Café Crème ★ 4.4
Café Crème on Calle 41 in Mérida's Centro is a French-owned cafe with house quiches, pâté and homemade marmalades, two blocks off Paseo de Montejo.
Signature drink: Filter coffee + quiche
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Mérida lingers in over a cortado.
Where to sit and slow down
Márago Coffee Paseo de Montejo ★ 4.5
Márago Coffee on Paseo de Montejo Mérida runs specialty pour-overs, French toast and the city's go-to bici-ruta breakfast on Sunday mornings.
Signature drink: Pour-over single origin
Latte Quattro Sette ★ 4.2
Latte Quattro Sette in García Ginerés Mérida runs Italian espresso, croissants and panini in a small Reforma-corner cafe popular with the local creative set.
Signature drink: Italian espresso + pastry
Le Gourmet ★ 4.0
Le Gourmet on Calle 59 in Mérida is a long-standing cafe with Veracruz and Chiapas beans, breakfasts under a vaulted colonial ceiling steps from Plaza Grande.
Signature drink: Mexican-bean cappuccino
Cucu Café ★ 4.2
Cucu Café on Calle 47 in Mérida is a third-wave room with single-origin pour-overs and house-baked pastries, on the Calle 47 culinary corridor.
Signature drink: Single-origin flat white
Ki' Xocolatl ★ 4.4
Ki' Xocolatl on Parque Santa Lucía Mérida runs single-origin Mexican chocolate in bonbons, hot chocolate and dessert plates under the portales colonnade.
Signature drink: Mayan hot chocolate
Casa Leiva ★ 4.3
Casa Leiva on Calle 55 in Mérida runs cold brews, sandwiches and bowls inside a restored colonial casa, the digital-nomad lunch room of the Centro.
Signature drink: Cold brew + tortas
Café Pop ★ 4.1
Café Pop on Calle 57 Mérida is one of the city's earliest specialty coffee rooms, with Chiapas and Veracruz pour-overs and a quiet courtyard.
Signature drink: Chiapas pour-over
Ki' Café Paseo 60 ★ 4.1
Ki' Café inside Paseo 60 in Mérida is the all-day room of the Ki' Xocolatl group, affogato, hot chocolate and tarts beside the open-air mall.
Signature drink: Affogato + Mexican chocolate
Manifesto Café ★ 4.2
Manifesto Café on Calle 59 Mérida runs single-origin Mexican beans, sourdough toasts and a small dessert program at a quiet corner of Centro Histórico.
Signature drink: Drip Yucatán bean
Márago Coffee Santa Lucía ★ 4.3
Márago Coffee Santa Lucía in Mérida is the Calle 55 sibling of the Paseo de Montejo flagship, specialty espresso a block from Apoala on the plaza.
Signature drink: Specialty cappuccino
Café Museo ★ 4.1
Café Museo on Paseo de Montejo inside Casa Museo Montes Molina runs mochas and pan de elote in the courtyard of a restored Porfiriato mansion.
Signature drink: Mocha + pan de elote
Casa T'HŌ Café ★ 4.2
Casa T'HŌ Café inside the Paseo de Montejo concept hotel in Mérida runs specialty espresso and a daytime small-plates kitchen on the patio terrace.
Signature drink: Specialty espresso + brunch
Café La Habana ★ 4.0
Café La Habana on Calle 59 in Mérida runs Cuban-style espresso, machetes and Yucatán pastries 24 hours a day on a Centro corner near Plaza Grande.
Signature drink: Cuban espresso + Yucatán pastry
Cafetería Café Orgánico ★ 4.0
Cafetería Café Orgánico in García Ginerés Mérida is the city's natural-bean cafe, Veracruz and Chiapas roasts and organic pastries, near Avenida Reforma.
Signature drink: Veracruz-bean filter
Cardenal Cantina Café ★ 4.1
Cardenal Cantina Café on Calle 63 in Mérida's Centro runs iced cardamom lattes and Yucatán-bean drip, a small plant-filled room near Parque Santa Lucía.
Signature drink: Iced cardamom latte