coffee in Seattle
you get every independent in Seattle, ranked by what locals rate rather than what pays for placement. no chains, so what you see is what you would queue for.
468 cafes · 37 roasters · avg nri 57
see the best coffee shops in Seattle
the best specialty cafes in Seattle are Mintish Coffee House, Lighthouse Roasters, and Stone Way Cafe. they lead 468 independent coffee shops here, ranked by the natural ranking index, a 0-100 merit score blending review quality, local credibility, and web presence. no chains.
every specialty cafe in Seattle, ranked by nri
379 results
Mintish Coffee House
eliteSeattle, USA|cafe
5(850)
trendinglocal cred89%
nri score93
Lighthouse Roasters
eliteSeattle, USA|cafe
4.7(959)
local cred86%
nri score89
Stone Way Cafe
eliteSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(1,479)
local cred95%
nri score85
Cafe Red
eliteSeattle, USA|cafe
4.7(830)
local cred87%
nri score85
Ballard Coffee Works
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(1,094)
local cred95%
nri score84
Monorail Espresso
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.7(720)
local cred88%
nri score84
Ballard Coffee Co.
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.7(1,477)
local cred95%
nri score83
Seattle Meowtropolitan
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.7(1,191)
local cred95%
nri score83
Auntie Irene's Coffee Shop
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(909)
local cred88%
nri score83
Coffeeholic House
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(708)
local cred88%
nri score83
Storyville Coffee 1st & Madison
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(677)
local cred88%
nri score83
Seattle Coffee Works
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.5(1,248)
local cred95%
nri score82
Fremont Coffee Company
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.5(1,039)
local cred95%
nri score82
Elm Coffee Roasters
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(737)
local cred88%
nri score82
Fresh Flours Phinney Ridge
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(548)
local cred88%
nri score82
Cafe Javasti
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(532)
local cred88%
nri score82
Candor Coffee
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(532)
local cred88%
nri score82
Dubsea Coffee
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(521)
local cred88%
nri score82
The Birdhouse
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.7(476)
local cred72%
nri score82
Anchorhead Coffee
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(1,644)
local cred95%
nri score81
Espresso Vivace Capitol Hill
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(1,234)
local cred95%
nri score81
Milstead & Co.
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(1,039)
local cred95%
nri score81
Coffee TAB
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.8(537)
new wavelocal cred89%
nri score81
Broadcast Coffee
featuredSeattle, USA|cafe
4.6(610)
local cred88%
nri score81
faq
what is the best cafe in Seattle?
Mintish Coffee House is the top-ranked cafe in Seattle, scoring 93/100 on the natural ranking index. it is ranked on review quality, local credibility, and web presence, with chains excluded.
how many specialty coffee shops are in Seattle?
468 independent specialty coffee shops in Seattle, all ranked by the natural ranking index. chains are excluded by default.
where do locals get coffee in Seattle?
Stone Way Cafe draws the highest share of local regulars in Seattle, with a local-credibility score of 95/100, the proportion of reviewers who live in town rather than visiting as tourists.
browse all 432 cafes in seattle
- Mintish Coffee House
- Lighthouse Roasters
- Cafe Red
- Stone Way Cafe
- Monorail Espresso
- Ballard Coffee Works
- Auntie Irene's Coffee Shop
- Ballard Coffee Co.
- Storyville Coffee 1st & Madison
- Coffeeholic House
- Seattle Meowtropolitan
- Elm Coffee Roasters
- The Birdhouse
- Seattle Coffee Works
- Fresh Flours Phinney Ridge
- Dubsea Coffee
- Fremont Coffee Company
- Candor Coffee
- Cafe Javasti
- Coffee TAB
- Monorail Espresso
- Anchorhead Coffee
- Anchorhead Coffee
- Stone Way Cafe
- All City Coffee
- Milstead & Co.
