Cocktail barCraft beer multitap$$$
House of Beer on Kraków's Świętego Tomasza pours 25 rotating Polish craft taps. Order the polish ipa flight. At ul. Świętego Tomasza 35. Booking recommended.
Signature drink: Polish IPA flight
Food: Snacks
Tip: A four-glass flight at 25 zl is the way to taste through; the back-cellar room is quieter.
Cocktail barBrewery taproom$$$
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.
Signature drink: Pinta brewery's seasonal releases
Food: Snacks
Tip: The seasonal Pinta cards rotate weekly; the IPA is the brewery's defining beer.
Cocktail barRiver barge bar$$$
Barka in Kraków is the riverside-barge bar moored on the Vistula at the Kazimierz-Podgórze footbridge. Order the polish craft beer. At ul. Podgórska 16.
Signature drink: Polish craft beer
Food: Burgers and grilled snacks
Tip: Open summer only, roughly May to September. Cash and card; queues form at sunset.
Cocktail barCocktail bar$$$stare-miasto
Movida on Kraków's Mikołajska in the Old Town runs a refined cocktail and plate room: Polish Mules with Wyborowa, Polish and Mediterranean food.
Signature drink: Polish Mule with Wyborowa
Food: Polish, burgers, Italian and Mexican plates
Tip: Walk-in; open daily 16:00-03:00. Cocktails and plate menu through the night.
Cocktail barCafe and absinthe bar$$$kazimierz
Absynt on Kraków's Miodowa in Kazimierz pours 20 absinthes the traditional drip-and-sugar-cube way in a Belle Epoque room. Live music on Thursdays.
Signature drink: Absinthe drip
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: The traditional absinthe drip with sugar cube is the order; open daily from 10:00 to past midnight.
Cocktail barJazz bar$$$
Harris Piano Jazz Bar in Kraków's Rynek Główny cellar has run live jazz nightly since 1996. Whiskey-heavy bar, candle-lit cellar, free entry on weeknights.
Signature drink: Whiskey old fashioned
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Live jazz nightly from 21:30; weekend slots fill by 22:00. Reservation by phone.