15 cafe rooms in Atlanta we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Atlanta | Cafe across every city.
Atlanta's cafe scene has grown into one of the South's more serious coffee cities, with roasters and cafes layered across nearly every east-side neighborhood. Old Fourth Ward is a hub, home to Spiller Park Coffee at Ponce City Market, Chrome Yellow Trading Co. on Edgewood, and Condesa Coffee. Beyond it the map runs through Grant Park Coffeehouse, Brash Coffee in Buckhead, and East Pole and Methodical on the west side.
Grant Park Coffeehouse ★ 4.4
grant-park · 337 Georgia Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
Grant Park Coffeehouse on Georgia Avenue in Atlanta runs a neighbourhood cafe with Ethiopian-sourced beans, breakfast plates and a wide work-friendly room.
Spiller Park Coffee at Ponce City Market ★ 4.4
old-fourth-ward · 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
Spiller Park Coffee at Ponce City Market in Atlanta opened 2016 from a partnership including chef Hugh Acheson. The honey latte is the cult order.
Chrome Yellow Trading Co. ★ 4.4
old-fourth-ward · 501 Edgewood Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
Chrome Yellow Trading on Edgewood Avenue in Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta runs a third-wave espresso bar paired with a shortlisted goods shop in a renovated 1923.
Brash Coffee ★ 4.5
buckhead · 3275 Peachtree Rd NE Suite C5, Atlanta, GA 30305
Brash Coffee's Buckhead location in Atlanta opened 2018 with a precise espresso programme and house-roasted beans. Order the espresso macchiato.
Condesa Coffee ★ 4.3
old-fourth-ward · 480 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30312
Condesa Coffee in Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta runs a third-wave cafe with Counter Culture beans, breakfast burritos and a wide work-friendly room.
Muchacho ★ 4.3
reynoldstown · 904 Memorial Dr SE, Atlanta, GA 30316
Muchacho on the Beltline in Reynoldstown, Atlanta runs a Mexican-leaning cafe with breakfast tacos, cafe de olla and a beer programme that switches.
Dancing Goats Coffee Bar ★ 4.3
old-fourth-ward · 650 North Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
Dancing Goats Coffee in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward roasts Batdorf and Bronson beans across a third-wave menu. Order the single-origin pourover.
PERC Coffee Virginia Highland ★ 4.5
virginia-highland · 1046 N Highland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
PERC Coffee opened the Virginia Highland cafe in 2021 with its in-house Savannah-roasted beans, a custom pink espresso machine and a precise pourover bar.
East Pole Coffee Co. ★ 4.4
morningside · 1675 Cumberland Ct NE Suite C, Atlanta, GA 30309
East Pole Coffee in Morningside, Atlanta roasts its own beans and runs a third-wave cafe with espresso, pourover and a small pastry programme since 2017.
The Reading Room ★ 4.4
decatur · 429 Church St, Decatur, GA 30030
The Reading Room in downtown Decatur, Atlanta opened 2024 as a writer's-nook coffee shop and afternoon wine bar with drip coffee, matcha and an afternoon.
Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee ★ 4.2
east-atlanta-village · 1322 Glenwood Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30316
Land of a Thousand Hills in East Atlanta Village, Atlanta runs a cafe and roaster sourcing Rwandan beans through a fair-trade direct programme since 2005.
Methodical Coffee at Westside Paper ★ 4.5
west-midtown · 950 W Marietta St NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
Methodical Coffee opened the Atlanta cafe at Westside Paper in 2022 with their Greenville-roasted beans, espresso programme and a precisely modernist.
Bellwood Coffee East Atlanta Village ★ 4.5
east-atlanta-village · 1336 Glenwood Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30316
Bellwood Coffee in East Atlanta Village, Atlanta runs a third-wave cafe inside The Victorian plant shop with house-roasted beans, espresso. Family-friendly.
San Francisco Coffee Roasting ★ 4.0
virginia-highland · 1192 N Highland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
San Francisco Coffee Roasting in Virginia-Highland, Atlanta has roasted in-house and run a corner cafe since 1990. At 1192 N Highland Ave NE.
Souper Jenny ★ 4.0
buckhead · 130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30305
Souper Jenny in Atlanta's Buckhead cooks six soups a day under $14: chicken tortilla, the dad's turkey chili, plus daily-changing seasonal sides.