Kita Koguta on Krucza in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the Jakub Kozlowski and Adam Gradziel two-floor cocktail bar with no menu, where you tell the bartender what you want and they build it from home-made marmalades.
Tip: Tell the bartender a flavour direction rather than a classic; the upstairs lounge with the antler bike has the quieter tables.
Address: ul. Krucza 6/14, 00-537 Warsaw
Weles in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the no-sign basement bar themed around the Slavic god of the underworld, with an alternative crowd, live music sets and bartenders who build drinks with alchemic theatre.
Tip: Find the unmarked metal door in the alley off Nowogrodzka 11; cocktails 35-50 PLN and the back booths are the quieter seats.
Klub SPATiF in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the Al. Ujazdowskie tenement bar reborn 2017, drawing on the 1950s-70s artists' club tradition with weekly JazzState concerts, Soul Service Saturdays and a Polish-craft cocktail list.
Tip: Friday-Saturday late nights are the busiest; book the bistro for the early jazz set then move to the bar after 23:00.
Glam Club on Zurawia in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the queer dance club opened 2010, with drag shows, bingo nights and weekend DJ sets that pull a young lesbian-and-gay crowd until dawn.
Tip: Wednesday nights are the easier walk-in; weekend door from 23:00 onwards. The smoking terrace is the meeting point.
Lodi Dodi on Wilcza in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the three-floor gay bar and cruise club with a ground-floor bar, video rooms and a basement darkroom, drawing a regular crowd from across the Plac Zbawiciela strip.
Tip: Men-only nights are Fridays and Saturdays from 22:00; the ground-floor bar is the easier early-evening seat.
Ramona Bar on Widok in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the retro-decorated queer-friendly cafe-bar near Plac Zbawiciela, pouring local craft beers and cocktails to a mixed lesbian-gay-and-straight crowd.
Tip: Daytime is calm cafe service; the bar livens after 21:00 and the back booths fill on Friday-Saturday from 22:00.
Plan B on Plac Zbawiciela in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the first-floor club-cafe with curving stairwell and low windows, drawing the alternative and queer Plac Zbawiciela crowd for late electronic and indie DJ nights.
Tip: Climb the stairwell at Al. Wyzwolenia 18; kitchen runs past midnight and the windows over Plac Zbawiciela are the seat to grab.
Weles in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the no-sign basement bar themed around the Slavic god of the underworld, with an alternative crowd, live music sets and bartenders who build drinks with alchemic theatre.
Tip: Find the unmarked metal door in the alley off Nowogrodzka 11; cocktails 35-50 PLN and the back booths are the quieter seats.
Klub SPATiF in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the Al. Ujazdowskie tenement bar reborn 2017, drawing on the 1950s-70s artists' club tradition with weekly JazzState concerts, Soul Service Saturdays and a Polish-craft cocktail list.
Tip: Friday-Saturday late nights are the busiest; book the bistro for the early jazz set then move to the bar after 23:00.
Glam Club on Zurawia in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the queer dance club opened 2010, with drag shows, bingo nights and weekend DJ sets that pull a young lesbian-and-gay crowd until dawn.
Tip: Wednesday nights are the easier walk-in; weekend door from 23:00 onwards. The smoking terrace is the meeting point.
Lodi Dodi on Wilcza in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the three-floor gay bar and cruise club with a ground-floor bar, video rooms and a basement darkroom, drawing a regular crowd from across the Plac Zbawiciela strip.
Tip: Men-only nights are Fridays and Saturdays from 22:00; the ground-floor bar is the easier early-evening seat.
Ramona Bar on Widok in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the retro-decorated queer-friendly cafe-bar near Plac Zbawiciela, pouring local craft beers and cocktails to a mixed lesbian-gay-and-straight crowd.
Tip: Daytime is calm cafe service; the bar livens after 21:00 and the back booths fill on Friday-Saturday from 22:00.
Plan B on Plac Zbawiciela in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the first-floor club-cafe with curving stairwell and low windows, drawing the alternative and queer Plac Zbawiciela crowd for late electronic and indie DJ nights.
Tip: Climb the stairwell at Al. Wyzwolenia 18; kitchen runs past midnight and the windows over Plac Zbawiciela are the seat to grab.