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Best Wine List Restaurants in Warsaw 2026
Restaurant cellars & sommelier programs · Warsaw · 6 lists ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 18, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Warsaw has quietly become the most wine-literate city in Poland, and it got there through the restaurant rather than the bottle shop. The defining rooms here are wine-first by design: places where an importer or a national sommelier champion built the list and the kitchen was told to keep up. They run from a Michelin-listed grower cellar off Plac Grzybowski to a steakhouse with one of central Europe's deepest Italian benches. Here is who each table suits, what to expect when you sit down, and how to book it. Six, ranked on depth, grower breadth and value rather than labels alone.
1.Kieliszki na Proznej
An importer's grower cellar with rare bottles and a huge by-the-glass list. Save it for a serious wine-led dinner.
Kieliszki na Proznej sits on a restored street off Plac Grzybowski in the city centre, founded by importer Beata Gaweda of Vini e Affini and long-time sommelier Pawel Demianiuk, and the name, which means glasses on Prozna, tells you where the priority lies. The list runs deep into Europe with a strong bias toward organic and biodynamic growers, mixing classic estates with discoveries, older vintages and genuinely rare bottles, plus one of the widest by-the-glass programs in the city. It is listed in the Michelin Guide Poland. The kitchen sends modern small plates built to flatter the wine. This is the wine-lover's table in Warsaw; let Demianiuk's floor pour you something by the glass before you commit to a bottle.
Book on the Kieliszki site; start with a flight by the glass before choosing a bottle.
2.Butchery & Wine
A steakhouse with a deep Tuscan and Piedmontese bench from a champion sommelier. Reserve ahead for beef and a serious red.
Butchery and Wine, on Zurawia in the city centre, is a New York-style steakhouse with a wine program that punches far above the genre. The list is the work of Kamil Wojtasiak, a Polish sommelier champion and, as of 2025, president of the Polish Sommelier Association, and it leans hard into Italy, with a broad Tuscan and Piedmontese selection that includes top names hard to find even at home. Dry-aged steaks are the headline order, and the cellar is built to drink with them. Expect an upper-end spend. This is the table for a carnivore who wants a powerful red with real provenance. Tell the floor your cut and your budget and let them match a Barolo or a Brunello to it.
Book on the Butchery & Wine site; ask the floor to match an Italian red to your steak.
3.Dyletanci
More than 1,100 bottles spanning classics and natural wines under one roof. Drop in for an exploratory evening.
Dyletanci, in the Powisle quarter below the centre, pairs an ambitious seasonal kitchen with a cellar of more than 1,100 bottles, and the range is the appeal: Italian and French classics sit alongside biodynamic, orange, pet-nat and natural bottles, with a good showing of local and central European wine. It is a room for the curious drinker, the sort who wants a classic Burgundy one round and a skin-contact Slovenian white the next, with a floor confident across both worlds. Prices span a wide range, which keeps it approachable. This is the table for an exploratory night out rather than a trophy hunt. Go with an open mind, order broadly, and ask the team to take you somewhere unexpected.
Book on the Dyletanci site; ask the team to pour you something off the beaten path.
4.Kieliszki na Hozej
The sibling room where sommelier Pawel Demianiuk builds the food around the bottle. Visit for a glasses-led dinner.
Kieliszki na Hozej, on Hoza in the city centre, is the second room from the Kieliszki team, with the same philosophy and the experience of Pawel Demianiuk, one of Poland's best sommeliers, behind the list. The decor, a display of wine glasses, signals the priority, and the kitchen genuinely builds its plates around what is open and pouring rather than the other way round. The list spans classic and grower Europe with a generous by-the-glass selection, which makes it ideal for a meal where the wine leads course by course. Prices sit a touch below the destination rooms. This is the table for a couple who want to drink a sequence of glasses well matched to the food. Put yourself in the floor's hands.
Book on the Kieliszki na Hozej site; let the floor pair a glass to each course.
5.Alewino
An intimate Bib Gourmand room with an international list and seasonal cooking. Stay for value and good bottles.
Alewino, on Mokotowska in the city centre, is a small, warm restaurant and wine bar that has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand for cooking that delivers well above its price, and the wine matches that value-minded ethos. The list is international and personally chosen, broad enough to reward a wine-led night without a destination-cellar bill, and the seasonal menu is built to drink with it. The room is intimate and books up, so it rewards planning. This is the table for a couple who want serious bottles and honest cooking without ceremony or a steep mark-up. Reserve ahead, tell the floor what you are eating and what you want to spend, and let them find the clever bottle.
Book ahead on the Alewino site; name a budget and let the floor pick the bottle.
6.Winosfera
A restaurant and wine atelier on Chlodna with one of the biggest selections in town. Browse it on a bottle-hunting night.
