17 cafe rooms in Kraków we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Kraków | Cafe across every city.
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 Drukarnia Specialty Coffee, with Cafe Mleczarnia and Cheder rooted in Kazimierz, the historic Jewish quarter.
Cafe Camelot ★ 4.7
ul. Świętego Tomasza 17, 31-018 Kraków
Cafe Camelot off Kraków's Świętego Tomasza is the wood-panelled folk-art cafe that ran the city's coffee tradition through the 1990s. Order the cafe latte.
Noworolski ★ 4.8
ul. Sukiennice, Rynek Główny 1, 31-013 Kraków
Noworolski inside the Cloth Hall on Kraków's Rynek Główny pours coffee in Józef Mehoffer's art-nouveau rooms since 1910. Krakow artists, Habsburg-era trade.
Jama Michalika ★ 4.3
ul. Floriańska 45, 31-019 Kraków
Jama Michalika on Kraków's Floriańska opened in 1895 as Cukiernia Lwowska. From 1905 hosted the Zielony Balonik cabaret; the Mloda Polska meeting room.
Cafe Szafé ★ 4.3
ul. Felicjanek 10, 31-104 Kraków
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.
Karma ★ 4.7
ul. Krupnicza 12, 31-123 Kraków
Karma on Kraków's Krupnicza is a third-wave cafe with a roastery in Nowa Huta. Order the flat white. At ul. Krupnicza 12. Booking recommended.
Cafe Mleczarnia ★ 4.6
ul. Meiselsa 20, 31-058 Kraków
Cafe Mleczarnia in Kraków's Kazimierz is the old courtyard cafe behind the Tempel Synagogue: wooden chairs, hot apple cake, a leafy garden hidden.
Wesoła Cafe ★ 4.5
ul. Rakowicka 17, 31-510 Kraków
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.
Ranny Ptaszek ★ 4.5
ul. Augustiańska 5, 31-064 Kraków
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.
Cytat Cafe ★ 4.4
ul. Miodowa 23/1, 31-055 Kraków
Cytat Cafe on Miodowa in Kraków's Kazimierz is the literary cafe with secondhand books on every shelf and quotes stencilled across the walls.
Bunkier Cafe ★ 4.2
Plac Szczepański 3a, 31-011 Kraków
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.
Cheder ★ 4.1
ul. Józefa 36, 31-056 Kraków
Cheder in Kraków's Kazimierz is the cafe run by the Jewish Culture Festival in a former prayer house at Józefa 36 since 2008. Hebrew library, Turkish coffee.
Cafe Lisboa ★ 4.1
Dolnych Młynów 3/4, 31-124 Kraków
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. Order the pastel de nata.
Europejska ★ 4.0
Rynek Główny 35, 31-011 Kraków
Europejska on Kraków's Rynek Główny pours coffee inside the historic Krzysztofory Palace. Order the viennese melange. At Rynek Główny 35. Booking recommended.
Cafe Mleczarnia ★ 4.3
ul. Meiselsa 20, 31-058 Kraków
Cafe Mleczarnia in Krakow: Hidden courtyard cafe behind the Tempel Synagogue in Kazimierz, with a leafy garden invisible from Meiselsa street.
CRS CoffeeRoasters ★ 4.4
ul. Świętego Filipa 9A, 31-150 Kraków
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.
Drukarnia Specialty Coffee ★ 4.4
ul. Nadwiślańska 1, 30-527 Kraków
Drukarnia in Kraków's Podgórze is the third-wave roaster overlooking the Vistula. House espresso blend, single-origin filter, a riverside terrace.
Karma Roastery ★ 4.4
Świętego Wawrzyńca 9, 31-060 Kraków
Karma roasts beans in Nowa Huta and pours them on Krupnicza in Kraków. Subscription delivers 250 g monthly; the Krupnicza cafe pours new releases first.