One of the most frequent items on each traveller’s list is trying the local cuisine. There is a lot of restaurants on the Old Town in Warsaw, but it is hard to pick one which is reasonably prised and verified with food quality and good relation between price and value.

Chopin is a big name in this city, so why not follow the trail and head to his former hangout?  Honoratka is one of the oldest restaurants located in the Old Town. It is dated back to 1826 when it was just a cafe visited by famous Polish writers and musicians including Chopin. You’ll find several bits and pieces celebrating their most famous guest, as well as the usual medley of hunters trophies stretched out across the five vaulted cellars. Now it offers both indoor and outdoor facitilites. If you visit Warsaw during summer, I recommend to dine outdoors on a courtyard very close to the Old Marketplace but separated from the noise and rush. There is a wide choice of Polish main meals, soups and side dishes. Each guest is offered a free set of bread, grease and pickled cucumbers (smalec z ogórkami kiszonymi) – really tasty and traditional – as you are waiting for your meal to be prepared. As a side dish try Polish pierogi or potatio pies with cream – made exactly as Polish grandma’s did. Meat meals are really tender and well prepared. Furthermore the menu is no slouch either, and reads like something you’d find at a Shakespearean banquet; order mugs of mead alongside dishes like venison and boar.

My brother, who lives in Warsaw, suggested the place to me. While my husband’s family was visiting Poland, we all had a great dinner there. At the end, before we left, we all had to take shots brought as a gift to our table.

Here is  a map, but if you ask people on the street, you should get direction pretty easy as well:

Please let us know if you visited this restaurant and how did you like it.

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)