Monkey House ★ 4.5
Monkey House anchors a Kapana corner with specialty coffee, craft beer, awarded wines, classic cocktails, cold-pressed juice and homemade pastries.
Signature drink: Specialty espresso
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Plovdiv lingers in over a cortado.
Where to sit and slow down
Dwell Coffee House ★ 4.5
Dwell Coffee House sits a step off the Roman Stadium serving freshly roasted Chucky's beans, calmer than the Knyaz Alexander spine, work-friendly small room.
Signature drink: Pour-over Chucky's coffee
Dealicious Coffee and Food ★ 4.5
Dealicious roasts on site in the South district. Dea's Blend 100 percent Arabica on a Sanremo F18, breakfast bowls and food, cosy laptop-friendly room.
Signature drink: Dea's Blend 100 percent Arabica espresso
Snack Specialty Coffee ★ 4.6
Georgi Harizanov's Snack Specialty Coffee on Georgi Benkovski runs as a roastery and counter. Bulgarian-roasted single origins, pour-over service.
Signature drink: House pour-over
CROATOAN Specialty Coffee ★ 4.4
CROATOAN runs a specialty coffee counter on Otets Paisiy at the southern edge of Kapana. Small space, rotating beans, low-key local crowd lingering long.
Signature drink: Filter coffee, espresso
Pavaj Cafe ★ 4.3
The Pavaj front room runs as a Kapana cafe before the restaurant kicks in: coffee, glass of Mavrud, board of farm cheese, daytime crowd from the studios.
Signature drink: Bulgarian rakia coffee
Coffee Republic ★ 3.8
Coffee Republic on the Knyaz Alexander pedestrian street is the local mid-walk stop. Espresso bar, pastries and weekend brunch, large terrace prime.
Signature drink: Espresso flat white
Kafene Philippopolis ★ 4.2
The Philippopolis gallery garden on Saborna runs an Old Town cafe through the day. Roman wall under the seats, Kapana below, slow drinks until the restaurant.
Signature drink: Bulgarian black coffee, mountain herb tea