Best Burgers in Warsaw: Food Halls to Praga

The best burgers in Warsaw are found in Śródmieście, the city centre, in Powiśle by the Vistula, in Wola and across the river in Praga. Two food halls set in historic buildings, Hala Koszyki and Elektrownia Powiśle, gather several burger counters under one roof and are the easiest place to start comparing.

Warsaw’s burger culture grew quickly in the 2010s, at the same time as its craft beer bars and a strong plant-based scene: a vegan burger chain founded in the city in 2013 now has branches in other Polish cities. Hala Koszyki, a restored early 20th-century market hall on Koszykowa Street, is widely described as Warsaw’s first food hall, while Elektrownia Powiśle occupies a former power station near the river. Two Polish ingredients are worth looking for on a menu: kiszone ogórki, the lacto-fermented pickles, and oscypek, the smoked sheep’s cheese of the Tatra mountains.

Burgers in Warsaw: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Śródmieście, Powiśle, Wola, Mokotów and Praga on the right bank of the Vistula.
• Food halls: Hala Koszyki and Elektrownia Powiśle, both mixing burger counters with other cuisines.
• Plant-based burgers: a strong thread in the capital since the early 2010s, with fully vegan menus easy to find.
• Currency: the Polish złoty (PLN). Poland does not use the euro.
• Getting around: two metro lines, M1 and M2, plus trams and buses that cross the Vistula to Praga.

Every guide we publish on Warsaw is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. To compare the Polish capital with other cities, browse our burger restaurant guides by city.