kattakaffihúsið does one thing exceptionally well: it takes coffee seriously without making you feel like a tourist in your own cup. bergstaðastræti 10a sits in the 101 reykjavik postal district, which is the city's dense, walkable core, and a café here has to hold its own against a street-level culture that already expects a lot from its coffee. the locals aren't forgiving about mediocrity. if you find yourself in that part of the city, this is the kind of stop that rewards going slightly out of your way, not because it performs for you, but because the quality is consistent and unpretentious. come in the morning, when reykjavik is still quiet and the light through that stretch of the city is flat and grey and honest.
curated by gautam khorana, editor · updated
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