Top Coffee Roasters in Ireland

SOMA Coffee Company ★ 4.8

Cork's most technically advanced specialty roaster, roasting on 15kg and 30kg Giesen drum roasters while serving customers at the Tuckey Street counter.

3fe ★ 4.8

3fe by Colin Harmon, Dublin's defining third-wave coffee roaster since 2009, eight Dublin cafes plus retail beans, the city's reference specialty operation.

TipBuy whole-bean retail through the cafes; the rotating Ethiopian single-origin is the espresso bag worth carrying home.

Coffeewerk + Press ★ 4.8

Coffeewerk and Press on Quay Street Galway reached number 32 in the World's Best Coffee Shops 2026; the espresso uses a rotating East African single-origin.

Filter ★ 4.7

Founded in 2012 by Eoin McCarthy and Alex O'Callahan, Filter put Cork on the Irish specialty coffee map. The Georges Quay brew bar curates rotating guest.

Geometry Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7

Geometry Coffee Roasters in Galway supplies the best cafes including Plamas and Urban Grind; George and Matt roast traceable single-origins since 2015.

Cork Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6

Cork's flagship specialty roastery, established in the Huguenot Quarter on French Church Street and roasting on a 1930s cast-iron drum roaster - still.

Alchemy Coffee and Books ★ 4.5

Cork's best-loved neighbourhood coffee destination, doubling as an independent bookshop on the south-side Barrack Street. Curates guest specialty roasters.

Plamas ★ 4.5

Plamas on Upper Dominick Street is the cafe face of Geometry Coffee Roasters in Galway's Westend, running a V60 and espresso bar since 2020.

Cakeface Roastery ★ 4.5

Cakeface Roastery is Kilkenny's only in-house roastery, with Laura and Rory Gannon sourcing from small producers and roasting at their Irishtown patisserie.

Cork Coffee Roasters Bridge Street ★ 4.4

The Bridge Street branch of Cork Coffee Roasters, serving the same 1930s drum-roasted Arabica through espresso and filter with table service.

Cafe Moly Roastery ★ 4.4

A Cork-based offshoot of a South Korean specialty coffee operation, opened on Douglas Street in December 2020 by Daniel and Sunmi. Functions simultaneously.

Cloud Picker Coffee ★ 4.4

Cloud Picker on Pearse Street in Dublin 2, the husband-and-wife roastery cafe inside The Academy, the Docklands' working specialty-coffee anchor near Trinity.

TipThe original Pearse Street market stall scaled to a cafe; buy 250g bags of the seasonal espresso at the counter.

Silverskin Coffee Roasters ★ 4.4

Silverskin Coffee Roasters at Westlink Business Park on Kylemore Road in Dublin 10, the Brian Kenny small-batch Arabica programme running since 2012.

TipBuy retail through the website; the rotating single origins out of Colombia and Rwanda are the order. Wholesale on request, no cafe at the roastery.

Imbibe Coffee Roasters ★ 4.4

Imbibe Coffee Roasters at Dolphin's Barn in Dublin 8, the wholesale roastery supplying specialty cafes across the city with single-origin espresso and filter.

TipOrder whole-bean retail through the roastery webshop; the Brazilian Pulped Natural is the steady espresso option year round.

Vice Coffee Inc ★ 4.4

Vice Coffee Inc on Middle Abbey Street in Dublin 1, the small-batch specialty roaster pouring espresso and filter from the bar counter inside Wigwam venue.

TipCounter is inside Wigwam bar; daytime hours only. The seasonal espresso blend is the carry-home bag.

Calendar Coffee ★ 4.4

Calendar Coffee in Oughterard, 27km west of Galway, roasts small-batch single-origins and runs a seasonal cafe for cyclists seeking the county's best coffee.

Tribe Coffee Shop ★ 4.4

Tribe Coffee Shop on St Francis Street in Galway is the city's first fully vegan cafe; in-house roasted beans and an oat-milk flat white programme since 2014.

Low Lane ★ 4.4

Low Lane opened in 2022 after 3fe Coffee training, Robyn and Mark Butler running Kilkenny's most serious walk-in-only specialty cafe on St Kieran's Street.

Velo Coffee Roasters ★ 4.3

Ireland's first B Corp-certified coffee roastery, established in Cork in 2017. Velo began in the city centre and moved to a purpose-built Mayfield facility.

Urban Grind ★ 4.3

Urban Grind on William Street West is Galway's most consistent specialty espresso bar since 2014, using Geometry Roasters beans and a guest Cork roastery.

Arán Artisan Bakery and Bistro ★ 4.3

Arán on Barrack Street serves specialty filter coffee from Irish artisan roasters, the selection rotating seasonally alongside its award-winning brunch menu.

Filter South Main Street ★ 4.2

Filter's second Cork city location, opened on South Main Street to serve the western city quarter. Same rotating guest roaster programme as the Georges Quay.

Re Coffee and Design ★ 4.2

Re Coffee and Design in Upper Salthill Galway is a specialty espresso bar with a design goods shop; the counter rotates Irish roasters near the promenade.

Three Fools Coffee ★ 4.1

Cork's most unusual coffee venue: a standalone glass pod kiosk outside Cork City Library on Grand Parade, roasting its own beans and serving them black.

Boru Coffee Shop ★ 4.0

Opened in December 2022 in an 80-year-old former Clyde Shipping building at the Brian Boru Bridge, this intimate east-side specialty coffee shop pours SOMA.

Top Shelf Coffee Bar ★ 4.0

Top Shelf Coffee Bar on Fairgreen Road Galway serves rotating single-origin filter and stripped-back espresso, and supplies the nearby business district.

Cafe La Coco ★ 3.9

Cafe La Coco uses locally roasted Kilkenny coffee in small batches with a rotating guest Irish artisan roaster selection alongside the house espresso blend.

Foodworks ★ 3.8

Foodworks on Parliament Street serves Irish specialty coffee as part of its farm-to-fork programme, poured from the same counter as its fresh sourdough.