The 10 Best Restaurants in Krakow

Krakow punches far above a city its size. It has Poland's only two-Michelin-star kitchen, a Neapolitan pizza scene that would hold up in Naples, and Georgian, Vietnamese, Thai and Indian cooking as good as anything the Old Town serves in Polish. This is our ranking of the ten best restaurants in the city, one standout per kitchen so the list actually helps you choose, from the tasting-menu apex to a kebab worth crossing the river for. Every place is open, visited and current.

A note on the order: it is not a claim that pizza beats sushi. It is our read on which tables deliver the most, for what they are, right now. For the full field in any category, each entry links to the cuisine guide behind it.

Bottiglieria 1881

The best restaurant in Poland by the only ranking that counts stars. In an 1881 wine warehouse on quiet Bocheńska, chef Przemysław Klima cooks refined modern Polish as a tasting menu only, above a 1,600-bottle cellar. Two Michelin stars in the 2026 guide, the first double in the country's history. Book weeks ahead. More traditional Polish is in our Polish and pierogi guide.

Nolio

The pizzeria that taught Krakow what Neapolitan pizza should be: eight-hour dough blistered in a wood oven, in a small Kazimierz room people queue for on weekends. The best pizza in the city, and the anchor of our best Italian guide.

Hana Sushi

The traditional sushi benchmark, in the Michelin Guide selection for over a decade, with a Tokyo-trained chef cutting to order. The top of our ramen and Japanese guide, alongside the robata grill at Nami and the omakase at Youmiko.

Indian Flame Wielopole

The highest-rated Indian in the city right now, a modern halal North Indian kitchen with famously generous portions, minutes east of the Main Square. It leads our Indian guide and our halal guide.

Tbilisuri

Widely called the best Georgian in Krakow: a Georgian chef, wine straight from Georgia, and the khachapuri and khinkali that convert first-timers. Poland loves Georgian food, and this is where it starts. Full field in the Georgian guide.

Pho Ever

A sixteen-hour beef-bone broth and noodles made by hand, from a founder who cooks across three countries, and the most-reviewed Vietnamese in the city. The pho all others are measured against, and the top of our Vietnamese guide.

Molám Thai Canteen & Bar

The first Thai restaurant in Poland to earn a Michelin Bib Gourmand, cooking over open fire from a Bangkok- and London-trained founder, and deliberately priced like a canteen. The best Thai in the city, leading our Thai guide.

Jamra

Proof that the best food in Krakow is not always the most expensive: a Syrian charcoal grill in Zabłocie that the whole city argues makes the best kebab in town, for under fifty zloty. It tops both our kebab and Middle Eastern guide and the halal list.

Hankki

The most serious Korean cooking in the city, in the Michelin Guide Poland selection since 2025, sister to Hana Sushi over in Zabłocie. The top of our Korean guide.

Restauracja Pod Baranem

When you want old-school Polish cooking served properly, this is the table: family-run since 1997, five carpeted rooms facing the Planty near Wawel, and the roast duck grandmothers get compared to. The sit-down end of our Polish and pierogi guide.

How to plan a trip around this list

Base yourself in Kazimierz, where five of these ten are within a ten-minute walk. Book Bottiglieria 1881 the moment you have dates. Keep one night for traditional Polish at Pod Baranem, one for the pizza at Nolio, and let the rest be Georgian, Vietnamese and Thai, which is where Krakow surprises people. See where everything sits on the food map, or browse every place we cover.