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Kawa speciality · Warsaw

Specialty coffee in Warsaw

Roasters’ own bars in Wola, Ochota and Włochy, a courtyard brew bar on Piwna, and specialty cafés from Muranów to Żoliborz.

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Warsaw menus spell it two ways, kawa specialty and kawa speciality, and both point to the same thing: named roasters, single origins and filter brewing next to the espresso machine.18 The scene was already well formed by 2015. That summer Daily Coffee News found Ministerstwo Kawy, near Plac Zbawiciela, rotating three or four light-roast single origins from Koppi of Sweden, and Forum, then nearby and now at Elektoralna 11, brewing coffee from Koppi, Warsaw’s Coffeelab and Denmark’s Coffee Collective, with espresso on a Synesso.3

There is no single specialty street. Wola has the most bars, with Praga-Północ and the streets around Wilcza next, and some of the best cups are poured by roasters in the room beside the roastery. Hours are daytime: most specialty bars close between 18:00 and 20:00, Kawiarnia Patio brews until 21:00, and Na Bank Cafe on Plac Bankowy is the late one, open until 22:00.

Local tip: For filter coffee after work, Kawiarnia Patio on Piwna brews V60 and Chemex until 21:00 every day, later than most specialty bars.1

Where these cafés are: Wola (6), Praga-Północ (4), Śródmieście Południowe (4), Śródmieście Północne (3), Ochota (3), Powiśle & Solec (3), Nowy Świat & Krakowskie Przedmieście (2), Mokotów (1), Stare Miasto & Nowe Miasto (1), Muranów (1), Żoliborz (1), Włochy & Okęcie (1).

At a glance

30Cafés listed
21With opening hours
07:30Earliest opening
22:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Forum, from 07:30 (Mon–Fri 07:30–19:00 · Sat 09:00–19:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00).
  • Closes latest: Na Bank Cafe, until 22:00 (Mon–Fri 08:00–22:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–22:00).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (40%), card payment (40%), wheelchair access (33%).
Śródmieście Południowe

El Cafetero

  • Emilii Plater 8
  • Mon–Fri 08:30–19:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–19:00
  • +48 518 622 717
  • Wi-Fi
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Toilets
  • Specialty
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Roasters with their own bars

El Cafetero roasts only arabica, with Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil and Honduras as regular origins and a limited Reserve line of natural, washed and anaerobic microlots; it has cafés on Emilii Plater and Marszałkowska.4 Klaro began as a one-man roastery before opening Klaro Coffee HQ at Joteyki 13 in Ochota, which opens at 07:30 on weekdays.5 STOR, with bars at Tamka 33 and Bracka 18, roasts at ROST and presents it as a roastery built around care for the planet and for growers.7

Out in Włochy, near the airport, Runway Coffee Hub at Komitetu Obrony Robotników 59 works as a coffee co-working space. It hires out roasters, among them a Giesen W15, runs a cupping lab and SCA roasting and brewing courses, and pours its own speciality coffee at the counter.6

Wola: Łucka, Żelazna and Obozowa

Kawałek at Łucka 18 sits between Browary Warszawskie and Fabryka Norblina and is half café, half shop: its shelves carry beans from roasters such as 7g and Runty, and Warsaw orders placed by 17:00 go out the same day.8 It opens at 08:00 on weekdays, with Wi-Fi and tables outside.

Toward Fabryka Norblina, Java Cafe and Uwaga Kawa share the address Żelazna 51/53. Further west, Buno Specialty Coffee at Obozowa 22 stays open until 20:00 every day, and GUD on Karolkowa pairs specialty coffee with a kitchen.

A courtyard, a record player and a bookshop

Kawiarnia Patio occupies a courtyard behind Piwna 40/42 in the Old Town, out of sight of the street, and runs breakfast alongside a brew bar: Chemex and V60, and espresso made with Coffee Plant beans.1

Tekla at Andersa 13 in Muranów has been a specialty café since 2024, built around coffee and vinyl records. It is a social enterprise that creates jobs for people at risk of exclusion.9 In Żoliborz, Kredki at Mierosławskiego 29a combines a specialty café with a bookshop, a concept store and a creative space.10 On the Royal Route, Cor Specialty Coffee is at Krakowskie Przedmieście 62.

What a flat white costs in 2026

Prices depend on the address. Tekla’s October 2026 menu lists an espresso at 10 zł, a cappuccino at 15 zł and a flat white or latte at 17 zł.9 In the Old Town, Kawiarnia Patio charges 14 zł for an espresso, 19 zł for a cappuccino and 22 zł for a V60 drip of specialty beans.2

Many of these bars also sell the beans they brew, so a coffee you like can go home with you: Klaro, El Cafetero and Kawałek all run shops of roasted coffee, priced by the bag.458

Sources

  1. Kawiarnia Patio: śniadania i kawa specialty w dziedzińcu na Piwnej, Kawiarnia Patio, accessed October 2026
  2. Menu (October 2026), Kawiarnia Patio, accessed October 2026
  3. A Guide to Great Coffee in Warsaw, Poland (23 July 2015), Daily Coffee News, accessed October 2026
  4. El Cafetero: palarnia kawy speciality i kawiarnia, El Cafetero, accessed October 2026
  5. Klaro: Speciality Coffee Roastery, Klaro Coffee, accessed October 2026
  6. Runway Coffee Hub: palarnia kawy, Runway Coffee Hub, accessed October 2026
  7. STOR Café, Tamka 33 and Bracka 18, STOR, accessed October 2026
  8. Kawiarnia speciality, sklep z kawą, Kawałek, accessed October 2026
  9. Tekla: kawa i winyle, kawiarnia na Muranowie (menu, October 2026), Tekla, accessed October 2026
  10. Kredki: Cafe, Store & Creative Space, Kredki, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Specialty coffee in Warsaw: questions

Where are the specialty coffee cafés in Warsaw?

Wola has the most, around Łucka and Żelazna: Kawałek at Łucka 18, and Java Cafe and Uwaga Kawa at Żelazna 51/53, with Buno on Obozowa further west. Kawiarnia Patio is in a courtyard off Piwna in the Old Town, Tekla is in Muranów, Kredki in Żoliborz, Klaro Coffee HQ in Ochota and Runway Coffee Hub in Włochy.

How much does a flat white cost at a specialty café in Warsaw?

At Tekla in Muranów, the October 2026 menu prices a flat white or latte at 17 zł, an espresso at 10 zł and a cappuccino at 15 zł. In the Old Town, Kawiarnia Patio charges 14 zł for an espresso, 19 zł for a cappuccino and 22 zł for a V60 drip.

Which Warsaw coffee roasters have their own cafés?

El Cafetero roasts only arabica and has cafés on Emilii Plater and Marszałkowska. Klaro started as a one-man roastery and runs Klaro Coffee HQ at Joteyki 13 in Ochota. STOR roasts at ROST and has bars at Tamka 33 and Bracka 18, and Runway Coffee Hub in Włochy hires out roasters and runs a cupping lab beside its café.

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