Home-made porkchop, traditional Russian pierogis, fresh raw vegetable salads and attractive prices – such meals are served in Wroclaw milk bars and diners. Everything is prepared on the spot by ladies who serve such dinners in their homes, too. In this article, we want to recommend you a number of places where you can eat a healthy and whole meal at a low price and, at the same time, feel the atmosphere of a family dinner. Below you will find opening hours, the detailed address and price of selected dishes.
"Miś" Milk Bar
Address: ul. Kuźnicza 48
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m, Sat: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
It is one of the most popular milk bars in Wroclaw. Its regular guests are students, tourists, school excursions and ordinary Wroclaw inhabitants. Russian pierogis are ordered most frequently here, but flour pancakes and small flat noodles ("łazanki") also have their fans. In the summer, the bar offers traditional seasonal dishes: chanterelle cream, fruit soup or cold beetroot soup with egg. Unfortunately, it is not possible to order a takeaway dinner here.
Prices of selected dishes:
- Russian pierogis – 4.50 PLN
- cold beetroot soup with egg – 2.22 PLN
- fruit soup – 1.92 PLN
- chanterelle cream – 2.80 PLN
- potatoes – 1.04 PLN
- porkchop – 6.50 PLN
- white cabbage salad – 0.98 PLN
- small flat noodles ("łazanki”) – 2.90 PLN
- Inka coffee with milk – 0.57 PLN
- cocoa – 1.18 PLN
"Mewa" Milk Bar
Address: ul. Drobnera 4
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sat-Sun: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Because of the proximity of the city centre, the Mewa milk bar is very popular both among Wroclaw inhabitants and students and among tourists, and the lack of long queues such as those in "Miś" is a huge advantage of this place. Here, the most popular dish among customers are also Russian dumplings, which are served every day from 1:00 p.m.
Prices of selected dishes
- Russian pierogis – 3.17 PLN
- potato pancakes – 4.17 PLN
- small flat noodles ("łazanki”) with cabbage and mushrooms – 2.53 PLN
- beet green soup with egg – 2.76 PLN
- porkchop – 6.90 PLN
- young potatoes – 0.89 PLN
- white cabbage salad – 0.94 PLN
- baked rice with apples and sour cream – 1.35 PLN
- Inka coffee with milk – 1.69 PLN
- cacao – 1.24 PLN
"Jacek i Agatka" Bar
Address: pl. Nowy Targ 27
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sat: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The bar is closed until the 19th of July!
The bar whose name recalls an old Polish good-night cartoon for children has existed in Wroclaw already for three generations. Lovers of meat, vegetarian food or sweets will certainly find something for themselves here. Jacek i Agatka has over 100 items in its menu.
Prices of selected dishes:
- soups – from 0.70 PLN to 1.70 PLN
- meat dishes – from 4.00 PLN to 6.50 PLN
- raw vegetable salads – from 0.50 PLN to 2.10 PLN
- rice with strawberies – 2.05 PLN
- flour pancakes with fruit icing – ca. 2.50 PLN
- potato pancakes – from 3.60 PLN to 3.70 PLN
- pierogis – from 1.95 PLN to 2.60 PLN
- baked beans in tomato sauce – from 3.40 PLN to 3.50 PLN
- croquette with cabbage – ok. 1.20 PLN
- cocoa – ca. 0.90 PLN
"Wiking" Bar
Address: ul. Piłsudskiego 14/16
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Sat: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Some say that this place has existed forever. The Wiking bar is visited both by local inhabitants, who choose potato dumplings and pierogis most frequently, and by visitors who arrive in Wroclaw after years of emigration and are surprised to see that Wiking still functions. Prices are not as low as in aforementioned diners, but meals are tasty here and the room is air-conditioned
Prices of selected dishes:
- Russian pierogis – 6.40 PLN (17 PLN/kg)
- potato pancakes 4 pcs – 5 PLN
- porkchop – 8.40 PLN
- cauliflower – 3.50 PLN
- potatoes – 2.60 PLN
- raw vegetable salads – 2.60 PLN
- small flat noodles ("łazanki”) with cabbage – 4.80 PLN
- pierogis with fruit – 6.40 PLN
- cold beetroot soup with egg – 4.10 PLN
"Ale! Duet" Milk Bar
Address: ul. Poniatowskiego 1
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 11.00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sat: closed
This bar has its regular guests. Apart from local inhabitants (including students), employees of the office building at ul. Bema and other persons often eat here. Ale! Duet offers many vegetarian dishes, so it is often visited by vegetarians. The dish that disappears most quickly are Russian pierogis, which are served from 11:00 a.m. and run out before 3:00 p.m., but Silesian dumplings and croquettes are also very popular. In the summer season, you can order here Lithuanian and Bulgarian cold beetroot soup, braised young cabbage or warm seasonal vegetables.
