The 16 Best Bars in Poland
The best bars in Poland are spread across the country, with standout rooms in Kraków, Katowice and Gdańsk. In Kraków, Maciej Mazur's Tag covers its walls and ceiling in neon scribbles and builds its Trueschool menu on 14 rap genres; it is the only Polish bar on Europe's 50 Best Bars, at No. 39 in its first edition this year, and was named the best bar in Poland. Art Katowice, from Monika Kaźmierczak and Krzysztof Ciemiera on Warszawska, has a gallery-like room and sofas made from locally produced jeans, and won the Campari One To Watch Award at Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026. In Gdańsk, Flisak '76 has stayed with one family since it opened in 1976, now in its third generation, and runs a circus-themed menu called The Greatest Show! Żubrówka, the bison grass vodka, takes its grass from around the Białowieża Forest, and a recipe for it was known as early as 1534. Tag takes bookings on its website and shuts its doors half an hour before closing time. These are the sixteen we would start with.
EUROPE'S 50 BESTCocktail BarTag
A cocktail bar on Podwale street at the edge of Kraków's Old Town, styled as an art-gallery-meets-drinking-salon in black, dark blue and bright yellow. The menu pairs classic templates with the bar's own avant-garde reinterpretations, letting guests order the traditional and modern versions side by side. Ranked No. 39 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Podwale 7/2, 31-118 KrakówTue 19:00–24:00, Wed–Thu 19:00–01:00, Fri–Sat 18:00–02:00Full profile- Art KatowiceBARTENDERS' CHOICECocktail Bar
Art Katowice
A cocktail bar on Warszawska 33 that treats the drinks list as a curatorial project, with cocktails organized around artistic disciplines such as tattoo artistry, photography, fashion and architecture. The gallery-like interior hosts rotating exhibitions by local artists, and an in-house Art Lab develops each conceptual menu. It won Best Cocktail Bar for Poland at the 2026 Bartenders' Choice Awards.
Warszawska 33, 40-010 KatowiceWed–Sun eveningsFull profile - Flisak '76BARTENDERS' CHOICECocktail Bar
Flisak '76
A cocktail bar on Chlebnicka in the heart of Gdańsk that has stayed in the same family since it opened in 1976, now run by the third generation. The bar works in rotating themed menus; the current concept, The Greatest Show!, draws on the world of the vintage circus with interactive pop-up elements alongside the cocktails. It won Best Cocktail Menu for Poland at the 2026 Bartenders' Choice Awards.
Chlebnicka 9/10, 80-830 GdańskDaily from 18:00Full profile 
SpeakeasyDonkey Shoe
Donkey Shoe is a modern cocktail bar hidden in the Werner Passage of Fabryka Norblina, marked only by metal doors carrying a horseshoe. The concept takes its cue from the concealed venues that followed the start of Prohibition in the United States in 1919, and it narrows that history down to Texas and Mexico, the border regions that carried smuggled spirits. The back bar reflects that focus with a wide selection of agave distillates and American corn spirits. The team shakes and stirs classics and will rebuild a guest's own favorite where it can. A section of the menu headed The Donkey's Signatures leads with the Funky Donkey. Live music and cocktail workshops run alongside the drinks.
ul. Żelazna 51/53, 00-841 WarszawaMon closed; Tue to Thu 18:00 to 00:00+; Fri and Sat 18:00 to 01:00+; Sun closedFull profile
Cocktail BarEliksir
Eliksir combines a restaurant, cocktail bar, event space and cigar room in the Garnizon quarter of Wrzeszcz, a short ride from central Gdańsk. Food pairing is the core idea, with seasonal dishes built on regional produce matched to cocktails in alcoholic and alcohol free versions. The heart of the room is a 15 meter bar holding more than 400 spirits, and every cocktail follows a house recipe with natural ingredients, including house made tonic and ginger beer.
ul. Hemara 1, 80-280 GdańskWed-Fri from 17:00, Sat from 15:00, Sun from 14:00Full profile
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Cocktail BarFeliks Bar Café
A daytime café and evening cocktail bar occupying two former artisan premises, a tailor's shop and a hair salon, in an 1884 building on Nowogrodzka. The cocktails are built on seasonal ingredients and house recipes, served alongside Italian-style coffee and Polish and Italian snacks, in an interior that pairs pre-war architectural detail with Northern Italian bar culture. At the Bartenders' Choice Awards it won People's Choice for Poland in 2026.
