21 cafe rooms in Tampa we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Tampa | Cafe across every city.
Tampa's cafe scene splits between specialty coffee roasters and old-school Cuban coffee counters, and both are thriving. Buddy Brew Coffee runs multiple rooms across Hyde Park, Armature Works and beyond, while Kahwa Coffee holds down downtown and Blind Tiger spreads through Ybor City, Tampa Heights and Water Street. For the local cortadito tradition, Cafe Don Jose in West Tampa and Etto's Cuban Coffee in Ybor City keep the windows busy.
Buddy Brew Coffee Hyde Park ★ 4.7
hyde-park · 2020 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33606
Buddy Brew Coffee on Kennedy in Hyde Park opened in 2010 and now anchors Tampa's specialty coffee scene with locally roasted beans and espresso classics.
Oxford Exchange Coffee Bar ★ 4.8
north-hyde-park · 420 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33606
The Oxford Exchange coffee bar is operated by Buddy Brew, pouring espresso classics alongside the TeBella Tea bar inside the Kennedy Boulevard bookstore.
Kahwa Coffee Downtown ★ 4.4
downtown-tampa · 808 N Tampa St, Tampa, FL 33602
Kahwa Coffee's downtown espresso bar at the Element pours house-roasted specialty coffee, a tidy work-friendly room just off North Tampa Street.
Buddy Brew Coffee Armature Works ★ 4.6
tampa-heights · 1910 N Ola Ave, Tampa, FL 33602
Buddy Brew's Armature Works location pours specialty coffee inside Heights Public Market, with Riverwalk views and a constant Tampa Heights crowd.
Buddy Brew Coffee Bay to Bay ★ 4.4
palma-ceia · 3713 Henderson Blvd, Tampa, FL 33609
Buddy Brew's Bay to Bay store on Henderson Boulevard in South Tampa runs the most relaxed of the Buddy Brew locations, with a quiet work-friendly room.
Blind Tiger Cafe ★ 4.6
ybor-city · 1901 N 13th St, Tampa, FL 33605
Blind Tiger Cafe in Ybor City pulls specialty coffee with rotating single-origin beans, a quiet morning room and a strong brunch menu on weekends.
Blind Tiger Cafe Tampa Heights ★ 4.5
tampa-heights · 4101 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33603
Blind Tiger's Tampa Heights cafe runs specialty espresso, work tables and a small brunch menu, anchoring the North Florida Avenue revitalization corridor.
Cafe Don Jose ★ 4.5
west-tampa · 3019 W Columbus Dr, Tampa, FL 33607
Cafe Don Jose on West Columbus Drive runs a working-class Cuban counter with cafecito, pastelitos and Cuban breakfast plates for the West Tampa crowd.
Kahwa Coffee Armature Works ★ 4.4
tampa-heights · 1910 N Ola Ave, Tampa, FL 33602
Kahwa Coffee at Heights Public Market roasts St Pete-based beans, with espresso classics, pour-overs and a steady Armature Works work-from-cafe crowd.
Buddy Brew Coffee Bayshore ★ 4.4
hyde-park · 1101 W Swann Ave, Tampa, FL 33606
Buddy Brew's Swann Avenue cafe in Hyde Park sits across from Bern's Steak House and pours specialty coffee from morning into the steakhouse pre-dinner.
Etto's Cuban Coffee ★ 4.3
ybor-city · 1804 E 7th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605
Etto's on East Seventh in Ybor pours classic Cuban coffee, cafecito and cafe con leche for the Ybor walking crowd through the day. A steady neighborhood draw.
Blind Tiger Cafe Water Street ★ 4.3
water-street · 1010 Water St, Tampa, FL 33602
Blind Tiger's Water Street outlet pulls specialty coffee for the downtown commuter crowd, with morning rush from 7am to 10am. Walk-ins welcome at the bar.
Buddy Brew Coffee SoHo Roastery ★ 4.8
hyde-park · 2020 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33606
Buddy Brew's roastery cafe on Kennedy Boulevard runs both the flagship cafe and the in-house roasting operation that supplies all five Tampa locations.
The Bricks ★ 4.0
ybor-city · 1327 E 7th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605
The Bricks on East Seventh Avenue runs a daytime cafe by morning and a cocktail bar by night, with the same Ybor brick-walled room across the day.
Cappuccino's Italian Cafe ★ 4.2
carrollwood · 14911 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL 33618
Cappuccino's on Dale Mabry runs an Italian-style espresso bar with classic cornetti, espresso pulls and an Italian lunch menu for North Tampa.
Tampa Bay Coffee Roastery ★ 4.2
carrollwood · 13577 Wright Cir, Tampa, FL 33626
Tampa Bay Coffee Roastery roasts beans for cafes across the bay and runs a small public tasting cafe for pour-overs and espresso at its Westchase facility.
Rook's Coffee ★ 4.1
seminole-heights · 5118 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33603
Rook's in Seminole Heights runs a small-batch coffee bar with rotating single origins, a focused espresso menu and a quiet morning room from 7am.
The Salty Donut Hyde Park ★ 4.4
hyde-park · 1519 W Swann Ave, Tampa, FL 33606
The Salty Donut on Swann Avenue in Hyde Park Village pairs a Counter Culture espresso program with its artisan donuts in an indoor-outdoor living room.
Mar Jaylis Cuban Bakery ★ 4.1
west-tampa · 1818 W Hillsborough Ave, Tampa, FL 33603
Mar Jaylis on West Hillsborough Avenue runs a working-class Cuban bakery and counter with cafecito, pastelitos and breakfast Cuban toast. Open year-round.
Blind Tiger Cafe Roastery ★ 4.4
1901 N 13th St, Tampa, FL 33605
Blind Tiger Cafe Roastery is a cafe room in Tampa. Order the espresso flight; the bean-retail section in the back has fresh-roasted Ethiopian Yirgacheffe.
Buddy Brew Coffee Pour ★ 4.4
2020 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33606
Buddy Brew's espresso pull runs $4 across all five Tampa locations, a Tampa coffee benchmark since 2010 with single-origin beans roasted in Tampa.