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Warsaw · Nowy Świat & Krakowskie Przedmieście
Cafés in Nowy Świat & Krakowskie Przedmieście
The Royal Route from Café Bristol to Plac Trzech Krzyży: matcha bars on Nowy Świat, a reportage bookshop café and late tables on Chmielna.
Photo: Beata Kowalska, Pexels License
Krakowskie Przedmieście and Nowy Świat form the central stretch of the Royal Route, the road south from the Royal Castle toward the king's residence at Wilanów.1 Nowy Świat runs about 1 km from the Copernicus Monument to Plac Trzech Krzyży. It was almost completely destroyed in the 1944 Uprising and rebuilt under Zygmunt Stępiński in its early-19th-century form, since restoring the Art Nouveau facades was judged too costly.1
Cafés line both streets and the side streets off them: Chmielna, Foksal, Bracka, Warecka and Tamka. In 2025 the city closed the route between Plac Zamkowy and the de Gaulle roundabout to cars every weekend until autumn, with traffic and buses returning at dawn on Mondays.2
Local tip: On weekends the route belongs to pedestrians; take an outdoor table at Cor Specialty Coffee or Croque Madame then, and expect buses to be diverted.2
At a glance
40Cafés listed
24With opening hours
07:30Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
Cafe Atlantic
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Wheelchair access
Cafe Bristol
- Wheelchair access
Cafe Stor
Canela Bakery
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Vegetarian options
- Partial wheelchair access
- Bakery café
- Open late
Croque Madame
- Outdoor seating
- Partial wheelchair access
- Open late
kawiarnia Karowa
Łoskot Cafe
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Partial wheelchair access
Sucré
To My
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Partial wheelchair access
- Bakery café
- Brunch
Varsobagel
- Indoor seating
- Bakery café
Wrzenie Świata
Belvedere
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Wheelchair access
Brio
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
- Open late
Chaud Pain
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair access
Gromada
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Wheelchair access
- Open late
Helisa
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair access
Kaiser Patisserie
- Partial wheelchair access
- Bakery café
La Note
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair access
- Open late
Matcha Spot
- Partial wheelchair access
Oak Berry
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair access
Sexy Matcha
Store Macarons
Amatorska
- Outdoor seating
- Partial wheelchair access
Cafe Foksal. Kawiarnia
Cafe Lorentz
- Outdoor seating
- Card payment
Café Sahara
Cafe Vergnano
Chado
Cor Specialty Coffee
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Smoke-free indoors
- Specialty
Green Cup
Heyn Cafe
Piotruś
- Indoor seating
- Partial wheelchair access
Rozmaryn Bistro& Catering
Słodka Niewola
BuBu Coffee
- Takeaway
- Wheelchair access
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Coffee chains in Nowy Świat & Krakowskie Przedmieście
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- Aleje Jerozolimskie 11/19Mon–Fri 07:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–19:30
- Bracka 25Mon–Thu 07:30–22:00 · Fri–Sat 08:00–22:30 · Sun 07:30–22:00
- Chmielna 32Mon–Thu 07:30–22:00 · Fri–Sat 07:30–23:00 · Sun 07:30–22:30
- Krakowskie Przedmieście 20/22Mon–Fri 07:00–20:30 · Sat–Sun 09:00–21:30
- Krakowskie Przedmieście 27Mon–Fri 06:30–23:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–23:00
- Nowy Świat 53Daily 07:00–23:00
- Plac marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego 1Mon–Fri 07:00–19:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–19:00
- Przeskok 2Mon–Fri 08:00–20:00 · Sat 08:00–21:30 · Sun 08:00–21:00
- Szpitalna 5Mon–Fri 07:30–19:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–19:00
- Warecka 4/6Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–21:00
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Costa Coffee
- Krakowskie Przedmieście 8Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–21:00
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Starbucks
- Nowy Świat 62Mon–Fri 06:30–22:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–22:00
- Widok 26Daily 07:30–21:00
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Pijalnia Czekolady E. Wedel
- Krakowskie Przedmieście 45Mon–Thu 10:00–22:00 · Fri–Sat 10:00–23:00 · Sun 10:00–22:00
- Szpitalna 8Mon–Sat 09:00–22:00 · Sun 09:00–21:00
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Vita Cafe
- Krakowskie Przedmieście 53Mon–Thu 08:00–22:00 · Fri–Sat 08:00–22:30 · Sun 08:00–22:00
- Nowy Świat 47Daily 08:00–22:00
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Batida
- Królewska 2Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00 · Sat 10:00–20:00 · Sun 10:00–19:00
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Blikle
- Nowy Świat 33Daily 10:00–20:00
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Charlotte
- Nowy Świat 6/12Mon–Thu 07:00–00:00 · Fri 07:00–01:00 · Sat 08:00–01:00 · Sun 08:00–22:00
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Coffeedesk
- Coffeedesk Kawiarnia - Nowy Świat, Nowy Świat 6/12Daily 09:00–18:00
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Cofix
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So! Coffee
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Cava
- Nowy Świat 30Mon–Fri 09:00–00:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–00:00
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Pożegnanie z Afryką
Café Bristol and the old addresses
Café Bristol opened on 22 October 1901, a month before the hotel above it took its first guests, in interiors designed by Otto Wagner Jr.3 The Hotel Bristol came through the war and the Uprising largely intact, standing almost alone among the ruins, and reopened in 1945.3 The café, at Krakowskie Przedmieście 42/44, is open daily 09:00–19:00.
