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Kazimierz Krakow restaurants and cafes in the Jewish Quarter
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Flea market and snack windows known for the zapiekanka.
Google MapsRestaurant, cafe and bookshop in a former ritual bath on Szeroka; klezmer at 8 PM nightly.
Google MapsThe Jewish Culture Festival's cafe at Józefa 36: findjan coffee, mint tea and hummus.
Google MapsDajwór 18, open daily 10:00-18:00, with a cafe selling kosher snacks.
Google MapsJózefa Street: Polish plates, homemade liqueurs and live music on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Google MapsClub and cafe at Estery 5, on the corner of Plac Nowy.
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The former Zgody Square, with the memorial of empty chairs.
Google MapsTadeusz Pankiewicz's pharmacy in the ghetto, now a branch of the Museum of Krakow.
Google MapsOne of the surviving sections of the ghetto wall.
Google MapsA section of the ghetto wall behind the school at Limanowskiego 60/62.
Google MapsThe enamel factory at Lipowa 4 that Oskar Schindler took over in 1939, now a museum.
Google MapsLaid out in the 1780s, closed by St Joseph's church and its 80 m tower.
Google MapsSite of the camp set up late in 1942 on Jewish cemeteries; no camp buildings survive.
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Szeroka 24: a Museum of Krakow branch on the history and culture of Krakow's Jews; free on Mondays.
Google MapsSzeroka 40: the community's main synagogue, with daily and holiday prayers.
Google MapsBurials from 1551; 711 gravestones and the Wall of Tears.
Google MapsFounded in 1620 by Wolf Popper; home of the Austeria bookstore since 2017.
Google MapsThe only synagogue in Poland with its prayer hall upstairs; closed, seen from outside.
Google MapsCompleted in 1644 for Izaak Jakubowicz; closed for conservation.
Google MapsBuilt in 1643 with goldsmiths' money; the community office, closed to visitors.
Google MapsReform synagogue of 1860-62 with 36 stained glass windows and festival concerts.
Google MapsMiodowa 55, opened in 1801: the only Jewish cemetery in Krakow still in use.
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On Wolnica Square, the last sign of the town's autonomy, now the Museum of Ethnography.
Google MapsKazimierz's great parish church, with a boat-shaped pulpit and the city's largest organ.
Google MapsGothic church raised around 1343 for the Augustinian order.
Google MapsWhere Bishop Stanislaus died in 1079; its crypt holds great Poles, mostly artists.
Google MapsHeart of the Jewish town, with Austrian-era cobbles and the festival's closing concert in July.
Google MapsKrakowska 46, a branch of the Museum of Ethnography.
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Laid out with the city charter of 1257; the usual start of a walk to Kazimierz.
Google MapsThe limestone hill above the Vistula, Krakow's ancient seat of power.
Google MapsRiverside paths for walking and cycling at the foot of Wawel.
Google MapsBuilt in 2010 between Kazimierz and Podgórze, lit from beneath at night.
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Kazimierz Krakow restaurants range from candle-lit Jewish-style dining rooms with live klezmer to Israeli-style coffee, a kosher museum cafe and the snack windows of Plac Nowy.
Editorial team, krakowjewishquartertour.click · Updated November 9, 2026 · 8 min of reading
Key facts
- Jewish-style dinnerKlezmer-Hois on Szeroka, in a former ritual bath, with klezmer at 8 PM nightly.1,2
- Coffee and hummusCheder on Józefa Street, the festival's cafe, brews coffee in a findjan.3
- Kosher snacksThe Galicia Jewish Museum cafe sells kosher and non-kosher sandwiches.4
- Quick bitePlac Nowy is known for the zapiekanka, an open-faced toasted sandwich.5
- Eat with a guideA street food walk with a 2-hour Kazimierz option, from €40.
