Stow Specialty Coffee Shop ★ 4.6
Stow inside the Ljubljana City Museum on Gosposka brought third-wave coffee to Slovenia. Brew bar, single-origin espresso on a La Marzocco, V60 and Chemex.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Ljubljana lingers in over a cortado.
Where to sit and slow down
Stow 2 Go ★ 4.5
Stow 2 Go is the take-away counter steps from Preseren Square, pulling the same beans and presses as the City Museum room with a focused walk-up menu.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Crno Zrno ★ 4.5
Crno Zrno on Gornji trg below the castle is the Colombian shop of Alexander Nino Ruiz, single-origin beans direct from small farms with a cold brew that won.
Signature drink: Colombian cold brew
Cafe Cokl ★ 4.4
Cafe Cokl by roaster Tine Cokl has been pouring specialty coffee at the castle funicular base since 2012, working closely with Slovenia's Buna roastery.
Signature drink: Buna roastery espresso
Cafetino ★ 4.3
Cafetino sits on a cobbled corner of Stari trg with a large selection of fair-trade coffees freshly ground on the bar. The tiny room fills up by mid-morning.
Signature drink: Fair-trade single origin
Tozd ★ 4.4
Tozd is a cafe-and-natural-wine bar that relocated in 2023 to Cankarjeva, with the city's best cold brew and a short kitchen of daytime plates.
Signature drink: Cold brew, natural wine by the glass
Pritlicje ★ 4.2
Pritlicje on Mestni trg next to the Town Hall opened in 2014 as a cafe, gallery and concert venue rolled into one ground-floor address, an all-day local.
Signature drink: Long coffee, craft beer
Daktari ★ 4.1
Daktari on Krekov trg shifts from morning cafe to evening club, with a kitchen of small plates and a programme of live music and literary readings.
Signature drink: Long espresso
Pekarna Osem ★ 4.3
Pekarna Osem on Stari trg pairs its sourdough bakery with a small cafe counter where Andrej Gerzelj has been baking since 2013. A TableJourney editor pick.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with sourdough toast
Le Petit Cafe ★ 4.0
Le Petit Cafe on Trg francoske revolucije runs a French-leaning breakfast and lunch counter with rabbit and tarte du jour appearing on the chalkboard.
Signature drink: French-press coffee with brunch
Slovenska hisa ★ 4.2
Slovenska hisa on the river opens at 08:00 for a Slovenian breakfast plate with regional eggs, dilce spreads and a Slovenian roast coffee on the terrace.
Signature drink: Coffee with Slovenian breakfast plate
EK Bistro ★ 4.4
EK Bistro doubles as the city's serious daytime cafe with specialty coffee on the bar and house-baked cinnamon rolls coming out hourly. A TableJourney pick.
Signature drink: Specialty coffee with house brioche
Kavarna Cacao ★ 3.9
Kavarna Cacao on the embankment has been a riverside coffee-and-cake stop since the 2000s, popular with locals for its terrace and chocolate menu.
Signature drink: Chocolate with espresso
Kavarna Zvezda ★ 4.0
Kavarna Zvezda by Park Zvezda is the classic Habsburg-style city coffee house, white tablecloths and house pastries with a slice of potica on the menu.
Signature drink: Vienna-style coffee with potica slice
Buna ★ 4.2
Buna pours the eponymous Slovenian sustainability-focused roastery's beans in a small Trg republike room, a working-day coffee for office regulars.
Signature drink: Sustainable specialty coffee