I Lost 4,491 PLN With Vistula Polish Language School. Please Be Careful With Polish Takeaway and Hello Polish Too
I paid 4,491 PLN in February 2026 for a one year in person Polish course in Kraków connected with Vistula Polish Language School.
Result:
• ZERO classes,
• no teacher,
• no books or promised materials,
• months of delays,
• and until today, no refund.
After many negative reviews about Vistula became visible online, I personally noticed the communication and branding shifting more toward “Hello Polish”.
If you want to research this yourselves, do not just visit the Hello Polish website directly.
Instead, search this link on Trustpilot:
polishlanguage.pl
You can already find several older negative comments and complaints from previous years connected with that platform as well.
Now I also found another website Polish takeaway school:
polishtakeaway.pl
I archived screenshots and recorded videos comparing the sites because the structure, layout and presentation appeared extremely similar to the previous Vistula website used during my experience.
One detail that especially caught my attention was the footer:
“© 2026 Scuola by Vistula”
To avoid misunderstandings:
I am not making legal accusations or claiming verified ownership structures. I am only documenting what I personally observed and archived during my experience.
However, from my perspective as a customer, these platforms appeared highly interconnected.
I also documented that:
• old regulations I archived displayed one NIP,
• later the same regulations appeared updated with a different NIP,
• the previous NIP appears closed in March 2026,
I cannot state legal conclusions from this, but I considered it important to document and preserve everything.
Several foreigners also contacted me privately after my previous posts thanking me because they almost paid these platforms before seeing the warnings online.
As an immigrant myself, I know how hard it is to lose thousands of PLN while trying to build a life in another country.
I honestly only wanted to study Polish, communicate better with my girlfriend and integrate properly into life in Poland.
Instead, since February 2026, I have been dealing with silence, delays, confusion and an unresolved refund situation.
Please research very carefully before paying upfront to:
• Vistula Polish Language School
• Hello Polish
• Polish Takeaway or Polishtakeaway
Please BE CAREFUL !!!