Cafés with outdoor seating in Cape Town
Terraces, courtyards, and pavement tables in Cape Town. Specialty coffee with a seat in the open air.
14 cafés · South Africa
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Coco Safar (Sea Point)
Occupying the ground floor of the Artem Centre on Main Road, Coco Safar roasts its own specialty beans in-house and…
Espresso Lab Microroasters
Located in the Old Biscuit Mill at 375 Albert Road, Espresso Lab was ranked 11th best coffee shop in the world and…
Origin Coffee Roasting
Founded in 2006 by Joel Singer, Origin is widely credited with igniting Cape Town's third-wave coffee scene, training…
Rosetta Roastery (Bree Street)
Rosetta's corner presence at 97 Bree Street is a benchmark for single-origin clarity in Cape Town, featuring a…
Truth Coffee Roasting
Housed in a three-storey Victorian warehouse at 36 Buitenkant Street, Truth is one of Cape Town's most iconic…
Ground Art Caffe
At 160 Strand Street on the edge of De Waterkant, Ground Art Caffe combines artisan micro-roasted coffee with a…
Ground Zero Cafe
At 122b Lower Main Road, Ground Zero is Observatory's most spirited cafe, a vegetarian all-day space whose vividly…
SALT Kalk Bay
At 36 Main Road overlooking Kalk Bay Harbour, SALT opened in 2017 and quickly established itself as the first serious…
Honest Chocolate Cafe
At 64A Wale Street, this bean-to-bar chocolate maker runs a cafe whose bespoke espresso blend is developed…
Olympia Cafe and Bakery
The anchor institution of Kalk Bay at 134 Main Road, Olympia has been credited with bringing serious coffee to the…
Yours Truly (Kloof Street)
The flagship of Cape Town's beloved Yours Truly group occupies a garden terrace at 73 Kloof Street draped in…
Bootlegger Coffee Company (Sea Point)
The Sea Point flagship at 39 Regent Street is one of the city's best-positioned all-day cafes, serving the brand's…
Loading Bay
At 30 Hudson Street, Loading Bay is a design-forward multi-use space pairing Espresso Lab batch-brew and espresso…
The Artisan Baker (Old Biscuit Mill)
Embedded in the Old Biscuit Mill at 375 Albert Road alongside Espresso Lab, The Artisan Baker is one of Cape Town's…
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