Kraków's cafe life runs deep, from the Młoda Polska literary rooms to the specialty roasters of today. Jama Michalika on ul. Floriańska and Noworolski under the Sukiennice arcades on Rynek Główny carry the historic Viennese-style tradition, while Cafe Camelot near ul. Świętego Tomasza keeps an intimate Old Town corner. The newer wave shows in roasters like CRS CoffeeRoasters and Karma Roastery, with Cafe Mleczarnia and Cheder rooted in Kazimierz, the historic Jewish quarter.
16 cafe places in Kraków we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Kraków · Cafe across every city.
Drink Cafe latte
Cafe Camelot off Kraków's Świętego Tomasza is the wood-panelled folk-art cafe that ran the city's coffee tradition through the 1990s.
Drink Viennese coffee
Noworolski in the Cloth Hall on Rynek Główny has poured coffee in its Secession rooms since 1910, the White Room's polychromes painted by Henryk Uziembło.
Drink Hot chocolate
Jama Michalika on Kraków's Floriańska opened in 1895 as Cukiernia Lwowska.
Drink Filter coffee
Cafe Szafé on Kraków's Felicjanek is the bohemian living-room cafe west of the Planty: mismatched chairs, daily cakes, third-wave filter on the menu.
Drink Flat white
Karma on Kraków's Krupnicza is a third-wave cafe with a roastery in Nowa Huta.
Drink Cafe au lait
Cafe Mleczarnia in Kraków's Kazimierz is the old courtyard cafe behind the Tempel Synagogue: wooden chairs, hot apple cake, a leafy garden hidden.
Drink Pour-over coffee
Wesoła Cafe east of Kraków's Old Town runs third-wave coffee in a Rakowicka villa with Coffee Proficiency beans on pour-over and espresso, plus all-day.
Drink Filter coffee
Ranny Ptaszek in Kraków's Kazimierz opens at 07:30 with sourdough toast, eggs Benedict, V60 filter and a counter the early-morning runners and laptop crowd.
Drink Large filter coffee with a printed quote
Cytat Cafe on Miodowa in Kraków's Kazimierz is the literary cafe with secondhand books on every shelf and quotes stencilled across the walls.
Drink Iced latte
Bunkier Cafe inside the Bunkier Sztuki gallery on Kraków's Plac Szczepański has poured coffee under a glass-roof terrace at the edge of the Planty park.
Drink Turkish coffee
Cheder in Kraków's Kazimierz is the cafe run by the Jewish Culture Festival in a former prayer house at Józefa 36 since 2008.
Drink Pastel de nata
Cafe Lisboa on Dolnych Młynów in Kraków's Old Town has baked pastéis de nata by hand since 2017, the first Polish cafe to do so.
Drink Viennese melange
Europejska on Kraków's Rynek Główny pours coffee inside the historic Krzysztofory Palace.
CRS CoffeeRoasters tucked into a courtyard off Świętego Filipa north of the Old Town is a small-batch palarnia that roasts single origins fresh and bags them.
Karma roasts beans in Nowa Huta and pours them on Krupnicza in Kraków.
