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
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.
Address: Gornji trg 17, 1000 Ljubljana
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 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
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 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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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