Wedel's oldest chocolate lounge, on Szpitalna, still has a neon sign of a boy on a zebra on its roof.4 Blikle has a cukiernia at Nowy Świat 33, one of the Warsaw addresses that fill with queues on tłusty czwartek.5
Matcha and specialty on Nowy Świat
Matcha bars have spread along the street. About Mátcha at Nowy Świat 66 stays open until 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, Sexy Matcha is on Warecka at no. 8, and Matcha Spot shares Zgoda 3 with Store Macarons. Find Tea is at Nowy Świat 60.
For specialty coffee, Cor Specialty Coffee at Krakowskie Przedmieście 62 has tables inside and out. Cafe Stor at Bracka 18 was meant to be a summer pop-up next to the Smyk department store and stayed; it keeps a pre-war floor mosaic, a mezzanine and a summer garden.6 It opens at 08:30 on weekdays and has Wi-Fi.
Books and the National Museum
Wrzenie Świata, on Gałczyńskiego just off Nowy Świat, is a café with books run by the Instytut Reportażu foundation, stocked with reportage, biographies, letters and photo albums. Its name comes from a series by Ryszard Kapuściński published in 1988 and 1990.7 It is open daily 10:00–22:00 and has Wi-Fi.
Cafe Lorentz has the National Museum's address, Aleje Jerozolimskie 3. The museum building, designed by Tadeusz Tolwiński, was inaugurated on 18 June 1938, and Stanisław Lorentz directed the museum from the mid-1930s until 1982.8 The café has outdoor tables and takes cards.
Early and late on the Royal Route
Sucré at Krakowskie Przedmieście 7 opens daily at 07:30, the earliest start on the route. Cafe Atlantic at Chmielna 33 and Cafe Stor follow at 08:30 on weekdays.
Late, La Note at Tamka 43 serves until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, and Gromada on Plac Powstańców Warszawy is open daily 12:00–23:00. Canela Bakery at Chmielna 27/31 and Brio at Chmielna 30 stay open until 22:00, and Croque Madame at Nowy Świat 41 closes at 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Sources
- Nowy Świat Street, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Krakowskie Przedmieście i Nowy Świat deptakami. Zmiany w komunikacji (19 April 2025), RMF24, accessed October 2026
- Hotel Bristol, Warsaw, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- The company's history, E. Wedel, accessed October 2026
- Tłusty Czwartek 2026. Do tych warszawskich cukierni ustawią się długie kolejki (3 February 2026), Super Express, accessed October 2026
- STOR Café Tamka 33 | Bracka 18, STOR, accessed October 2026
- Starbooks: Poland's Top Book Cafés (Agnieszka Warnke, November 2015), Culture.pl, accessed October 2026
- National Museum, Warsaw, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ
Nowy Świat & Krakowskie Przedmieście cafés: questions
When did Café Bristol in Warsaw open?
Café Bristol opened on 22 October 1901, a month before the Hotel Bristol above it received its first guests, with interiors by Otto Wagner Jr. The hotel survived World War II and the 1944 Uprising largely intact and reopened in 1945. The café is at Krakowskie Przedmieście 42/44 and is open daily 09:00–19:00.
Is Nowy Świat in Warsaw closed to cars at weekends?
In 2025 Warsaw turned Krakowskie Przedmieście and Nowy Świat, between Plac Zamkowy and the de Gaulle roundabout, into a pedestrian zone every weekend until autumn. Cars and buses returned at dawn on Mondays, and bus lines were diverted while the street was closed. Cor Specialty Coffee and Croque Madame are among the cafés with outdoor tables.
Where can you find matcha on Nowy Świat in Warsaw?
About Mátcha at Nowy Świat 66 is open from 09:00 and stays open until 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Sexy Matcha is at Warecka 8, just off Nowy Świat, and Matcha Spot shares Zgoda 3 with Store Macarons. Find Tea is at Nowy Świat 60.
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