Nowogrodzka 15/4, WarszawaTue–Wed 16:00–24:00, Thu 16:00–01:00, Fri–Sat 12:00–02:00, Sun 12:00–23:00Full profile
Hotel BarLane's Gin Bar
Lane's is the gin bar inside Hotel Bristol on Krakowskie Przedmieście. Cocktails arrive in hand made glassware in a range of unusual shapes, and the menu reaches past the printed list into a Little Black Book of handwritten notes and recipes kept by the bar team. The spirits portfolio is chosen around gin but travels widely. The Signatures section leads with the house named Lane's Lychee Martini, and continues into drinks such as Yoru 75, which lifts No. 3 gin and grapefruit cordial with champagne. Nikkei plates built for sharing bring Peruvian and Japanese cooking together. The bar takes no reservations and admits adults only.
Krakowskie Przedmieście 42/44, 00-325 WarszawaMon to Sun from 15:00; closing Sun to Wed at 01:00 and Thu to Sat at 02:00Full profile
Cocktail BarMercy Brown
Mercy Brown is Krakow's unsigned cocktail bar, established in 2015 on Straszewskiego street, pairing composed drinks with live jazz and burlesque. No sign, no shortcuts is the house line, and the room delivers on both.
ul. Straszewskiego 28, KrakówMon closed; Tue-Thu 19:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 19:00-01:00; Sun 18:00-23:00Full profile- Bar PacyfikCocktail Bar
Bar Pacyfik
A Warsaw bar on Hoża built around tequila and mezcal, served alongside a menu of tropical food. It operates strictly walk-in, the bar takes no reservations, with the kitchen running daily from noon to 1 am and the bar staying open later. At the Bartenders' Choice Awards it won Best Atmosphere for Poland in 2026.
Hoża 61, 00-681 WarszawaDaily from 12:00 (kitchen to 01:00)Full profile - Hedwig'sHotel Bar
Hedwig's
Hedwig's occupies a desacralized chapel built in the fourteenth century at Stradom House in Kraków, and takes its name from Saint Hedwig. The venue describes itself as a cocktail bar with signature cocktails and classy spirits plus a wine cellar, where chefs, sommeliers and mixologists build the food and drink program together. Subtle music, atmospheric lighting and historical interiors from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries set the tone, and works by Gideon Rubin and Jonas Wood adorn the interiors. The current card lists house drinks such as Midnight Rush and Pickle Me!, alongside a cigar list and a signature wine selection. A DJ plays Friday and Saturday. After 6 pm entry is adults only.
ul. Stradomska 12-14, 31-058 KrakówMon to Thu 15:00-00:00; Fri to Sat 15:00-02:00; Sun 15:00-10:00Full profile - Monkey LoveCocktail Bar
Monkey Love
Monkey Love sits on the Vistula bank at Bulwar Flotylli Pińskiej, out on the Czerniakowski headland, and the team behind it says plainly that it is not a restaurant, not a bar and not a club. The model is the listening bar, built on vintage analogue audio and lighting designed for the room. Bar manager Damian Mielniczek runs a list whose Autorskie section includes Señorita Mantequilla, with Herradura Silver, browned butter, honey caramelized banana and lime, alongside the house Monkey Sling. Kombucha, syrups, infusions and edible hibiscus paper are made in house. Marcin Molik's kitchen leans Asian, and a garden opens onto the water in warmer months.