Prices of selected dishes:
- porkchop – 6.80 PLN
- minced mean cutlet – 5.60 PLN
- Russian pierogis 8 pcs – 3.99 PLN
- summer raw vegetable salad – 2.19 PLN
- fresh cucumber salad – 2.13 PLN
- wilted vegetables – 2.38 PLN
- pancakes with banana & chocolate 1 pcs. – 2.80 PLN
- croquette with cheese and mushrooms 1 pcs – 2.20 PLN
- young potatoes – 3.20 PLN
- Silesian dumplings – 2.78 PLN
- potato pancakes 2 pcs – 1.90 PLN
- vegetarian cabbage rolls 2 pcs – 5.28 PLN
"Mały" Bar
Address: ul. Kołłątaja 27/28
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 10:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Sat: 10:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
A travel-wearied tourist with a large suitcase is a type of person that you can very often meet here, because the bar is located near the railway station; however, it is also a favourite place to eat for building site workers, students, parents with children and local inhabitants. The bar has an outdoor garden, which allows guests to find a seat outside the really small (“Mały”) bar in spring and summer. Dinner sets composed by female cooks, which consist of a soup, second course and compote, are very popular here.
Prices of selected dishes:
- pierogis (Russian/with fruit) – 9 PLN
- flour pancakes (with cottage cheese, apples or spinach) – 9 PLN
- potatoes – 3 PLN
- porkchop – 8 PLN
- raw vegetable salads – 3 PLN
"Karmazyn" Bar in the Market Hall
Address: ul. Piaskowa 17
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Sat: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
The bar situated in the historic Market Hall does not suffer from a lack of customers. Except local inhabitants and merchants working in the hall, it also serves a large mass of students, including those from the Institute of Polish Philology located opposite the bar. The most favourite dish of customers of the Karmazyn bar is a dinner set with a minced meat cutlet. And, of course, Russian dumplings – the bar staff assures that they are always available!
Prices of selected dishes:
- potatoes – 1.70 PLN
- Russian pierogis 8 pcs – 5.50 PLN
- white cabbage salad – 1 PLN
- choice of raw vegetable salads – 3 PLN
- sweet pancakes 2 pcs – 5 PLN
- bigos with potatoes – 5.70 PLN
dinner set:
- minced meat cutlet+potatoes+raw vegetable salad – 4.90 PLN
- chicket fillet in almonds+potatoes+raw vegetable salad – 10.70 PLN
"Słoneczny" Bar
Address: ul. Komandorska 147
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sat: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Called tenderly "Słoneczko" (the Sun), the bar at ul. Komandorska is a favourite place among students of the nearby University of Economics. This means that you have to wait for your meal in a long queue in the academic year, but the visitors of the bar assure that it's worth it. A rye soup is a very popular dish here, but Russian pierogis also have their fans. The Słoneczny Bar is situated on the 1st floor of the shopping pavilion; the customers who come here during heats complain that it is very hot inside.
