Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Montpellier lingers in over a cortado.

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19 places

Coldrip Food and Coffee

  • ★ 4.4
  • €€
  • Écusson

Order Cold brew

Coldrip Food and Coffee anchors Montpellier's speciality-coffee scene from Rue Glaize, avocado toast, matcha pancakes and eggs Benedict beside the filters.

Café Bun

  • ★ 4.2
  • €
  • Écusson

Order Single-origin filter

Café Bun brews named single origins like the Ethiopian Gotiti behind the opera in Montpellier, a busy coffee room with brunch plates and vegan options.

Blend

  • ★ 4.1
  • €
  • Écusson

Order Chai latte

Blend serves croque-monsieurs, cheesecake and chai lattes on the steep medieval Rue du Bras de Fer in Montpellier, a canteen-café hybrid with a cult cookie.

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Groove Café

Order Chai latte

Groove Café overlooks the Lez river in Montpellier with pies, tartines and parfaits, a daytime brunch room ranked among the city's best-loved cafés.

Nina Café

Order Flat white

Nina Café plates avocado toast with dukkah, Turkish eggs and pancakes on Rue Jacques d'Aragon in Montpellier, a nutrition-minded brunch kitchen.

Bonobo

  • ★ 4.1
  • €€
  • Écusson

Order Latte

Bonobo stacks photogenic pancakes and eggs Benedict on Rue Saint-Guilhem, the Montpellier old town's most-queued weekend brunch room since 2017.

Auden

  • ★ 3.9
  • €€
  • Écusson

Order Smoothie

Auden runs a flexitarian daytime kitchen on Rue en Gondeau, serving açaí bowls, salad rolls and waffles all built around vegetables rather than meat.

Amazone Coffee Shop

Order Cappuccino

Amazone Coffee Shop bakes vegan and gluten-free brownies, banoffee and pancakes on Boulevard du Jeu de Paume in Montpellier, locally sourced and organic.

Napoléon Dynamite

  • ★ 4.0
  • €€
  • Écusson

Order Filter coffee

Napoléon Dynamite pours brunch on Place de la Canourgue in Montpellier, outsized pancakes and vegetarian plates on the old town's prettiest square.

Ikonka

Order Americano

Ikonka pairs pastry-counter bakes with coffee on Rue du Faubourg du Courreau in Montpellier, weekly quiches and a small terrace outside the Écusson.

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Café Solo

  • ★ 4.2
  • €
  • Écusson

Order House-roast espresso

Café Solo has roasted its own beans on Rue Saint Guilhem in Montpellier since 1991, Ecuadorian and Guatemalan origins beside a hundred teas.

Le Petit Moulu

  • ★ 4.1
  • €€
  • Écusson

Order Single-origin filter

Le Petit Moulu brews single-origin coffee with pancakes, brioche perdue and waffles on Rue de l'Université in Montpellier's student quarter.

Cafés Bibal

  • ★ 4.0
  • €
  • Écusson

Order House-roast espresso

Cafés Bibal is Montpellier's heritage roaster, trading since 1955, and this Rue Jacques Coeur boutique pours and sells the house roasts in the old town.

Le Pré Vert

Order Fresh juices

Le Pré Vert plates generous weekend brunches on Rue Sainte-Anne in Montpellier, a short stroll from the Arc de Triomphe end of the old town.

Faune

Order Filter coffee

Faune doubles as café and restaurant for the MO.CO. museum in Montpellier, garden tables on Rue de la République from coffee through to midnight.

Station Sucrée

  • ★ 4.0
  • €
  • Écusson

Order Café con leche

Station Sucrée pours coffee beside its Argentine alfajores and brookies on Rue de l'Université in Montpellier, a sweet stop in the student streets.