Uncover famous Krakow bars
Krakow, a city steeped in history and culture, is also renowned for its vibrant nightlife. The city's bar scene is a delightful mix of traditional Polish taverns, chic cocktail lounges, and lively beer gardens. Each bar in Krakow has its unique charm, offering a diverse range of experiences for locals and tourists alike. Whether you're looking for a quiet spot to enjoy a glass of Polish vodka, a lively venue to dance the night away, or a cozy corner to sip on some local craft beer, Krakow's bars have something for everyone. This article will guide you through the city's best bars, ensuring your nights in Krakow are as memorable as your days.
House of beer
4.6
(7453)
Traditional venue for draft & bottled beers from Poland, Belgium, Lithuania, & German breweries.
Reviews:
Great beer selection to choose from as the name would suggest. Nice interior with arched ceilings and glass display cabinets with various jugs inside. They had outdoor seating around the outside and also a cozy cellar that was unfortunately closed during our visit. The special beer of the day was the least expensive we had during our Krakow visit.
Scouser1965
Wide range of draught beers - heavy on the IPAs. Excellent selection of bottled and cans, huge range across imperial stouts and black IPAs to more traditional pilsners, lagers and wheat beer. Spirits available also. Food menu meets all needs, might fall short of anyone expecting a full three course meal mind. Plenty of options to support whatever beer you choose. Best of all is the vibe: metal, rock and grunge music pitched perfectly just below the chatter in the bar makes for an amped up but chilled atmosphere that makes the beer go down all the better. Busy in the evenings, a great place for early evening beers. Don't forget a note to add to the back bar.
D Mac
Some good craft beers and ciders. The pulled pork burger is wonderful. There is also a menu in English, behind the polish one. You just order at the bar, no table service for drinks
Massimiliano S
I went here twice (Saturday and Sunday nights), for craft beer. They have a board up, listing a good variety of pal ales, stout, sours/gose, bitter, cider and pilsners/lagers on draft, as well as bottled and canned beers. They also sell spirits, cocktails and food, although I didn't try these. Draft beers were around 20 zloty for a large beer.
Mark Adams
If you love beer you don't need to look any further. This place is amazing! They have by far the largest selection of beer in krakow (and probably in Poland), the most knowledgeable staff and great atmosphere. Also there is a beer basement witch works o Friday&Saturday and a pub quiz on Tuesdays. SERIOUSLY THIS PLACE IS AMAZING (I'm a bar manager so I would know)
yevgeny Rogozhan
Świętego Tomasza 35, 31-027 Kraków, Poland
Oliwa pub
4.5
(538)
Reviews:
Poor attitude towards customers. Did not want to serve at all, witnessed a German tourist walking out because of the lazy service. Did not stick around for food. Had to wait until he finished his snack at the side of the bar before he served me! It turns out the staff member was in fact the owner. Never again!
Boab Mitchell
If you love rock music, cocktails and beer that’s your stop! Cozy, vibrant place with lots of music memorabilia (Oliwa is well known person on the polish rock scene, someone would say a LEGEND). It’s not surprise then if you lucky you’ll meet here some of well recognisable faces. Downstairs you’ll find second bar along with mini scene were the “magic” is made. I definitely will back for more: cytrynowka/lemon vodka, music and to shake hand with the owners. 🍻
Bolo S
Laid back dive bar kind of thing. Random furniture, rock photos and guitars on the walls, brilliant playlist. If you want upscale then this is not your place, although you can get cocktails! They do live music too although not on the night we we were in. I guess that happens in a small room out back. We just sat for couple hours listening the music, drinking cheap beer and watching curling on the TV. Enjoyable.
York Red
Barstaff not very friendly, bit expensive when you take into account the quality of beer served, played mainstream rock music everyone has heard over a thousand times and locals where not welcoming
Harry
Love it. I highly recommend the Oliwa Pub to anyone looking for a great place to go for a drink in Kraków. The pub has a warm and inviting atmosphere, and the staff is friendly and attentive. You can listen to good music, sit with friends or play darts. I've been going to the Oliwa Pub for years, and I always have a great time there. The drinks are cold, and the live music is always top-notch. Feel like in good ald Kraków bar.
P. L. (OCTOBeer)
Miodowa 14, 31-055 Kraków, Poland
Bull pub kraków
4.2
(2453)
Lively wood-clad pub offering hearty comfort classics alongside cocktails & global brews.
Reviews:
Great place to sit outside and do some people watching with views of the Church. Seems to attract a British and Irish crowd of travelers for some reason. The inside was classic pub but it was too nice of a day for that and we found a nice comfy bench outside to enjoy our pints .
Scouser1965
An Irish pub in the Maly Rynek. They show sports games. There are Guinness and Murphys. Guinness tasted somewhat strange but it was acceptable. I sat at the bar and asked to pay asap which was weird though.
Mustafa Arikan
This is a typical British-style pub that appears to cater mostly to the expat, and English tourist crowd, as well as the stag-night scene. Decorated in the English pub style, i.e., wood paneling and dark wallpaper. There is lots of room inside and quite a few tables outside. You can watch an FA match here as well as cricket and rugby along with other sports. There is a kitchen serving up the usual suspects of pub grub, fish and chips, bangers and mash, English fry up, hamburgers, and an assortment of other deep fried foods. The food is hit-or-miss, the staff is fairly unfriendly and often acts as if they were doing you a favor for serving you. There are better English style pubs in Krakow.
