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

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.