Restaurant in Gdańsk
Restauracja Gvara
Modern Polish tasting menus using Pomeranian and Baltic ingredients, one of the city's more ambitious kitchens. Set several courses at a calmer remove from the tourist quays.
Reviewed and updated July 2026
Restauracja Gvara is a modern Polish restaurant in the Main Town of Gdansk, a la carte and seasonal. The kitchen uses Pomeranian and Baltic ingredients and counts among the city's more ambitious tables. It sits on ul. Chlebnicka, a short walk from St Mary's Basilica and a step back from the busiest tourist quays.
Modern Polish tasting menus
The menu is a la carte and modern Polish, built on fresh produce and turned over with the seasons, with sections running from breakfast through soups and mains to desserts. The cooking is modern Polish, drawing on regional Pomeranian and Baltic produce, which points to fish and local ingredients handled with ambition. The courses change, so check the current menu and any pairing on the venue's own channels.
The dining room atmosphere
Away from the busiest riverfront, the setting is calmer than the main quays. Live music plays on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, and there is a children's menu and a play corner for families. It reads as an occasion table rather than a casual one.
Who Gvara suits
Best for a special dinner, for travellers who enjoy a chef's set menu, and for anyone wanting modern regional cooking at the ambitious end. Not the choice for a rushed or budget meal.
Where Gvara is and nearby
It sits within reach of the Main Town but a step back from the tourist quays. For a tasting-menu experience in the city, see Eliksir in Wrzeszcz, or a traditional riverside institution at Kubicki. The Gdansk guide sets out the dining areas.
Good to know
Booking ahead is sensible, especially at weekends. Confirm the current menu, prices, sittings and reservations on the venue's official channels.
Frequently asked questions
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More to explore in Gdańsk
Hotel
Hotel Podewils
A baroque townhouse hotel right on the marina, facing the old crane across the water.
Nature
Westerplatte
The seaside peninsula where WWII began, now a memorial park reached by a summer river boat.
Attraction
Long Market
The grand main thoroughfare of Gdansk, a wide promenade of merchant facades running from the Golden Gate to the river.
Castle
Malbork Castle
The largest castle in the world by land area, a vast red-brick fortress built by the Teutonic Knights on the Nogat river.
Attraction
St. Catherine's Church
St. Catherine's Church is the oldest church in Gdańsk and the burial place of astronomer Johannes Hevelius. Its bell tower holds the Museum of Tower Clocks, home to the world's first pulsar clock.
Attraction
Upland Gate (Brama Wyzynna)
A Renaissance gate from the late 16th century that marks the ceremonial start of Gdansk's Royal Route into the Main Town, carrying the carved coats of arms of Poland, Prussia and Gdansk.