Emesen is a super cute little cafe in the Museum of Modern Art, located right by the museum…read moreentrance. If you blink you'll miss it - as the cafe also is the museum's book store and the first thing you see are tons of books (mainly about art obviously). I felt inspired to come here the other day when walking home from Zlote Tarasy. The museum itself looks rather boring from the outside (they're currently in the midst of building a new exhibition, I think, as there are some sort of construction works going on) but if you turn to the left right before the actual museum building you'll find the entrance to the museum right in front of you and that's where Emesen is located. Why should you come here when there's a Starbucks a few yards up at the corner of Emilii Plater and Swietokrzyska? Or when there's a Costa a few yards down closer to Zlote Tarasy? Well, that's simple. The atmosohere is great (calm music, industrial interior, tons of books), the prices are awesome (pretty much every coffee on the meny is priced below 10 pln), you can grab a bite to eat (but I didn't so I can't say anything about the quality nor taste of the food) and the people who work here are really friendly. I bought a small cup of regular black coffee ("Americano", 6 pln - the larger version costs 9 pln if I'm not mistaken) and the guy behind the counter was very helpful and down to Earth. He brought the coffee cup to my table and my, I have to say it's been a while since I've had coffee that good. Americano tends to be a long shot here in Poland since it's basically diluted espresso (so you never know how much water the barista will use) but this one didn't have that watery taste nor did it taste foul when it cooled down a bit. I highly recommend a visit to this place instead of the close-by Starbucks. Better prices, better coffee.

I wasn't very impressed with the place, even though it has nice interiors and place is filled with…read morebooks and on top of that it's inside an Art Museum, it still lacked good sitting, i enjoy good comfort sitting or at least decent chairs so you can sit for long hours read books, enjoy coffee, or in my case work on my laptop and enjoy a chilled lemonade, but i couldn't sit their for more than an hour max on those uncomfortable chairs. So if you only are going for a quick coffee or pick up a book, or just a short meeting i guess it is ok for it otherwise if you're planning to site for long hours i would suggest looking for some other places. Tip: There are plug points and fast internet just in case you need it and you are close to the place.

From the owner: Księgarnia Językowo-Edukacyjna oferuje materiały do nauki języków obcych oraz wszelkiego rodzaju…read moremateriały edukacyjne, w tym podręczniki szkolne, lektury szkolne, pomoce naukowe dla uczniów, rodziców oraz nauczycieli, encyklopedie, słowniki szkolne, gry i wiele innych. Oferta językowa uwzględnia książeczki dla dzieci, słowniki językowe, tematyczne, gramatyki, samouczki, kursy multimedialne, audiobooki, rozmówki, materiały metodyczne, książki biznesowe oraz przygotowujące do egzaminów i certyfikatów językowych. W ofercie dostępna jest również literatura obcojęzyczna w pełnym wydaniu oraz mini lekturki dostępne na sześciu różnych poziomach znajomości języka obcego. Bookland.net Sp. z o.o. jest również właścicielem księgarni internetowej Eduarena.pl, której oferta - tak jak w przypadku księgarni stacjonarnych - skierowana jest do nauczycieli, rodziców oraz każdego, kto poszukuje materiałów językowych do samodzielnej nauki, czy też materiałów metodycznych przydatnych w nauczaniu w szkole.

A small bookshop that has quite a bit of titles in a very good location…read more The staff had all the hygiene and covid prevention manners in place. The only downside for expats is that there are not any english titles.