Mała Sztuka is a cocktail bar restaurant in Gdańsk.
Mała Sztuka on Powroźnicza near the Green Gate is the basement tiki rum bar with fifteen seats and the biggest rum-and-tiki menu in northern Poland.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: Basement rum bar near the Green Gate, fifteen seats and the biggest tiki menu in northern Poland; signed only by a small plaque at street level.
Tip: Arrive before 21:00 or expect to stand at the bar.
Address: ul. Powroźnicza 13, 80-831 Gdańsk
Cynamonka Bakery is on grobla iii, a quiet block off długie pobrzeże; the city's most-named cinnamon-roll counter for those who know to walk one block north.
Why locals love it: On Grobla III, a quiet block off Długie Pobrzeże; the city's most-named cinnamon-roll counter for those who know to walk one block north.
Tip: Plain (sauté) cinnamon rolls sell first; cream-filled by mid-afternoon.
SEZON is gdańsk's only proper natural-wine bar hides on grobla i behind st mary's, five tables and a six-bottle list locals keep to themselves.
Why locals love it: Gdańsk's only proper natural-wine bar hides on Grobla I behind St Mary's, five tables and a six-bottle list locals keep to themselves.
Tip: Arrive at 17:00 as the cafe flips to wine-bar mode; the orange-wine flight goes by 20:00.
Restauracja Gvara in Gdansk: tucked at the foot of st mary's basilica on chlebnicka, the modern-polish room tourists walk past on the way to busier mariacka.
Why locals love it: Tucked at the foot of St Mary's Basilica on Chlebnicka, the modern-Polish room tourists walk past on the way to busier Mariacka.
Tip: Book a window seat for the Basilica view; arrive after 19:00 Friday or Saturday for the live-music room.
Józef K. on Piwna in Gdańsk's Old Town is the Kafka-themed cult cafe-bar with rotating Monday cakes and a literary student crowd at the marble bar.
Why locals love it: A Kafka-themed cult cafe-bar on Piwna.
Tip: Ask for the cake of the day at the bar; it changes every Monday.
Nieczapla Coffee Roasters on Wajdeloty in Wrzeszcz is the four-table cafe with the roastery in back, pouring weekly-rotating single-origin filter beans.
Why locals love it: Wrzeszcz's best coffee roaster runs a four-table cafe with the roastery in back; almost every tourist drinks at Drukarnia instead and misses the source.
Tip: Ask what was roasted last week; the menu rotates faster than the printed list.
Restauracja Filharmonia is a modern polish room in Gdansk. Cross from Długie Pobrzeże; the dining-room view back to the Old Town is the trip.
Why locals love it: On Ołowianka Island opposite the Old Town, reached by a footbridge most visitors skip; the most committed Kashubian kitchen in the centre.
Tip: Cross from Długie Pobrzeże; the dining-room view back to the Old Town is the trip.
