Restauracja Podwale 25

Restauracja Podwale 25 is a beer hall and grill just outside the Old Town walls in Warsaw, on Podwale street. It is known for a giant pork knuckle, golonka in Polish, and Masovian dishes from the region around the capital. Portions are big, there is garden seating for warmer days, and a good beer selection on tap. For the wider city, see the Warsaw guide.

The signature plate is golonka, the giant pork knuckle, alongside Masovian regional dishes from the area around the capital. This is generous, traditional cooking meant to be washed down with beer poured on site. Portions are large and made to share, so it is a meal to take your time over rather than a quick plate. Check the venue's own channels for the current menu and beer list.

Inside it runs as a classic beer hall, and in warm weather the garden is the place to sit, with room for groups and a relaxed, informal buzz. It leans social and hearty rather than quiet, and it fills in the evening.

Best for groups, big appetites and travellers who want a proper Polish beer-hall dinner a step from the Old Town. It is less suited to a light meal or a formal night out.

Sitting just outside the walls, it is an easy walk into Stare Miasto, Warsaw's rebuilt Old Town, and to the Royal Castle on Plac Zamkowy. Along the same street, Podwale Bar i Books serves a comparable beer-hall menu, so the two make a natural pair for a hearty evening near the Old Town.

The full name is Podwale 25 Kompania Piwna, a beer hall dressed in wooden panelling, old prints and live music, closer in style to a Bavarian or Bohemian pivnice than a Polish dining room. It stands on Podwale between the Mały Powstaniec (Little Insurgent) monument and the Barbican.

The pork knuckle shares the menu with a Vienna-style schnitzel, and the kitchen changes things up with monthly and seasonal cards built around asparagus, mushrooms and fresh fish, plus a wood-fired grill list. Current menus and opening hours are worth confirming on the restaurant's official channels.