Café Kowalski Leipzig

5 Demi Pasaoglu - 4 years ago

Nice cosy place for a casual meal. Parking is a bit hard in the area. There is u-ground parking 5 min walk from it. Food was good and staff courteous (and spoke perfect English). Can only recommend.

1 Davide Speranza - 6 years ago

We went to cafe Kowalski with some friends and our little girls (a 3 years and a 10 months old) tonight. We first met with a friend and his daughter for a Spritz and afterwards, when he left, two more friends joined us for dinner. That is when the waitress started to be pretty unfriendly with us. First she didn't want our friend to enter with her stroller... where her baby was asleep! At that point we had to decide if leaving or convincing the waitress that the stroller would fit close to our table. By the way, we were in one of the corner of the restaurant, the stroller would not have created any trouble to the other customers. We finally convinced her we were right and we all could finally sit.

The waitress was never very accommodating (for instance, she used to pass close to our chairs and move them away with her legs, like, I don't know, she wanted to show superiority and arrogance) but the worst happened when we had to leave. Separately, all of our friends went to the cashier to pay their parts. One went to the toilette to change her baby and she was told by the same, unfriendly waitress "but then you come back to pay, right?"...like if we are accustomed to running off restaurants after dinner.
When it was our turn to pay, we were told to pay also the Aperol Spritz and the apple juice of our "friend with daughter" (see the intro of the review), which I was sure he paid. The waitress said (quote): "your friend with glasses... "puff" disappeared!"
I then said "I am sure he paid", and the waitress, with her peculiar, unfriendly manner, replied "and I am sure he didn't!".
I sent a text message to my friend and he, of course, said that he had paid indeed. So after another couple of "my friend payed" "No he did not!" we moved to the cashier to talk to the manager. Then, and only then, the "I-don't-give-a-s**t-that-you-are-a-client"-waitress asked to the other waitress if our friend did pay to her before leaving and, as it was very predictable, she said "of course, he paid to me".
So, waitress, before being so sure that we did not pay ask your colleagues instead of keeping to contradict me.

Talking about food: it is not so bad but nothing really special. Portions are quite satisfying and the environment of the place is ok (probably if you are german and have no babies... for instance, there is not a single dish for kids in the menu), but the service is reaaaally slow. We had to wait 1 hour for a sandwich (ham and cheese), a dish of spaghetti, a lentil soup and an omelette. And the place was just half full. We had to insist to have at least the food for the children as soon as possible (it was nearly 9pm already).
In Italy, where we know what it means to do catering and food services, we are used to very different treatments!
They did not deserve any tip nor more than 1 star in this review.

2 Harry Theiner - 4 years ago

The staff at this place is wrong selected. They don’t fit into service so our stay was not good. Just explore the bars/ restaurant next to Kowalski and you will find a great atmosphere and friendly service.

1 Mark Whitfield - 5 years ago

Extremely rude waitress. Decided to leave and have dinner at Mio restaurant around the corner where we were looked after very well.

5 Inma Gª Quirós - 3 years ago

Very special place to take a well made cake in a relaxing environment

5 Istvan Szasz - a year ago

(Translated by Google) The new evening and weekly menu has become very cool! The food is delicious and the best breakfast in town!!! Great service team always friendly, laughing and very attentive :)

(Original)
Die neue Abend und Wochenkarte sehr cool geworden! Das essen ist sehr lecker und die Beste Frühstück in der Stadt!!!Super Service Team immer freundlich, Lachen und sehr aufmerksam:)

5 Eco Elite - a year ago

(Translated by Google) Very tasty vegan option for breakfast. From oats to brioche, yoghurt, pancakes to chocolate cake and coffee options. Also gluten-free and caffeine-free versions. Top! Service is also very nice and professional.

(Original)
Sehr leckere vegane Option zum Frühstück. Von Oats über Brioche, Joghurt, Pancakes bis hin zu Schokokuchen und Kaffeeoptionen. Auch glutenfreie und koffeinfreie Varianten. Top! Service ist ebenfalls sehr nett und professionell.