and meat.
Its location in the same Market Square and the ratings of all its guests have placed it among the best restaurants to eat in Krakow at a reasonable price of about 15 euros per person.
- Address: Rynek Glowny 10.
- Hours: every day from 12 noon to 10 pm.
8. Pizzeria Cyklop
Another of the restaurants where to eat cheap in Krakow and well is the Cyclop Pizzeria, one of the most recommended in the city. In this small and dark place located near the Market Square, you can eat delicious pizzas made with a wood oven, pasta dishes and risotto for about 6 euros per person.
- Address: ul. Mikolajska 16.
- Hours: every day from 11am to 11pm.
9. Nago Sushi Sake
One of the best restaurants on our trip to Krakow was without a doubt, Nago Sushi Sake, a place specializing in Japanese food where you can not miss the tuna and salmon tartare, the 3 fish sashimi, the makis of salmon and uramaki of various types.
The price of about 20 euros per person, a price more than adjusted if you think that in another country like Spain it would cost you twice as much. Simply spectacular!.
- Address: ul. Gertrudy 7. tel: +48 12 429 30 86.
- Hours: Monday to Thursday from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
10. Szal coffee
Café Szal, located in the Market Square, is not the cheapest place where to eat in Krakow, but the most spectacular in which you can enjoy good milkshakes and cakes with the best views of the square and the Basilica of Santa Maria, from its incredible terrace which is accessed by a small museum and after taking an elevator .
We were twice, once in the morning and once at night, to see the entire illuminated square and we loved it.
- Address: Ul. Rynek Glowny 1/3.
- Hours: every day from 10am to 11:30 pm.
Café Szal, one of the places to eat in Krakow
If in addition to trying restaurants you want to know more about Polish cuisine, we recommend you book this gastronomic tour of Krakow with a guide in Spanish.
All these Krakow restaurants They are located within the most tourist routes of the city, which you can prepare following these guides optimized according to the days you have available:
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