Robert Chomicz
Lovely atmosphere here. Drinks are fabulous especially the strawberry and passion fruit daiquiris. Not that expensive which is a plus. And all the staff are so welcoming. They have karaoke most nights which is a good time too. Definitely go visit while your here.
Anna May Cullen
I was disappointed that service charge was added on to our bill when there was no mention of service charge beforehand. This is unfair trading practice. Prices are relatively expensive for Krakow. From what I experienced there's a lot of people celebrating stag-dos here. On the plus side they do have many large TVs to watch sports matches on.
David Carter
Mikołajska 2, 31-027 Kraków, Poland
Święta krowa
4.4
(373)
Reviews:
Amazing music, friendly but a bit slow staff when bar was full of people. Cozy place, small in size. Horrible WC. Door knob and toilet paper seems to be an luxury. Apart of this great fun and good place for party!
Marta Chojnacka
One of the last places on Cracow's clubbing map. Very climatic. Quite underground. Visit it! At weekends you ca find best electronic music in town. DJs ever weekend. Cool bartenders.
Piotr Panek
Club is rather small, but it has great atmosphere and I really enjoyed DJs.
Samuel Švolík
Nice place with good climat. Maybe a little bit too dark. Sometimes they organise good parties even if the space is 10 metres square. I recommend more for chilling and coming during the week evenings
K
One of the best clubs I've been to really enjoyed myself
Piotr Wzk
Smoleńsk 22, 31-112 Kraków, Poland
Duffy's irish bar
4.6
(1182)
Reviews:
Classic pub atmosphere. Good service & fresh beer . Sports too!
Stephen G
Had an absolutely cracking time here, the bartenders were brilliant start to finish. We wound up staying late until they kicked us out hours after they shut and after a good singing session. Many thanks to ye, especially the bartender with the stunning makeup who dealt with us drinking you out of Guinness. I didn't catch your name but you helped make our night.
Richard Owens
Excellent little pub! Great place to watch live sport eg rugby or football as they have multiple TVs AND they play the commentary of the most prevalent game! It's also A LOT cheaper compared to other Irish bars we went to in the old town of Krakow. They take card which is good.
Ian Stewart
Edit ** this review was in error, intended for an Irish bar in city Centre. Although in response to the responder of this review , it would seem you have a chip on both shoulders ! Take a pint and relax yourself . Certainly no issue with Irish owned bars doing well and I also have 5 star reviews . But I will leave 3 stars anyway for effort it takes for the angry reply. All the best X
G. H
A very nice Irish pub with Guinness, live music and sports. One my favorite bars in town, very friendly staff and opportunity to get food from nearby food truck area.
Edouard Camus
Świętego Wawrzyńca 18, 31-060 Kraków, Poland
Baza pub
4.5
(510)
Reviews:
Good choices of drinks and music. A nice, peaceful getaway from the bustle of tourists, to enjoy a good drink - the enclosed backyard within a courtyard is a nice touch due to the privacy.
Patrycja Ziminska (Trish)
Nice place to have a break and chat with friends. The staff was really welcoming and easy to communicate with. At the time of my visit the place was not busy but I can definitely see that place being full at night. Polish beer was nice there. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures so I cannot share my visuals.
Filippos Polykarpou
Great little bar up a passage off the bustling Old City streets, friendly staff and the courtyard is a little garden of cool peace. Worth seeking out & well recommended.
Chris Hampshire
Nice pub with an awesome style and chill vibe. You have to be a bit curious to discover that place, as you can't see it from the main street. It's located at the back of a building. The beer garden is a bit small, but the price are really honest, the art inside is good, so it's a good match!
wilfried soudet (wilfryed)
Quirky little pub down an alley off florianska. Worth a visit and see if you can name the rock stars in the pictures.
Ian Skidmore
Floriańska 15, 31-019 Kraków, Poland
Bar a vodka
4.5
(48)
Reviews:
Small cozy place serving a big variety of different flavoured polish vodkas. Good prices and nice staff
Alexander Hagerf
This can be so more. I'm a vodka virgin and was hoping to learn about vodkas, the different types of feedstock, undertones, etc. Instead the guy poured me six glasses of vodka and I sat on my own drinking it. Maybe it was a bad day, but there ia something to be said for creating experiences for people. The bison grass (zubrowka) is really delicious and is a neat vodka (many people have it with apple juice). I got that from TripAdvisor..you can pay me later. 😂 He did give me a caramel vodka that was amazing. Again... Maybe the guy behind the counter was having a bad day, or I was the 1000th person walking into the door this month. Make a plan... It can be better. In summary, it's worth the money. It can be more than that.
Jako Volschenk
A very cosy central spot, not far from the main square, it's many different kinds of vodka you can try, customers mainly tourists. It's a very small bar and they don't have any food, so may sure you eat before you visit😁 Customer service perfect ❤️
Penko Penchev
It’s 21+ y.o. But it’s nice though
Софія Сивак
Don't visit Krakow without going to this place!😁
Tim McAndrew
Mikołajska 5, 33-332 Kraków, Poland