U Babci Maliny Restaurant

This restaurant is highly recommended by Greg and Tom hostel staff.  It is very easy to get to – from Barbakan, walk straight towards the Florian Gate and turn left after the gate.  Turn right once you reach Szpitalna street and walk straight til you see this restaurant.

This restaurant has a very retro ambiance, especially the basement dining rooms.  The menus (in English and Polish) are also well-designed to fit in with the theme.

TY and I ordered:

Zurek z ziemniakami + kielbasa (white borsch with potatoes + sausage) – 7zł.  A very salty soup

Keski drobiowe panierowane + ziemniaki (coated inflour chicken bites + potatoes) – 23zł.  This is essentially just chicken cutlet with mashed potatoes – tasted quite good; comes with a bowl of cabbage which was quite salty.

We also shared a set of 15+ fried pierogi (dumplings with meat and cabbage) – 24zł with Caroline and Val.

The menu translates the Polish terms literally – Zurek w chlebie (white borsch served in bread).  We thought this soup will be served with bread (for you to dip into the soup).  Instead the soup is really served in bread (bowl).

Our full spread of food at U Babci Maliny

Not sure why Caroline would like to pose with the bread plate that was served with the pierogi…  While the plate is bread, it was too hard to be cut, let alone eat (not even sure if we are supposed to eat it).

Other parts of the restaurant:

We rate U Babci Maliny restaurant:

• Food (good and tasty, though soups were quite salty – could be a local flavour):  3.5/5
• Ambiance (need i say more?  see pictures in our post!):                                                      5/5
• Service (helpful and friendly; staff meal recommendations were good):                      4/5
• Location (centrally located – easy to find):                                                                                4/5
• Value (26.5zł/pax for soup + main course + drink + dumplings):                                   4/5