16 cafe rooms in Washington DC we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Washington DC | Cafe across every city.
Washington's cafe scene blends serious specialty roasting with all-day neighborhood gathering spots. Compass Coffee near Shaw and Swing's Coffee Roasters near the White House represent the homegrown roasting side. Tatte Bakery and Cafe downtown, La Colombe in Blagden Alley and Kramers near Dupont Circle round out the spaces built as much for lingering as for the cup.
Compass Coffee ★ 4.3
1535 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Compass Coffee in Washington DC is the Shaw 7th Street flagship of the local roaster founded 2014 by two Marines, with reserve filter coffees.
Blue Bottle Coffee Georgetown ★ 4.1
1046 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007
Blue Bottle Coffee Georgetown in Washington DC is the Wisconsin Avenue cafe of the Oakland third-wave roaster, a marble-counter pour-over bar.
Tatte Bakery and Cafe ★ 4.2
1310 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004
Tatte Bakery and Cafe in Washington DC is the F Street downtown branch of Tzurit Or's Boston bakery-cafe, with shakshuka all-day, viennoiserie counters.
The Coffee Bar ★ 4.4
1201 S St NW, Washington, DC 20009
The Coffee Bar in Washington DC is the Logan Circle S Street independent cafe of Sam Lee and Amanda Hesser, a study-friendly room with Counter Culture beans.
Idido's Coffee & Social House ★ 4.4
201 Kennedy St NW, Washington, DC 20011
Idido's Coffee & Social House in Washington DC is the Petworth Kennedy Street Ethiopian-leaning cafe since 2025, a neighborhood cafe and community room.
Big Bear Cafe ★ 4.3
1700 1st St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Big Bear Cafe in Washington DC is the Bloomingdale 1st Street corner cafe since 2007, the neighbourhood anchor with a Sunday farmers market on the patio.
La Colombe Blagden Alley ★ 4.2
924 N St NW Rear, Washington, DC 20001
La Colombe Blagden Alley in Washington DC is the Shaw Blagden Alley cafe of the Philadelphia roaster, a long-counter coffee bar with the nitrogen-infused.
Vigilante Coffee Hyattsville ★ 4.4
4327 Gallatin St, Hyattsville, MD 20781
Vigilante Coffee Hyattsville is the local roaster's flagship cafe just outside Washington DC on Gallatin Street, a community-roaster cafe with a coffee.
Swing's Coffee Roasters ★ 4.1
1702 G St NW, Washington, DC 20006
Swing's Coffee Roasters in Washington DC is the G Street downtown branch of the 1916 Alexandria roaster, the oldest continuously-operating coffee roaster.
Elle ★ 4.6
3221 Mt Pleasant St NW, Washington, DC 20010
Elle in Washington DC is Brad and Nick Deboy's Mount Pleasant Street all-day bakery-cafe-dinner spot, a James Beard semifinalist with sourdough.
Slipstream ★ 4.3
1333 P St NW, Washington, DC 20005
Slipstream in Washington DC is the Logan Circle coffee shop and cocktail bar's relocated home in the Studio Theatre building since 2024, an all-day.
Emissary Coffeehouse ★ 4.3
1726 20th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
Emissary Coffeehouse in Washington DC is the Dupont Circle 20th Street cafe that took over the old Filter Coffeehouse space, a third-wave coffeehouse-and-bar.
Lost Sock Roasters ★ 4.3
300 Carroll St NW, Washington, DC 20012
Lost Sock Roasters in Washington DC is the Takoma neighbourhood cafe and roastery from Joel Shuler, a single-origin pour-over bar with rotating Burundi.
Kramers ★ 4.0
1517 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036
Kramers in Washington DC is the Dupont Circle bookshop cafe on Connecticut Avenue since 1976, an all-day room with a full restaurant kitchen and a cocktail.
Maketto Cafe ★ 4.3
1351 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002
Maketto Cafe in Washington DC is Erik Bruner-Yang's H Street daytime cafe inside the Maketto marketplace, a bright minimalist room with locally roasted.
Sankofa Cafe ★ 4.1
2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001
Howard University cafe-bookstore on Georgia Ave from filmmakers Haile and Shirikiana Gerima (1997); paninis, wraps, salads, espresso with diaspora films.