HAYB Speciality Coffee ★ 4.8
HAYB in Warsaw roasts effortless-specialty from a flagship roastery on Lodygowa, the Borowski family business that started as Coffee Republic and rebranded.
34 mid-range places in Warsaw, editor-picked. the comfortable everyday-good restaurants in Warsaw, with real cooking and no surprise on the bill. All Warsaw food.
Pinta Warsaw Nowogrodzka ★ 4.8
Pinta on Nowogrodzka in Warsaw is the city taproom of the Wieprz-based brewery, the founder of the Polish craft hop wave. Modern IPA, double IPA.
Bez Gwiazdek ★ 4.8
Bez Gwiazdek in Powisle is Robert Trzopeks Wislana room where the ex-Noma chef plates one set Polish regional menu three nights a week, three weeks ahead.
TipBookings open Wednesday morning for three weeks out, online only.
Charlotte (Plac Zbawiciela) ★ 4.8
Charlotte on Plac Zbawiciela in Warsaw is the city's flagship Saturday-brunch room, a French boulangerie with a glass-roof terrace under fairylights.
OrderEggs Benedict on croissant, sourdough toast with French jam
Sacred Mill Specialty Coffee ★ 4.6
Sacred Mill in Warsaw's Praga-Poludnie roasts single-origins from a Kamionek production cafe, with a brew bar at Grzybowska 43A on the Wola side.
Jabeerwocky Craft Beer Pub ★ 4.6
Jabeerwocky on Nowogrodzka in Warsaw is a sixteen-tap multitap spanning the ground floors of two connected tenements. At ul. Nowogrodzka 12.
El Koktel ★ 4.6
El Koktel is a Warsaw buzz-to-enter basement bar with emerald walls and bartender-made gin, a 50-Best Discovery listing barely a block off Mazowiecka street.
TipRing the buzzer on the street to be let in. No reservations Tuesday-Thursday.
STOR Cafe ★ 4.6
STOR on Tamka in Warsaw is the meat-free Powisle brunch room, the laptop-friendly cafe regulars walk to from BUW library. Pour-over coffee, sourdough plates.
OrderAvocado toast with pour-over filter coffee
Vegan Ramen Shop (Muranow) ★ 4.5
Vegan Ramen Shop in Warsaw's Muranow is the plant-based ramen counter that built a citywide cult on house-made noodles and slow-pulled mushroom broth.
OrderThe shoyu bowl with gyoza on the side.
TipTight room, no reservations; aim for early lunch or late dinner to skip the queue.
Mielzynski Wine Bar ★ 4.5
Mielzynski Wine Bar sits inside the old Lace Factory courtyard on Burakowska, far off the Srodmiescie grid where only sommeliers and regulars find it.
TipPick a bottle off the shelves and pay corkage; cheaper than ordering from a list.
Meze by Teo Vafidis & Sons ★ 4.4
Meze by Teo Vafidis and Sons on Wilcza in Warsaw runs a Greek and Mediterranean carte built around shared meze plates, souvlaki and grilled octopus.
OrderThe mezedakia sharing plates with a glass of assyrtiko.
TipThe lunch carte is the value pick; the kitchen leans heavier on grill and seafood at dinner.
Relaks Kawiarnia ★ 4.4
Relaks in Warsaw started as a bike shop with a coffee corner. Open mon-fri 08:00-20:00, sat-sun 09:00-20:00. At ul. Pulawska 48. Booking recommended.
PiwPaw Beer Heaven ★ 4.4
PiwPaw on Foksal in Warsaw runs roughly 80 taps of Polish, Czech, Belgian and German craft. At ul. Foksal 16. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Beirut Hummus & Music Bar ★ 4.4
Beirut on Poznanska in Warsaw keeps the kitchen open until 02:00 every night. Late-set house DJ, hummus and warm pita straight out of the oven.
OrderHummus, falafel, kofta with beer
InFormal Kitchen ★ 4.4
InFormal Kitchen on plac Malachowskiego in Warsaw is the lunch-into-dinner brunch room next to the Zacheta gallery, with a menu that blends European cooking.
OrderBeef dumplings, cod plate, truffle mushroom soup
Tel Aviv Urban Food ★ 4.3
Tel Aviv Urban Food on Poznanska in Warsaw opened in 2010 as the city's first strictly plant-based room. Kitchen leans middle eastern vegan.
OrderThe hummus mushabbaha with extra warm pita and a side of pickled vegetables.
TipWalk-in friendly at lunch. Dinner Friday-Saturday is the harder slot.
Tel Aviv Urban Food (Poznanska) ★ 4.3
Tel Aviv Urban Food on Poznanska in Warsaw is the original 2010 vegan-pioneer location of the three-restaurant Tel Aviv group. Located in Srodmiescie.
OrderHummus mushabbaha with warm pita and pickled cauliflower.
TipThree Warsaw locations: Poznanska is the original, Mickiewicza the Zoliborz outpost.
