4 Best Restaurants in Gdansk, The Baltic Coast and Pomerania

Ristorante La Cucina

$$ | Stare Miasto Fodor's choice
This excellent Italian restaurant has two faces: on the one hand, it's a great spot for simple pizzas and pastas; on the other, the menu offers much more sophisticated creations for connoisseurs of serious cuisine d'auteur. The pizzas and the pastas are perfectly delicious, but do check out the other offerings. The permanent (albeit seasonally changing) menu includes some intriguing compositions with rich and sophisticated flavors, such as fallow deer carpaccio with roasted artichokes and horseradish; beetroot and cider soup with pomegranate; or guinea fowl breast in Marsala wine. In addition, a blackboard offers a long list of daily or weekly specials, all of which are worth your consideration. Do try to leave room for dessert; the chef makes excellent homemade cakes and ice creams.

Czerwone Drzwi

$$ | Stare Miasto

Behind the red door (that's what "Czerwone Drzwi" means in Polish) is an elegant but cozy café-cum-restaurant, a favorite with Gdańsk's fashionable people and tourists (particularly those not traveling on a budget). The decor resembles a slightly cluttered but pleasant bourgeois home. The menu changes with the seasons, but its strength is always a reliable offering of local dishes, such as żurek and pierogi, as well as veal escalopes.

Pod Łososiem

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"The Salmon" is certainly the most famous restaurant in Gdańsk, with a long-standing reputation. Very old-fashioned, it is memorable for its elegant baroque-era dining rooms, well-oiled maître d', attentive service, and perfectly correct seafood (the menu also extends to game and fowl dishes). Try the salmon or smoked eel to start, followed by flounder or grilled trout. You may want to try the famous Goldwasser vodka—after all, this is its original source.

Seafood Lunch Dinner $$$$
Ul. Szeroka 52/53, Gdansk, Pomerania, Poland
058-301–76–52
Known For
  • elegant, historic ambience
  • grilled trout
  • Goldwasser vodka, which originated here
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted

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Tawerna

$$$

A scale-model sailing ship outside leads you into a series of wood-paneled dining rooms overlooking the Motława Canal. This is a pleasant place to linger over lunch or dinner. Tawerna's fresh trout is always reliable, but ask the polite, multilingual waitstaff about the fish of the day. The only complaints most diners have regard the price of the meal. Be aware, though, that this is a very touristy spot.