I am Ukrainian, and today is Independence Day of Ukraine.
So that, no doubt, I just had to visit a Ukrainian restaurant ;)
There are a few Ukrainian restaurants in Krakow, and a couple of days ago I've read about this one somewhere.
So why not Chicheri? Let's go
Located in the quiet Dajwor street in the old Kazimierz district, close to the Old Synagogue, the place is quite new - I think they opened some time last winter
It looks like your usual Krakowian cafe and (thank god) is missing the "popular" for Ukrainian restaurants pseudo-rural style
I was greeted by a waitress who spoke not-so-good Polish, so I switched to Ukrainian right away
Still, the first thing I heard when entering the place was some shitty russian cheap pop music (OMG!), which in a few minutes changed into the shitty Ukrainian cheap pop (/facepalm).
Ok, so maybe they have a good lunch? I've ordered one. And it appeared to be typically Ukrainian.
For 18zl I've had:
- Ukrainian borscht
- Varenyky with potato filling + cracklings + sour cream
- Kompot
Borsch was ok, I can do much better ;) but not bad
Varenyky could also be better (and bigger in size), a sour cream portion was too small and it ended half way through the dumplings.
Kompot was ok
So, in brief, it was okayish lunch with Ukrainian "flavor" for small money.
Overall, recommended.
Chicheri
Dajwor 2a