12 cafe places in San Luis Obispo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in San Luis Obispo | Cafe across every city.

Scout Coffee ★ 4.6

Café · $$

Downtown · 1130 Garden Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Scout Coffee has anchored Garden Street since 2014, pairing its own HoneyCo-roasted espresso with scratch pastries in San Luis Obispo's prettiest brick room.

Kreuzberg California ★ 4.3

Café · $$

Downtown · 685 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Kreuzberg California styles itself on a Berlin coffeehouse, serving espresso, sandwiches and cocktails until midnight on weekends in San Luis Obispo.

Sally Loo's Wholesome Cafe ★ 4.5

Café · $$

Railroad District · 1804 Osos Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Sally Loo's Wholesome Cafe has fed San Luis Obispo's Railroad District since 2009, baking in-house each morning inside a 1930s storefront by the depot.

Linnaea's Cafe ★ 4.2

Café · $

Downtown · 1110 Garden Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Linnaea's Cafe is San Luis Obispo's bohemian living room on Garden Street, pouring organic coffee over a garden patio, art walls and evening music sets.

The Nautical Bean ★ 3.9

Café · $

Madonna Road · 11560 Los Osos Valley Road #150, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

The Nautical Bean has run as a family coffee bistro in San Luis Obispo since 1998, cooking a full breakfast and lunch board behind its espresso bar.

Blackhorse Espresso & Bakery ★ 3.9

Café · $

Downtown · 1065 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Blackhorse Espresso & Bakery pairs espresso with its own pastry case on Higuera Street, a San Luis Obispo morning fixture open daily from 06:30.

Field Day Coffee ★ 4.1

Café · $$

Upper Monterey · 1185 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Field Day Coffee pours precise pour-overs and espresso on Monterey Street, the light-flooded modern counterpoint to San Luis Obispo's older coffeehouses.

Buen Dia Coffee ★ 4.0

Café · $$

Downtown · 570 Higuera Street, Suite 190, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Buen Dia Coffee brings design-studio polish and Latin-accented drinks like Abuela's Coffee to the Creamery Marketplace in downtown San Luis Obispo.

Joebella Coffee SLO ★ 3.9

Café · $$

Downtown · 311 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Joebella Coffee SLO pours beans roasted at the company's Atascadero roastery from a bright corner shop on lower Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo.

Nite Creamery ★ 3.9

Café · $$

Downtown · 570 Higuera Street, Suite 103, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Nite Creamery freezes dessert to order until 22:00 every night in the Creamery yard, San Luis Obispo's default stop between dinner and the bars.

Mama Ganache Artisan Chocolates ★ 4.0

Café · $$

Upper Monterey · 1445 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Mama Ganache hand-rolls truffles from fairly traded chocolate in a small Monterey Street shopfront, San Luis Obispo's quiet chocolate workshop.

Nite Creamery ★ 3.9

Café · $$

Downtown · 570 Higuera Street, Suite 103, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Nite Creamery freezes ice cream to order with clouds of liquid nitrogen in the Creamery Marketplace, San Luis Obispo's after-dinner science show.