Kraków’s Restaurant Week opens this Tuesday, 7 October 2026, running through to 25 November - a seven-week window that makes it one of the longer editions in the event’s history. More than 50 participating restaurants are offering three-course set menus priced from 70 PLN (approximately €16), down to roughly half the standard à la carte equivalent at many of the listed venues.
How It Works
Restaurant Week in Kraków is a city-wide scheme coordinated through the national Restaurant Week platform. Each participating venue creates a dedicated set menu - starter, main, dessert - priced at either 70 or 100 PLN depending on category. Bookings are made directly through the Restaurant Week website (restaurantweek.pl) or via the app, which maps all participating venues and shows real-time availability.
The set menus run at lunch and dinner, and most participating restaurants honour them across the full operating day. Some high-demand venues fill their Restaurant Week slots within the first week of booking opening; the more accessible mid-range and neighbourhood restaurants tend to have availability throughout the run.
What’s Participating
The 2026 Kraków edition includes established names across the Stare Miasto (Old Town), Kazimierz, and Podgórze districts. Based on confirmed participation:
- Kazimierz (the former Jewish quarter, now Kraków’s main restaurant and bar neighbourhood) has the highest concentration of participating venues
- Several Polish regional cuisine-focused restaurants are running menus built around autumn ingredients - game, wild mushrooms, celeriac, and beetroot feature across multiple menus
- A handful of the mid-tier contemporary European restaurants in Stare Miasto are participating, offering a lower entry point to kitchens that normally run at 150–250 PLN per person for a full meal
Kraków in October
October is one of the more practical months to visit Kraków. Summer peak crowds have cleared, accommodation rates are lower than July and August, and temperatures (average 10–15°C, occasional rain) are manageable with a light jacket. The Christmas market in the Rynek Główny doesn’t open until late November, but the city is quiet enough in October to explore Wawel Castle, the Kazimierz streets, and the salt mines at Wieliczka without queuing significantly.
Our food guide for Poland covers traditional Polish dishes worth seeking out alongside the Restaurant Week set menus - żurek (sour rye soup), pierogi, and bigos (hunter’s stew) remain the most reliably authentic expressions of the local table.
Restaurant Week reservations for the 7 October start date are open at restaurantweek.pl. The most sought-after venues for this period typically fill in the first 48 hours after booking opens.