Eating in Kazimierz: what to expect
Kazimierz is where much of Krakow goes out to eat, and its streets pack a lot into a few blocks. The city guide credits the district's character to its galleries, workshops, restaurants, pubs and clubs, small hotels and hostels.6 The Polish tourist board adds that you can find traditional kosher dishes among its restaurants.7 Kazimierz Krakow restaurants range from places that recreate the pre-war Jewish quarter to modern Polish kitchens and street food windows.
The district has two eating hubs. Szeroka Street, the old heart of the Jewish town, is lined with restaurants whose names, menus and music look back to the world that was destroyed in the war. A few minutes west, Plac Nowy and the streets around it are younger, louder and cheaper, with bars, cafes and snack stalls. Józefa Street links the two and has plenty of interesting small places in between.
This page picks out venues that describe themselves on their own websites, so the details below are what they say about themselves. Opening hours and menus change often in Kazimierz, so check before you set out, especially on Friday evenings and Jewish holidays. The map marks each place, and the panel for this page opens first; the synagogues and the history stops sit on the other panels if you want to plan a meal around a walk.
Places named on this page
Where to eat and drink in Kazimierz
| Place | Where | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Klezmer-Hois | Szeroka | Jewish-style dinner |
| Cheder | Józefa 36 | Coffee, hummus |
| Museum cafe | Dajwór 18 | Kosher snacks |
| Starka | Józefa Street | Polish plates |
| Plac Nowy | Market hall | Zapiekanka |
| Alchemia | Estery 5 | Drinks, concerts |
Details as each venue or institution states them on its own site; the Plac Nowy snack as the Polish tourist board describes it.1,14,4,15,5,16
Jewish-style dining on Szeroka
One Jewish-style dining room to know is Klezmer-Hois, at the north end of Szeroka, a cafe, restaurant, guesthouse and bookshop in a 15th-century building that was once a Jewish ritual bath, 100 m from the Remuh Synagogue.1 The city guide places the old mikvah at Szeroka 6, where its pool was fed by a spring.10 It is also the seat of the Austeria publishing house, whose books on Jewish subjects you can buy there.11
Its menu has a family link to music. The restaurant says it was created with Leopold Kozłowski, called the last klezmer of Galicia, who also taught its kitchen how to prepare Jewish dishes.12 Expect the classics of Ashkenazi home cooking on menus around Szeroka: cholent, a slow-cooked stew of beans, barley and meat traditionally kept warm for the Sabbath lunch; gefilte fish; chopped liver with onion and egg, often listed as Jewish caviar; and sweet noodle kugel.
Dinner here is about the evening as much as the food. Klezmer-Hois holds concerts of traditional klezmer music at 8 PM every evening, by bands including Klezmorim Trio, Grupa Nazzar and The Saints.2,13 Reserve a table for the concert if you want to eat while the band plays, and arrive a little early. The other restaurants on Szeroka follow the same model of candlelight, old photographs and live music, so walk the square before you choose.
A day of eating
From morning coffee to an evening concert
Morning
Coffee on Józefa
Cheder brews Israeli-style coffee in a findjan.3
10:00
Museum cafe opens
The Galicia Jewish Museum and its cafe open daily.8
Afternoon
Plac Nowy snack
A zapiekanka from the round market hall.5
Evening
Polish dinner
Starka on Józefa Street, live music Wednesday and Friday.9
8 PM
Klezmer concert
Nightly klezmer at Klezmer-Hois on Szeroka.2
Polish plates and modern kitchens
Not every good meal in the district is Jewish in style, and many restaurants in Kazimierz, Krakow serve Polish food. Starka, a small restaurant on Józefa Street, describes its cooking as traditional Polish with a modern twist: crispy golonka, beef cheeks, zalewajka soup and homemade dumplings.15 It is named after an oak-aged vodka and serves its own homemade liqueurs in 20 editions.17 Its walls are covered in artworks and colourful murals.18
Polish menus share a common core you will meet all over Kazimierz. Golonka is a slow-roasted pork knuckle; zalewajka and żurek are sour rye soups, often served in a bread bowl; pierogi come boiled or fried with potato and cheese, meat, cabbage or fruit. Portions are large, soups make a meal, and lunch is often the main meal of the day. Ask the staff what the kitchen is proud of that day, and leave room for a dessert of cheesecake or apple cake.
