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

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Where to sit and slow down

8 places

MAME Josef

  • ★ 4.7
  • $

Order Single-origin filter coffee

Founded 2016 by Mathieu Theis and World Brewers Cup champion Emi Fukahori. Single-origin beans roasted in-house, served on ceramic on polished wood.

MAME Seefeld

  • ★ 4.6
  • $

Order Single-origin filter coffee

MAME's Seefeld outpost: same single-origin discipline, lake-side neighbourhood. Filter on the bar, retail beans on the shelf, very serious about extraction.

Cafe Spruengli Paradeplatz

  • ★ 4.6
  • $

Order Hot chocolate with Luxemburgerli

The mothership confiserie cafe on Paradeplatz, founded 1836, celebrating 190 years in 2026. Luxemburgerli, chocolates, the canonical hot chocolate.

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Cafe und Conditorei 1842

  • ★ 4.3
  • $

Order Hot chocolate

The former Conditorei Schober building, a monument-protected 13th-century house with four floors. Run since 2019 by the Arbeitskette Foundation as 1842.

Miyuko

  • ★ 4.4
  • $

Order Matcha latte

Sara Hochuli's Japanese-leaning cafe, relocated 2022 to the heritage Haus zur Weltkugel: matcha, French patisserie technique, intricate vegan sweets.

John Baker Stadelhofen Cafe

  • ★ 4.4
  • $

Order Filter coffee with sourdough toast

Jens Jung's organic bakery cafe at Stadelhofen station: sourdough, levain, organic flour milled on site, a counter spot for breakfast before the train.

La Stanza

  • ★ 4.0
  • $

Order Italian espresso

Italian-leaning cafe on Bleicherweg: espresso pulled the Milanese way, small pastries, wine and cocktails after the sun drops. A reliable Kreis 1 stop.

Frau Gerolds Garten

  • ★ 4.4
  • $

Order Summer spritz

Started as a 2012 pop-up beside Hardbruecke station, now a 20,000-square-metre urban garden, bar and eatery. Summer terrace, winter cheese stube.

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