manekin gdańsk sp.z o.o.

What manekin gdańsk sp.z o.o. does

Manekin Gdańsk Sp. z o.o. operates the Manufaktura Naleśników Manekin brand, a Polish chain of naleśnikarnie (crepe/pancake specialty restaurants) founded in September 2000 at ul. Wysoka 5 in Toruń. The chain serves a broad consumer base — families, students, and casual diners — with sweet and savory crepes, breakfast items, tagliatelle, burgers, soups, salads, and beverages across 18 locations in 10 Polish cities (Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Łódź, Poznań, Warszawa, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Szczecin, Lublin, Olsztyn, Opole). Each location features an individually designed interior intended to function as a destination in itself, supported by seasonal menu rotations and a high-protein wrap line introduced for health-oriented guests.

The business model is direct-to-consumer: walk-in dine-in is the primary channel, supplemented by per-location delivery pages on the menu.pl aggregator platform and a voucher/gifting program (fixed-amount or percentage-discount vouchers, 12-month validity, usable across the chain). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; revenue is generated from on-site food and beverage sales plus voucher redemptions, with marketing concentrated on per-location Instagram and Facebook accounts plus competition-driven campaigns such as 'Sezon na Manekina' and 'Kortowiada z Manekinem'. The Łódź Sienkiewicza location also offers a conference room for B2B use.

Ownership and operations are spread across multiple Polish legal entities — Manekin Brand Sp. z o.o. (brand/data controller), F.H.G Manekin Radosław Kozak (Toruń-rooted competition organizer), and R. Kozak s.j. (Warsaw locations) — with founder Radosław Kozak associated with the original Toruń operations. The technology stack is conventional restaurant tooling: standard POS/management systems, the menu.pl delivery integration, and basic website analytics; there is no proprietary platform or disclosed AI/ML capability. The chain celebrated its 25th anniversary in September 2025 with partnerships featuring Pepsi, Perła brewery, Palarnia Kawy Darboven, and Martini.

Name

manekin gdańsk sp.z o.o.

Legal name

MANEKIN BRAND SP. Z O. O.

Website

https://manekin.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Manekin Gdańsk Sp. z o.o. operates the Manufaktura Naleśników Manekin chain of 18 crepe/pancake restaurants across 10 Polish cities, serving walk-in diners and delivery customers with sweet and savory naleśniki, breakfast, and seasonal menus under multiple brand legal entities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Restaurants

NAICS

Limited-Service Restaurants (722513)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Bubble Waffle, Crepe & Specialty Dessert Kiosks (THAFAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Dessert Cafes (Coffee + Desserts) (THAFADAH)

Keywords

• Crepe restaurants
• Pancake restaurants
• Casual dining
• Food delivery
• Gift vouchers

Headquarters

HQ city

Gdańsk

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Dine-in restaurant sales: Revenue is generated primarily from food and beverage sales consumed on-site at Manekin restaurant locations across Poland. The menu includes crepes/pancakes (savory and sweet), breakfast items, pancakes, burgers, tagliatelle, soups, salads, lemonades, and hot/cold beverages. Vouchers are also sold and redeemed for restaurant meals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Manekin operates a chain of crepe/pancake restaurants (Manufaktura Naleśników) in Poland, serving sweet and savory pancakes, breakfast items, Tagliatelle pasta, soups, salads, and beverages for dine-in and delivery via Menu.pl. The chain sells gift vouchers usable across all locations and offers a conference room at its Łódź Sienkiewicza location. Each restaurant has a unique individually designed interior as part of the brand experience.