Lokal Vegan Bistro ★ 4.3
Lokal Vegan Bistro on Krucza in Warsaw, run by the Margines cooperative since 2015, rebuilds the Polish home-cooking canon without any meat or dairy.
OrderThe vegan pierogi ruskie and a bowl of mushroom-and-barley krupnik.
TipClosed Mondays. Tue-Sat 12:00-21:00, Sunday 12:00-19:00. Cash and card.
Warszawa Wschodnia by Mateusz Gessler ★ 4.3
Warszawa Wschodnia by Mateusz Gessler in Warsaw's Praga district is the only proper 24-hour restaurant in the city. French-bistro Polish at the bar.
OrderTartare, French-bistro Polish
Pyzy, Flaki Gorace! ★ 4.3
Pyzy, Flaki Gorace! in Warsaw's Praga district keeps the late-evening hot-food slot open to 22:00 with pyzy in jam jars and flaki tripe soup on the side.
OrderPyzy with mushroom gravy, flaki
Coctail Bar Max & Dom Whisky ★ 4.3
Coctail Bar Max & Dom Whisky on Nowy Swiat in Warsaw runs to 03:00 Thursday through Saturday and 01:00 on the off-nights. Classic cocktails.
OrderClassic cocktails, whisky flights, bar snacks
Kieliszki na Proznej ★ 4.3
Kieliszki na Proznej sits on the surviving pre-war fragment of Prozna street, a Michelin Guide wine bar with a 200-plus list few tourists ever reach.
TipBook the bar seat; the sommelier pours from glass, half-bottle and full at your pace.
Coffeedesk ★ 4.2
Coffeedesk on Wilcza in Warsaw is the cafe arm of Poland's biggest specialty e-commerce brand. The shelves rotate Five Elephant, Gardelli, Johan & Nystrom.
Same Krafty ★ 4.2
Same Krafty on Nowomiejska in Warsaw is the Old Town craft taproom, eight rotating Polish beers a day in a whitewashed arched room a block from the market.
Kafe Zielony Niedzwiedz ★ 4.2
Kafe Zielony Niedzwiedz hides inside Beyer Park between Powisle and Smolna, with a chalkboard of foraged-mushroom and game plates from a small kitchen.
TipWalk in from the Smolna side; the car entrance from Kruczkowskiego is for deliveries.
Cafe Bristol ★ 4.2
Cafe Bristol on Krakowskie Przedmiescie in Warsaw runs Sunday brunch from the 1901 dining room of the Hotel Bristol. Open mon-sun 08:00-19:00.
OrderEggs benedict and a hot chocolate with kremowka on the side
Aioli Cantine Bar Cafe Deli ★ 4.0
Aioli on Swietokrzyska is the breakfast-through-evening Mediterranean canteen that Warsaw uses for the in-between meals: late breakfast, working lunch.
OrderThe shakshuka at breakfast or the daily pasta at lunch.
TipThe all-day kitchen and the live DJ slot after 21:00 make it the rare both-and room.
Zapiecek (Swietojanska) ★ 4.0
Zapiecek on Swietojanska is the Warsaw Old Town pierogarnia chain locals send tourists to without apology. Located in Stare Miasto. Priced at $$.
OrderA mixed plate: ruskie (potato and cheese), miesem (meat) and a sweet jagody (blueberry) closer.
TipSix locations across the centre; this one queues less than the Freta sister. Walk in for late lunch.
Gosciniec Polskie Pierogi ★ 4.0
Gosciniec Polskie Pierogi in Warsaw plays the modernised-pierogarnia card with four central locations: Podwale, Krakowskie Przedmiescie, Nowy Swiat and Piwna.
OrderThe wild-boar pierogi and a half-litre of cherry-infused vodka.
TipThe Podwale branch has the biggest dining room and the easiest weekday lunch booking.
STOR Cafe ★ 4.0
STOR on Tamka in Warsaw was one of the first specialty shops in the city. The bar rotates roasters from across Europe, the kitchen runs meat-free.
Browar Warszawski ★ 4.0
Browar Warszawski in Warsaw brought back the brewery that opened in 1846 on the same Wola site. At ul. Grzybowska 60. Cash and card accepted.
Pijalnia Wodki i Piwa (Nowy Swiat) ★ 4.0
Pijalnia Wodki i Piwa on Nowy Swiat in Warsaw runs 24 hours of PRL-themed vodka and zakaski snacks. At ul. Nowy Swiat 19A. Booking recommended.
OrderHerring, kanapki, pickled snacks with vodka
Pyzy, Flaki Gorace! ★ 4.0
Pyzy, Flaki Gorace! is the Praga dumpling room serving pyzy in jam jars under fluorescent strips for under 20 zl, working-class Polish across the Vistula.
TipCash works fine. The flaki tripe soup is the second-order if pyzy is not enough.
Aioli Cantine (Swietokrzyska) ★ 4.0
Aioli on Swietokrzyska in Warsaw runs the all-day Mediterranean brunch programme: shakshuka, eggs benedict, smashed avocado on sourdough, a glass of cava.
OrderShakshuka with feta, or eggs benedict with truffle
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