Dinner with a View – 7th Floor, Gdańsk Old Town

Dinner tastes better above the old town. Nikka Restaurant pairs Asian cuisine with wide views over the Motława River and Gdańsk’s rooftops, including the unmistakable profile of St. Mary’s Basilica. I like the seventh-floor setting and the carefully arranged sharing menu for two, which lets you sample several dishes instead of committing to one main course.

I also like that the meal feels like more than a standard restaurant booking. On Friday and Saturday, you can continue to a club night on the eighth floor after dinner. The main consideration is access: this experience is not suitable for wheelchair users, and the fixed menu gives you only two choices, one with meat and one with fish and vegetables.

Key Details Before You Book

• Seven floors above Gdańsk: Nikka’s windows look across the Old Town roofs, the Motława River, and St. Mary’s Basilica.
• Two sharing menus: Choose the meat menu or the vegetarian and fish menu. One set serves two people.
• Five courses plus an opening bite: Each menu includes an amuse-bouche and five main parts, with several dishes designed for sharing.
• Water included: A 0.7-liter bottle of Cisowianka or Perlage still water comes with the meal.
• Friday and Saturday club night: After dinner, you may continue upstairs to the eighth-floor club setting.
• Flexible booking: You can cancel up to 24 hours ahead for a full refund and reserve now while paying later.

Arriving Above the Motława River

Nikka Restaurant is in the center of Gdańsk, beside the Motława River. You can enter from Chmielna Street or approach through Słony Spichlerz on the river side. The restaurant occupies the seventh and eighth floors, so this is not a street-level meal where you simply wander in from a busy square.

The height is the main event before the first plate arrives. From seven floors above the city, you get a broad view of Gdańsk’s Old Town roofs and the riverfront. St. Mary’s Basilica gives the view a strong focal point, especially if you enjoy seeing a famous church from a different angle than the usual street approach.

I would book this for an evening when the view matters as much as the food. The setting gives the meal a clear sense of place, even though the menu itself looks to Asia for its flavors. You are not choosing between sightseeing and dinner here. The room supplies both at once.

The experience is valid for one day, with starting times depending on availability. Since the exact time is not fixed in the details provided, check the available slot before you plan the rest of your evening. That matters if you want to connect dinner with a concert, riverfront walk, or the Friday and Saturday club night.

How the Sharing Menu Works

One menu set is intended for two people. You choose between the meat version and the vege and fish version, then share the dishes as they arrive. This format suits you if you like trying several flavors in one sitting. It is less suitable if you want complete control over every course or prefer to order freely from a large menu.

The price is $80 per group of up to two people. That works out to $40 per person before any extra drinks, with the 0.7-liter bottle of still water included. For a meal with several courses, a high-rise Old Town setting, and a possible club continuation, I see the price as reasonable for a special evening rather than a bargain meal.

Additional drinks cost extra according to the restaurant menu. Keep that in mind when setting your budget. The included water covers the basics, but wine, cocktails, soft drinks, or other choices will raise the final bill.

The Meat Menu: Beef, Pork, and Sushi

The meat menu begins with an amuse-bouche, a small opening bite intended to start the meal. The first full dish is beef tartare served with rice crackers, chives, and pickled shimeji mushrooms. The crackers add crunch, while the mushrooms bring a sharp, pickled note to the soft beef.

Next comes Asian beef soup for two. It uses a beef and pork broth with Japanese noodles and vegetables. This course should provide a warm, savory pause after the tartare, with the noodles giving it more substance than a simple starter.

The spring rolls arrive as three fried pieces filled with beef and miso. They come with spicy mayonnaise, chive mayonnaise, and pickled vegetables. This is a plate built around contrast: crisp rolls, creamy sauces, heat, and acidity. Sharing three pieces between two people also keeps the portion suited to a multi-course meal.

The slow-roasted pork ribs are glazed with ginger and soy sauce. They are served with a salad of pickled cucumber and fennel, plus green apple. The sweet and salty glaze brings the main meat course forward, while the cucumber, fennel, and apple should cut through the richness.

The final savory plate is a surf and turf uramaki. It combines tempura-fried shrimp with sliced sirloin steak, cucumber, chives, and chili. It is an unusual closing dish for the menu, placing seafood and beef inside the same sushi roll. If you want a conventional progression from soup to fish or meat, this menu takes a more playful route.

I would choose this version if you enjoy beef, pork, fried textures, and bold sauces. It is not a cautious menu. Beef appears in the tartare, soup, spring rolls, and sushi, while the pork ribs give the meal another hearty note.

The Fish and Vegetable Menu: Salmon, Taro, and Uramaki

The second option begins with salmon tartare, crispy rice, guacamole, sturgeon caviar, and sesame. This course combines soft salmon with crisp rice and creamy avocado. The caviar adds a salty finish, while sesame keeps the flavor profile connected to the wider Asian theme.

The crispy taro umeboshi salad follows. It includes a selection of vegetables, crispy taro, tapioca crisps, umeboshi sauce, pickles, herbs, roasted nuts, and fried shallots. There is a lot going on here, but the variety is useful in a sharing menu. You get crunch from taro, tapioca, nuts, and shallots, along with sour notes from the umeboshi sauce and pickles.

Yasai is a plate of roasted vegetables and mushrooms served with sauces, crisps, and pickles. This is the menu’s clearest vegetable-centered course. Because the dish includes several preparations and accompaniments, it should feel more substantial than a plain side of vegetables.

The main course is salmon teriyaki with shimeji mushrooms in tempura, teriyaki sauce, and orange gel. The salmon provides the main protein, while the tempura mushrooms add a crisp contrast. Orange gel brings a bright, citrus-like accent to the sweet teriyaki flavors.

