ul. Józefa 12, Kazimierz

Cooking over fire.

Seasonal produce from Małopolska farms, cooked over oak. Twelve tables, one oven and a menu that changes every six weeks.

Fire and sparks in the Ognisko oven

Free tables tonight

2 people

    Each line is one of our twelve tables. Click a time and pick your seat on the floor plan.

    One oven, three temperatures.

    There’s no gas in our kitchen. Every dish on the menu is cooked in one of the oven’s three zones, depending on how much fire it needs.

    Cross-section of the oven: at the top, the dome with the flame, 480°C. Below, the grill over the embers, 220°C. At the bottom, the ash, 90°C. Under the oven, oak firewood. 480° 220° 90° oak
    A cross-section of the oven we spent three months building, temperatures in °C. At the bottom, the wood: oak from the Niepołomice Forest.
    480°

    Under the flame

    The hottest spot, under the dome right by the fire. Anything that needs only a few minutes bakes here.

    • Sourdough bread and ash butter

      18 zł

      Baked every morning in the same oven as the rest of the menu.

    • Wood-oven chocolate cake V

      31 zł

      Molten center, smoked salt, cream.

    220°

    Over the embers

    A grill for meat and vegetables. This is where the crisp crust and smoky aroma come from.

    • Grilled green beans V

      34 zł

      Smoked farmer’s cheese, hazelnuts, pumpkin seed oil.

    • Grilled trout GF

      58 zł

      Brown butter, dill, ash-baked potato.

    • Duck with juniper GF

      74 zł

      Grilled breast, confit leg, baked apple, red wine sauce.

    90°

    In the ash

    Beets, potatoes and short ribs that slowly finish overnight in the cooling oven.

    • Ash-roasted beet VGF

      34 zł

      Gorce goat cheese, hazelnut, buckwheat honey.

    • Ember-roasted vegetables VGF

      42 zł

      Carrot, beet and parsley root baked in the ash, burnt hay butter, pumpkin seeds.

    • Beef short ribs

      79 zł

      Twelve hours in the oven, black garlic glaze, campfire cabbage.

    • Ember-baked apple V

      29 zł

      Burnt hay ice cream, oat crumble.

    The full menu, wine and desserts →

    Tasting dinner

    Fridays and Saturdays from 18:00. Seven courses that show what the farmers brought us that week. For the whole table, booked at least a day ahead.

    260 złper person

    400 złwith wine pairing

    Book the dinner →
    1. Bread, butter, apple lard spreadto welcome you
    2. Beef tenderloin tartaresmoked yolk, pickle
    3. Ash-roasted beetgoat cheese, hazelnut
    4. Grilled troutbrown butter, dill
    5. Beef short ribsblack garlic, cabbage
    6. Gorce cheesesquince preserves
    7. Ember-baked appleburnt hay ice cream

    Dinner as a gift.

    A voucher for any amount or a whole tasting dinner for two. Add your message, choose the delivery day and see right away how it will look. Valid for 12 months.

    • Value voucherfrom 100 zł
    • Tasting dinner for two520 zł
    • Tasting with wine for two800 zł
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    “Fire forgives nothing. That’s why we cook slowly, with produce from people we know by name.”

    Tomasz Wrona, head chef
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    Everything within 80 km.

    Five suppliers, from a farm near Niepołomice to a shepherd’s hut in the Gorce Mountains. We know everyone who delivers to us.

    1. 20 km

      Pod Lipami Farm

      Niepołomice

      Root vegetables and herbs. Halina calls on Monday to tell us what’s grown, and we write the menu.

    2. 28 km

      Forest Pantry

      Niepołomice Forest

      Mushrooms, game and oak wood for the oven, from certified sources.

    3. 37 km

      Podgórze Fish Ponds

      Zator

      Trout and carp, caught on the day of delivery.

    4. 65 km

      Gorce Shepherd’s Hut

      Ochotnica

      Goat and sheep cheeses, butter for baking.

    5. 75 km

      Zawisza Vineyard

      Tarnów

      White wines and cider. Bottles you won’t find in stores, because a whole vintage is a few hundred bottles.

    The people and story of our kitchen →

    A table for tonight?