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Boardowa

Cafe Bar Coffee shop Lounge Brewpub Board game club

👍👍 Very relaxed board game cafe. Not a normal cafe where you can play a boardgame, but a real one where boardgames come first, with a decent selection of games. Unfortunately most of them only in Polish, but some English were in the cupboard as well. And it's not hard to find an English PDF online for... People often mention games, board, play, game, Great, drinks, nice, good, time, friends,


Address

Topolowa 52, 31-506 Kraków, Poland

Website

boardowa.pl

Contact

+48 579 823 729

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.80 (977 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 4 PM to 12 AM
  • Thursday: 4 PM to 12 AM
  • Friday: 4 PM to 12 AM
  • Saturday: 4 PM to 12 AM
  • Sunday: 2 to 10 PM
  • Monday: 4 PM to 12 AM
  • Tuesday: 4 PM to 12 AM

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  • 5/5 Danny Oscar Kip (The D. 2 years ago on Google • 173 reviews
    Very relaxed board game cafe. Not a normal cafe where you can play a boardgame, but a real one where boardgames come first, with a decent selection of games. Unfortunately most of them only in Polish, but some English were in the cupboard as well. And it's not hard to find an English PDF online for most games anyway. You just pick a game, write your name and the game on the list, and after you are done you cross it off again. The tables and lighting are good for playing games, exactly what you should expect of a boardgame cafe. The girl behind the counter was friendly and spoke English very well. If you want to play a game while visiting Krakow, this is the place to be!
    7 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Pamela Z. 1 year ago on Google • 102 reviews
    The place is hidden in a corner outside the area of bars and pubs But don't let you trick by that! The place is AMAZING they have a HUGE amount of games, and some of them in English! so this is foreigners friendly game room! And also super important: the cheapest beer in town! Perła pint for 9zl! They even have a happy hour from 4pm to 5:30pm when the beer is 7zl

  • 5/5 Madhuri A. 5 months ago on Google • 81 reviews
    Great place to catch up with frens and play board games.. You could also carry your own board game.. Also they have a small cafe to order some drinks and food.. Many English board games

  • 5/5 Dilip J. 5 months ago on Google • 76 reviews
    Great place to chill and play some cool board games while also getting some good food/drinks. The place has a really cool atmosphere and has some decent finger food too. You go here for the games & not the food, really. But you still go nevertheless.

  • 5/5 Michael L. 1 year ago on Google • 23 reviews
    Amazing board game bar. Very wide selection of games, from casual party games, to in-dwpth strategy. Games are free to play, just sign out what games you want to use. 10/10 You definitely won't be board here. 🎲
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vinni S. 5 months ago on Google • 7 reviews
    Great place to spend time playing board games. There are 80+ different board games, from simple UNO to some long-play like Terraforming Mars or The Witcher: Old World. Some most popular games are really worn out as many different people have played them, but for me personally it doesn't matter, they still playable enough. Food and drink surprisingly cheap, the same or even cheaper than in neighbours cafes without board games. Considering that all games are free and you need to pay only for food and drink it makes this place just the best in it's segment.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Maria O. 2 years ago on Google
    Amazing place for having a lot of fun with your friends. Definitely recommend for everyone who loves board games, the place has a big diversity of board games with different difficulty levels.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Chloe S. 1 year ago on Google
    Great game selection and no cover charge which is normal in lots of countries. Nice beer variety including local breweries and cocktails/soft drinks and tasty food - love the option to mix and match toppings. Extensive seating and love the murals.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Carlo di G. 9 months ago on Google • 15 reviews
    Atmosphere is quite nice, lots of board games and there is a friendly vibe. The only minus for me was the sparkling water, which was not really sparkling. I also took a second glass, and that also was not sparkling. Advice for the staff: if your bottle of sparkling water is nearly finished, the water left is not sparkling, so you should not serve it to the customers. This means you should open a new bottle. For the lovers of sparkling water, these details are quite important.

  • 5/5 Georgia C. 1 year ago on Google • 9 reviews
    One of the best places to play board games with friends and have a great time. The place is colourful, full of beautiful graffiti and with unlimited options of board games. Drinks and food are normally priced and the place is self service. Probably will need to book a reservation upfront, because usually its full.

  • 5/5 Oskar T. 8 months ago on Google • 4 reviews
    Really awesome place! We went there on a whim while visiting Krakow! Love the athmosphere, the staff and the games! 5/5!

