STOR Cafe (Tamka) ★ 4.7
STOR on Tamka in Warsaw is the original location of one of the city's first third-wave coffee shops. Pour-over, espresso, plant milk by default.
Signature drink: Pour-over filter coffee
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Warsaw lingers in over a cortado.
Where to sit and slow down
Relaks Kawiarnia ★ 4.8
Relaks on Pulawska in Warsaw is the bike-shop-turned-specialty-coffee room staffed by former Polish barista champions. Order the specialty filter coffee.
Signature drink: Specialty filter coffee
Coffeedesk Kawiarnia ★ 4.6
Coffeedesk on ul. Wilcza in Warsaw is the cafe outpost of Poland's biggest specialty-coffee e-commerce brand, pouring espresso and filter from rotating beans.
Signature drink: Espresso flight, four-roaster pour-over
Cafe Bristol ★ 4.1
Cafe Bristol in Warsaw has poured coffee since 1901 from inside the Hotel Bristol. Order the viennese coffee, hot chocolate, kremowka. Booking recommended.
Signature drink: Viennese coffee, hot chocolate, kremowka
Pijalnia Czekolady E. Wedel (Szpitalna) ★ 4.5
E. Wedel's chocolate cafe on Szpitalna in Warsaw opened in 1894 in Emil Wedel's tenement, descended from the 1851 chocolate house. Crystal mirrors.
Signature drink: Drinking chocolate
STOR Cafe (Bracka) ★ 4.3
STOR on Bracka in Warsaw is the second outpost of the Powisle third-wave shop, overlooking a quiet square with a mezzanine of cosy seats and a few tables.
Signature drink: Pour-over filter, flat white
Ministerstwo Kawy ★ 4.2
Ministerstwo Kawy on Marszalkowska in Warsaw pours Swedish-roasted Koppi single-origins and 100% Arabica espresso from a high-ceiling room next to a corner.
Signature drink: Flat white, V60 single-origin filter
Charlotte (Plac Zbawiciela) ★ 4.0
Charlotte on Plac Zbawiciela in Warsaw is the French-style bakery-cafe that anchors the city's trendiest square. Order the french croissant and espresso.
Signature drink: French croissant and espresso