Singer

A Kazimierz legend - dim and gloomy, with shadows deep enough to drown the moodiest drinker, and illumination provided by an all-day candle vigil. Come in off the Jewish Square (Plac Zydowski) for a warming vodka or warm beer with fruit syrup, and lose track of the time altogether. Don't expect any live vocals, except in the early hours from an uproarious crowd - the bar is actually named after the Singer sewing machines and trestle tables scattered about the place. Classic Cracow.

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"Another place where we spent more time than was healthy. Still, great memories - if a little fuzzy!"

David Kessler
United States
Jul.10.2009
Overall rating 5/5

"For anybody that loves the idea of being submerged into a little piece of Balkan history then Singer is definitely one of the best places to go drinking! There is attention to every tiny detail, from pictures on the wall to the tables which are in fact old singer sewing machines! The wall paper is beautiful and there is a beautiful aroma of old wood and what seems like cigars. The set up is amazing, really makes you feel that you're in Eastern Europe, unpretentious and truly unique. The bar feels like a place filled with mystery and secrets, makes you want to hang around as long as possible and hope that you'll catch wind of something. Everyone that goes must definitely try the heated raspberry beer, really nothing better on a cold night, or any time really. Can't wait to go back! "

Agata Niemkiewicz
South Africa
Apr.21.2008
Overall rating 5/5

"Wonderfully atmospheric. Dark and moody. Candlelight and velvet. Virtuoso gypsy violin soundtrack. Charmingly untouched, like stepping back in time."

stella
Switzerland
Feb.18.2008
Overall rating 4/5

"Magnifique bar avec une ambiance toute particulière !"

Nico
Switzerland
Sep.26.2007
Overall rating 4/5

"Singer Bar. In the old jewish quarters of Krakow, the street lights are still out. In complete darkness, you stumble around, trying to find a place hidden behind black curtains. Double curtains in the doorway, just to reinsure that absolutely no light slips out to guide the accidental guest. If you still find your way to the place, you will find that the music is limited to only two genres, opera and film music. Try the Charlotka. Then, after you finish the pie, order the same, but as a drink. Zubrowka and apple juice on the rocks. "

Johan Engström
Sweden
Jul.06.2007
Overall rating 5/5

"Locale carino frequentato per lo più da ragazzi molto giovani. Il personale non ci è sembrato particolarmente gentile, probabilmente troppa pubblicità non gli ha fatto molto bene. Buoni comunque i long drinks e buona birra."

Tania
Italy
Apr.01.2007
Overall rating 2/5

"Darkness is golden in this divine drinkery. Piaf soundalikes vie with Estonian pop on the playlist whilst intense young folk contemplate their great unfinished novels. Given the pitch black environs, the hint of red velvet decadence and the atmospheric tea lights even Peter Beardsley could look wayward and poetic here if he slipped on a polo neck and sparked up a gitane. A true treasure and the pick of a fabulous strip of bars."

anthony
United Kingdom
Feb.14.2007
Overall rating 5/5

"We visited this very attractive bar/cafe three times in a weekend. The tables outside have Plac Nowy's best afternoon sunshine and Singer's sewers, of course! "

Annika
Finland
Apr.18.2006
Overall rating 5/5

"this is a really cool bar - think you were back in the 19020s - worth a visit"

Marina Mallon
Ireland
Feb.10.2006
Overall rating 4/5