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The Blue Barbakan

4.0 (15 reviews)
PriceyPolish

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Excellent food, great atmosphere. Maybe the best pierogis I have ever had. Highly recommended

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15 years ago

Very good food and service but a tad pricey! Careful though, we tipped twice - we weren't told that the 'Service included'!

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11 years ago

Outstanding food with great service. As good as any restaurant we have been to in the U.K. Highly recommended,

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Barbakan

Barbakan

4.6(31 reviews)
0.1 mi
££

Wonderful food, cozy atmosphere, great beer and muled wine. We loved this restaurant! We ordered…read moredumplings and perogis and highly recommend them!

Excellent food, nice setting, and friendly staff. We very much enjoyed the whole experience…read more The food is delicious and beautifully prepared. The beef cheek was unctuous, and the vegetable accompaniment has lovely notes of cinnamon and juniper in the slaw portion. The hunters stew was filling but not heavy, and well seasoned. The oscypek cheese starter is similar to halloumi, with a firm, salty chew that gets your tastebuds going. The beer selection covers the gamut of Polish beers, from light lagers to raisin-y bocks (Koźlak). There's a wide range of vodka cocktails we did not try, plus ciders and wines. And the truly house made desserts are worth saving room for. I usually pass on dessert, but the cheesecake (not sweet) and poppyseed cake were too much to resist -- and I'm glad we didn't. So filling we brought half back home. The staff was friendly, and our waitress was charming and helpful, and even helped me understand the variations of the gołabki cabbage rolls that my grandmother had called galumpkies. Turns out there are many versions (and names) of these stuffed rolls across Eastern Europe. Now I know! Definitely worth putting on your York agenda. PS: the actual restaurant name is The Blue Barbakan

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Magdalenka

Magdalenka

4.0(2 reviews)
21.7 miLeeds Kirkgate Market, Shopping Quarter, City Centre

I am always one for trying new food and one of the things I love about Leeds is the variety of…read morecultures and the new cuisine it brings. Wandering outside of the market I approach this polish supermarket and have a quick peep inside to see what they have to offer. I am not entirely sure what everything is as it is all so unfamiliar to me. As I pick up some kind of vegetable and examine it inquisitively the lady at the counter obviously clocks that I have no idea what is going on here. Very politely she comes over to me and explains what it is and then even tells me how to cook it. Unfazed by my lack of knowledge she chats to me as I wonder round the store and I go away feeling slightly indebted to her for all my new cooking ideas.

I popped in here a while ago whilst looking through the market and realised it was one of the many…read moreshops in Leeds that I'd never visited. It's quite a quaint little place, stuffed to the bring with all kinds of supermarket bits and bobs, and houses a number of polish items that I couldn't begin to attempt to describe. Quirky biscuits, random chocolates, a number of baking oddments and other varieties of foreign goods that I'd not seen before, and was curious to investigate! It's certainly worth having a bit of a glance, just to satisfy curiosity, but I couldn't say that I'd choose to purchase my weekly shop here. Mostly for the inconvenience - I don't live nearby, but also beyond the basics there's not a huge amount in here that I require. The shop assistant was a touch on the cold side when I purchased my random chocolate bar, which incidentally was lovely, but y'know. Perhaps it was a bad day. All in all, another place of interest in Leeds, being as variety is the spice of life!

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Brasserie at West Park

Brasserie at West Park

3.5(8 reviews)
22.7 miFar Headingley
£££

I liked this place when it was The Lime Tree, so when I heard it had acquired new membership and a…read more(slightly) different name, I was sceptical - I needn't have worried. The usual Yorkshire summer weather preventing us from sitting outside on the decking area despite the parasols and heaters, but I imagine that when the weather's fine it's brilliant to sit here. Replacing the pizza and pasta focused menu of The Lime Tree, the new menu offers more hearty yet refined British and European food. I went for the posh sounding burger in foccaccia bread, and was not disappointed, especially when they topped it with Yorkshire cheese (much of the produce is local I'm told). My company had a steak and trout respectively, and both were impressed with the elegance and taste of the dishes put in front of them. Very friendly staff, a quiet atmosphere and average prices mean that The Limehouse is a good shout for any occasion and - it pains me to say it - better than its predecessor.

Boxing Day is a strange time to visit a restaurant. Those that you can find open seem to be either…read morerammed to the gills with people thankful to have found somewhere open or completely empty. The LimeHouse was the latter. We arrived as a party of six and were warmly welcomed. The interior is modern clean and simple and for a nice change devoid of garish Xmas decorations. Being Christmas and a gathering of friends back in their hometown we were all expecting to go for Champagne, but were very happy to see Prosecco on the wine list. Two bottles were quickly dispatched with. The list of five or six starters kept things simple and quick. My Ham Hock Terrine and toasted brioche was well presented and very tasty, maybe lacking a little seasoning if I really wanted to find fault. Others were very happy with the Prawn Tempura. For some reason four of us all went for the same Rib-Eye steak, chips and truffle butter with an order of Duck and Morello Cherries and an order for the Oak Smoked Salmon. This didn't reflect on the choices available, rather the craving for something uncomplicated after the previous days dinners. The steaks were cooked fabulously and the truffle butter is an excellent addition to any meal. A rather nice bottle of Malbec and Sauvigon Blanc during the main course topped off the night. Having a restaurant to yourself can go either way. Sometimes it's an indication that all is not well and the staff can smell the impending doom (and act accordingly). On other occasions it's just an awkward day of the week. The bonus is you get the place to yourself and when the staff are having a joke with you as well it adds to the simple pleasure of friends and food. The Limehouse is not a place I had heard of before but it is one I will be mentioning again.

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