Alchemia on Kraków's Plac Nowy in Kazimierz has run candle-lit, antique-furniture rooms since 1999. Polish vodka, local beer, live jazz in the back room most nights.
Food program: Bar snacks
Tip: Five rooms across two floors; the back-room piano is the better seat after 22:00.
Address: ul. Estery 5, 31-056 Kraków
Singer on Kraków's Plac Nowy in Kazimierz, named for the sewing-machine tables that double as bar tops, runs the late-night Kazimierz drinking room with candles and absinthe.
Signature drink: Mulled wine
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Cash only. The mulled wine is the autumn order; absinthe shots after midnight.
Wódka Cafe Bar in Kraków keeps 100+ Polish vodkas behind the bar and pours flights of four for 30 zl. Counter seating, small Polish snack carte, late opening hours.
Signature drink: 100+ Polish vodka shots
Food: Tapas-sized Polish snacks
Tip: The four-shot tasting flight at 30 zl is the order; the apple-cinnamon flavoured pour is the easy entry.
Weźże Krafta in Kraków's Kazimierz on Dajwór pours 25 Polish craft taps and serves wood-fired Neapolitan pizza. Located in the Tytano old tobacco factory complex.
Signature drink: Polish craft IPA
Food: Snacks
Tip: Wood-fired pizzas to share; the outdoor seating in the Tytano courtyard runs in summer.
Multi Qlti Tap Bar on Kraków's Szewska pours 18 rotating Polish craft taps and runs a pizza counter through the night. Open until 02:00 weekends.
Signature drink: Polish craft sour
Food: Pizza counter
Tip: Half-pints to mix-and-match; the pizza window runs the cheap-and-cheerful food backup.
House of Beer on Kraków's Świętego Tomasza pours 25 rotating Polish craft taps. Tasting flights, an English-speaking team, a cellar room with a quieter back bar.
Signature drink: Polish IPA flight
Food: Snacks
Tip: A four-glass flight at 25 zl is the way to taste through; the back-cellar room is quieter.
Viva la Pinta on Kraków's Floriańska is the dedicated taproom of Browar Pinta, the Polish craft brewery that started the country's IPA wave in 2011. 14 rotating taps.
Signature drink: Pinta brewery's seasonal releases
Food: Snacks
Tip: The seasonal Pinta cards rotate weekly; the IPA is the brewery's defining beer.