- One million cafe
- Espresso Vivace South Lake Union
- Santo Coffee Co
- Broadcast Coffee
- Espresso Vivace Capitol Hill
- Street Bean Coffee
- Hangar Cafe
- Uptown Espresso - Delridge
- Fresh Flours Beacon Hill
- Squirrel Chops
- Nielsen’s Pastries
- Irwin's Neighborhood Bakery and Cafe
- Fonté Coffee - 1st Avenue
- Cloud City Coffee
- Caffe Umbria Olive Way
- Moore Coffee Shop
- Piedmont Café
- Avole CD
- Analog Coffee
- Milstead & Co.
- Aroom Coffee Fremont
- The Scene in South Park
- Gourmet Latte
- Daily Dose Coffee Co. - Kent
- Dough Joy
- Venture Coffee Co
- URL Coffee
- Queen Anne Coffee Co.
- Uptown Espresso - Junction
- Coffeeholic House Greenwood
- Espresso Vivace Capitol Hill
- The Wick
- Caffe Umbria
- Fresh Flours South Lake Union
- Pegasus Coffee Bar
- Chocolati Cafe Wallingford
- Caffe Ladro - Fremont
- Moonshot Coffee
- The Missing Piece
- Himalayan Java Coffee Seattle
- QED Coffee
- Push Pull on Union
- Lula Coffee Co
- Olympia Coffee Roasting
- Monkey Grind Espresso Bar
- Red Arrow Coffee & Cafe
- Corner Bakery Cafe
- Himalayan Java Coffee
- Seattle Sunshine Coffee
- Realfine Coffee
- Street Bean Cafe
- Broadcast Coffee & Bakery
- Zoka Coffee Roaster & Tea Co
- Artisan Cafe
- Fremont Coffee Company
- Distant Worlds Coffeehouse
- Caffe Appassionato Coffee Roastery and Tasting Bar
- Cafe Allegro
- Fred Coffee
- Moore Coffee Shop
- C & P Coffee Company
- Mighty-O Donuts: Greenlake
- Little Jaye
- Mabel
- Katy's Corner Cafe
- Cycle & Coffee Inc
- Shikorina Bakeshop & Cafe
- Caffe Ladro Upper Queen Anne
- Cascade Coffee Works
- Café Hagen Modern Scandinavian Cafe
- Bequest Coffee Co (Capitol Hill)
- Aroom Coffee
- Sugar Bakery & Cafe
- Current Coffee
- Wunderground Cafe
- Cutters Point Coffee
- Overcast Coffee
- Cafe Opla
- Leon Coffee House
- Grumpy Bean
- Analog Coffee
- A Muddy Cup Cafe' & Roastery
- Caffe Ladro - Lower Queen Anne
- Uptown Espresso - Belltown
- Pilgrim Coffeehouse
- Cherry Street Coffee House
- Bequest Coffee Co
- Drip Drip coffeehouse
- Rooster's Espresso, Inc.
- Eastlake Coffee & Cafe
- Cafe Con Todo
- Tea Time & Coffee
- Overcast Coffee Company
- Konvene Coffee
- Grand Central Bakery - Eastlake cafe
- Cafe Cosmos
- Post Pike Bar & Cafe
- Storyville Coffee
- Drip & Sip Café
- Tailwind Café at Good Weather
- Caffe Ladro - Downtown on Pine Street
- Tiltshift Coffee
- Ugly Mug Cafe
- Caffe Fiore
- Phin Vietnamese Coffee & Etc.
- Kappa Espresso
- Pub 70
- BigFoot Java
- SKÖG Haus Coffee & Tea
- Empire Coffee
- Diva Espresso
- Boon Boona Coffee
- Voxx Coffee Downtown
- Serendipity Cafe
- Revolutions Coffee
- Cafe Lulu
- Black Bear Coffee Company
- Hello Em Việt Coffee & Roastery
- Caffe Ladro - Capitol Hill
- Green Lake Boathouse and Coffee Shop
- Onda Origins Cafe & Roastery
- Plantiful Superfoods
- Ampersand Cafe on Alki
- Caffe Migliore.
