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Best Restaurants With a View in Warsaw 2026
Restaurants with a view · Warsaw · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 17, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Warsaw rebuilt itself vertically, and the obvious move is to eat at the very top. It is also the wrong one. The city's highest perches are cocktail bars, not kitchens, which makes Warsaw closer to Frankfurt than to a historic core, a young skyline best looked at sideways rather than straight down. The better view tables here sit at mid-height, on the fifth and sixth floors, or out in the royal park and along the Vistula, where the cooking is the reason to come and the panorama is the bonus. This list ranks the rooms that feed you well first and frame the city second.
1.Belvedere — Modern Polish, Lazienki Park
A glasshouse in the royal park with Olma's modern Polish cooking; book it for a green, quiet occasion.
Belvedere makes the contrarian case that Warsaw's best view is not glass and steel but green: it sits in the New Orangery of the Royal Lazienki Park, a 19th-century glasshouse surrounded by palace gardens and peacocks. Chef Sebastian Olma, who won the Polish edition of Top Chef, cooks modern Polish dishes with classical roots, a tasting menu in the 250 to 350 zloty range, and the restaurant is listed in the Michelin Guide. The view is the park itself through the orangery glass, the calmest setting in the city. This is the table for a proper occasion away from the downtown towers. Come for a long, unhurried dinner.
Reserve direct at belvedere.com.pl.
2.Concept 13 — International, Vitkac
A glass-walled fifth-floor room over the city centre with a teppanyaki counter; reserve a window for the panorama.
Concept 13 tops the exclusive Vitkac department store in the heart of Srodmiescie, a glass-walled fifth-floor room and summer terrace looking out over the downtown rooftops toward the Palace of Culture. It is recommended in the Michelin Guide, and the kitchen runs international classics with a Polish twist, some cooked on a teppanyaki counter, with mains in the 150 to 250 zloty range. The point Warsaw keeps proving is that you do not need 40 floors for a city view; five is enough when the room is built around the glass. Ask for a window table or a terrace seat in summer, and pair dinner with a drink at the rooftop bar.
Book direct via Vitkac or OpenTable.
3.Szostka — Modern fine dining, Hotel Warszawa
A sixth-floor terrace in the rebuilt Prudential tower facing the Palace of Culture; pencil it in for a city-centre dinner.
Szostka, meaning "the six," sits on the sixth floor of the Hotel Warszawa, the restored 1930s Prudential tower that was the city's first skyscraper. The glassed dining room and open-air terrace along Swietokrzyska look across to the Palace of Culture and the downtown cityscape. Chef Dariusz Baranski works at a large open kitchen, offering both a la carte and a popular six-course tasting around 290 zloty, modern fine dining with a relaxed register. The history under the room is part of the appeal: a tower the Nazis tried to level, rebuilt and reopened as a place to eat over the skyline it survived. Book the terrace for warm evenings.
Reserve at hotelwarszawa.pl.
4.Stixx Bar & Grill — International grill, Plac Europejski
A retractable-roof terrace facing the Warsaw Spire with dry-aged steaks; go for a skyline grill dinner.
Stixx sits on Plac Europejski in the business district, in the shadow of the Warsaw Spire and the cluster of towers around it, with a year-round terrace under a retractable roof and a raised open kitchen as its centrepiece. The view is the new Warsaw at close range, glass towers lit against the sky, rather than a distant panorama, which suits the menu: dry-aged steaks, wagyu and an international spread from Peking duck to tuna tartare, mains in the 120 to 220 zloty band. It proves the sideways argument about this skyline, that the towers look better framed from a terrace than peered down from inside one. Book the terrace.
Reserve direct at stixx.pl.
5.Boathouse — Mediterranean, Vistula riverbank
A nautical riverside room on the Vistula with a garden terrace; bring friends for a relaxed waterside lunch.
