Douce is a cafe in Centro Storico, Genoa.
Editorially verified September 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The counter lists croissants, pain au chocolat and pain aux raisins for breakfast; Sunday hours run from 07:30 to 19:30.
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Address: Piazza Matteotti 84r, 16123 Genova, Genoa
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.
Caffè degli Specchi on Salita Pollaiuoli in Genoa opened in 1908 as a liquor shop and now serves coffee and pastry daily from 09:00 under a tiled vault.
TipThe upper room is open morning and afternoon, the lower room only in the afternoon; the site lists air conditioning, Wi-Fi and a 12:00 restaurant service.
Tazze Pazze on Piazza Cinque Lampadi in Genoa is a compact specialty coffee café with filter and cold brew, and it serves international breakfast and brunch.
TipA second shop opened at Via Cesarea 14r in June 2026, according to Mentelocale; the Cinque Lampadi shop is the original, opened almost ten years earlier.
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.
Caffetteria Pasticceria Romeo Viganotti in Genoa pours its own roasted coffee with brioches and torta Zena, open seven days on Salita del Prione.
TipThe chocolate shop and workshop are a few steps away at Vico dei Castagna 14r, and the gelateria at Salita del Prione 12r opens from 12:30.
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.
Caffè degli Specchi on Salita Pollaiuoli in Genoa opened in 1908 as a liquor shop and now serves coffee and pastry daily from 09:00 under a tiled vault.
TipThe upper room is open morning and afternoon, the lower room only in the afternoon; the site lists air conditioning, Wi-Fi and a 12:00 restaurant service.
Murena Suite on Via XX Settembre in Genoa is a lounge bar with fresh pastry, a chocolate counter, light dishes, cocktails and a long list of teas.
TipGambero Rosso's Bar d'Italia 2026 lists Murena Suite with Tre Tazzine and Tre Chicchi; on Sunday it opens at 12:00, not in the morning.
Tazze Pazze on Piazza Cinque Lampadi in Genoa is a compact specialty coffee café with filter and cold brew, and it serves international breakfast and brunch.
TipA second shop opened at Via Cesarea 14r in June 2026, according to Mentelocale; the Cinque Lampadi shop is the original, opened almost ten years earlier.
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.
Caffetteria Pasticceria Romeo Viganotti in Genoa pours its own roasted coffee with brioches and torta Zena, open seven days on Salita del Prione.
TipThe chocolate shop and workshop are a few steps away at Vico dei Castagna 14r, and the gelateria at Salita del Prione 12r opens from 12:30.
