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Katowice | Restaurants & Cafes | Cafés

A spiffing little orange place with a theatrical theme next to the local theatre, the glaring walls are mollified with a number of theatrical posters and pictures of famous Polish thespians. Average coffee and a few harder drinks on offer if the play was lousy. [...]


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ul. Katowicka 60 (Chorzów)
tel. 032 241 27 31

Open:
11:00-22:00

What was clearly once a horrid commie café has undergone a rather dubious transformation and is now a horrid modern café. Entirely lacking in charm, one wall is covered in photographs of stars of the Polish stage and screen, whilst another has been covered in some particularly bad art. Co [...]


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Al. Korfantego 6
tel. 032 258 96 64

Open:
10:00-22:00
Sunday:
Closed
Saturday:
10:00-19:00

A monster of a ballroom on two floors serving as an interesting place for a cup of coffee during the day and a venue for 50-somethings to practice their disco- and ballroom-dancing in during the evenings. [...]


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ul. Mickiewicza 8
tel. 032 259 80 91

Open:
10:00-22:00
Sunday:
Closed
Monday:
10:00-20:00
Wednesday :
10:00-21:00
Friday:
10:00-04:00
Saturday:
21:00-05:00

Arguably Chorzów's best café thanks to the abundance of glamorous old ladies who like to meet each other here, the decorations come with plenty of Tiffany splashes, plus there's average coffee, good cakes and even better ice cream. [...]


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ul. Wolności 18
tel. 032 241 43 43

Open:
09:00-22:00
Sunday:
12:00-22:00

A brave attempt at bringing a little sophistication to Katowice's café scene, the coffee may not be the best in the world but it's an ok place to devour cakes and tea on one of the sprawling sofas in the front area by the bar. [...]


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ul. Gliwicka 57
tel. 0 501 59 75 55

Open:
10:00-20:00
Sunday:
12:00-21:00
Friday:
12:00-21:00
Saturday:
12:00-21:00

Attempting to create a little minimalist coffee chic is a brave thing to do and could be achieved inside this average little place with the removal of the train station across the street and the introduction of some decent-tasting coffee. Essentially a limp-wristed attempt at Starbucks th [...]


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ul. 3 Maja 13
tel. 0 509 34 12 65

Open:
08:00-20:00
Sunday:
12:00-20:00

ul. Chorzowska 107 (Silesia City Centre)
tel. 032 605 07 65

Open:
10:00-21:00
Friday:
10:00-22:00

A microscopic venture popular with elderly ladies and their laptop-wielding granddaughters in need of a quick caffeine injection, the coffee here is some of the best to be found in the city. There's also a fine selection of cakes and, best of all, a large refrigerator full of good-loo [...]


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ul. Dyrekcyjna 6
tel. 032 253 77 55

Open:
09:00-19:00
Sunday:
Closed
Saturday:
09:00-15:00

Cinema City's Punkt 44 in-house café is a gorgeous concoction of red vinyl seating, freshly squeezed orange juice, average coffee, cakes and indifferent waitresses. If you can't get what you want here then nip across the road and try your luck in Caffe Bar N°57. [...]


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ul. Gliwicka 44
tel. 032 359 59 25

Open:
10:00-22:00
Friday:
10:00-23:00
Saturday:
10:00-24:00

Poland's number one coffee chain's Altus Centre offering is small and pleasant. Arguably the best coffee in the country, plus a limited selection of sandwiches, wraps and cakes. [...]


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ul. Uniwersytecka 13 (Altus Centre)
tel. 032 603 01 51

Open:
08:00-21:00
Sunday:
11:00-21:00
Friday:
08:00-22:00
Saturday:
09:00-22:00

Trying to pass itself of as a fancy place to come and drink wine, Confetti is really little more than a basic café serving cakes, coffee and buns in slightly wacky surroundings. Retaining much of what was once probably the best interior design style in Poland with a few attempts to add a touch [...]


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ul. Kościuszki 18
tel. 032 251 44 88

Open:
09:30-22:00
Sunday:
10:00-22:00

Generic it might be, but in a town where ordering a coffee remains a game of fortune the arrival of Costa is nothing short of a God-send. Find some of the best caffeine in Katowice served alongside the usual spread of cafe snacks inside a sterile interior seemingly supplied by Ikea. [...]


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ul. Stawowa 8
tel. 032 444 72 48

Open:
07:00-21:00

Colourful reptiles, freaky chairs, mosaics galore and weird, white moulded walls inside a fitting tribute to the Spanish genius. Strip away the fun and you're left with a good cellar café serving strong coffee, sticky cakes and a large range of herb teas. [...]


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ul. Wawelska 2
tel. 032 253 87 75

Open:
09:00-22:00
Sunday:
10:00-22:00

Tiffany lamps and lots of flowers in an otherwise ordinary café in the heart of the city's so-called old town. As well as average coffee and a few acoholic offerings, Golonko also has a small menu of snacks to stave away the hunger. [...]


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ul. Dyrekcyjna 3
tel. 032 353 82 00

Open:
10:00-22:00
Sunday:
12:00-20:00
A large communist-era leftover complete with grumpy old ladies, an upright piano, strange smell and even stranger coffee. It's not known how long places like this can hang on to their chandeliers, large mirrors and red velvet furniture, but if you're interested in seeing how things use [...]


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ul. Warszawska 5
tel. 032 253 98 21

Open:
08:00-21:00
Sunday:
09:00-20:00
Saturday:
09:00-20:00

Good-looking waitresses deliver coffee, tea, sandwiches, excellent cheesecake and ice-cold bottles of beer in an open plan setting on the ground floor of the large city cente Altus Centre. [...]


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ul. Uniwersytecka 13 (Qubus Prestige Hotel)
tel. 032 601 08 94

Open:
08:00-22:00
Sunday:
12:00-22:00
Saturday:
09:00-22:00

Inside the hotel of the same name the Monopol’s in-house café bar offers a touch of class, decent coffee, beer called Axe and an interior that recalls Katowice’s golden age; here it’s all parlour palms, marble surfaces and sepia images of the city in its industrial heyda [...]


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ul. Dworcowa 5 (Monopol Hotel)
tel. 032 782 82 07

Open:
09:00-23:00

Quaint tapestries on the wall in an otherwise unremarkable ambience of cheap furniture and ceramic floor tiles, drop by if you're in the area for average tea and coffee and a wonderful selection of cream cakes, the latter being the prime reason for visiting. [...]


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ul. Ligonia 28
tel. 032 781 70 08

Open:
07:00-17:30
Sunday:
Closed
Saturday:
07:00-14:00
Hidden away inside a small courtyard and down a little flight of steps like so many of Katowice's gems, o' joj is overflowing with art, junk, students, an upright piano, the soothing songs of Marilyn Monroe and a choice of herb teas and beer. Beautifully bizarre and not what one would expec [...]


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ul. 3 Maja 20
tel. 032 203 44 39

Open:
11:00-22:00
Sunday:
16:00-22:00
Saturday:
16:00-22:00