List of restaurant chains in Poland
This is a list of notable restaurant chains in Poland. A restaurant chain is a set of related restaurants with the same name in many different locations that are either under shared corporate ownership (e.g., McDonald's in the U.S.) or franchising agreements. Typically, the restaurants within a chain are built to a standard format through architectural prototype development and offer a standard menu and/or services.
Major restaurant chains in Poland
| Restaurant chain | Type | Founded / came to Poland |
Owned by | Number of stores |
Background / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Apetito | Casual dining
|
2009 | 10 | Polish, Greek and Italian cuisine. Mediterranean cuisine centered around seafood. | |
Ha Long
|
Casual dining
|
2002 | 17 | One of the biggest restaurants with Asian cuisine in Poland. | |
| Da Grasso | Casual dining
|
1996 | Da Grasso Group | 200 | Italian cuisine, dominated by pizza dishes. The first Da Grasso pizzeria opened in the nineteen-ninetines, in Łódź.[1] In the second quartile of 2010, the pizzeria chain numbered over 200 restaurants in around 150 towns and cities around Poland, becoming the largest pizzeria chain in the country.[2][3] |
| Etno Cafè | Coffeehouse | 2014 | 17 | Specialist in ). | |
| Fabryka Pizzy | Casual dining
|
2000 | Sfinks Polska | 12 | Polish and Italian cuisine: season dishes, various varieties of pizza, soup, delicatessen rogal and spaghetti dishes. |
| Pizza Hut | Casual dining
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1992 | Yum! Brands | 150[4][5] | The company is known for its Italian-American cuisine menu including pizza and pasta, as well as side dishes and desserts. The first Pizza Hut to open in Poland was in 1992, in the Marriott Hotel located in Wrocław. Thusly, the Polish branch of Pizza Hut holds its headquarters in Wrocław. |
| MaxiPizza | Casual dining
|
2002 | MaxiPizza S.A. | 13 | One of the biggest pizza restaurants in Poland, first opened in Kielce in 2002. |
| Chłopskie Jadło | Casual dining
|
1995 | Sfinks Polska | 10 | dishes. |
| Hard Rock Cafe | Casual dining
|
2007 | 4 | ||
| Sfinx | Casual dining
|
1995 | Sfinks Polska | 100 | hamburgers .
|
| Sushi 77 | Casual dining
|
2006 | Premium Food Restaurants | 10 | Japanese cuisine, dominated by sushi dishes. |
| Telepizza | Fast food
|
1992 | Telepizza | 123 | Italian-American cuisine, dominated by pizza dishes. |
| A. Blikle | Coffeehouse | 1869 | 23 | . | |
| Coffeeshop Company | Coffeehouse | 2004 | Schärf Group | 4 | Specialist in Espresso coffee from highland Arabica coffee beans. Apart from coffee, the coffeehouse also offers tea and snacks. Currently, the coffeehouse chain is located in three cities: Warsaw, Olsztyn and Rzeszów. All joints are found in shopping malls. |
Cukiernia Sowa
|
Coffeehouse | 1946 | 150 | Specialist in . | |
| Caffè Nero | Coffeehouse | 1997 | 56 | Coffeehouse, dominated by coffee and tea. Apart from its beverages, the coffee shops offer pastries and panini sandwiches. | |
| Carte d'Or | Coffeehouse | 2010 | Unilever | 57 | gateaus, fruit cocktails .
|
| Costa Coffee | Coffeehouse | 1999 | Whitbread | 110 | Coffee, hot chocolate, snacks, biscuits and chocolates. |
| E. Wedel | Coffeehouse | 1851 | Lotte
|
27 | Chocolates, pralines, hot chocolate, coffee, tea, wine and ice cream desserts. |
| Frankie's | Coffeehouse | 2012 | 10 | The menu consists of Juices, delicatessen sandwiches, salads, coffee and tea. | |
| Grycan | Coffeehouse | 1980 | 130 | Specialist in gateaus .
| |
| Krakowski Kredens | Coffeehouse | 2007 | 10 | beverages. Since 2019 there are less and less stores. | |
| Second Cup | Coffeehouse | 2016 | Second Cup Coffee Co. | 80 | Canadian specialty coffee retailer. The menu consists of coffee, tea and smoothie beverages, as well as pastries and deli sandwiches. |
| So! Coffee | Coffeehouse | 2014 | Lagardère Group | 64 | Coffeehouse dominated by a variety of coffee. |
| Starbucks | Coffeehouse | 2009 | Starbucks Corporation | 70 | American yoghurts .
|
| Tchibo | Coffeehouse | 1992 | Tchibo GmbH | 50 | German chain of coffee retailers and cafés known for its weekly-changing range of other products. |
| Vincent Boulangerie Patisserie | Coffeehouse | 2008 | 12 | . | |
| Burger King | Fast food
|
1992 | Restaurant Brands International | 47 | Fast food restaurant chain, dominated by hamburgers. |
| Conieco. | Fast food
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1995 | Kochlöffel | 6 | German fast-food restaurant chain. Its product range includes hamburgers, chicken, bratwurst, currywurst and french fries with their signature turquoise plastic fork resembling a cooking spoon. |
Domino's Pizza
|
Fast food
|
2011 | Domino's Pizza, Inc. | 65 | An American pizza restaurant chain.
|
| Dunkin' Donuts | Fast food
|
1996, 2015 | Dunkin' Brands | 7 | An donut company and coffeehouse. Closed in late 2018[6]
|
| KFC | Fast food
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1993 | AmRest | 210 | An American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken .
|
| McDonald's | Fast food
|
1992 | McDonald's | 441[7] | An American hamburger and fast food restaurant chain.
|
| Mr Hamburger | Fast food
|
1990 | Mr Hamburger | 15 | A Polish fast food restaurant chain, specialising in hamburgers and zapiekanka dishes.[8][9][10] |
| North Fish | Casual dining
|
1992 | North Food | 40 | A dishes. |
| Pasibus | Fast food
|
2013 | 26 | A Polish hamburger restaurant chain both in stationary and mobile form (i.e. Pasibus truck and garden). | |
| Salad Story | Fast food
|
2007 | Salad Story | 32 | Delicatessen sandwiches, salads and tortilla dishes. |
| Subway | Fast food
|
1992 | Subway IP Inc. | 135 | An . |
| Zahir Kebab | Fast food
|
2014 | Zahir & Zahid Sp. z o.o. sp. k. | 115[11] | A Polish kebab shop owned by a company based in Łódź. The first place was opened in 2014 in Ostrów Wielkopolski.[12] Known mostly for doner kebab served in rolled tortilla or on the plate. |
| Berlin Döner Kebap | Fast food
|
1998[13] | Berlin Doner Kebap Sp. z o.o. | 63[14] | A fast food restaurant chain specialising in Turkish cuisine, dominated by a variety of falafel and kebab dishes.[15] |
| Thai Wok | Fast food
|
2016 | Thai Wok Sp. z o.o. | 23 | A Polish fast food restaurant chain specialising in Thai cuisine |
See also
- List of supermarket chains in Poland
References
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