Cape Town
Cape Town's coffee culture punches above the continent's usual reputation — the city sits close to some of the world's best growing regions and roasters here know it. A small but growing set of specialty spots around the City Bowl and Woodstock lead the way.
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Curated picks
Editorially verified specialty spots. These are the cafes we'd send a friend to without caveats.
Ratings and review counts from Google Maps
Algorithm-ranked
Other shops in Cape Town our scoring engine rates well. Higher-confidence picks land in the curated list above.
Rosetta Roastery Cafe (Bree Street)
★ 4.7 · 890 reviews
Cedar Coffee Roasters (Roastery + Store)
★ 5.0 · 54 reviews
Origin Coffee Roasting
★ 4.5 · 1070 reviews
Ollies specialty coffee and Pas Normal Studios - OSCS clubhouse
★ 4.9 · 166 reviews
Pang Specialty Coffee
★ 4.8 · 76 reviews
Deluxe Coffeeworks
★ 4.6 · 496 reviews
Platō Coffee - De Waterkant
★ 4.4 · 179 reviews
Platō Coffee - Sea Point
★ 4.6 · 190 reviews
Hey Stranger Coffee Collective
★ 4.8 · 133 reviews
Kamili Coffee on Long
★ 4.4 · 309 reviews
Espressolab Woodstock
★ 4.6 · 465 reviews
Bootlegger Green Point
★ 4.4 · 900 reviews
Smak Coffee Co.
★ 4.8 · 34 reviews
Platō Coffee - Kloof
★ 5.0 · 45 reviews
Truth Coffee Roasting
★ 4.5 · 5738 reviews
Ground Art Caffe
★ 4.8 · 517 reviews
Halō Coffee
★ 4.8 · 126 reviews
Shift Espresso Bar | Green Point
★ 4.4 · 569 reviews
Bootlegger Harrington Street
★ 4.4 · 416 reviews
Shift Espresso Bar | Old Cape Quarter
★ 4.3 · 69 reviews
Seattle Coffee Company
★ 4.5 · 316 reviews
Pauline's
★ 4.5 · 584 reviews
Kanéla Café
★ 4.6 · 634 reviews
THE ELECTRIC
★ 4.5 · 285 reviews
Pauline's Greenpoint
★ 4.7 · 189 reviews
Selva Cafe & Co.
★ 4.6 · 695 reviews
George’s Coffee
★ 4.9 · 34 reviews
Cookie Co
★ 4.2 · 180 reviews
Nice To Matcha
★ 4.9 · 584 reviews
The Blue Cafe
★ 4.5 · 1299 reviews
Ratings and review counts from Google Maps