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[mollie]

Sakana is way too expensive, ate their with a friend and ended up pretending we were full after one plate as we couldn't justify spending that kind of money!
My personal choice is Darea, up the street that has STP and the haribo stands north of the rynek (keep walking towards uni and it's a black facaded building on your left). Someone said the chef from Maru left and opened it and that it's better, but to be honest they are pretty similar (Darea a touch better I reckon) and have very similar prices.
Sushi is pretty good and you can be full for less than 100 z for sure. Miso soup 8z, eight pieces of Sakura sushi 24 z, teriyaki salmon/chicken 38 z. Only drawback is there aren't seats outside like at Maru... I still haven't found a decent Chinese either... I've given up! I'm scared of the Lothus place cos didn't it used to be a brothel?!

[dynow]

i agree regarding the Chinese food issue.

one of the things i miss about the states is it's quality, cheap good tasting food.

Pizza

Chinese Food

Diners

even when i go to a restaurant in Poland, I'm rarely impressed, and almost always overcharged. I'm happier cooking and eating at home.

the first person to take out a fat loan and bring a few Chinese guys from NYC over to Poland to open a Chinese restaurant/take out /delivery place..........i think about it all the time. Chinese food......greasy, yummy, fast and cheap chinese food in Poland. every time i fly home, the next day is always chinese food for lunch from my favorite Chinese joint.

yum yum

[biffinbridge]

I totally agree with Dynow about the eating out experience in Poland...very overpriced and cack service...eating at home or even better, at your girlfriend's grandma's home is always a better option.

I wish some of you guys had posted on the 'budget for Poland' thread. I got slated for saying that meals cost 60 bucks in ok places. Then again there are some who think that a meal doesn't include a table, a knife or a fork, or indeed chopsticks.

Back to the op...Asian food of any decent standard is really hard to come by. Curry houses are notoriously bad as are the Chines places. Poznan has the new Buddha Bar but it'll cost you an arm and both legs. The Indian at Malta is simply pap. In the Chinese places there everything tastes the same no matter what you order. Poles don't do spicy food well. There is a sushi bar on Wosna and another just off Piekary.

[maniak]

Exotic foods like these are still a miss in poland (unless you want to grossly overpay), my last burrito at the mexico bar ended up me sitting on the toilet for a few hours.

There are a few decent italian places and some more 'american diner food' that are reasonably priced.

[biffinbridge]

The most popular Mexican in Poz on Kramarska has a red hot chilli code on the menu...3 chillis means very hot. I couldn't even taste the chilli in their hottest dishes.

It's also hard to find decent Tequila in Poland.

I'm having second thoughts about going there again in the near future as it's all such a rip off.

I can go on an all inclusive rum, rhumba and razzle holiday at a 4 star resort in Cuba for 900 Euros, which is much less than I spend in 2 weeks in Poland.

And aren't the Poles a miserable bunch?

[Harry from NWE]

[redsoxfan]

Eating out in Poznan definitely leaves something to be desired. There are two Mexican joints near the Rynek, both put all their effort into designing cool interiors while totally neglecting the food. It's just awful. The Chinese place on sw. Marcin is ok. Sorellas (?) near the Rynek is a nice place for pizza and salads, not expensive, nice courtyard. Yup, for me it was just obiad domowy places for lunch or just cooking at home.

[biffinbridge]

Well Harry, I sort of agree although I thought the food in Warsaw wasn't much better when I lived there in 2006.

Gotta say, I love Polish home cooking though.

And can anyone tell me why Poznan in particular has become so expensive for going out and shopping? It ain't just the trade fairs. Tourists don't buy shoes and electrical appliances.

I would say that on my last visit either my girlfriend or I returned a meal as unacceptable every other visit to a restaurant...and I eat anything.

I can't understand how every Pole I know has a nice car, a flat and foreign holidays on the salaries they have.....all on the mace I suppose. Let's wait for the bad credit crash as interest rates go up.

[svenhassel]

The best Indian food in Poland is to be found in Lodz, a restaurant called ghanesh (sp) or something similar, I understand they have a place in Warsaw too. It's worth going just for the food, to Lodz that is...........

Swine

[caramel]

[svenhassel]

I don't know about that caramel but Lodz Indians are definitely Indian by nature.

Svine

[Neori]

Hello all. I'm not too sure if this is where i should post my question, but I would be happy if anyone has an idea as to where in Wrocław are there azian shops with food ingredients, such as sticky rice. I've been surfing the net for ages for the shops, but no luck. I tried to go to "healthy food shops", but still nothing.

I also asked people around, but noone knows either, so if any of you know atleast one shop and be willing to tell me where it is I would be extremely happy!

Thank you!

[Jack Walker]

After 6 years of trying,I still haven't found a decent Chinese restaurant in Poland.Actually,I have given up hope.

Even the "Chinese" places with Asians working in the kitchen are hopeless.


They seem to follow an unwritten code to make the food as tasteless and as Polish as possible.

As someone said before, it's always Polish style rice covered in a watery sauce with a few tasteless over battered "chicken" balls and a side of salad? Wtf?

Or better yet,tasteless boiled vegetables with a few overcooked pieces of chicken thrown in and covered with a tasteless greyish sauce servd with salad once again.

Save your 20zl per head and make it at home.

[sharter]

I forgot to mention this a few weeks ago when I was in Poznan: There's a relatively new place just off the Rynek called 'Buddha Bar'....I had a seriously good Chicken Madras there and that's coming from a Brit who loves his curry!! First time I've had high quality Asian food in Poland since I first went there in 95.

There were 3 of us. 2 of us had a main course and Pilaw Rice. We also ordered 1 vegetable dish of Aloo Ghobi. My other mate had some samosas. We each had a beer and 2 short drinks each and it only came to 260Zl, plus a tip of 30Zl. Then we went out on a 6 hour bender.

Funny, in the UK we usually have the curry last and wake up with that yellow crap all over our clothes...y'know the stuff that doesn't wash out on your new Hilfiger shirt!

So if you want a good curry, you can always go to Poznan.