Product overview

Manekin is a Polish pancake (naleśnik/crêpe) restaurant chain operating as Manufaktura Naleśników (Pancake Factory). The chain offers a unified restaurant experience across 16 locations in 10 Polish cities. The core product is diverse pancake offerings spanning savory (Wytrawne, Zielone, Ziemniaczane, Tortille, Zapiekane) and sweet (Słodkie, Czekoladowe) categories. Additional offerings include breakfast menus, pasta (Tagliatelle), and gift vouchers. The chain operates a delivery service via the Menu.pl platform and conducts promotional campaigns including seasonal menu launches, pancake day events, and social media contests.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sweet and Savory Crepes/Pancakes (Naleśniki) Manekin's signature offering — a wide variety of sweet and savory crepes/pancakes with diverse fillings and toppings. Categories include Wytrawne (Savory), Zielone (Green), Ziemniaczane (Potato), Ziemniaczano-gryczane (Potato-Buckwheat), Gryczano-lniane (Buckwheat-Flax), Tortille, Zapiekane (Baked), Słodkie (Sweet), and Czekoladowe (Chocolate). Served to dine-in customers across all 18 Manekin locations.
• Breakfast Menu (Śniadania)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• PepsiminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025Pepsi is listed as a partner for the 25th anniversary celebration of Manufaktura Naleśników Manekin (September 2025). Pepsi beverages are presumably offered at the anniversary events across all locations.
• Perła (Browary Perła)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025Perła brewery listed as a partner for the 25th anniversary celebration. Featured in musical Thursday event ('Muzyczny czwartek – Manekin gra razem z Perłą').
• Palarnia Kawy DarbovenminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025Coffee roastery partner for the 25th anniversary celebration of Manekin.
• MartiniminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025Martini brand listed as a partner for the 25th anniversary celebration of Manekin.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• AmRest Holdings: The largest restaurant operator in Central Europe, running KFC, Pizza Hut, Starbucks and Burger King franchises in Poland and beyond. Not a direct competitor but a broad incumbent comparable on multi-brand, multi-city restaurant operations, supply-chain scale and the capital intensity of running a national chain in Poland.
• Le Pain Quotidien: An international bakery-café chain built around fresh bread, simple meals and an experiential café setting. Comparable to Manekin in breakfast/lunch casual dining, experiential interiors and a category-led menu (bakery, where Manekin centers on crepes).
• IHOP: The international pancake-focused restaurant brand. Conceptually the most direct international analogue to Manekin — a chain whose identity, menu architecture and breakfast-to-dinner daypart strategy are built around pancakes — useful as a conceptual benchmark for chain scale and category positioning.
• Green Caffè Nero: One of the largest specialty coffee chains in Poland, operating cafés across major Polish cities. Although broader than crepes, it overlaps with Manekin in casual urban café traffic, breakfast and daytime dining occasions across the same Polish cities (Warsaw, Gdańsk, Łódź, etc.).
• Cukiernia Sowa: A long-established Polish chain of pastry shops and cafés operating in multiple Polish cities. Comparable to Manekin in the pastry/dessert retail-café segment and Polish casual-dining occasions, with similar multi-city footprint and category overlap on sweet treats.
• Pijalnia Czekolady Wedel: E. Wedel's chain of hot-chocolate and dessert cafés across Poland. Comparable to Manekin in the Polish dessert-café segment, sharing urban café traffic, sit-down dessert occasions, and a brand-led positioning centered on a single specialty product (chocolate, where Manekin centers on crepes).

Direct peers

• Bobby Burger: A Polish burger restaurant chain with multiple locations across major cities. Comparable to Manekin as a Polish-grown, multi-city casual-dining chain with a single-product-led identity, dine-in-first model and similar digital-presence profile (Instagram-led marketing, delivery aggregators).
• Creme de la Creme: A Warsaw-founded chain of crepe and dessert cafés operating across major Polish cities. It is the closest direct peer to Manekin, with a comparable sweet-and-savory crepe-led menu, multiple urban locations, and similar dessert/cafe positioning in the Polish specialty-dining market.
• Pasibus: A Polish burger and casual-dining chain that has scaled to multiple cities across Poland. Operationally analogous to Manekin — a multi-city Polish chain with a single-product-led menu, dine-in focus, social-media-driven marketing and no proprietary delivery stack — making it a useful operational benchmark.

Regional players

• A. Blikle: A historic Warsaw-based confectionery and patisserie restaurant with strong local brand equity. Comparable to Manekin through a sit-down sweet/pastry-led dining experience and Polish culinary heritage, though Blikle is more regionally concentrated in Warsaw.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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