Polish shops in Lincoln
And the Eastern European shops that stock the same shelves
Updated
Lincoln has two shops that are Polish by name and by the Lincolnshire Polish Society’s own list: Lajkonik, behind 382 High Street, and Zabka on Portland Street. Super Lincs, the big international supermarket on the High Street, is where Polish food is easiest to find in quantity, and Milana Shop and Plovdiv stock Baltic and Bulgarian food. Poziomka on Monks Road now trades as Monks Road Food & Wine and says it is still a Polish shop. Every delicatessen we list is on Lincoln’s delis. Looking for a polski sklep? Start with Lajkonik or Zabka; for Polish food cooked for you, Bistro Polonia and the U Zająca café.
Polish shops
- Lajkonik, ShopRear of 382 High Street, LN5 7SF. On the Lincolnshire Polish Society’s list of shops with Polish products. It publishes nothing we could read beyond a Facebook page, so check what’s in stock before a special trip. Food hygiene rating 5, inspected 29 August 2025.
- Zabka, Shop111 Portland Street, LN5 7LG. A Polish shop by the Polish Society’s list and the Polish press, and not part of Poland’s Żabka chain. The city council revoked its premises licence in February 2021. A new licence application was advertised in March 2025, and the council doesn’t publish the decision online, so don’t count on buying alcohol there. Food hygiene rating 5, inspected 21 January 2026.
- Monks Road Food & Wine, Shop166a Monks Road, LN2 5PN. This was Poziomka, a Polish shop. It now trades as Monks Road Food & Wine, and its Facebook page, renamed from Poziomka’s, tells customers it is still a Polish shop. Food hygiene rating 5, inspected 7 January 2026.
Eastern European and international shops
- Super Lincs, Supermarket116 High Street, LN5 7PR. Its own site calls it an international and Eastern European supermarket, with a bakery baking bread and cakes every day and a deli counter of meats, sausages and cheeses. In 2022 Lincolnshire Live reported Polish food as its biggest section. Food hygiene rating 5, inspected 7 October 2024.
- Milana Shop, Shop441–442 High Street, LN5 8HZ. A European food shop by its own Facebook page; Google also lists the same premises as Baltic Food. Food hygiene rating 5, inspected 1 October 2025.
- Plovdiv, Shop76 High Street, LN5 8AA. A Bulgarian food shop, listed on Google as Bg shop Lincoln, which posts its deliveries in Bulgarian. Food hygiene rating 4, inspected 18 July 2025.
If you would rather someone else cooked
- Bistro Polonia, Restaurant457 High Street, LN5 8JA. A Polish restaurant and takeaway, by its own site. Food hygiene rating 5, inspected 21 October 2025.
- U Zająca, CaféUnit 1, 10 Crofton Drive, LN3 4NR. A Polish café by its name (“at the hare’s”) and by the listings that describe it; we couldn’t read its own pages, so check its menu and hours before you go. Food hygiene rating 5, inspected 13 January 2026. We found no company for it on Companies House, so its ownership is not confirmed.
Closed, or not found trading
Older lists name Krakowiak on the High Street, PIM Polish Market on Monks Road and International Foods on Portland Street. None of them is on the food hygiene register, and we couldn’t find any of them trading, so none is listed above. In September we listed Poziomka here as closed; it is the Monks Road shop above, under a new name.
How this was checked
Every shop was checked on 10 September 2026 against the Food Standards Agency register and its current status on Google, and its Polish or Eastern European range against its own website where it has one, the Lincolnshire Polish Society’s list of shops with Polish products (an archived 2023 copy, as the society’s site has gone) and local press. Most of these shops publish only on Facebook, which we couldn’t read, so opening hours and exact stock aren’t given: check before you go.
Every entry was re-checked on 18 October 2026 against the Food Standards Agency register and, where the shop has a company, its latest Companies House filing. All seven are still trading, with the hygiene ratings shown.
U Zająca was added on 19 October 2026, from its food hygiene record read that day.
Five of them carry our verified independent badge: Lajkonik, Zabka, Super Lincs, Milana Shop and Bistro Polonia. Plovdiv and Monks Road Food & Wine have not been checked yet, and no badge makes no claim either way.