Polish Food in Edinburgh

Hi, a friend of mine is going to be visiting Edinburgh (Scotland) for a while. She would like to know of any good Polish restaurants in this city and also shops that sell decent Polish food. I cannot help her, can anyone here???

Thanks :-)

living.scotsman.com/food.cfm?id=886472006

s1play.com/restaurants/review-28636.shtml

This an interesting link also, if you read down the page it tells of a Scottish/Polish forum, they may be able to give more local information. (Set up by the Poles for the Poles )

I love Edinburgh.........:)

there are plenty polish shops in and around ediburgh, try the gorgi area, i am a scot and i love polish food, pork, kernik, cheese cakem maybe spelt kernik wrong,

I'm not Scottish, I just googled.

But I like men in kilts <just kidding>

haha its whats under the kilts you like, haha

Thanks people :-)

Your friend is going to love Edinburgh !
Try "Bigos" on Leith Walk. It is a Polish restaurant run by Tad from Lublin.
If she is walking from the town she will pass a couple of Polish Delis on her way.

How is Edinburgh phonetically pronounced?

Edin-bra? Edin-berg?

Edinburra or Embra depending which part of Scotland you are from.

I'm glad you suggested this. I read a good review about Bigos just a few moments ago and was about to recommend this place to her. I was going to ask people to give their views on this place if they knew of it.


Its probably most like Ed-in-buh-ruh

The decor is plain but the food is really good, reasonably priced and plentiful - just the way I like it !
The Menu is traditional Polish food.
My usual is the Zurek to start with followed by the Pieczony schab and finished off with some Sernik.

It does not have a licence for alcohol but you can buy this from the shop next door and take it in with you.

Everytime I go there are Polish customers which is a good sign. You can pick up the free Polish magazines and flyers here. It probably only has seating for about 20 people.

Talk to the owner/waiter, he is really friendly and helpful. You can't miss him - he has a bald head.


Thats probably the best

Thanks szkotja2007, this is most helpful :-) I believe the prices are very reasonable as well?

4 syllables? ed in buh ruh? or edin bruh?
Interesting....thanks

Probably two - never, ever say " Edin burrow" this generally translates as " I am a yank tourist, sell me some tartan crap and charge me double"

Is she Polish? Your friend that is. It's kind of strange if you ask me... A visitor to Scotland wants to find Polish restaurants... hmmm

Why the suspicion?

As it is, she is half Polish and half Australian. Edinburgh will be the first city she visits on her arrival in the UK. She will visit Poland later in the year but up until then she is very keen on sampling much traditional Polish food and hospitality.

Indeed, she will be sampling the food of other cultures and has found a Kurdish restaurant in Edinburgh called Laraz - I will likely be joining her in Edinburgh and she wishes me to go to this restaurant so if anyone has heard of it - opinions?

For a moment there I thought that it could be a Polish woman that somehow has an aversion to foreign food. You know, sometimes you get people that travel to other countries but instead using this wonderful opportunity to try something new they are looking for burgers, hot dogs or some dishes from their own cuisine. I consider it a little bit rude... Well maybe rude is to big word for that behaviour.... ohh nevermind, clearly I was wrong. :)

No worries :-)

i was in the last shop on the royal mile and heard this american tourist ask where the castle was. comedy gold.

how long has the deli been on leith for? i was there for two years between 2000 and 2002 and never saw any polish shops.

You are right, big change now. There are at least two Polish delis on Leith Walk, the best is Deli Polonia at 237 Leith Walk. Most started off stocking jars and packets of stuff but now they are getting a good range of fresher food. There is even a Polish bakery on Home Street.

Fryzjers all over the place too !

Its called The Pine Tree Bakery, I have just been reading about it!

"Retail and wholesale craft bakery products including bread, rolls and cakes. All products are based on traditional Polish recipes and made on premises by a master baker. We only use flour imported from Poland. Free of all additives, chemicals and preservatives."

This is a quote from Edinburgh Council Website.

edinburghnews.scotsman.com/business.cfm?id=1884492006

is an article from last year about the beginning of Polish shops in Edinburgh including restaurant Bigos

are these shops at the top or bottom of leith walk?

i would say the top as the bottom was not too fancy when i was there.

would have been good to have these shops when i was there.

They are more kind of in the middle to the bottom of the walk.

Leith has changed dramatically over the last five years, gentrification has happened in a lot of areas.Still manages to retain some of the old character tho.


Sheriff Approves Emergency Notice to Close Bakery Due to Health Risks
edinburgh.gov.uk/internet

Passed it today and its opened up again, looked quieter than usual............


LoL

Yeah I knew it had been closed for a bit...just after I had recommended it to a few people in Edinburgh...

Strange I also passed it today about an hour ago and it was open as well. Obviously getting the baking underway for tomorrow. I'm funny after somewhere has been closed for something like that...I don't know if I'll got there...it might take a while!

we wear nothing under our kilts or the true scotsman wears nothing

i am wondering if i wish to try polish food for the first time what should i be eating?

Polish food is delicious ;) Try everything LoL ;

like what?

if i was going to the shop in leith walk say tomorrow what should i ask for that the whole family will enjoy?

Maybe Pierogi (there are different kinds of pierogi), you can also buy desserts, there are very good desserts in Poland too ;)

Whatever you buy, try to get it fresh. A lot of the delis have Pudliszki ( Heinz) jars of food, these are not a great introduction to Polish food and could put you off.

I find that Polish people generally take pride in their cooking. Try to make friends with some and ask them for a taste of homemade food.