Starka brings in a live act on Wednesday and Friday nights from 8:30 PM, playing 80s and 90s covers.9 That makes it a lively choice on those nights and a quieter one on the others. Restaurants on Józefa and Bożego Ciała streets fill quickly at weekends, so book ahead if you are a group, and ask for a table away from the door in the cold months, when every opening brings in the draught.
Match the meal
Which Kazimierz table suits you?
Choose by mood, time of day and what you want to eat.
If I want dinner with live music
Klezmer-Hois on Szeroka
Klezmer concerts start at 8 PM every evening.2
If I want good coffee and calm
Cheder on Józefa
It brews coffee in a findjan and serves mint tea.3
If I keep kosher
The Galicia Jewish Museum cafe
It sells kosher sandwiches and snacks.4
If I want hearty Polish food
Starka on Józefa
Golonka, beef cheeks and dumplings are on its menu.15
If I want something cheap and fast
Plac Nowy
Its snack windows are known for the zapiekanka.5
Taste with a guide
Food walks that cover Kazimierz
Sit-down tastings
Food and culture tour
From Plac Wolnica
- Length3 hours
- Stops4 restaurants
- DrinksBeer and vodka
Snack walk
Traditional street food
Snacks and an old market
- Length1.5 to 2 hours
- GuideSix languages
- CancelFree up to 24 hours
Coffee, hummus and books
Several cafes in Kazimierz, Krakow are run by cultural institutions. Cheder, at 36 Józefa Street, is the year-round home of the Jewish Culture Festival.14,71 It serves coffee brewed in a findjan, the Israeli pot, mint tea, hummus and dishes inspired by Middle Eastern cooking.3 From 1890 the building housed a Jewish prayer house, Chevra Ner Tamid, the Brotherhood of Eternal Light; the festival reopened the space in 2008, and the cafe followed in February 2009.14,72
Cheder runs concerts, lectures, workshops and meetings through the year, so a coffee can turn into an evening.71 The Galicia Jewish Museum on Dajwór Street has its own cafe, the Lauder-Szancer Cafe, which serves tea, coffee, soft drinks, sandwiches and snacks, both kosher and non-kosher.4 The museum describes it as the only cafe in Krakow offering kosher products.73 The museum itself opens 10:00 to 18:00 daily.8
Both are good places to rest between sights, and both sit next to bookshops. The museum's bookshop ranks among Poland's biggest for Jewish titles, while Klezmer-Hois on Szeroka sells the books of its own publishing house.74,11 Morning is the quietest time in Kazimierz; the cafe terraces around Plac Nowy fill up from late afternoon. If you want a calm breakfast, choose a side street rather than the square.
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Plac Nowy: snacks and the round market hall
Plac Nowy in Kazimierz, Krakow is the district's working square. The city guide notes its popular flea market and its nickname among locals, the Jewish square.52 In the middle stands a round market building whose windows sell snacks, and the Polish tourist board singles out its local speciality, the zapiekanka, a long open-faced toasted baguette with mushrooms, cheese and toppings.5 It is cheap, filling and best eaten standing up.
The square changes with the hours. In the morning it is a market; in the afternoon it fills with people sitting outside the cafes and bars on its edges; at night the snack windows serve a steady queue. Alchemia, a club and cafe on the corner of Estery Street and Plac Nowy, has been one of its fixtures for years.16 The square is less about fine dining than about the mix of people.
Plac Nowy is where to eat when you want something quick between sights, and the queue at a window is a fair guide to which one locals rate. If you follow kosher or vegetarian rules, check the fillings with the vendor before you order, and bring a little cash, as smaller stalls may prefer it. Then take your snack to a bench on Szeroka or on the river embankment, and keep the wrapper until you find a bin.
