17 cafe rooms in Naples we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Naples | Cafe across every city.
Coffee is close to religion in Naples, taken short, strong and standing at the counter. Gran Caffe Gambrinus on Via Chiaia is the grand historic room, while Caffe Mexico on Piazza Dante and Il Vero Bar del Professore near Piazza Trieste e Trento are local benchmarks for the cup itself. The Centro Storico pasticcerie double as cafes, from Scaturchio to Pasticceria Attanasio, and the roasters Caffè Kimbo and Caffè Toraldo supply much of the city.
Gran Caffè Gambrinus ★ 4.5
toledo · Via Chiaia 1/2, 80132 Napoli
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.
Caffè Mexico ★ 4.4
centro-storico · Piazza Dante 86, 80135 Napoli
Caffè Mexico in Naples' Piazza Dante has poured the city's strongest espresso since 1956, with five locations across town and the trademark pre-sweetened cup.
Antico Caffè Gambrinus ★ 4.4
toledo · Via Chiaia 1/2, 80132 Napoli
Gambrinus in Naples is the historic literary cafe with the city's first marble counter (1860). Located in Toledo. Order the espresso, sfogliatella.
Scaturchio ★ 4.5
centro-storico · Piazza San Domenico Maggiore 19, 80134 Napoli
Scaturchio in Naples' Piazza San Domenico Maggiore has run the pastry-and-coffee counter since 1905, with the ministeriale (chocolate-rum disc) the house.
Pasticceria Moccia ★ 4.5
chiaia · Via San Pasquale a Chiaia 21, 80121 Napoli
Moccia in Naples' Chiaia (with the Vomero branch) has run the pastry-and-coffee counter since 1936, with the sfogliatella riccia and the babà au rhum.
Gay-Odin ★ 4.5
toledo · Via Toledo 214, 80132 Napoli
Gay-Odin in Naples on Via Toledo has run the city's defining chocolate counter since 1894, with the forest chocolate log (foresta) and the dense cioccolata.
Pasticceria Poppella ★ 4.7
sanita · Via Arena della Sanità 24, 80137 Napoli
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.
Pasticceria Attanasio ★ 4.7
centro-storico · Vico Ferrovia 1/4, 80142 Napoli
Attanasio near Naples Central Station has fried sfogliatelle since 1930, with the riccia and frolla baked all day. Located in Centro Storico.
Leopoldo Infante ★ 4.4
vomero · Via Foria 212, 80139 Napoli
Leopoldo in Naples is the historic taralli-and-pastry chain founded in 1940, now run from Casavatore with the city centre cafes selling the sugna-and-pepper.
Caffè Kimbo ★ 4.2
centro-storico · Via dei Mille 17, 80121 Napoli
Caffè Kimbo in Naples is the city's biggest coffee roaster (1963) with branded espresso bars across the centre, the family-owned brand behind the dense.
Caffè Toraldo ★ 4.2
centro-storico · Via San Liborio 10, 80134 Napoli
Caffè Toraldo in Naples has roasted espresso blends since 1860, the third-oldest family roaster in the city, with the espresso bar on Via San Liborio.
Il Vero Bar del Professore ★ 4.4
toledo · Piazza Trieste e Trento 46, 80132 Napoli
Il Vero Bar del Professore on Piazza Trieste e Trento in Naples has poured the city's hazelnut-coffee invention since 1996, with Raffaele Ferrieri's caffè.
Sfogliatella Mary ★ 4.3
toledo · Galleria Umberto I 66, 80132 Napoli
Mary in Naples' Galleria Umberto I is the standing counter inside the 1887 arcade, with the sfogliatella riccia baked all day, sold piping hot to the Via.
Caffè Mexico Vomero ★ 4.3
vomero · Via Scarlatti 81, 80129 Napoli
Caffè Mexico's Vomero branch on Via Scarlatti runs the same pre-sweetened cup the Piazza Dante original made famous, with five branches across the city.
Pasticceria Mennella Vomero ★ 4.4
vomero · Via Alessandro Scarlatti 97, 80129 Napoli
Pasticceria Mennella on Via Scarlatti in Naples' Vomero is the family-run pasticceria-gelateria with 18 Campania branches, with the babà, the sfogliatella.
Scaturchio ★ 4.2
centro-storico · Piazza San Domenico Maggiore 19, 80134 Napoli
Scaturchio in Naples' Piazza San Domenico Maggiore opens its evening aperitivo from 18:00-21:00, with the ministeriale (chocolate-rum disc) and babà au.
Caffe Mexico ★ 4.4
centro-storico · Piazza Dante 86, 80135 Napoli
Caffè Mexico in Naples' Piazza Dante has poured the city's strongest espresso at 1 euro 20 since 1956, the pre-sweetened cup the local rule.