Bulwar Flotylli Pińskiej 1a, 00-468 WarszawaMon closed; Tue to Thu 09:00 to 22:00; Fri and Sat 09:00 to 02:00; Sun 09:00 to 22:00Full profile - MovidaCocktail Bar
Movida
Movida calls itself a cocktail bar with international standards, reborn, in its words, like a phoenix from the ashes of the old Paparazzi and drawing on that bar's nearly thirteen years on Mikołajska. It promises bartenders with international experience, world-class cocktails and a place where everyone can feel like a celebrity, and its Instagram adds dates, music and parties.
ul. Mikołajska 9, 31-027 KrakówFull profile - The Roof SkybarRooftop Bar
The Roof Skybar
The Roof is a skybar on the twenty first floor of the Crowne Plaza Warsaw at Rondo Daszyńskiego, with an outdoor terrace and a wide view across the center of the city. The bar keeps its own cocktail list, divided into house creations, classics, alcohol free builds and a premium tier. House drinks include Rye and Jam with Bulleit rye, peanut butter and creme de mure, and Collapsed Collins with Chivas 12, carrot, ginger and Suze. Smoked and grilled small plates run alongside, from cauliflower skewers to a ceviche dressed with Bloody Mary. DJs play every Friday and Saturday. Entry is for adults only, and reservations are taken by email or phone.
Crowne Plaza Warsaw - The HUB, ul. Rondo Daszyńskiego 2, 00-843 WarszawaSun to Wed 18:00 to 00:00; Thu to Sat 18:00 to 01:00Full profile - Victoria LoungeHotel Bar
Victoria Lounge
Victoria Lounge is the lounge bar of the Sofitel Warsaw Victoria on Królewska, looking out over Plac Piłsudskiego. A grand marble bar anchors the room, backed by softly lit shelves of premium spirits and a refined design. The team mixes signature cocktails that pair classic technique with a modern turn, and the list extends to aperitifs, champagnes, wines and liqueurs. A bar menu of carefully composed bites comes from the hotel's executive chef. Doors open at nine in the morning, so the room starts the day over coffee and shifts character as the evening comes on, working for a friendly get together or a business meeting.
Królewska 11, 00-065 WarszawaMon to Sun 09:00 to 00:00Full profile - Zamieszanie Cocktail BarCocktail Bar
Zamieszanie Cocktail Bar
Zamieszanie is a cocktail bar on Nowy Świat, by the palm tree at Rondo de Gaulle'a. The bar is built on a ready to drink format: cocktails are batched ahead of service and poured from bottles and frozen taps, which the team presents as a way to keep the pace up behind a busy counter. House bottlings include Czarny Romans, a whisky build with sweet vermouth, cold brew, cherry and chocolate, and Karaibskie Mleczko with spiced rum, condensed milk, coffee and coconut milk. The venue runs over three levels, with a mezzanine lounge, a ground floor dance floor and a self service bar below, plus a garden. Weekend DJ sets and live bands are a fixture.
Nowy Świat 6/12, 00-400 WarszawaSun to Wed 16:00 to 00:00; Thu 16:00 to 02:00; Fri and Sat 16:00 to 03:00Full profile - Negroni CentraleTemporarily closedCocktail Bar
Negroni Centrale
Negroni Centrale is an Italian bar on Poznańska in Śródmieście, built around one drink. Its menu opens with a dedicated Negroni Cocktails section that runs from the standard build out to house versions including the Honey Negroni and the Black Negroni Tobacco, with a Virgin Negroni for anyone drinking without alcohol. The Negroni Centrale Spritz lengthens Martini Fiero with vanilla, passion fruit and prosecco. Past the negronis, the list covers shots, mocktails, beer, natural wines and shelves of gin, rum, whisky, tequila, mezcal and amaro. Italian plates follow the drinks, among them arancini with calamansi aioli and bruschetta with vitello tonnato. Tables are booked through the bar's own ordering site.
Poznańska 13, 00-680 WarszawaMon closed; Tue to Thu 17:00 to 01:00; Fri and Sat 17:00 to 02:00; Sun 17:00 to 01:00Full profile
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