Cafe Loki is a cafe in 101, Reykjavik.
Cafe Loki faces Hallgrimskirkja from Lokastigur, a Reykjavik cafe built on traditional Icelandic plates of dark rye bread, mashed fish and rye ice cream.
Must order: The Icelandic plate of rye bread with mashed fish, then rye-bread ice cream.
Tip: One of the easiest places to try traditional Icelandic food without a sit-down dinner. Walk-in only.
Address: Lokastigur 28, 101 Reykjavik
Stofan Cafe sits on Ingolfstorg square on Vesturgata, a Reykjavik living-room cafe of worn armchairs, cake and coffee that suits a slow afternoon downtown.
Signature drink: Coffee and cake
Tip: The name means living room and the upstairs sofas earn it. Good for a long sit with cake and wifi.
Kaffibrennslan works a historic Laugavegur house as a Reykjavik cafe by day and a relaxed bar by night, pouring coffee, cake and Icelandic beer.
Signature drink: Coffee and beer
Tip: The street-watching window seats on Laugavegur are the prize. Happy hour bridges cafe and bar.
Sandholt on Laugavegur is a 1920 family bakery and cafe in Reykjavik, where the all-day sourdough breakfast and pastry counter draw a main-street crowd.
Signature drink: Coffee and sourdough breakfast
Order: The sourdough breakfast plate, or a croissant straight from the bakery counter.
Tip: The cafe shares the room with the bakery, so the pastries could not be fresher. Open from 07:00.
Kaffi O-le on Laugavegur is a relaxed main-street Reykjavik cafe pouring espresso and flat whites with cake, a dependable mid-shopping coffee stop downtown.
Signature drink: Flat white
Tip: Right on the Laugavegur shopping strip, so it fills with browsers. Good for a quick caffeine break.
Stofan Cafe sits on Ingolfstorg square on Vesturgata, a Reykjavik living-room cafe of worn armchairs, cake and coffee that suits a slow afternoon downtown.
Signature drink: Coffee and cake
Tip: The name means living room and the upstairs sofas earn it. Good for a long sit with cake and wifi.
Kaffibrennslan works a historic Laugavegur house as a Reykjavik cafe by day and a relaxed bar by night, pouring coffee, cake and Icelandic beer.
Signature drink: Coffee and beer
Tip: The street-watching window seats on Laugavegur are the prize. Happy hour bridges cafe and bar.
Cafe Haiti on Geirsgata roasts beans flown in from Haiti on its own machine, a small Reykjavik harbour cafe pouring single-origin espresso since 2007.
Signature drink: House-roasted Haitian coffee
Tip: Roasts beans on site in the harbour cafe. Whole beans by the bag to take home.
Sandholt on Laugavegur is a 1920 family bakery and cafe in Reykjavik, where the all-day sourdough breakfast and pastry counter draw a main-street crowd.
Signature drink: Coffee and sourdough breakfast
Order: The sourdough breakfast plate, or a croissant straight from the bakery counter.
Tip: The cafe shares the room with the bakery, so the pastries could not be fresher. Open from 07:00.
Kaffi O-le on Laugavegur is a relaxed main-street Reykjavik cafe pouring espresso and flat whites with cake, a dependable mid-shopping coffee stop downtown.
Signature drink: Flat white
Tip: Right on the Laugavegur shopping strip, so it fills with browsers. Good for a quick caffeine break.
Kaffi Grandi is a daytime cafe in the Grandi harbour district inside FlyOver Iceland on Fiskislod, pouring espresso with croissants, bagels and pastries for a coffee break by the docks.
Signature drink: Americano and ham-and-cheese croissant
Tip: Card only, no cash. Open daily until early evening, handy before or after the FlyOver Iceland show.
