Roasters Kolektiva ★ 4.6
Roasters Kolektiva is Thessaloniki's leading specialty coffee roastery with five locations across the city. The Sykies flagship doubles as the roastery.
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Thessaloniki lingers in over a cortado.
Where to sit and slow down
Roasters Kolektiva Neapolis ★ 4.5
The Neapolis branch of Roasters Kolektiva brings the full single-origin menu and pour-over expertise to a residential neighbourhood north of the centre.
Sortie Coffee ★ 4.5
Sortie near the Rotunda is part coffee bar, part wine bar, and part gallery space. At Gounari 20. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Kappa Coffee ★ 4.4
Kappa is the city's most technically rigorous pour-over specialist, occupying a narrow space near the waterfront. At Dragoumi 5. Booking recommended.
Ergon Agora Cafe ★ 4.3
The ground floor cafe of Ergon Agora serves Roasters Kolektiva coffee alongside the full Ergon Greek producer pantry. The morning brunch menu, Greek pastries.
Estrella ★ 4.4
Estrella became a local phenomenon with its bougatsa croissant, a cream-filled phyllo hybrid that sells out by 10am most mornings. At Pavlou Mela 48.
Donkey Garden ★ 4.1
Donkey Garden on Skra Street has one of the best courtyard terraces in Thessaloniki for a slow brunch or afternoon coffee. The plant-filled garden.
The Garden Bar ★ 4.0
The Garden Bar's walled garden near the Byzantine church of Agios Minas is one of the most pleasant outdoor coffee and cocktail spots in central Thessaloniki.
Ypsilon ★ 4.5
Ypsilon occupies a restored 1868 neoclassical building near Aristotelous Square, splitting its programme between a smoke-free morning coffee room.
Trigona Elenidis Panorama ★ 4.5
The original Elenidis patisserie in Panorama is where the trigona panoramatos was invented: a crisp phyllo triangle filled with cold pastry cream.
Bantis Bougatsa ★ 4.5
Bantis has produced Thessaloniki's cream bougatsa from a marble counter near Dikastirion Square since 1969. At Panagias Faneromenis 33. Booking recommended.
Super Ioulios ★ 4.4
Super Ioulios doubles as a morning coffee spot and an evening natural wine destination on Mitropolitou Gennadiou. At Mitropolitou Gennadiou 6.
Mob Cafe ★ 4.1
Mob occupies the first floor of a preserved building at the Ionos Dragoumi and Papadopoulou corner, an industrial-leaning all-day room a short walk.
Tazza d'Oro ★ 4.2
Tazza d'Oro brings an Italian approach to espresso on Proxenou Koromila, standing-bar format included. The cornetto and espresso at 07:30 is the shortest.
Coffee Room ★ 4.1
Coffee Room occupies a prime stretch of Tsimiski with a menu focused on specialty espresso drinks and a short food menu. Booking recommended.
Dee's Coffee ★ 4.0
Dee's on Mitropoleos is a compact specialty coffee bar with a focus on takeaway freddo espresso and cold brew. The short morning menu of croissants.
Polis Cafe ★ 3.8
Polis Cafe is the Tsimiski Street standard-bearer for traditional Greek cafe culture, thick Greek coffee, frappe shaken in a mixer. At Tsimiski 62.
Charalampos Patisserie ★ 4.1
A Panorama institution for morning coffee and afternoon trigona with a view of the Thermaikos Gulf below. At Venizelou 26. Booking recommended.
The Blue Cup ★ 4.5
The Blue Cup on Salaminos in Ladadika is the third-wave specialty coffee shop and cocktail bar in a heritage building, with single-origin manual brews.
Taxim Hill ★ 4.3
Taxim Hill is the most evocative cafe in Ano Poli, set in a restored Ottoman-era house with views over the Byzantine walls and the city below.