- Porchlight Coffee & Records
- Caffe Ladro - West Seattle
- Caffe Ladro - South Lake Union Fairview
- Grand Central Bakery - Wallingford cafe
- Jewel Box Cafe
- Dilettante Mocha Café at Kent Station
- Local Coffee Spot
- Cheeky Cafe
- Petra Cafe
- Pineapple Espresso at Hotel FIVE
- Fuel Coffee
- Local Coffee Spot (Belltown)
- Cardoon
- Phin little saigon cafe
- Cedar & Spokes Coffee
- Caffé D'arte - Pioneer Square Café.
- Pike Street Coffee
- Home Espresso Repair
- Vital Creations Vegan Cafe
- Zoka Coffee Roaster & Tea Company
- Coffeemind Queen Anne
- Coffee TAB
- Bebop Waffle Shop
- Anchored Ship Coffee Bar
- Sip House - Seattle Vietnamese Coffee Shop
- Boca Argentine Bakery and Pizzeria
- Good Voyage
- Radiant Flavors Cafe
- General Porpoise
- Quarterdeck
- Hotwire Coffeehouse
- CrackleMi Café & Catering
- Sunshine Espresso
- Broadfork Cafe - Uptown
- kakao
- Giddy Sloth Cafe
- Coffee Tree
- Moore Coffee Shop on Stewart
- Marine View Espresso & More
- Biscuit Bitch Pike Place
- Java Jive Thru Espresso
- The Whale Wins
- The French Guys Bakery
- JOIE Coffee
- Local Coffee Spot-Central Building
- Fulcrum Café
- Bottega Italiana
- The Burnt Coffee Company
- Coffee Tree & Bop
- Valentinas Cafe
- URL Coffee
- Shug's Soda Fountain and Ice Cream
- Homegrown
- Freshy's
- Cafe Elite
- Woodland Coffee
- CrackleMi Cafe- Fremont
- Top Pot Doughnuts
- Ladybug Espresso
- Temple Pastries
- Crumble & Flake Pâtisserie
- Bake Shop
- Fable All Day
- Caffe Ladro - 1800 9th at Howell
- 203° Fahrenheit Coffee Company
- Bridge Coffee
- KB Espresso
- Café Elite
- Rapha Seattle
- indi chocolate
- Double Wired Espresso
- Sound & Fog
- Vita at KEXP
- Chocolati
- Capital One Café
- Retro Coffee
- The Outer Rim
- Nevzat's Espresso
- Caffe Ladro Ravenna
- Gearhouse
- Mighty-O Donuts Capitol Hill
- Ikor Cafe
- The Bridge Coffee House
- Preserve and Gather
- Atulea
- Petra Mediterranen Cafe
- Artly Coffee
- Bauhaus Strong Coffee
- Espresso By Design
- Brother Joe
- West Seattle Grounds
- Three Tree Point Store
- Impresso Espresso
- Mighty Mugs Coffee
- Cowgirls Espresso
- Yellow Butterfly Coffee Shop
- Armistice Coffee on Pike
- Fred by Broadcast
- Midnight Cookie Co.
- Cafe Solstice
- Jake's Coffee
- SELEUŠS Chocolates
- Ben & Esther's Vegan Delicatessen
- Krispy Kreme
- Olé Café
- City Grind Espresso
- Doce Donut Co
- Visions Espresso
- Blended Juice & Coffee
- Fivestar Coffee
- Bright Spot
- FareStart Café
- Askatu Bakery
- Local Coffee Spot - South Lake Union
- Voi Cà Phê
- Good Coffee Co
- Belle Epicurean Bakery
- Blue Saucer cafe
- Cafe Avole Rainier
- Zoka Coffee
- Espresso To Go
- Ras Dashen Restaurant
- Good Neighbor Cafe
- ROOT
- Bizzy Bean Espresso
- Caffe Ladro - Downtown at 2+U
- Winnies Ethiopian Coffee and Restaurant
- Mighty-O Donuts Denny Triangle
- The Fonte Bar at Rainier Square
- Fainting Goat Gelato - Wallingford
- Kaffa Coffee and Wine Bar
- Mighty-O Donuts Ballard
