8 cafés in 2 citys. Places change: check opening hours before you go.
Jan Apolinary Michalik opened it in 1895 as the Lwów Confectionery, at first in a single windowless back room, hence 'Michalik's Den'. Art students paid for food with small artworks, and the Zielony Balonik cabaret began here in 1905.
Order: Coffee · Cake
Jan Noworolski, a confectioner from Lwów, took over the Cloth Hall café in 1910 and reopened it in 1912 with the Art Nouveau rooms that survive. Painters Malczewski and Kossak were guests; it was nationalised in 1949 and returned to the family in 1992.
Order: Coffee · Cake
💡 Enter from the east side of the Cloth Hall on the Main Square.
Antoni Kazimierz Blikle bought a small confectionery on Nowy Świat on 11 September 1869, and the firm has stayed on the street since. Its pączki (doughnuts) are the house classic.
Order: Pączek · Coffee
A specialty café on the top floor of the Cricoteka art centre, with floor-to-ceiling windows over the Vistula toward Wawel.
Order: Filter · Espresso
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
One of Kraków's leading specialty cafés, with its own roastery and baristas who compete in championships; ranked 45th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026.
Order: V60 · Ristretto · Vegan scone
💡 The Krupnicza branch has the kitchen and the fuller food menu.
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
Opened in 2007 in Ochota as Warsaw's first specialty coffee shop, and still going, with its own label Czarna Fala.
Order: Filter · Cold brew · Cake
Open since 2011 near Plac Zbawiciela, the 'Ministry of Coffee' built its name on single origins and hosted Polish AeroPress Championship events in the early 2010s.
Order: AeroPress · Espresso
A Mokotów pioneer open since 2010 in a former toy shop, with vintage Polish posters and mismatched furniture.
Order: Filter · Breakfast · Cake