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Kazimierz as a food district, from kebabs to the zapiekanka
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called the last Klezmer of Galicia, created the place together with us and it was him who inspired us for our artistic activity and instructed us on preparing Jewish dishes
Before you sit down
Kazimierz dining checklist
Plan4
At the table4
- Ask if a Jewish-style place is certified kosher7
- Tell a food tour about diets when you book
- Carry a card and some cash for small stalls
- Children 7 and under cannot join the food and culture tour
Jewish-style or kosher?
Many Jewish Quarter Krakow restaurants use Jewish names, Hebrew lettering and Jewish dishes, but Jewish-style does not mean kosher. If you keep kosher, ask whether a place holds rabbinical certification before you order, and read the menu for meat and dairy served together. The Polish tourist board does note that traditional kosher dishes can be found in Kazimierz.7 A short question to the waiter saves an awkward moment for an observant guest.
For kosher food you can trust, look to the institutions. The Galicia Jewish Museum cafe sells kosher sandwiches and snacks.4 The Jewish Community Centre hosts Shabbat and holiday meals for its members; in 2025 more than 6,500 people joined them.75 The Jewish Religious Community also holds Shabbat dinners at the Kupa Synagogue, but these are for members and invited guests only.76,77 Respect that line, and do not turn up uninvited at a community meal.
Friday evening matters in this district. Shabbat begins at sunset, the community's synagogues close 2 hours early that day, and observant visitors will plan their Friday meal around it.69 If you want to see Jewish life rather than a reconstruction of it, the festival and the community centre are the places to ask about events open to visitors. Otherwise, enjoy the Jewish-style restaurants for what they are: a tribute, with good food and music.
Eating well in Kazimierz: tips and food tours
A guided food walk is a quick way to taste a lot in a short time. The street food walking tour on this page has a 1.5-hour city centre option and a 2-hour Kazimierz option, with a maximum of 15 people. Its listing says the 2-hour option is not suitable for vegetarians and that the tour is not recommended for vegans. A longer food and culture tour meets at the Three Musicians fountain on Plac Wolnica and visits 4 restaurants in 3 hours.
That tour pours 1 craft beer and 2 vodkas, and children of 7 or younger cannot join, its listing says. If you do not drink, tell the guide when you book. Wolnica Square itself hosts food events through the year, from a bread festival to a honey harvest and a regional festival of taste.70 Look out for them if your dates match; they are a good way to taste regional produce and meet local makers.
A few habits help everywhere. Book dinner on Szeroka on Friday and Saturday nights, check whether service is included on the bill, and carry a card and some cash. Tap water is yours if you ask for it, and do not be shy about sharing plates: Polish and Jewish-style portions are generous. Finish the evening with a walk to the river, where the riverside paths below Wawel make a calm place to end the day.66
FAQ
The short answers to your questions.
Where should I eat in Kazimierz?
Are the restaurants in Kazimierz kosher?
Not necessarily; ask.
Ask about certification; the Galicia Jewish Museum cafe sells kosher sandwiches and snacks.4
What should I order at a Jewish-style restaurant?
Cholent, gefilte fish, chopped liver.
Klezmer-Hois says Leopold Kozłowski taught its kitchen to prepare Jewish dishes.12
What is a zapiekanka?
A toasted open-faced baguette.
The Polish tourist board calls it the local speciality of Plac Nowy.5
Is there a cafe with Israeli coffee?
Yes, Cheder on Józefa Street.
It brews coffee in a findjan and serves hummus and mint tea.3
Can visitors join a Shabbat dinner?
Community dinners are members only.
The Jewish Religious Community says its Shabbat dinners are for members and invited guests.77
Do I need to book a table?
Yes, for weekend evenings.
Book ahead on Szeroka for the 8 PM klezmer concerts.2
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