Cocktail barVodka bar (PRL theme)$$$Daily 24h
Pijalnia Wodki i Piwa on Nowy Swiat in Warsaw recreates the People's Republic vodka bar with communist-era posters, 4 zl shots and 24-hour service.
Signature drink: Polish vodka shot with sledz (herring)
Food: Herring, kanapki, pickled snacks
Cocktail barJazz bar$$$
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
Cocktail barCraft beer bar$$$
PiwPaw on Foksal in Warsaw runs roughly 80 taps of Polish, Czech, Belgian and German craft. Bottle-cap walls, the peacock mascot in the window.
Signature drink: Polish craft IPA
Food: Bar snacks, pizza
Cocktail barCocktail bar$$$
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
Cocktail barCraft beer bar$$$
Same Krafty on Nowomiejska in Warsaw is the Old Town craft tap, eight rotating beers a day in a whitewashed arched room a block from Rynek Starego Miasta.
Signature drink: Polish craft IPA
Food: Pizza, burgers
Cocktail barCocktail bar$$$Mon closed, Tue-Thu 18:00-00:00, Fri-Sat 18:00-02:00, Sun closed
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