Łykend on Podwale at the Świdnicka crossing in Wrocław is the 200m2 basement music room booking the folk, reggae, jazz and shanty bands the bigger clubs do not, with hand-painted Wrocław-artist murals.
Tip: Cover usually 20-40 PLN at the door; Thursday shanty nights are the easier walk-in window.
Address: ul. Podwale 37/38, 50-040 Wrocław
Wdech/Wydech on the Concordia Design roof at Wyspa Słodowa 7 in Wrocław is the green-walled 5th-floor terrace, with a vertical herb garden, signature cocktails and Oder views to the Cathedral.
Tip: Season opens 1 May; seated terrace books fast for sunset, walk-in standing crowd later in the evening.
Cocktail Bar by Incognito in Wrocław's Plac Solny is the red-brick cellar speakeasy under Kofeina cafe, with no menu and bartenders who build to your taste from cold brew to molecular pours.
Tip: Enter via Kofeina cafe and take the back stairs; book on +48 730 931 202 for weekends.
Proof Cocktail Bar on Wrocław's Plac Solny is the unmarked speakeasy themed on the American whiskey proof system, with classics-led drinks and a low-lit room that rewards the walk-around to find it.
Tip: Reservations close at 22:00; after that it is walk-in only and the late tables free up around 23:30.
Salvador La Hacienda de Uciecha on Wrocław's Plac Solny 16 is the seven-room cocktail house in the old stock-exchange treasury, with a Dalí-surreal upside-down chairs ceiling and an XXL cocktail menu.
Tip: Ask for the Narnia VIP room behind the wardrobe; entrance is on Szajnochy not Plac Solny, look for the side door.
Sky Bar Wrocław on the 49th floor of Sky Tower at Gwiaździsta 64 is the city's highest cocktail room, 200 metres up over Krzyki, with a viewpoint by day and a DJ-led bar Thursday to Saturday.
Tip: Reservations on +48 795 222 777; cocktails 25-60 PLN. Sunset slot fills first, book a fortnight ahead.
Wdech/Wydech on the Concordia Design roof at Wyspa Słodowa 7 in Wrocław is the green-walled 5th-floor terrace, with a vertical herb garden, signature cocktails and Oder views to the Cathedral.
Tip: Season opens 1 May; seated terrace books fast for sunset, walk-in standing crowd later in the evening.
Cocktail Bar by Incognito in Wrocław's Plac Solny is the red-brick cellar speakeasy under Kofeina cafe, with no menu and bartenders who build to your taste from cold brew to molecular pours.
Tip: Enter via Kofeina cafe and take the back stairs; book on +48 730 931 202 for weekends.
Proof Cocktail Bar on Wrocław's Plac Solny is the unmarked speakeasy themed on the American whiskey proof system, with classics-led drinks and a low-lit room that rewards the walk-around to find it.
Tip: Reservations close at 22:00; after that it is walk-in only and the late tables free up around 23:30.
Salvador La Hacienda de Uciecha on Wrocław's Plac Solny 16 is the seven-room cocktail house in the old stock-exchange treasury, with a Dalí-surreal upside-down chairs ceiling and an XXL cocktail menu.
Tip: Ask for the Narnia VIP room behind the wardrobe; entrance is on Szajnochy not Plac Solny, look for the side door.
T57 Cocktail Bar on Wrocław's Tęczowa 57 is the seasonal-cocktail room in the Transformator warehouse district, with house syrups and Lower Silesian produce running the menu.
Tip: Cocktails 30-50 PLN; the Lower-Silesia seasonal pours rotate fortnightly, ask the bar for the chalkboard.