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Cafés in Śródmieście Południowe

Wilcza, Hoża and Plac Zbawiciela: roasters' cafés, matcha bars, Hala Koszyki and the latest hours in the center.

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Śródmieście Południowe is the grid south of Aleje Jerozolimskie, from Emilii Plater east to Plac Trzech Krzyży and Aleje Ujazdowskie. Its hub is Plac Zbawiciela, a roundabout laid out about 1768 where Marszałkowska, Mokotowska and Nowowiejska streets and Aleja Wyzwolenia meet.1

Wilcza, Hoża, Poznańska and Mokotowska hold the densest run of cafés in central Warsaw, from roasters' own bars to matcha counters and places that stay open past midnight. No other part of the center has as many specialty bars.

Local tip: For a late coffee, Wilcza is the street: Bishops Brew serves until 22:00 every day and Południk 2.0 until 01:00 from Thursday to Saturday.

At a glance

84Cafés listed
41With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
02:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: The White Bear, from 07:00 (Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–21:00).
  • Closes latest: Turnus, until 02:00 (Mon–Thu 09:00–23:00 · Fri–Sat 09:00–02:00 · Sun 09:00–23:00).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (27%), partial wheelchair access (27%), outdoor seating (27%).

The Espresso Bar

  • Emilii Plater 12
  • Mon–Fri 08:30–19:00 · Sat 09:00–19:00 · Sun 10:00–19:00
  • +48605066952
  • Indoor seating
  • Partial wheelchair access
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Cawa

  • Aleje Jerozolimskie 33
  • Daily 08:30–21:30
  • Indoor seating
  • Partial wheelchair access
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Konbini

  • Wspólna 52/54
  • Mon–Sat 09:00–18:00
  • Indoor seating
  • Partial wheelchair access
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Plac Zbawiciela

The colonnaded socialist realist blocks on the square's southern side went up in 1950–1952 as part of the Marszałkowska Residential District, MDM. The Church of the Holiest Saviour, built in 1901–1927, gave the square its name in 1922.1 A rainbow installation stood here from 2012 until the city removed it on 27 August 2015, after it had been set on fire several times.1

El Cafetero, a specialty roaster, runs a café at Marszałkowska 37A and its roastery café at Emilii Plater 8, which opens at 08:30 on weekdays and has Wi-Fi.2 Coffee Karma at Mokotowska 17 opens at 08:00 on weekdays and stays open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, and Ministerstwo Kawy, another specialty bar, is on Marszałkowska.

Wilcza, Hoża and Wspólna

Wilcza is the busiest café street. Bishops Brew at no. 31 is open daily 08:00–22:00, Południk 2.0 at no. 25 serves vegan food until 01:00 from Thursday to Saturday, and Matcha'n'Hype at no. 19 has outdoor tables. Ciastko z Dziurką at Wilcza 26 is one of the cukiernie that draw queues on tłusty czwartek.3

LAB at Wspólna 70 pours beans from Coffee Lab, a Warsaw specialty roaster that has roasted for 13 years at its plant on Bruszewska.4 It opens daily 08:00–18:00. On Hoża, Eter at 5/7 bakes and serves vegan food, and Cafe central at 58/60 opens at 07:30 on weekdays.

Matcha and Hala Koszyki

Moya Matcha, a Polish-Japanese brand founded by Maciek, Norbert and Hitomi, opened its first Warsaw venue at Oleandrów 6; Hitomi trained at the Urasenke tea school and at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris.5 Be My Matcha is at Żelazna 27.

Hala Koszyki, an Art Nouveau market hall built in 1906–1908 at Koszykowa 63, was mostly torn down after 2009 and reopened as a food hall in October 2016.6 Salon de Thé has a counter inside.

Wiejska and the late hours

Wiejska had Warsaw's best-known 18th-century café, Wiejska Kawa, run by the widow Nybertowa from at least 1779 in a wooden manor house with seven rooms, sofas, bird cages and an old clavichord.7 Czytelnik at Wiejska 12A, with outdoor tables, is open daily 09:00–21:00.

For late hours, Turnus at Emilii Plater 31 stays open until 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and Porta 13 at Emilii Plater 14 until midnight. The White Bear at Marszałkowska 64 and Corner Cafe at Chałubińskiego 9 open at 07:00 on weekdays.

Sources

  1. Plac Zbawiciela, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. El Cafetero: palarnia kawy speciality i kawiarnia, El Cafetero, accessed October 2026
  3. Tłusty Czwartek 2026. Do tych warszawskich cukierni ustawią się długie kolejki (3 February 2026), Super Express, accessed October 2026
  4. Coffee Lab: warszawska palarnia kawy specialty, Coffee Lab, accessed October 2026
  5. Matcha madness in Moya Matcha (18 January 2022), Warsaw Insider, accessed October 2026
  6. Hala Koszyki, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  7. Warsaw cafes two centuries ago (Anna Kalinowska, 29 January 2013), Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Śródmieście Południowe cafés: questions

Where is specialty coffee near Plac Zbawiciela in Warsaw?

El Cafetero, a specialty roaster, has a café at Marszałkowska 37A and its roastery café at Emilii Plater 8, open from 08:30 on weekdays. LAB at Wspólna 70 pours beans from Coffee Lab, a Warsaw roaster, daily 08:00–18:00. Ministerstwo Kawy is on Marszałkowska, and Coffee Karma is at Mokotowska 17.

Which cafés on Wilcza Street in Warsaw are open late?

Bishops Brew at Wilcza 31 is open daily until 22:00, and Południk 2.0 at Wilcza 25 serves vegan food until 01:00 from Thursday to Saturday. Nearby, Coffee Karma at Mokotowska 17 stays open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, and Turnus at Emilii Plater 31 until 02:00.

What is Hala Koszyki in Warsaw?

Hala Koszyki is an Art Nouveau market hall at Koszykowa 63 in Śródmieście Południowe, built in 1906–1908. Most of it was torn down after 2009, and the rebuilt hall reopened as a food hall in October 2016. Salon de Thé has a counter inside.

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