Top Cafes in Italy

Caffe Al Bicerin ★ 4.8

Caffe Al Bicerin in Turin opened in 1763 facing the Consolata sanctuary. The house secret-recipe bicerin (coffee, chocolate, fior di latte) is the order.

Orsonero Coffee ★ 4.7

Orsonero Coffee on Via Broggi in Porta Venezia is Milan's leading specialty-coffee address, founded by Marco Colzani in 2016. At Via Broggi 15.

Pasticceria Poppella ★ 4.7

Poppella in Naples' Sanita has run the family pastry counter since 1920, with the fiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche with cream filling) the dish that turned.

TipOpen daily 07:00-22:00. The fiocco di neve at 1 euro 50 is the only order; queue can be 30 minutes on weekends.

Pasticceria Attanasio ★ 4.7

Attanasio near Naples Central Station has fried sfogliatelle since 1930, with the riccia and frolla baked all day. Located in Centro Storico.

TipOpen Tue-Sun 06:30-19:30; closed Monday. The sfogliatella is 2 euros at the counter; cash preferred.

Pasticceria Cappello ★ 4.7

Pasticceria Cappello on Via Colonna Rotta is home to the Sicilian Setteveli, Palermo's defining seven-veil chocolate cake refined by Salvatore Cappello AMPI.

TipSetteveli single slice with espresso. Closed Monday. Second branch on Via Nicolo Garzilli 19.

Caffe Mulassano ★ 4.7

Caffe Mulassano under the Piazza Castello porticoes in Turin invented the tramezzino in 1926. Liberty-era brass interior; 30-plus fillings still served.

Guido Gobino ★ 4.7

Guido Gobino's flagship in Turin is the contemporary gianduiotto reference. The Cagliari workshop and cafe pour espresso, cremini and the small Tourinot.

Pasticceria Tonolo ★ 4.7

Pasticceria Tonolo on Calle San Pantalon in Dorsoduro has run since 1886, the Venetian benchmark for the focaccia veneziana with 30-hour leavening.

TipClosed Mondays. During Carnevale, this is the city's best frittelle counter. Espresso at the bar €1.30; pastries €1.50 to €3.

Antica Bottega del Vino (banco) ★ 4.7

Antica Bottega del Vino's marble counter has poured Verona's reference ombra since 1890 on Vicolo Scudo di Francia, 4,500 labels on the back bar.

TipStand at the counter for the ombra-and-cicchetti circuit; sit for the full kitchen. The 2018 Amarone Classico by the glass is the move.

Bon Bons ★ 4.6

Bon Bons keeps the Catalan sweets of Alghero alive, baking menjar blanc and ous de butxaca to recipes written down in Alguerès by the family.

Caffe Terzi ★ 4.6

Caffe Terzi in Bologna's Centro Storico is the Manuel Terzi 2003-founded specialty espresso bar with single-origin beans, hand-pumped espresso machines.

TipCounter-stand only; arrive before 10:00 to skip the queue. Cash and card both fine.

Caffe Cova ★ 4.6

Caffe Cova on Via Montenapoleone has served espresso to the Milanese fashion circuit since 1817. Order the espresso con panna and zabaione caldo.

Casa Stagnitta ★ 4.6

Casa Stagnitta on Discesa dei Giudici behind the Quattro Canti in Palermo since 1928 has roasted coffee on premise for three generations, the city's serious.

TipSingle-origin filter at the back room is the move; espresso al banco is one euro. Closed Sunday.

Gelateria Stancampiano ★ 4.6

Stancampiano on Via Notarbartolo in Palermo's Liberta is the city's reference granita-and-brioche counter, three generations of family operation.

TipBrioche col tuppo with granita di mandorla or pistacchio is the Palermitan summer breakfast.

I Segreti del Chiostro ★ 4.6

The dolceria inside the Santa Caterina d'Alessandria monastery off Piazza Bellini in Palermo serves convent-recipe Sicilian sweets with espresso.

TipEntrance is on Via Discesa dei Giudici 33, behind the Piazza Bellini facade. Granita di gelsi (mulberry granita) is the summer order with cannolo.

Ciacco ★ 4.6

Ciacco is food scientist Stefano Guizzetti's Parma gelato lab by the Steccata, churning additive-free flavours that earned a published thesis and a queue.

