Restaurant in Gdańsk

Sztuka Wyboru

A bar, bookshop and cafe hybrid in Garnizon Kultury in Gdansk's Wrzeszcz district, drawing a creative crowd for coffee, cocktails and a changing run of events.

Reviewed and updated July 2026

Sztuka Wyboru is a hybrid of bar, bookshop and cafe, set in the Garnizon Kultury complex in Gdansk's Wrzeszcz district. It pulls a creative crowd for coffee and cocktails and runs a programme of events, and works as somewhere to read over coffee by day and drink by night. Sitting away from the old town, it trades the tourist crowds for a more local, considered mood.

Coffee, cocktails and events

Cocktails and coffee lead here, wrapped around a bookshop, a Polish design store and a calendar of events. The mix is the point: you can settle in with a book and a drink, or come for whatever is on that night, from fairs to author meetings. Because the programme changes, check ahead for events, and read the current drinks list and prices in person rather than expecting a fixed menu.

Bar, bookshop and cafe in one

The crowd is creative and the mood leans toward a bar-cum-bookshop rather than a straight restaurant. The venue spreads over two floors of a late-19th-century building that once held Prussian barracks, which gives it room for the gallery, the shop and the cafe at once. It is the sort of place people linger, for the books, the events or the company.

Good for a creative crowd

Good for travellers who want somewhere with more character than a tourist cafe, for readers, and for anyone after coffee and a bit of culture. For coffee and wine elsewhere in the city, Drukarnia Kawa i Wino is a good stop, while Pierogarnia Mandu covers a proper sit-down meal over dumplings.

Finding Sztuka Wyboru in Wrzeszcz

Garnizon Kultury sits in Wrzeszcz, a former Prussian garrison quarter now given over to studios, shops and events, at Slowackiego 19. Wrzeszcz has its own commuter train stop, so the old town in central Gdansk is a quick ride away. For the city's other bars, see Piwna and Garnizon bars, and for the rest of town the Gdansk guide.

Good to know

This is more bar and cafe than restaurant, so plan a full meal elsewhere. Events run on a changing schedule, so check the current programme, opening hours and any listings through the venue's official channels.

Frequently asked questions

It is a hybrid of bar, bookshop and cafe in Garnizon Kultury, a former Prussian barracks complex in Gdansk's Wrzeszcz district, with cocktails and coffee at its core and a running programme of events. You can read over coffee by day and drink by night.

It is good for travellers who want somewhere with more character than a tourist cafe, for readers, and for anyone after cocktails and a bit of culture. Note it is more bar and cafe than restaurant, so plan a full meal elsewhere.

It sits at Slowackiego 19 in the Garnizon quarter of Wrzeszcz, away from Gdansk's Main Town but easily reached by tram or the SKM train, and it feels like a local spot rather than a tourist stop.

Events run on a changing schedule, so check the current programme, opening hours and any listings through the venue's official channels.

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