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Cafés in Powiśle & Solec

Riverside Warsaw: the old power station on Dobra, STOR on Tamka, breakfast cafés on Solec and kiosks on the Vistula boulevards.

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Powiśle is the strip of the left bank below the Vistula escarpment, between the old center and the river, with Solec running south toward Łazienki. It was long a district of workshops and utilities: the Powiśle power station started up in 1904 and closed in the early 1990s.1

The riverside has since filled with places to sit. The power station reopened in May 2020 as the Elektrownia Powiśle complex at Dobra 42, and the Copernicus Science Centre opened its first building on the bank in 2010.12 The rebuilt boulevards run along the water below them.3

Local tip: Pair the BUW roof garden, free and open from April to October, with Młodsza Siostra at Dobra 14/16, which opens at noon.4

At a glance

45Cafés listed
28With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
02:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Bistro Cafe, from 07:00 (Mon–Fri 07:00–17:00).
  • Closes latest: Młodsza Siostra, until 02:00 (Mon–Fri 12:00–00:00 · Sat–Sun 12:00–02:00).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (40%), wheelchair access (33%), indoor seating (20%).

Dante Cafe

  • Dobra 1
  • Mon–Fri 08:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–20:00
  • Wheelchair access
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Coffee chains in Powiśle & Solec

Elektrownia Powiśle and the library

Inside and around the old power station are Milk Bar and Miro Cafe & Matcha at Dobra 42, and Manto, L'emotion and Ambra Café on Elektryczna. L'emotion stays open until 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Further along Dobra, the University of Warsaw Library, designed by Marek Budzyński and Zbigniew Badowski, opened on 15 December 1999. Its roof garden, designed by Irena Bajerska, covers one hectare and is open to the public from April to October.4 Młodsza Siostra at Dobra 14/16 opens at noon and serves until 02:00 at weekends.

Tamka and Oboźna

STOR has poured coffee since 2014 and roasts at its own roastery, ROST; the café at Tamka 33 is next to the Chopin Museum.5 It has Wi-Fi and vegan options and opens at 08:30 on weekdays.

Caffe Kafka at Oboźna 3 has Wi-Fi and a terrace and stays open until 22:00. Bistro Cafe at Tamka 14 opens at 07:00 on weekdays, and Natural Concept at Tamka 18 serves brunch daily until 18:00. Two more specialty bars sit close by: Monsoon Specialty Coffee at Rozbrat 4 and Yoco Coffee at Topiel 12.

Solec

In 2018 Barista Magazine singled out Fabryczna, a neighborhood café in Solec just north of Łazienki Park, for its breakfasts of porridge and fried eggs and its siphon coffee.6 It is at Fabryczna 28/30 and opens at 07:30 on weekdays.

Along Solec itself, Brainfarm at no. 46A, Pastelowe at no. 52, Baja at no. 85 and It's a Match(a) at no. 111 open at 08:00 or 09:00 and close between 18:00 and 21:00; Baja has vegan dishes, and Cafe Central at Solec 30 opens at 07:30 on weekdays.

On the boulevards

The riverside promenades were rebuilt in stages from 2013, and the first section opened on 2 August 2015; the stretch from the Świętokrzyski bridge to Karowa opened on 14 June 2017.3 Drinking on the boulevards, allowed by the city in 2018 and then annulled by a lower court, was cleared again when the Supreme Administrative Court sided with the city in January 2023.3

Przystań Café on Bulwar Flotylli Pińskiej and Sirenka on Aleja Hopfera are on the boulevards, and Cosmos has the Copernicus Science Centre's address, Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20.2

Sources

  1. Elektrownia Powiśle, Wikipedia (Polish), accessed October 2026
  2. Copernicus Science Centre, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Bulwary wiślane w Warszawie, Wikipedia (Polish), accessed October 2026
  4. University of Warsaw Library, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  5. STOR Café Tamka 33 | Bracka 18, STOR, accessed October 2026
  6. Around the World: Warsaw (Jason Huffnagle, 6 April 2018), Barista Magazine, accessed October 2026
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Powiśle & Solec cafés: questions

What is Elektrownia Powiśle in Warsaw?

Elektrownia Powiśle is a former power station in Warsaw's Powiśle district that started up in 1904 and closed in the early 1990s. It reopened in May 2020 as a commercial complex at Dobra 42. Milk Bar and Miro Cafe & Matcha are at Dobra 42, and L'emotion on Elektryczna stays open until 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Can you visit the BUW roof garden in Powiśle, Warsaw?

Yes. The University of Warsaw Library on Dobra in Powiśle opened on 15 December 1999, and its one-hectare roof garden, designed by Irena Bajerska, is open to the public from April to October. Młodsza Siostra at Dobra 14/16 opens at noon and serves until 02:00 at weekends.

Where is STOR café in Powiśle, Warsaw?

STOR's Powiśle café is at Tamka 33, next to the Chopin Museum. STOR has poured coffee since 2014 and roasts at its own roastery, ROST. The Tamka café has Wi-Fi and vegan options and opens at 08:30 on weekdays; a second café, Cafe Stor, is at Bracka 18.

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