OrderWhatever botanical or savoury flavour the lab is testing that week.

TipGuizzetti's gelato senz'altro means no emulsifiers or additives at all, so textures sit closer to frozen cream than gelateria fluff. Queues build after dinner.

Sant'Eustachio Il Caffe ★ 4.6

Sant'Eustachio Il Caffe in Rome's Centro Storico has roasted espresso over a wood fire since 1938. Order the gran caffe speciale. Booking recommended.

TipOrder at the cassa first, then take the ticket to the bar. Two euros at the counter, four at the tables.

Caffe Baratti & Milano ★ 4.6

Baratti & Milano in Turin opened in 1858 and moved to its Galleria Subalpina spot in 1875. Liberty art nouveau, gianduiotti, cremini, the Barattina.

Mara dei Boschi ★ 4.6

Mara dei Boschi in Turin's San Salvario is the new-wave gelato lab; 100-plus flavours from a workshop on view. Top three on every Yelp and Gambero Rosso list.

Pasticceria Stratta 1836 ★ 4.6

Stratta opened on Piazza San Carlo in Turin in 1836, suppliers to the Royal House. Marron glace candied chestnuts from the basement lab, plus jellies.

Garage Coffee Bros ★ 4.6

Garage Coffee Bros is Verona's reference specialty-coffee roaster and flagship cafe, opened in 2018 by the Cobelli brothers. A 2026 editor pick.

TipOrder a filter coffee (V60 or AeroPress); the rotating single-origin board updates monthly with origin notes from the roastery.

Gelateria Savoia ★ 4.6

Gelateria Savoia in Verona has run from 1939 under the Bonvicini-Savoia family, three Gelato Oscars at Longarone for the crema. A 2026 editor pick.

TipThe crema and pistacchio are the icons; arrive before 18:00 in summer to avoid the queue.

Bar Focacceria Milese ★ 4.5

Bar Milese has filled Sardinian focaccia on Via Garibaldi in Alghero since 1971, with tomato, tuna, egg, anchovy, rocket, onion and pancetta.

Caffè dell'Arte Specialty Coffee ★ 4.5

Caffè dell'Arte on Via Caprera is the specialty coffee bar of Cagliari, pouring V60 and cold brew from beans roasted on the floor above since 2020.

OrderA V60 of the current single origin.

TipAndrea Pettinari started serving specialty here in 2016 and the roaster sits on the first floor above the bar.

Ditta Artigianale ★ 4.5

Ditta Artigianale in Florence's Via dei Neri is Francesco Sanapo's flagship roastery and cafe, with single-origin filter coffees, espresso and one.

OrderA V60 filter from the rotating origins board, plus a brunch plate on weekends.

TipOpen daily 08:00-22:00. The roasted-bean retail counter ships internationally.

Douce ★ 4.5

Douce on Piazza Matteotti in Genoa is a pastry-led café, listed with Tre Tazzine and Tre Chicchi in Gambero Rosso's Bar d'Italia 2026 guide.

TipThe counter lists croissants, pain au chocolat and pain aux raisins for breakfast; Sunday hours run from 07:30 to 19:30.

Pasticceria Klainguti ★ 4.5

Pasticceria Klainguti on Piazza di Soziglia in Genoa reopened in June 2025 under the Douce group and took Gambero Rosso's Novità dell'Anno award.

TipThe reopened shop's own page names the Falstaff brioche, made for Verdi, and the torta Zena among the recipes it revived.

La Corte Romanengo ★ 4.5

La Corte Romanengo on Via Soziglia in Genoa is a salon de thé beside the 1814 confectioner, serving breakfast, lunch and tea, and new to the 2027 Tre Tazzine.

TipRomanengo's site lists breakfast, brunch, lunch, gelato, tea and aperitivo, and the room was once the family's private salon.

Cafezal ★ 4.5

Cafezal on Via Solferino in Brera focuses exclusively on Brazilian single-origin lots, roasted in-house and served as espresso or pour-over from a small bar.

Gran Caffè Gambrinus ★ 4.5

Gran Caffè Gambrinus on Piazza Trieste e Trento in Naples has poured espresso since 1860, the city's belle epoque salon where Oscar Wilde, Hemingway.

TipStanding at the counter is the local way; sitting at a marble table runs three times the price. Try the cioccolata calda in winter.