Brovarnia in Gdańsk works the bar half of the 17th-century granary brewery on Szafarnia. House-brewed Złoto Brovarni won gold at Concours de Lyon 2022; pour at the copper-vat-side counter.
Food program: Polish brewpub classics
Tip: Last orders 22:30 in summer for the riverside terrace.
Address: ul. Szafarnia 9, 80-755 Gdańsk
Pub Browar Spółdzielczy in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz is the Tri-City flagship of the Co-operative Brewery from Puck on the Baltic coast. Twenty rotating taps, half of them house, the rest small Polish craft.
Signature drink: Co-operative Brewery Puck taproom beers, 20 taps
Food: Pub snacks
Tip: Cellar pub, hidden behind the Garnizon development; follow Grunwaldzka and look for the door behind the offices.
Vrest in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz brews inside Stary Maneż, the restored 19th-century military riding hall now a concert venue. House beers named for the Wrzeszcz district's old name, plus tapas and meze in the restaurant.
Signature drink: Vrest house beers on five-glass tasting boards
Food: Tapas, Turkish meze, Basque pintxos
Tip: Happy hour every day 12:00 to 15:00 halves the price of every house beer.
Browar PG4 in Gdańsk works the brewery-restaurant beside the central station, named for its Podwale Grodzkie address. Recreations of pre-war Gdańsk beers like Jopen and Krollinger plus seasonal pils and rauchbier.
Signature drink: Pre-war Danzig recreations: Jopen, Krollinger
Food: Pomeranian dishes
Tip: Tasting flights of five 100ml pours cover the whole house list for around 30 PLN.
Cafe Ferber in Gdańsk anchors the Długa Street parade with all-day cafe service that flips into a cocktail bar after 18:00. The kind of room a coffee turns into a glass of wine and then into a Negroni.
Signature drink: Coffee by day, cocktails after dark
Food: Cakes and small plates
Tip: Ground-floor bench by the front windows is the best people-watching seat on Długa.
Goldwasser in Gdańsk runs a bar in the 15th-century tenement on Długie Pobrzeże, named for the 22-carat gold-flake liqueur the city has bottled since 1598. The flight is the only reason to come.
Signature drink: Original Danziger Goldwasser flight
Food: Polish snacks
Tip: Order the Goldwasser flight, three pours including the 22-carat original.
Flisak '76 in Gdańsk has run on Chlebnicka since 1976, a Tri-City cocktail-bar institution now under the third generation of the same family. Classic technique, Polish spirits, the city's most-cited drinks list.
Signature drink: Polish-spirits classic cocktails
Food: Snacks
Tip: Closes 02:00 Friday and Saturday; reservations recommended after 22:00.
