"I SPEND 5 DAYS IN KRAKOW WITH MY BOYFRIEND. IT WAS NICE TIME, CITY IS BEAUTIFULL, ONLY PROBLEM WE HAD WAS TO GET GOOD MEAL IN MOST OF KRAKOW RESTAURANTS. IN SOME OF THEM WAS A MERICLE TO GET A BIT OF SERVICE AND ATTENTION FROM WAITRESSES.
I RUN RESTAURANT MYSELF FOR LAST 7 YEARS, SO I KNOW WHAT SORT OF SERVICE CUSTOMER SHOULD GET.
FIRST PLACE WE DECIDED TO CHECK WAS "CHERUBINO"-I WENT THERE MANY TIMES IN PAST, AS A STUDENT, I DID RECOMEND THIS PLACE TO ALL MY ENGLISH FRIENDS, WHO WANTED TO HAVE NICE MEAL IN KRAKOW, BUT TIMES HAS CHANGED, NOTHING LAST FOREVER.
I THOUGHT IT WILL BE NICE TO HAVE MEAL THERE ON MY BIRTHDAY. WHEN WE ARRIVED RESTAURANT WAS SO " BUSY" 5 WAITRESS WAS RUNNING LIKE HEDLESS CHICKENS AROUND 2 TABLES OF 6 PEOPLE.WE SAT THERE 20 MINUTES AND NOONE CAME TO GIVE US MENU. WE LEFT THIS PLACE AFTER ANOTHER 5 MINUTES(NOONE EVEN NOTICED).
NEXT PLACE WAS "MIOD I WINO"-SERVICE VERY GOOD, WE ORDERED BOTTLE OF CHABLIS, CAME PETIT CHABLIS, NEVER MIND THIS BUT WINE WAS SERVED IN ROOM TEMPERATURE- I LIKE MY CHABLIS NICE AND COLD(PETIT CHABLIS ALSO LOL), ASKED FOR ICE BUCKET-SORTED. STARTER FINE, PORK FILLET NICE BUT FRIED POTATOES NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE RAW INSIDE.AFTER ALL THIS EXPERIENCE I THINK THIS WAS JUST OK MEAL, WELL OVERPRICED BUT WITH VERY NICE SERVICE, I WOULD LIKE COME BACK THERE BUT I WILL NOT ORDER ANY POTATOES FOR SURE. NEXT PLACE WE TRIED WAS "SZABLA I SZKLANKA" HUNGARIAN RESTAURANT, MY BOYFRIEND ORDERED TASTY LAMB GULASH BUT 4 PIECES OF LAMB IN THAT DISH IS A BIT NOT ENOUGH, ESPECIALY IF YOU LOOK AT PRICES ON MENU.DISH WAS NOT VERY HOT WHEN ARRIVED, 3 HUDGE DUMPLINGS WITH 4 PIECES OF MEAT LOOKED A BIT FUNNY.I HAD BEEF GULASH -CAME IN NICE BOWL, HEATED UP WITH T-LIGHT CANDLLE, I LIKED IT A LOT, DONT JUST UNDERSTAND WHY THEY CAN NOT DO SAME WITH LAMB DISH.
NEXT PLACE WAS COFFE AND CAKE PLACE "SLODKI WENTZL"-MY WORST RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE EVER.5 WAITRESSES DOING NOTHING BUT HAVING CHAT, NOT EVEN LOOKING AT CUSTOMERS, I HAVE ORDERED CHOCOLATE AND PEAR CAKE-COULD NOT FIND ANY PEAR THERE-TO REACH, TO HEAVY, MY BOYFRIEND HAD LEMON TART-BEST EXAMPLE HOW YOU CAN SPOIL SIMPLE THING.BEST THING WAS COFFEE, WE ORDERED DOUBLE EXPRESSO, BUT WAITRESS DID NOT PAY ATTENTION SO CAME SMALL, I SAYS IS NOT WHAT I ORDERED, MANAGERESS CAME OVER AND SAYS: YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS COFFEE, COS IS ALREADY MADE, I ASKED FOR FRESH COFFE, COS I DON'T LIKE MY ESPRESSO COLD. WE ENDED UP WITH BILL FOR 5 ESPRESSOS, 2 CAKES AND ICE CREAM,WE WANTED JUST 2 COFFEES AND 2 CAKES BUT NEVER MIND, THEY DO NOT CARE MUCH WHAT WE WANTED. I SHOULD JUST CALL POLICE FOR THAT REAP OFF.MY ADVICE TO OVNER OF THAT PLACE-FIND NEW STAFF SOON.
PRICES IN KRAKOW ARE VERY FUNNY- 0.5 L BEER AROUND £8 ZLOTYCH BUT WE MANAGED TO FIND ONE PLACE NEXT TO MARIACKI CHURCH-12.50 ZLOTYCH FOR 0.5 L. ATTENTION! THEY ALSO CHARGE TOURISTS-(BUT ONLY FORENERS) 1 ZLOTY FOR USING TOALETTE.TOTAL MADNESS!!!
WE LOST HOPE TO GET GOOD OR HOT MEAL IN KRAKOW, THEN IO REMIND MYSELF ABOUT PIZZA PLACE "CYKLOP"-I KNOW IT FROM STUDENT TIMES-I TOOK MY BOYFRIEND THERE. HE WAS NOT TO MUCH EXCITED ABOUT THSI BECAUSE EATING PIZZA IN POLAND IS NOT NORMALY GOOD IDEA- WE SHOULD MAYBE TRY LOCAL FOOD-BUT ALL LOCAL WAS SO FAR NOT HOT ENOUGH, NOT BIG ENOUGH OR NOT COOKED ENOUGH.
WINE ARRIVED CHILLED-FIRST PLUS, CUTLERYS ARRIVED DIRTY-FIRST MINUS, CAPRESE SALAD ARRIVED NICE AND FRESH-SECOND PLUS, PIZZA CAME NICE AND TASTY, THIRD PLUS.IN TOTAL 3+ 1-(NOT BAD)
THEN CAME TIME FOR NICE ESPRESSO IN BAR CALLED "DYM"-HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BUSY PLACE FULL OF LOCAL PEOPLE.NEXT PLACE WHERE TOURISTS DONT GO(MAYBE BETTER BECAUSE IS NOT OVERPRICED) IS LOVELY PLACE FULL OF JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS- "BOTANICA"-ALWAYS BUSY, YOU CAN HAVE NICE LUNCH JUST FOR 10 ZLOTYCH.
LAST EVENING CAME TIME FOR JEWISH QUATER, NICE BARS-ALCHEMIA, SINGER, MECHANOFF, MAYBE JUST TO MUCH CIGARETTES SMOKERS INSIDE.LATER ON DINNER IN ARGENTINIAN GRILL RESTAURANT -WONDERFULL STEAK, BETTER BOOK IN ADVANCE, COS ALWAYS FULL, GOOD WINE LIST, A BIT PRICY BUT I DO NOT MIND PAY FOR GOOD FOOD, I DO MIND WHEN SOMEONE IS TRYING CHARGE TO MUCH FOR NOTHING SPECIAL WITHOUT GIVING A MINIMUM SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS.IN TOTAL:KRAKOW RESTAURANT OWNERS MUST LEARN A LOT ABOUT FOOD, WINES, SERVICE. ALL PLACES IN TOWN -WELL OVERPRICED AND NOT IN EUROPEAN STANDARDS" | ALICJA
United Kingdom
Oct.01.2008
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