ZaKladka Food & Wine

ZaKladka Food & Wine is a relaxed bistro in Podgorze, the district on the south bank of the Vistula across from Kazimierz. The cooking leans French, and the room has long been a local favourite for an unhurried lunch, with wine at the centre of the experience.

The style is French-leaning bistro cooking, the sort of menu built for a long, seated meal rather than a fast bite, with a wine list that is part of the appeal. It is the kind of place regulars return to for a leisurely lunch. For the current menu and prices, check the restaurant's own channels.

Easygoing and neighbourhood in feel, popular with locals as much as visitors, with a terrace that works well in warm weather. It suits a slow afternoon rather than a quick stop.

Good for a long lunch or relaxed dinner, for couples and small groups, and for anyone who wants to eat where locals do a short way from the tourist centre.

Podgorze sits across the river from Kazimierz and is home to some of the city's museums. Combine a meal here with the Oskar Schindler Enamel Factory or MOCAK nearby. For a special-occasion tasting menu back over in Kazimierz, see Bottiglieria 1881. More on the area is in the Krakow guide.

Important: the reporting indicates ZaKładka has closed. Owners Renata and Rafal Targosz announced on 1 January 2026 that they were shutting the restaurant after 13 years, and it is now listed as permanently closed. The page should be updated to reflect this rather than describing it as a going concern.

For the record, the kitchen was run by chef and owner Rafal Targosz, who worked from the classics of French cuisine and the Parisian bistro and brasserie tradition (the menu ran to snails and frog legs), and who was also a wine specialist. The bistro was recommended in the Michelin Guide for around a decade of consecutive years before it closed.