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Not a Restaurant

  • July 28, 2009
  • Rated 1 of 5 by ymmas from Wroclaw, Poland
Mleczarnia is a nice cozy Old World style cafe that has nothing at all to do with restaurants. They serve some cakes and sandwiches and a few other items from the kitchen but mainly it's a place for students to sit at old antique tables with a beer, tea or coffee, plus there is a place downstairs for occasional live music. This review section hardly scratches the surface of the restaurants in the city. Mleczarnia doesn't even belong in this category but I would highly recommend it as a cafe if you don't mind being inundated with smoke when it's crowded, though it also has an outdoor patio.
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Mleczarnia Café

Mleczarnia Café

The Mleczarnia café is a fantastic place. If you’re in Wroclaw, you simply MUST search it out and have a drink there.

And search you will. For one thing there’s no sign. Another problem is that some of the locals don’t even seem to be sure where it is. I’d already heard of the cafe and had its address written down. When I asked a Wroclaw local about the best places for coffee though, it came up in the conversation. Actually he first recommended two chain stores close to the main square, Coffee Heaven and Coffee Republic. They’re a bit in the mould of Starbucks and not really my cup of tea. When I pressed the question further, he said “Oh no I don’t go there myself, my friends and I go to Mleczarnia”. OK now we’re talking!

“It’s a big old dairy, really dark, lots of people sitting inside just by candlelight and at night it turns into a bar sometimes with live music.” Great! Can you show me on the map? He marked two places, “it’s either this street or this street. It’s the old Jewish part of Wroclaw and a bit run down, but interesting to walk around.” When I actually got down there and started looking for it, I realised it was the place I’d already heard about.

The interior I thought was just beautiful. All the furniture was old solid wood, lots of round tables, the candlesticks, crockery and other hardware was all antique and made a marvellous overall impression. It was obviously arranged by someone with a great deal of artistry and not an ounce of pretence. I’ve been to a lot of cafes and bars decorated with old furniture and bric-a-brac, but I thought this place was absolutely magnificent! It had such an effect on me that I’ve been haunting the second hand stores looking for bargains ever since.

But enough about me, how will it be for you? Well, the service was excellent; friendly, fast and patient with my mangled attempts at Polish. The espresso with milk (5.50zl) was perfect for my tastes and the iced coffee (8zl) that I followed it with was delicious. I also had a slice of cake (5zl) and noticed that there were toasted sandwiches, pasta dishes and other snacks available for reasonable prices. Smoking was allowed but the ventilation seemed good and there were also four or five tables under a big old Linden tree out in the back garden.

The only negative that I can come up with is that I didn’t find Café Mleczarnia earlier in my stay. Oh and the other is that it’s five hours from where I live. If Wroclaw were much closer, the cafe alone would be worth making the trip for.

Rating out of five? Six!

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