Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Lisbon lingers in over a cortado.

Where to sit and slow down

Cafe A Brasileira ★ 4.2

Café€chiadoDaily 08:00-02:00

A Brasileira on Lisbon's Rua Garrett: a 1905 cafe where Fernando Pessoa drank his bica, still pouring under the same wood and brass, terrace open daily.

Signature drink: Bica, the small black Lisbon espresso

Rua Garrett 120, 1200-205 Lisboa

Hello, Kristof ★ 4.8

Café€principe-realMon-Fri 09:00-18:00, closed Sat-SunWork-friendlyWifi

Hello, Kristof on Lisbon's Rua do Poco dos Negros: a Scandinavian-style cafe brewing 100 percent arabica, the third-wave pioneer that read the room first.

Signature drink: Filter coffee on Scandinavian-roast beans

Rua do Poco dos Negros 103, 1200-337 Lisboa

Copenhagen Coffee Lab ★ 4.7

Café€principe-realMon-Fri 08:00-19:00, Sat-Sun 09:30-19:00Work-friendlyWifi

Copenhagen Coffee Lab in Principe Real, Lisbon, the Danish import that opened the city's Nordic coffee wave. Order the filter coffee, danish-roast beans.

Signature drink: Filter coffee, Danish-roast beans

Rua Nova da Piedade 10, 1200-298 Lisboa

Comoba ★ 4.7

Café€cais-do-sodreDaily 08:30-17:00Work-friendlyWifi

Comoba in Lisbon's Cais do Sodre: a calm plant-forward cafe on Rua da Boavista, matcha pancakes and sourdough toasts in a bright tiled room with strong wifi.

Signature drink: Matcha latte and matcha pancakes

Rua da Boavista 90, 1200-085 Lisboa

Cafe Janis ★ 4.4

Café€cais-do-sodreDaily 08:00-24:00Work-friendlyWifi

Cafe Janis in Lisbon near Time Out Market: a flower-covered Cais do Sodre brunch terrace, strong cappuccinos and a daily goat-cheese shakshuka plate.

Signature drink: Cappuccino, with a goat-cheese shakshuka

Rua da Moeda 1A, 1200-275 Lisboa

Heim Cafe ★ 4.6

Café€SantosWork-friendlyWifi

Heim Cafe in Lisbon's Santos: a Ukrainian-owned brunch room renovated by hand, flat whites, avocado toast and a steady crowd of digital nomads.

Signature drink: Flat white and avocado toast

Rua Santos-o-Velho 2, 1200-108 Lisboa

Dear Breakfast Bica ★ 4.4

Café€bairro-altoDaily 09:00-17:00Work-friendlyWifi

Dear Breakfast's Bica branch in Lisbon: an all-day Bairro Alto room serving eggs every way they can be cooked, plus local-fruit juices to start.

Signature drink: Eggs Benedict and cold-pressed juice

Rua das Gaivotas 17, 1200-337 Lisboa

Fauna and Flora ★ 4.6

Café€SantosTue-Sat 09:00-19:00, Sun 09:00-17:00, closed MondayWork-friendlyWifi

Fauna and Flora in Lisbon's Santos: a healthy brunch room serving filter coffee, vegan pancakes and gluten-free bowls. Three branches across town.

Signature drink: Filter coffee and pancake stack

Rua da Esperanca 33, 1200-654 Lisboa

Nicolau Lisboa ★ 4.4

Café€BaixaDaily 08:30-22:30Work-friendlyWifi

Nicolau in Lisbon's Baixa: an all-day brunch counter on Rua de Sao Nicolau, sweet and savoury pancakes, acai bowls and the original of a family of three.

Signature drink: Acai bowl with fresh orange juice

Rua de Sao Nicolau 17, 1100-547 Lisboa

Parioca Cafe ★ 4.3

Café€AlcantaraMon 08:30-17:00, Wed-Sun 08:30-17:00, closed TuesdayWork-friendlyWifi

Parioca Cafe in Alcantara, near LX Factory: a French-Brazilian specialty-coffee room with V60 brews, carrot cake and a sunny terrace for laptops.

Signature drink: V60 filter brew with homemade carrot cake

Rua Filinto Elisio 8A, 1300-246 Lisboa

The Mill ★ 4.5

Café€principe-realMon-Fri 08:30-15:00, Sat-Sun 08:30-16:00Work-friendlyWifi

The Mill in Santos, Lisbon: an Australian-owned all-day cafe on Rua do Poco dos Negros, flat whites, Vegemite toasts, one of the city's first brunches.

Signature drink: Flat white and Vegemite toast

Rua do Poco dos Negros 1, 1200-336 Lisboa

Cafe Nicola ★ 4.0

Café€BaixaDaily 08:00-24:00Wifi

Cafe Nicola on Lisbon's Rossio square: a literary cafe since 1929 where Bocage drank, marble interior, bifana at the counter and a busy terrace by lunch.

Signature drink: Bica and bifana at the Rossio counter

Praca Dom Pedro IV 24-25, 1100-200 Lisboa

Martinho da Arcada ★ 4.1

Café€BaixaMon-Sat 12:00-15:00, 19:00-22:00, closed Sunday

Martinho da Arcada on Lisbon's Praca do Comercio: the city's oldest cafe still operating, founded 1782, with Fernando Pessoa's reserved table still in place.

Signature drink: Bica beside Pessoa's regular table

Praca do Comercio 3, 1100-148 Lisboa

Pastelaria Benard ★ 4.3

Café€chiadoMon-Sat 08:00-23:00, closed Sunday

Pastelaria Benard on Rua Garrett, Chiado: a Lisbon institution since 1868, croissants from a secret recipe and pavement tables on Lisbon's busiest street.

Signature drink: Hot croissant from a secret 1868 recipe with a bica

Rua Garrett 104, 1200-205 Lisboa

Buenos Aires Cafe ★ 4.1

Café€bairro-altoDaily 18:00-02:00Work-friendlyWifi

Buenos Aires Cafe in Bairro Alto, Lisbon: an Argentinian-Portuguese sidewalk cafe on Calcada do Duque, cortados, medialunas and a Castelo de Sao Jorge view.

Signature drink: Cortado and medialuna

Calcada do Duque 31, 1200-156 Lisboa

Fabulas ★ 4.0

Café€chiadoMon-Wed 12:00-24:00, Thu-Sat 12:00-01:00, Sun 12:00-23:00Work-friendlyWifi

Fabulas in Lisbon's Chiado: a stone-vaulted cafe tucked off Largo do Carmo, fairy-tale interiors, brunches all day and a small library wall, quiet Wifi.

Signature drink: Long coffee and a frangipane tart

Calcada Nova de Sao Francisco 14, 1200-300 Lisboa

Augusto Lisboa ★ 4.5

Café€alfamaTue-Sat 10:00-19:00, closed Sun-MonWork-friendlyWifi

Augusto Lisboa in Alfama: a tiny pink-floored brunch counter on Rua de Santa Marinha turning out banana bread, avocado toast and mimosas to weekend queues.

Signature drink: Avocado toast and banana bread with a flat white

Rua de Santa Marinha 26, 1100-298 Lisboa

Amelia Lisboa ★ 4.2

Café€AvenidaSun-Thu 08:30-20:00, Fri-Sat 08:30-22:00Work-friendlyWifi

Amelia in Lisbon near Avenida da Liberdade: a sunny brunch room on Rua Alexandre Herculano, pancake stacks, matcha latte and a busy weekend queue.

Signature drink: Pancakes and matcha latte

Rua Alexandre Herculano 15, 1150-005 Lisboa
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