Panorama Sky Bar on the 40th floor of the Warsaw Presidential Hotel in Srodmiescie is the highest cocktail bar in Poland, with floor-to-ceiling glass and an Asian-inspired kitchen behind the long bar.
Tip: Reserve a window booth a week ahead; cocktails 50-75 PLN and the lift to the 40th floor is on the Al. Jerozolimskie side of the lobby.
Address: Al. Jerozolimskie 65/79, 00-697 Warsaw
Szostka on the 6th floor of Hotel Warszawa in the Prudential building in Srodmiescie is chef Dariusz Baranski's seafood-only rooftop, with an open kitchen and a Swietokrzyska-side terrace.
Tip: Book the terrace at szostka@hotel.com.pl for sunset; lunch tasting is the easier midweek window, dinner books out a fortnight ahead.
El Koktel in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the basement speakeasy on Wojciecha Gorskiego with deep emerald walls and Edison bulbs, listed on 50 Best Discovery for its rotating cocktail menu and home-made ingredients.
Tip: Ring the bell for entry; signature Easy Lover with lemon vodka and peach is the order, cocktails 40-55 PLN.
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.
Level 27 on the 27th floor of Atlas Tower in Warsaw's Ochota is the 800-square-metre rooftop nightclub with a 450-square-metre open terrace, listed on the World's 100 Best Clubs from 2022 to 2025.
Tip: Book a table via reservation@club27.club or buy entry on Going.app; the open terrace is the draw, the indoor floor is busier from 01:00.
The Roof Sky Bar on the 21st floor of the Crowne Plaza Warsaw at Rondo Daszynskiego in Wola is the Wola office-tower rooftop with an outdoor terrace, weekend DJ sets and a long cocktail list.
Tip: Walk-in on weeknights, weekends book by phone on +48 881 974 153; a 14.5% service charge is added automatically to the bill.
B-Heaven Sky Bar on the 5th floor of the Barcelo Warsaw Powisle in the Elektrownia Powisle complex looks across to the National Stadium, the Vistula and the Praga skyline, with a summer pool terrace.
Tip: Summer pool terrace runs from May; cocktails 35-55 PLN. Closes earlier than the city's other rooftops, so come for sunset.
Szostka on the 6th floor of Hotel Warszawa in the Prudential building in Srodmiescie is chef Dariusz Baranski's seafood-only rooftop, with an open kitchen and a Swietokrzyska-side terrace.
Tip: Book the terrace at szostka@hotel.com.pl for sunset; lunch tasting is the easier midweek window, dinner books out a fortnight ahead.
El Koktel in Warsaw's Srodmiescie is the basement speakeasy on Wojciecha Gorskiego with deep emerald walls and Edison bulbs, listed on 50 Best Discovery for its rotating cocktail menu and home-made ingredients.
Tip: Ring the bell for entry; signature Easy Lover with lemon vodka and peach is the order, cocktails 40-55 PLN.
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.