Best Coffee Shops in Reykjavik

skólavörðustígur slopes upward toward hallgrímskirkja, and halfway up that cobbled climb sits café babalú. the name hints at something slightly playful, and…

reykjavík has quietly built one of the most serious coffee cultures in europe, which catches a lot of visitors off guard. the city is small enough that word…

wake and bake gets coffee right. that's a harder thing to pull off in reykjavik than it sounds, where long winters and short daylight hours mean people want…

the sweet coffee here is worth pausing for, especially if you're used to places that treat sweetness as an afterthought. bergstaðastræti 14 sits in the 101…

the flat white here is the kind of thing you plan a walk around. hafnarstræti 11 puts you close to the harbour and the older commercial spine of reykjavik,…

kattakaffihúsið does one thing exceptionally well: it takes coffee seriously without making you feel like a tourist in your own cup. bergstaðastræti 10a sits…

iðnó takes its coffee seriously, and reykjavík notices. the spot sits on vonarstræti 3, a short walk from the city's civic center, which puts it squarely in…

you're on barónsstígur, a quiet residential street in central reykjavík where the buildings run in that particular icelandic mix of corrugated metal and…

...and then there's uppsalir, tucked along adalstraeti where reykjavik's old quarter meets the pulse of daily life. you'll find yourself among locals who've…

the bike coffee here is worth slowing down for, especially if you're used to grabbing something on the move. bakarabrekka park puts you outside almost by…