Duncan Blackheart Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Hi, Am off to Kraków with the missus and am looking for some bars/ restaurants that people would recommend. Not too fussy on price. Also, bars with football/ rugby/ wifi would be good. Cheers for any help, DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 you should be ok with wife but check all prices up front - some bars will have a price list @ £25 a drink For example "Hard Candy" http://www.tripadvisor.co.za/Restaurant_Review-g274772-d4598342-Reviews-Hard_Candy-Krakow_Lesser_Poland_Province_Southern_Poland.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Kraków probably has one of the best bar scenes in Europe IMHO For watching sports I am told the Irish Embassy Pub (or something like that) is the place to go in the city. Bars and restaurants I visited were, House of Beer Bar - just wall to wall of beers from around Europe. Smak Ukrainski - Small backstreet Ukrainian bar near the castle that is great to lose a hour or three (as I found out when I lost an entire afternoon here....) Near by was also Chmiel Beer Pub.... Underground pin ball machine pub that I really enjoyed. At night head away from the old town and in to the old Jewish quarter (Kazimierz) as it is just bar after bar of local bars that you will not get ripped off in, and is very lively at night. Omertà Pub was a good one I found here. Also in this area go to Kuchnia u Doroty... It's like a Polish Milk Bar, but more tourist friendly and does amazing cheap food (if I could I would have went here every night) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peever1745 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Some great bars and eateries in the old town. Food is very good and cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Hibs Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 There is a restaurant opposite the Irish Embassy called Kramy Dominikańskie which did great, cheap food. If you like chocolate, then pay this place a visit: Krakowska Manufaktura Czekolady. The Irish Embassy would be the place to go watch sports, but it does seem to attract British stagg parties. Food there is crap and expensive - avoid eating there. @Wanderer: I thought Smak Ukrainski was terrible. I've not had as bad a meal as that for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 On the old square there's an overpriced and rather disappointing cafe that doesn't play any hard rock music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 @Wanderer: I thought Smak Ukrainski was terrible. I've not had as bad a meal as that for a while. I thought the food was ok (granted I just had to Solanka Soup) but was mainly in for the Ukrainian beers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Group of us went to Restauracja Tradycyja on the main square on our first night (its a Italian resturant, but couple of nights each week they do a Polish folk music and dance night, which was brilliant (sight of Flure doing the birdie dance in Polish will live with me for the rest of my life ). Also on the main square I found a cracking wee pub down a alley way oposite my hotel called Zakatek Cafe, which was nothing special, but you were paying a lot less than bars just a stones throw away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynnyboy Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Brilliant place Kraków. You'll love it! Aqua e vino is a fantastic Italian restaurant just off the main square. Don't be put off by the entrance area, you go down stairs to a beautiful area with lovely exposed brick work. The food was utterly fantastic, having worked in an very good Italian, I'm usually extremely critical but found nothing to complain about here. So cheap in comparison to the standard. Enjoy! I'd love to go back soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham of Montrose Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Krakow is a brilliant city. Eating out and drinking is amazing value.I highly recommend here : http://aperitif.com.pl/home-en/ Me and the Mrs had a super meal here. 4 courses with a couple of bottles of wine and cherry vodkas all for less than £30 a head.It's on a wee side street just off the main square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres the pies Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 the Jewish quarter is really good l go to a bar restaurant called bar fly the food in there is very good all cook to order really fresh no nonsense polish food then there's the one that jag- tag recommend me last year a Hungarian restaurant called balaton just of the square in grodka st think that's how you sell it gie a wee look on trip advisor personally l prefer the Jewish quarter there's a lot more happening there and it's really cheap there was in a wee bar there and paid 70 pence for a pint tones of bars there take your pick have a good trip going back for new year then going up to zakapane for a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres the pies Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 you should be ok with wife but check all prices up front - some bars will have a price list @ £25 a drink For example "Hard Candy" http://www.tripadvisor.co.za/Restaurant_Review-g274772-d4598342-Reviews-Hard_Candy-Krakow_Lesser_Poland_Province_Southern_Poland.html big scam that in krakow yet the police do fuvk all about it think there was some ta got scammed there last October when over for the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 big scam that in krakow yet the police do fuvk all about it think there was some ta got scammed there last October when over for the game It's not against the law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Took Mrs Grim to the Sheraton rooftop restaurant near the castle last October. Got to do something when her birthday aye falls on an away trip The steaks came on a hallowe'en themed plate and were brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 It's not against the law. threats of violence and physical restraint are though, when you could consider non payment is civil matter Irish guys who lived there, trashed 1 of the bars, when they tried to do this to 1 of their mates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Blackheart Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Cheers, people. Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Cheers, people. Can't wait! planning on going to the salt mines ? http://www.wieliczka-saltmine.com/?__utma=1.1745466588.1442659551.1442659551.1442659551.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1442659551&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1442659551.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=(not%20provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=18576825 well worth a visit - really enjoyed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Blackheart Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 planning on going to the salt mines ? http://www.wieliczka-saltmine.com/?__utma=1.1745466588.1442659551.1442659551.1442659551.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1442659551&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1442659551.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=(not%20provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=18576825 well worth a visit - really enjoyed it Hi - yes. Auschwitz in the morning, salt mines in the afty. Have been down the salt mines at Berchtesgaden and enjoyed that. Also coming back to Cape Town in February. Any jobs going?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Though a number of companies advertise doing Aushwitz and Salt Mines in a single day, it's a looooooong day and probably will be exhausted by time you get to the Salt Mines. Salt Mines are only 20-30 minutes drive from central Kraków and will not take much out of your day to do (you spent a bit of time just standing around waiting for your groups turn to go in). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Manzana and the rock bar in Kazimierz are excellent. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLAS Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Irish Mbassy is shut for refurbishment (or it was when I went there en route to Dublin). House of Beer is worth a visit. Try the "Crack Off". Outstanding craft beer. Chłopskie Jadło is recommended for food. Not a typical restaurant, but good cheap food. 100s of restaurants to choose from. Some can be very expensive, so check the price list if it looks classy. You might want to avoid: http://www.efckrakow.pl/ (very close to House of Beer). Roosters is a sports bar with a twist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLAS Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Agree that Auschwitz and Salt Mines in one day will be shattering. It's a good 12 hour trip. Distances from Krakow aren't too bad though. Around an hour to Auschwitz-Birkenau and the same from there to Wieliczka. Get a photographer pass in the Salt Mines. You'll definitely want it once you see the chapel. You'll likely not get a beer all day. No bars in either place that I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 You'll likely not get a beer all day. No bars in either place that I recall. Nothing worse than a dry death camp... Anyway, there's a tram shed in the Jewish quarter with a micro-brewery inside and lots of deckchairs. It's wonderful, and if you accidentally go on student night it's 60p a beer. No Wi-fi though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLAS Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Nothing worse than a dry death camp... Anyway, there's a tram shed in the Jewish quarter with a micro-brewery inside and lots of deckchairs. It's wonderful, and if you accidentally go on student night it's 60p a beer. No Wi-fi though. Verbal communication? What a backwards country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Verbal communication? What a backwards country. Was trying to check into my flight out of that backwards town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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