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    Staro Izba

    4.5 (2 reviews)
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    9 years ago

    Great polish food. Pierogi were delicious . Great friendly service and traditional polish atmosphere

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    Karczma Przy Młynie - potatoes with bacon pieces and onions

    Karczma Przy Młynie

    4.5(17 reviews)
    1.9 km
    $$

    One of the best Polish regional restaurants in Zakopane!!…read more Karczma przy Młynie is located a little bit outside of the main town/main street of Zakopane, only 5 minutes away by car. The atmosphere is very warm and cozy, the decor is very typical for the mountain region in Poland. Great heavy wooden tables and chairs, wood burning stoves, fireplaces, stone walls. Everything we ate in Karczma was delicious and the portions absolutely satisfying! We tried couple different dishes including potatoes, sausages, goulash, potato pancakes with mushroom sauce! Yum! - take a look at the pictures I uploaded :) The service was very nice and helpful. I highly recommend Karczma przy Mlynie for your lunch or dinner when you're visiting beautiful Zakopane!

    The atmosphere is excellent, I don't know what traditional polish mountain attire looks like, but…read moreI'm going to guess it looks like what the staff was wearing. That alone makes this place awesome. Easy parking, the building makes you feel like you're in 16th century with dinner by candlelight only, it was hard to read the menu because candlelight is dim but part of the fun and experience. The bacon salad, soup, and pierogis were amazing. Then the village sausage and baked potato with garlic sauce for an entrée, all were done exceptionally well and tasty plus they came out fast. This was my first try at authentic polish food, or what I like to believe is authentic polish food and it was all amazing! Go to this place.

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    Karczma Przy Młynie - Potato pancakes with mushroom sauce

    Potato pancakes with mushroom sauce

    Karczma Przy Młynie - Wood burning stove

    Wood burning stove

    Karczma Przy Młynie - Wood burning stove, inside decor

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    Wood burning stove, inside decor

    Gospoda Kolibecka - pierogi ze szpinakiem i serem feta

    Gospoda Kolibecka

    3.6(7 reviews)
    1.8 km
    $$

    This restaurant was recommended to me by our local hiking guide who grew up in Zakopane and…read moredescribed it as a "locals only" traditional Zakopane-style Polish restaurant. The interior looks like you're having dinner at Babcia's house in pre-war 1930 Poland. It's beautifully carved and traditionally decorated, and a great place to experience traditional Zakopane food. Our guide recommended to start with the soup, Kwaśnica z źerberkiem (pronounced "Fash-neat-sa ", which is a sauerkraut based soup with what looked like pork ribs. It was delicious, but some people might not like the taste of sauerkraut, so if not, this soup is not for you. The next recommendation from our guide was to order Placek ziemniaczany y gulaszem, which is a Hungarian style potato pancake (boiled potato made into a patty and fried) stuffed with meat stew in a mildly spicy tomato based sauce. I prefer regular Polish style potato pancakes that are not made from boiled potatoes, but the sauce that came with the stew made it a good choice. The stew meat was tough and draw, but that is to be expected in a traditional local restaurant. Our guide also suggested Pstrąg which is whole fried trout. The trout was very fresh and it was prepared very simplely and served with horseradish and Lemon. That dish was very good if you enjoy trout. We also ordered Ser zapuekany, which is fried local cheese made from sheep's milk, served with roast potatoes and a cream sauce similar to tzatziki. It was very good if you enjoy the taste of salty cheese, which paired well with the potatoes and sauce. I enjoyed trying local Zakopane food and I was very grateful to our guide for the recommendation.

    The food and service were great, but paying customers have to pay for the bathroom, which is an…read moreinconvenience. Other than that the ruskie pierogi (pelmieni) were tasty and the soups seem fine. Some other food may appear a bit fat.

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    Strawa Drwala

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    Eat and drink in the national forest

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