The menu finishes with green vege sushi. The uramaki includes vegetables in tempura, cucumber, gourd, avocado, spicy mayonnaise, miso eggplant, and orange gel. Like the meat menu, this final plate makes sushi part of the restaurant’s signature style rather than treating it as a separate course.

I would pick this menu if you want a lighter-feeling meal with fish, vegetables, mushrooms, and sushi. It is not strictly vegan or vegetarian because it includes salmon and fish-based ingredients may be present in sauces, so ask the restaurant directly if you have a particular dietary restriction. The available information confirms the choice as vege and fish, not as a fully vegan menu.

Food, Service, and the View

The strongest reasons to book are simple: the food earns high praise, the service is described as helpful, and the view is repeatedly singled out as beautiful. Those three points matter because a scenic restaurant can sometimes rely too heavily on its location. Here, the menu has enough detail to make the meal more than a backdrop for photographs.

I especially like the thought behind the menus. Each set moves between raw fish or beef, soup or salad, fried pieces, a more substantial main plate, and sushi. You are tasting different textures and sauces instead of receiving the same flavor in several forms.

The helpful service is also important in a meal with unfamiliar ingredients such as umeboshi, taro, shimeji mushrooms, miso eggplant, and orange gel. If you do not know what one of these items is, ask. The restaurant’s service is part of the value, particularly for diners who are curious about Asian flavors but do not order them often.

Still, the fixed menu can limit the experience. You cannot mix individual dishes from the two versions based on the information provided, and the set is designed for two people. If one person wants the beef menu and the other wants the fish menu, confirm the restaurant’s policy before booking rather than assuming you can combine them.

The Eighth-Floor Club Option on Friday and Saturday

The dinner takes place on the seventh floor. On Friday and Saturday, the evening can continue at a club night on the eighth floor. This creates a convenient two-part plan: dinner first, music afterward, with no need to search for another venue across Gdańsk.

This option will suit you if you want a livelier finish after a long meal. It can also make the booking attractive for a birthday, date night, or small celebration. The supplied details do not specify the club’s opening time, music style, admission terms, or whether entry is included in the dinner price, so check those points before counting on it as part of your plan.

The eighth-floor option is also a reason to think about your preferred pace. Some people want a quiet meal with a view and then a short walk through the Old Town. Others enjoy moving directly from food to music. Nikka gives you the second option on selected nights, but the seventh-floor dinner remains the core experience.

Who Will Enjoy This Dinner Most

I would recommend Nikka to couples and pairs looking for a special meal with a strong setting. The menu is made for two, and the $80 group price is clearest when shared between two people.

It also suits diners who enjoy sampling. The menus include raw preparations, fried dishes, soups, vegetables, meat or fish, and sushi. You will get more variety than with a single main course, though you should be comfortable with the restaurant choosing the overall sequence.

This is a good fit for:

• A date night with a memorable city view
• A birthday or small celebration
• Diners curious about Asian flavors
• Couples who enjoy sharing several plates
• Friday or Saturday evenings that may continue with music upstairs

I would hesitate if you need wheelchair access, want a completely customizable order, or have serious dietary restrictions that require confirmed ingredient information. The activity is specifically marked as unsuitable for wheelchair users. Also remember that the price includes water, not all drinks.

Practical Details That Affect Your Choice

The meeting point is the restaurant itself. Enter from Chmielna Street or from the Motława side through Słony Spichlerz. The activity ends back at that same location, so you do not need transport between dinner and the end of the booking.

The duration is listed as valid for one day rather than as a fixed number of hours. Starting times depend on availability. This means you should treat it as a scheduled dining reservation, not as an open-ended attraction you can use at any time during your stay.

You can reserve now and pay later, which helps if your Gdańsk plans are still shifting. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund. I would still check the final booking terms and the available time before paying, especially if you are planning around the Friday and Saturday club night.

Is Nikka Restaurant Worth Booking?

Book this experience if you want your dinner to carry the evening. The riverfront position, seventh-floor view, St. Mary’s Basilica, multi-course sharing format, and possible eighth-floor club night give it more character than an ordinary restaurant meal.

The food menu is the main reason to choose it, and the setting is the bonus that makes the booking memorable. I would select the meat version for beef, pork, and richer sauces. Choose the vege and fish version for salmon, vegetables, mushrooms, taro, and a lighter mix of flavors.

Skip it if you need wheelchair access, dislike sharing, or want to order entirely from your own preferences. For everyone else, especially couples seeking a polished dinner with a view over central Gdańsk, Nikka offers a clear and appealing package at $80 for two.

FAQ

Where is Nikka Restaurant located?

Nikka Restaurant is beside the Motława River in central Gdańsk. You can enter from Chmielna Street or from the river side through Słony Spichlerz.

Which floor is the restaurant on?

The restaurant is located on the seventh floor. The eighth floor is used for the club night on Fridays and Saturdays.

What does the $80 price include?

The price includes one sharing menu for two people and a 0.7-liter bottle of Cisowianka or Perlage still water.

Can I choose between different menus?

Yes. You can choose a meat menu or a vege and fish menu. Each set is intended for two people.

What dishes are included in the meat menu?

The meat menu includes beef tartare, Asian beef soup, beef spring rolls, sticky pork ribs, and surf and turf uramaki sushi, along with an amuse-bouche.

What dishes are included in the vege and fish menu?

The vege and fish menu includes salmon tartare, crispy taro umeboshi salad, yasai roasted vegetables and mushrooms, salmon teriyaki, and green vege uramaki, along with an amuse-bouche.

Is the experience suitable for wheelchair users?

No. The activity is listed as unsuitable for wheelchair users.

Can I cancel the booking?

Yes. You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund. You can also reserve now and pay later to keep your plans flexible.