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.
Address: Rondo Daszynskiego 2, 00-843 Warsaw
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.
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.