  • 5/5 O M. 2 years ago on Google
    One of best locals to to play boardgames and have some drink :) Its feature - you can book a table online.

  • 5/5 Michał K. 2 years ago on Google
    Awesome board game place. There is plenty of tables in different rooms reducing noise. Nice choice of beers including non alcoholic. And if course amazing board games stock

  • 5/5 Francesca T. 2 years ago on Google
    If you love board games this is the place you need to visit. Very nice and informal atmosphere, lots of games to try and have fun with :)

  • 5/5 Devlin A. 8 months ago on Google
    Very nice place,big,clean with loats of games,but as expected,most in polish .. Barman very helpful,english speaking,and nice drinking menu ! I recommend !

  • 5/5 Denise G. 9 months ago on Google
    Great boardgame bar!

  • 5/5 Louis C. 5 years ago on Google
    Very good pub to eat and play boardgames. Don't expectations Amazing food but it's good and affordable. Like many boardgames pubs the concept is simple : You get a drink or food and you get full access to boardgames. Small minus : As it is small, people know each other so you would better come with friends if you want people to play with.

  • 5/5 Assylzat N. 1 year ago on Google
    Very friendly and polite staff, and nice drinks too. You can find a lot of interesting board games here.

  • 5/5 Krzysztof P. 1 year ago on Google
    They have all the board games you can imagine! Really cool place!

  • 5/5 Dima 1 year ago on Google
    Great place with a lot of board games. Need to book in advance, typically all seats on the upcoming days are taken

  • 4/5 Olena P. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice place to gather and play board games. Creative student atmosphere. Reasonable prices for drinks.

  • 5/5 Jocelyn N. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely love this place! Many games and good variety of drinks!

  • 5/5 Araceli Navarro F. 1 year ago on Google
    The place was great. Great selection of games. Great environment. Snacks available. It was just fun

  • 5/5 Mona M. 2 years ago on Google
    Amazing place! Good coffee and fun activity for both adults and kids

  • 5/5 Luthien T. 1 year ago on Google
    Very cool place to drink delicious drinks, have some food and play some games

  • 5/5 Asmita M. 2 years ago on Google
    Best places to hangout with new friends. They have so many board games. You can order coffee and play as many games as u want. Must recommended

  • 5/5 Julia S. 2 years ago on Google
    Sound service, recommend some good games! Good drinks and nice selection of snacks 😊 would highly recommended.

  • 5/5 Yaroslav S. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing place to spend an evening with friends. Cool atmosphere with 200+ board games around

  • 4/5 Marlow U. 1 year ago on Google
    Pretty good board cafe nice place to spend an afternoon. Also excellent plug coverage which we really needed at the time. My one very small critique would be to get some rules of games in English and also to organise the collection slightly by theme i.e. co-op, strategy etc.

  • 5/5 Ewa D. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place with a big collection of games, very nice staff and tasty drinks and snacks. Perfect location for a board game evening with friends. I will definitely come back!

  • 5/5 Ahmed H. 2 years ago on Google
    Been going there for a long time. Excellent atmosphere.

  • 5/5 Marcin F. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice place to play board games with friends. Various choices of beers. Only pizza missing:-)

  • 5/5 Igor K. 4 years ago on Google
    Great place to play tabletop games till a late hour.

  • 1/5 Liana B. 4 years ago on Google • 2 reviews
    01.12.2019 around 8 pm. It was my first time at this place, never had such bad experience. Me and my friend ordered nachos with cheese and 2 hot ciders. We got our nachos, that were impossible to eat. The cheese that had been warmed up before was already cold and just stuck all the nachos together, they could not be taking separately. When we ask waiter/bartender (the same person), how we could eat them, he answered rudely with ironic smile, that we just “sever it”. Also, we were waiting for our hot cider around 45 mins, when my friend went to bar to ask when we could get our order, he answered that it was no time to prepare, so my friend ask if it was no time to prepare only our order (we saw that people, who were ordering after us had their orders already), waiter/bartender answered “yes” and “you should wait 10 mins or cancel your order and get money back”. My friend came back to our table to tell me this, so I went to cancel the order and get money back, and this person (waiter/bartender) tell me that “you could only get your money back, if you have paid by card, if you paid by card …” (he shook his shoulders) again with this ironic smile, like he was making fun of me! Felt super uncomfortable! Horrible service!!!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Happy hour drinks
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Assistive hearing loop
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Takeout
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Curbside pickup

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