Cafés with outdoor seating in Zurich
Terraces, courtyards, and pavement tables in Zurich. Specialty coffee with a seat in the open air.
14 cafés · Switzerland
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Milchbar
Tucked into Zurich's Old Town, Milchbar serves specialty coffee in an idyllic courtyard setting that remains largely…
slurp. coffee
Hidden inside a quiet Kreis 4 courtyard at Kanzleistrasse 129, slurp. inherited the Echo Park space and transformed…
SPORT Specialty Coffee and Bar
At Kanzleistrasse 76 in Langstrasse, SPORT spans specialty coffee by day and natural wine and cocktails by evening in…
Auer and Co
One of the earliest multi-roaster adopters in Zurich, Auer and Co occupies the ground floor of a former factory at…
Bros Beans and Beats
Bros on Gartenhofstrasse in Wiedikon has become one of the most reliably busy specialty stops in the Stauffacher…
Café Henrici
Opened in 2009 at the very entrance to the Niederdorf quarter on Niederdorfstrasse 1, Henrici was Zurich's first cafe…
Kafi Dihei
On Zurlindenstrasse 231 between Idaplatz and Fritschiwiese, Kafi Dihei is one of the most warmly regarded…
Kafischnaps
Installed in a former butcher's shop at Kornhausstrasse 57 on the boundary between Wipkingen and Unterstrass,…
Commercial The Project
Opened in 2024 beside Zurich's beloved Bäckeranlage park in Kreis 4, Commercial carries a rotating roster of local…
DRAFT. Coffee
Draft opened in August 2024 at Wildbachstrasse in Seefeld, bringing a Scandinavian-minimalist aesthetic and a menu…
WIM Bakery
WIM opened in August 2024 at Breitensteinstrasse 14 near Wipkingen Park, bringing long-fermentation sourdough bread,…
MAME Seefeld
MAME's lakeside outpost on Seefeldstrasse sits steps from Lake Zurich, bringing the same championship-calibre…
OKO
OKO at Werdstrasse 54 anchors the brunch and casual lunch circuit in Kreis 4 with a bold sculptural interior that has…
The Monocle Shop and Café
The Zurich outpost of Monocle's global cafe network occupies a bright, light-filled space on Dufourstrasse 90 in…
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