Boathouse trades the skyline for the river, set on the Saska Kepa bank of the Vistula with a riverside garden and a nautical-themed dining room that has run since 1998. The view is the water and the green far bank, a rare stretch of wild riverside for a European capital, and the kitchen is Mediterranean, a rotating fusion of Italian, Spanish and Greek dishes with mains in the 90 to 160 zloty range. It was once singled out by Conde Nast Traveler and carried Michelin Guide recommendations around 2009 to 2011. This is Warsaw's answer to a riverbank lunch, best in warm weather on the garden terrace. Come for a long, easy afternoon.
Book direct at boathouse.pl.
6.Level 27 — Mediterranean, Marriott
A 27th-floor Mediterranean room over the Old Town and the river; time your visit for the city lights.
Level 27 is the high view that earns its place, a 27th-floor room and large open-air terrace at the Marriott with a panorama over the Old Town, the Vistula and the bridges. Unlike the cocktail-only perches above it, it runs a proper Mediterranean menu, tapas, fresh seafood and grilled dishes, with mains in the 120 to 200 zloty range, so you can actually dine rather than just drink. The terrace is one of the largest rooftop spaces in the city. This is where to go if you do want height, the one high table here with a kitchen behind the view. Reserve for after dark, when the centre lights up.
Reserve direct at level27.pl.
Avoid for the view
Panorama Sky Bar — the highest table, but a bar
Panorama Sky Bar, on the 40th floor of the Marriott, is the highest perch in Poland, looking down on the Palace of Culture and the towers. It is a cocktail-and-canape bar, though, not a dinner kitchen. Go up for the drink and the altitude, then eat a floor or many floors lower.
Highline Warsaw — a view deck, not a restaurant
Highline, on the Varso Tower at 230 metres, is the highest viewing terrace in the European Union, and the panorama is genuinely the best in the city. It is an observation deck with drinks, not a restaurant. Buy the ticket for the view, then book your dinner at street, park or river level.
Booking a view table in Warsaw
Warsaw's view tables reward ignoring the obvious. The famous 40th-floor bars are for a drink, not dinner, so steer your reservation to the mid-rise rooms and the green-and-river settings instead. Concept 13 on the fifth floor and Szostka on the sixth both want a window or terrace seat, so request it directly when you book, a few days ahead in the warm months. Belvedere, out in Lazienki Park, is the formal-occasion table and worth booking a week or more ahead. Boathouse, across the river on the Saska Kepa bank, is a warm-weather riverside lunch reached by taxi or tram, while Stixx on Plac Europejski runs its terrace year round under a retractable roof. For Level 27, the one high room here with a real kitchen, book the after-dark sitting for the lit city.
Frequently asked
Which Warsaw restaurant has the best view?
It depends what you want from it. For a green, palace-garden setting, Belvedere in Lazienki Park. For a downtown panorama with a real kitchen, mid-rise Concept 13 or Szostka. For the new tower district up close, Stixx. For a high after-dark view with proper food, Level 27. The literal highest spots, Panorama Sky Bar and Highline, are bars and decks, not restaurants.
Why aren't the 40th-floor spots on this list?
Because they are bars, not restaurants. Panorama Sky Bar on the 40th floor and Highline on the Varso Tower have the highest views in the city, but they serve drinks and canapes or operate as an observation deck. For a view dinner where the cooking matters, the mid-rise and ground-level rooms here do it better.
Is Belvedere's view of the city or the park?
The park. Belvedere sits in the New Orangery glasshouse inside the Royal Lazienki Park, so the view is palace gardens, old trees and peacocks rather than the skyline. It is the calmest, most formal setting on this list, and the modern-Polish cooking under chef Sebastian Olma matches the surroundings. Book it for an occasion.
Can you eat by the Vistula in Warsaw?
Yes. Boathouse, on the Saska Kepa bank, is the established riverside dining room, with a garden terrace over the water and a Mediterranean menu, open since 1998. It is a warm-weather choice best reached by taxi or tram and suited to a long, relaxed lunch rather than a quick dinner.
Do Warsaw's view restaurants open year round?
The indoor rooms do. Concept 13, Szostka, Belvedere, Stixx and Level 27 all operate through the winter, with Stixx's retractable roof and the glassed dining rooms keeping the view in the cold. The open-air terraces and Boathouse's riverside garden are warm-season pleasures, so confirm terrace seating when you book off-season.
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