7 cafe rooms in Phoenix we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Phoenix | Cafe across every city.

Phoenix's cafe scene clusters in the downtown arts district, where small rooms pull shots from local and regional roasters. Songbird Coffee & Tea House on 3rd Street and Lola Coffee on 3rd Avenue are calm downtown rooms, while Giant Coffee on 1st Street and Jobot Coffee & Bar on Roosevelt Street anchor the Roosevelt Row crowd. The label stretches at the top end to Cafe Monarch in Old Town Scottsdale, a family-run tasting-menu room on a string-lit alley.

Cafe Monarch ★ 4.4

Cafe · $$$$

6939 E 1st Ave, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Cafe Monarch in Old Town Scottsdale is a family-run tasting-menu room on a string-lit alley, serving a changing eight-course menu of small, refined plates.

Songbird Coffee & Tea House ★ 4.8

Café · $

812 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Songbird Coffee & Tea House on 3rd Street is a downtown Phoenix coffee-and-tea room, pulling shots from Tempe roaster Infusion in a calm, plant-filled space.

Lola Coffee ★ 4.5

Café · $

1001 N 3rd Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85003

Lola Coffee on 3rd Avenue is a family-run downtown cafe of organic, fair-trade coffee, working with local dairies and bakeries on a full breakfast menu.

Giant Coffee ★ 4.6

Café · $

1437 N 1st St, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Giant Coffee on 1st Street is an arts-district coffee bar near Roosevelt Row, roasting its coffee locally each week in a bright daytime room.

Jobot Coffee & Bar ★ 4.3

Café · $

333 E Roosevelt St, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Jobot Coffee & Bar on Roosevelt Street is a Roosevelt Row mainstay, pouring artisanal coffee and crepes with live music on Friday and Sunday nights.

Royal Coffee Bar ★ 4.2

Café · $

6102 N 16th St Ste 4, Phoenix, AZ 85016

Royal Coffee Bar on North 16th Street pulls specialty espresso and in-house cold brew from locally roasted Yellow Spruce beans, a tidy daytime cafe.

Fillmore Coffee Co. ★ 4.0

Café · $

600 N 4th St, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Fillmore Coffee Co. in downtown Phoenix pours Australian-style espresso from house-roasted beans, with breakfast burritos, acai bowls and house baked goods.