Winosfera occupies a handsome space on Chlodna in the Wola district, combining a restaurant with a wine atelier and shop, which gives it one of the largest selections in Warsaw to drink in or take away. The cellar is broad across the classic European regions with serious depth and a wide spread of spirits alongside, and the format means a bottle you like at the table can often come home with you. Cooking is Mediterranean-leaning and built for sharing. Prices span a wide range thanks to the retail side, which can make drinking well here better value than the destination rooms. This is the table for a bottle-hunting night; browse the shelves, ask for guidance, and drink what catches your eye.
Book on the Winosfera site; browse the atelier shelves and ask staff to open one at the table.
Avoid for a wine night
A spirits house, not a wine list
Elixir by Dom Wodki is a Michelin-listed room and a genuine pleasure, but its whole concept pairs the menu with tasting portions of vodka from a collection of more than 750 bottles. Go for the vodka flights and Polish cooking; for a wine-led dinner, choose one of the rooms above instead.
Famous kitchen, supporting-act cellar
The hotel fine-dining rooms around the centre cook beautifully but treat the list as a supporting act, with shorter, pricier selections aimed at convenience rather than discovery. Book them for the food; keep your wine night for the specialists, where an importer or a champion sommelier actually built the cellar.
How to drink well in Warsaw
Warsaw's wine-first rooms reward putting yourself in the floor's hands. At Kieliszki na Proznej and Kieliszki na Hozej, Pawel Demianiuk's team will pour you a sequence of glasses matched to each course, which is the best way to drink at both and a smarter spend than committing to one bottle blind. Start with the by-the-glass list, name what you like, and let them lead. These rooms are small and Michelin-recognised, so reserve a week ahead for a weekend table.
For a specific style, match the room to it. Butchery and Wine is the address for a powerful Italian red with dry-aged beef; Dyletanci and Winosfera are where to roam from classic Burgundy to natural and orange wine in one sitting; Alewino is the value pick for serious bottles and honest cooking. Poland's restaurant mark-ups are gentler than much of western Europe, so a good bottle goes further here than you might expect. Tell any of these floors your budget and let them find the clever wine inside it, and book ahead because the best rooms are small.
Frequently asked
Which Warsaw restaurant has the best wine list?
Kieliszki na Proznej, off Plac Grzybowski in the city centre, is the wine-lover's first stop, founded by importer Beata Gaweda and sommelier Pawel Demianiuk and listed in the Michelin Guide Poland. Its list goes deep into organic and biodynamic growers with rare bottles, older vintages and one of the widest by-the-glass programs in the city. For a deep Italian cellar with steak, Butchery and Wine is the pick, with a list from Polish sommelier champion Kamil Wojtasiak. Reserve a week ahead for either.
Where can I drink natural and grower wine in Warsaw?
Kieliszki na Proznej leans hard into organic and biodynamic growers and is the most serious address for it, while Dyletanci, in Powisle, runs more than 1,100 bottles that mix classics with orange, pet-nat and natural wines, making it the best room for roaming across styles. Winosfera, on Chlodna in Wola, combines a restaurant with a wine atelier and a large, browsable selection. At all three, tell the floor you want to explore and let them pour you something unexpected by the glass first.
How much does a good bottle cost in Warsaw?
Poland's restaurant mark-ups are gentler than much of western Europe, so a good bottle goes further here. Plan on a mid-range spend for a genuinely good wine at most of these rooms, with the ceiling higher at Butchery and Wine and Kieliszki na Proznej, where rare and aged bottles run up. Winosfera's retail side can make drinking well there better value still. The smart move everywhere is to set a budget with the floor and let them find the interesting bottle inside it, since the better sommeliers love the challenge.
Which Warsaw restaurant is best for wine by the glass?
Kieliszki na Proznej and its sibling Kieliszki na Hozej run the strongest by-the-glass programs in the city, both shaped by sommelier Pawel Demianiuk and designed so you can drink a sequence of glasses matched to each course rather than commit to a single bottle. Dyletanci also pours widely across its 1,100-plus bottles. For a glasses-led dinner, these are the rooms: start with the list, tell the floor what you like, and let them build the evening one pour at a time.
Do you need a reservation for these Warsaw wine restaurants?
Yes, and a week ahead for a weekend table at the small rooms. Kieliszki na Proznej, Kieliszki na Hozej and Alewino are intimate and Michelin-recognised, so they fill fast. Butchery and Wine, Dyletanci and Winosfera are a little roomier but still worth booking, especially for a group or a Friday or Saturday night. If a specific or rare bottle is the point of the evening, mention it when you book so the cellar can confirm it is in stock and ready.
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