Prices of selected dishes:
- Russian pierogis – 4.90 PLN
- rice with strawberries – 4.20 PLN
- young potatoes – 1.50 PLN
- young cabbage – 1.50 PLN
- flour pancakes with cottage cheese and strawberries – 3.80 PLN
- fresh cucumber salad – 1.50 PLN
- chicken fillet – 6.50 PLN
- pasta with strawberries – 4.50 PLN
"Kaktusik" Bar
Address: ul. Komuny Paryskiej 45
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
This small bar is located in a renovated tenement house at ul. Komuny Paryskiej and is visited mainly by local inhabitants. A very popular dish is the soup of the day (which is different every day).
Prices of selected dishes:
- minced meat cutlet – 2.60 PLN
- poultry fillet – 5.11 PLN
- white cabbage salad – 0.95 PLN
- cauliflower soup – 2 PLN
- flour pancakes with cottage cheese and fruit – 3.30 PLN
- Silesian dumplings – 3.05 PLN
- Russian pierogis – 3.82 PLN
- small flat noodles (“łazanki”) – 3.25 PLN
- young potatoes – 0.54 PLN
- compote – 0.78 PLN
"U Jędrusia" Bar-Diner
Address: ul. Kościuszki 128
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Sat: 11.00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The porkchop is the flagship dish of this diner, but Russian pierogis prepared here have many fans, too. "U Jędrusia" is visited by persons working in nearby companies and workshops, students and local inhabitants.
Prices of selected dishes:
- soup of the day – 3.50 PLN
- Russian pierogis 8 pcs – 7 PLN
- porkchop – 9 PLN
- potatoes/rice/groats – 3 PLN
- ribs in sauce – 8.50 PLN
- flour pancakes 2 pcs – 6.50 PLN
Grochowianka Diner
Address: ul. Grochowa 17
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 9.00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sat: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
It is one of the oldest diners in the city. The place is small and its guests are mainly local inhabitants. The most popular dish are Russian pierogis, which – as women preparing dishes in Grochowianka say – can never run out. The diner offers also seasonal dishes, such as pierogis with strawberries, blueberries or sweet cherries, cold beetroot soup with egg, beet green soup or sorrel soup.
Prices of selected dishes:
- Russian pierogis 7 szt. – 8 PLN
- potatoes – 3 PLN
- porkchop – 8 PLN
- beetroots – 2.80 PLN
- cabbage rolls stuffed with buckwheat groats – 2.50 PLN
- beet green soup/sorrel soup/cold beetroot soup – 4 PLN
Kolor Bar
Address: ul. Żeromskiego 11
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sat: closed
It is a small typical milk bar. Lovers of meat dishes have much to choose from, because the menu abounds in various cutlets, ribs, pork knuckle or bacon. But it is also possible to order raw vegetable salads and, obviously, Russian pierogis.
Prices of selected dishes:
- ribs – 3.90 PLN
- porkchop – 4.65 PLN
- minced meat cutlet – 2.60 PLN
- Russian pierogis – 3.82 PLN
- white cabbage salad – 0.95 PLN
- potatoes – 2.18 PLN
- flour pancakes with fruit – 3.39 PLN
- small flat noodles (“łazanki”) – 3.25 PLN
- compote – 0.78 PLN
"Produs" Diner
Address: ul. Żeromskiego 20 and ul. Traugutta 85
Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Sat: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Apart from local inhabitants, the diner at ul. Żeromskiego is also visited by travellers – ambulance crews, policemen or post office employees, because meals are served fast here and it is possible to take them away. The Produs Diner functions also in another place at ul. Traugutta. The cutlets with hard cheese and spinach that are served here have their faithful fans.
Prices of selected dishes:
- minced meat cutlet – 4.90 PLN
- potatoes – 1.45 PLN
- Silesian dumplings – 1.80 PLN
- soup – from 1.80 PLN
- ribs – 6.60 PLN
- Russian pierogis – 3.35 PLN
- flour pancakes 1 pcs – 1.53 PLN
- potato pancakes – 1.65 PLN
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