El Koktel ★ 4.6
El Koktel in Warsaw is the basement cocktail bar with emerald walls and filament bulbs, established 2014. Order the house-made gin dobry tonic.
Signature drink: House-made Gin Dobry tonic
Food: Bar bites
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Warsaw for grown-ups.
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Cosmo Bar ★ 4.4
Cosmo Bar in Warsaw lives in the Cosmopolitan tower on Twarda, a sustainable cocktail room from the Bar Wieczorny team. Local-foraged ingredients.
Signature drink: Sustainable seasonal cocktails
Food: Small plates
Pijalnia Wodki i Piwa (Nowy Swiat) ★ 4.0
Pijalnia Wodki i Piwa on Nowy Swiat in Warsaw recreates the People's Republic vodka bar with communist-era posters, 4 zl shots and 24-hour service.
Signature drink: Polish vodka shot with sledz (herring)
Food: Herring, kanapki, pickled snacks
Tygmont Live Club ★ 4.1
Tygmont on Mazowiecka in Warsaw is one of the oldest jazz clubs in the city, opening at 20:00 and running into the small hours. Live music programme.
Signature drink: Cocktails with the late-set jazz programme
Food: Polish bar plates
PiwPaw Beer Heaven (Foksal) ★ 4.4
PiwPaw on Foksal in Warsaw runs roughly 80 taps of Polish, Czech, Belgian and German craft. Bottle-cap walls, the peacock mascot in the window.
Signature drink: Polish craft IPA
Food: Bar snacks, pizza
Zamieszanie Cocktail Bar ★ 4.5
Zamieszanie on Nowy Swiat in Warsaw runs a backstage-prep cocktail programme served from freezing taps and bottles. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Signature drink: Frozen-tap RTD cocktails, low-ABV highballs
Food: Snacks
Same Krafty ★ 4.3
Same Krafty on Nowomiejska in Warsaw is the Old Town craft tap, eight rotating beers a day in a whitewashed arched room a block from Rynek Starego Miasta.
Signature drink: Polish craft IPA
Food: Pizza, burgers