Fukuoka: Ramen-Making and Matcha Experience
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24 cafe places in Fukuoka we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Fukuoka | Cafe across every city.
Fukuoka has one of Japan's strongest specialty coffee cultures outside Tokyo, with several home-grown roasters running multiple bars across the city. Manu Coffee anchors the Yakuin and Daimyo neighbourhoods, while REC Coffee, born here, pours at Shirogane and inside Hakata Marui. Stereo Coffee and Toffee in Tenjin and Tokado Coffee in Hakata fill out a roaster-led map that rewards a slow morning crawl.
Manu Coffee Roasters Kujira ★ 4.6
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0012, Japan
Manu Coffee Kujira in Yakuin is the brand's main roasting hub. A yellow building with a two-floor cafe and a small retail counter, founded 2017 in Shirogane.
REC Coffee Shirogane ★ 4.6
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0012, Japan
REC Coffee was founded in 2008 by Yoshikazu Iwasa, a former World Barista Championship competitor. The Shirogane flagship roasts and pulls espresso.
Stereo Coffee ★ 4.4
tenjin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0004, Japan
Stereo Coffee opened in 2015 as a multi-roaster cafe on Watanabe-dori, arranged around two JBL4344 speakers. The second floor runs a small art space.
Honey Coffee ★ 4.5
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0893, Japan
Honey Coffee's Hakata cafe is the home counter of Hidenori Izaki, the 2014 World Barista Champion. Quiet street, careful brews, beans by the bag for retail.
Tokado Coffee ★ 4.5
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0027, Japan
Tokado opened 2008. Naoki Goto won the World Coffee Roasting Championship in 2013 from this counter. The Hakata Riverain branch sits below the museum.
Manly Coffee ★ 4.4
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0014, Japan
Manly Coffee opened 2008 in Hirao and was an early vanguard for female-led roasting in Japan. Beans roasted in-house, hand-drip only across a small counter.
Manu Coffee Daimyo ★ 4.3
daimyo · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0041, Japan
Manu Coffee's Daimyo branch runs late: open until 1am most days, with the same single-origin roaster's coffee that anchors the brand's Yakuin Kujira flagship.
REC Coffee Hakata Marui ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0012, Japan
REC Coffee's Hakata Station branch sits on the 6F of Marui inside KITTE Hakata, with window seats over the station square. Order the specialty espresso.
Toffee ★ 4.1
tenjin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0002, Japan
Toffee combines soymilk and tofu from local Mihara Tofu-Ten with espresso. Five minutes from Tenjin Station. The tofu pudding is the most-ordered sweet.
Amam Dacotan Ropponmatsu ★ 4.5
ropponmatsu · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0044, Japan
Amam Dacotan's Ropponmatsu flagship is bakery first, cafe second. The sister blue-building eating area runs coffee with the maritozzo and mentaiko baguettes.
Shirouzu Coffee ★ 4.0
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0039, Japan
Shirouzu is a classic Hakata kissaten near Kushida shrine, with siphon coffee, retro upholstery and a morning-set culture that runs to noon.
Manu Coffee Daimyo ★ 4.3
daimyo · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0041, Japan
Manu Coffee's Daimyo branch is the city's late-night cafe option, open until 01:00 with the same single-origin programme as the Yakuin Kujira flagship.
Honey Coffee ★ 4.5
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0893, Japan
Honey Coffee in Hakata is Hidenori Izaki's 2014 World Barista Champion cafe, a twenty-minute bus ride from Hakata Station for the hand-drip filter brew.
Manly Coffee ★ 4.4
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0014, Japan
Manly Coffee in Fukuoka: A small Hirao hand-drip-only roaster, often overlooked by visitors heading to REC or Manu Coffee on the same Yakuin grid.
Manu Coffee Daimyo ★ 4.3
daimyo · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0041, Japan
Manu Coffee Daimyo on Daimyo in Chuo-ku is the until-01:00 late-night sibling of the Kujira flagship, a five-minute walk from Tenjin Station with patio seats.
Stereo Coffee ★ 4.4
tenjin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0004, Japan
Stereo Coffee on Watanabe-dori runs a multi-roaster pour-over programme with light snacks. Work-friendly brunch corner with JBL speakers anchoring the room.
Manu Coffee Kujira ★ 4.5
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0012, Japan
Manu Coffee Kujira in Yakuin runs the brand's flagship roasting hub. A two-floor cafe with single-origin filter and seasonal pastries for weekend mornings.
REC Coffee Shirogane ★ 4.6
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0012, Japan
REC Coffee Shirogane is founder Yoshikazu Iwasa's flagship cafe, open from 08:00 with espresso pulls and a tight pastry case for weekend brunch.
Shirouzu Coffee ★ 4.0
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0039, Japan
Shirouzu is a classic Hakata kissaten with a morning-set programme: toast and egg, retro upholstery and a generation-old morning culture that runs to noon.
REC Coffee ★ 4.8
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0012, Japan
Founder Yoshikazu Iwasa was a World Barista Championship competitor. REC's Shirogane flagship roasts in-house and runs a public espresso bar with retail.
Manu Coffee ★ 4.6
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0012, Japan
Manu Coffee in Shirogane is the main roasting hub for the Fukuoka brand. Pioneer of third-wave coffee in the city across four citywide branches.
Honey Coffee ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0893, Japan
Hidenori Izaki of Honey Coffee was the 2014 World Barista Champion. The Naka counter is the brand's brewing flagship, with retail beans and pulls.
Tokado Coffee ★ 4.2
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0027, Japan
Naoki Goto of Tokado Coffee won the World Coffee Roasting Championship in 2013. The Hakata Riverain branch is the public counter; beans roasted on premises.
Manly Coffee ★ 4.0
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0014, Japan
Manly Coffee opened 2008 in Hirao and was an early vanguard for female-led roasting in Japan. Small counter, in-house roaster, hand-drip only programme.
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