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The 9 Best Bars in Warsaw

Warsaw's best bars sit in the city center and along the Vistula, with one hidden in the old Norblin factory. The best bars in Warsaw include Donkey Shoe, behind metal doors marked with a horseshoe in the Fabryka Norblina, a Texas and Mexico themed bar for tequila and mezcal with live music and 62 seats. In the center, Feliks Bar Café on Nowogrodzka is named after the man who founded its 1884 tenement and runs as a café by day and a cocktail bar by night. Lane's Gin Bar on Krakowskie Przedmieście serves its cocktails in hand-made glassware alongside Nikkei food, Bar Pacyfik on Hoża feeds and pours late, and Victoria Lounge at the Sofitel looks over Piłsudski Square. On the river, Monkey Love's bar is run by Damian Mielniczek, maker of nearly 200 house nalewki, the Polish fruit liqueurs, and The Roof Skybar opens a terrace on the Crowne Plaza's 21st floor. Lane's and Bar Pacyfik take no reservations, and The Roof is adults only with a 13.5% service charge. These are the nine we would start with.

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  1. Donkey Shoe
    Speakeasy

    Donkey 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 closed
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  2. Feliks Bar Café
    Cocktail Bar

    Feliks 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 12:00–23:00
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  3. Lane's Gin Bar
    Hotel Bar

    Lane'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 02:00
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  4. Bar Pacyfik
    Cocktail 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)
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  5. Monkey Love
    Cocktail 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 22:00
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  1. The Roof Skybar
    Rooftop 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 01:00
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  2. Victoria Lounge
    Hotel 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 00:00
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  3. Zamieszanie Cocktail Bar
    Cocktail 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 03:00
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  4. Negroni Centrale
    Temporarily closed
    Cocktail 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 01:00
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