- The Dream Bakery
- Wakey Wakey Coffee
- Madison Park Bakery
- Muddy Waters Coffee Co
- The Station
- Caffe Ladro - Astra Hotel
- Konbit Cafe
- Finch & Pine
- Brownies and Bites
- Eltana
- Alina’s Cafe
- The Blue Heron
- Richmond Beach Coffee Shop
- North Hill Espresso
- Kelly Latte's
- ʔálʔal Café By Chief Seattle Club
- 3 bears studio cafe
- Belle Epicurean
- West Wall Bar and Cafe
- Ding Tea Seattle
- Café Dulzura
- Turkish coffee house
- Kitanda
- Sip and Ship
- Nordstrom Ebar Artisan Coffee
- Bonito Café y Mercadito
- T&D Coffee House
- FOMO Cafe
- Candice's Vietnamese Kitchen
- Mighty-O Donuts: 2nd & Madison
- Java Jane
- Cavu Cafe, King County Int'l Airport
- Jewel Cafe
- The Living Room Cafe
- The Station Columbia City
- Mainstay Provisions
- SEAFAB CAFE
- Unwind Cafe
- Amazonia Cafe- Burien
- Pineapple Café
- Cafe Weekend
- Pegasus Coffee Bar (Seattle Tower)
- Till Dawn
- Amazonia Cafe
- Panera Bread
- Pineapple Espresso at The Maxwell Hotel
- Jardin Tea & Coffee
- Java Jahn
- Grand Rising Cafe - Speciality Coffee & Boar's Head Subs
- Megabites Deli
- Beans barista
- Little Oddfellows
- The Brim Coffee Shop at the Edgewater Hotel
- Thruline Coffee Co.
- Bauhaus Capitol Hill
- Caffè Torino
- Poindexter Coffee
- Full Tank Coffee
- KJ's Koffee
- Seattle Grind
- Coping Cookies
- Arosa Cafe
- I Love Boba Cafe - Madison Square
- The Frontside Grind Espresso
- Denny Café
- Cupcake Royale
- Pearls Tea & Coffee
- Taste & Tell Lounge
- Made Coffee
- Discovery Espresso
- trübistro
- Evolutionary Grounds
- Anchor & Bloom Cafe
- Coffee Hut
- FamLe Sippin
- Einstein Bros. Bagels
- Cafe An'Clair - Fairview & Republican
- Peekaboo Fresh Tea & Coffee
- Cassette Club, Heard Coffee, and Hoot
- Urban Roast Espresso Bar
- Morning Buzz Coffee Co.
- Turtle Coffee
- Lassi & Spice Wallingford
- Makeda & Mingus
- Gourmondo at MOHAI
- Espresso Kellarone
- Orca coffee
- TIGER SUGAR
- Mochinut UVillage
- Blank Space Cafe
- District 4 Cafe
- Paradise Espresso
- Ceres Roasting Company
- The Bean
- Pink Sugar Espresso
- Havana Sweets Bakeshop
- Dilettante Mocha Café at Sea-Tac Central Terminal
- Artly Coffee @ Hill7
- Caffe D’arte
- WFM Coffee Bar
- Sasha’s Bikini Espresso
- BedHead Coffee
- My Favorite Deli
- Upwell Wine & Coffee
- COFFEE HOUSE & LOUNGE
- Westman's Bagel and Coffee
- Cafe Truong Nguyen Ben Le
- Concourse Concessions LLC
- Banadir Cafe
- Star Coffee Restaurant
- Tully's Coffee
- Circle K | Car Wash
- Milkvue & DIY tea lab
- David’s Barrel Coffee
- Buzz Cafe
- The Palmer House
- Midway Donuts & Gyros
- Mocha Mojo
- JOE & THE JUICE
- Jumpin' Jimmy's Java
- Lucky Devil Latte
- Vietlicious Bakery
- PNW Espresso
- Deke River
- MOMENT coffee
- Joe Coffee | Coffee Shop Point of Sale
- Patriot brew
- Piedmont Cafe
- Caffé D'arte
- Blazing Bagels
- Ghost Note Coffee (Seattle Tower)
- Eden Garden Tea and Coffee
- Academic Perks
- Ladybug Bikini Espresso
- Couth Buzzard coffee house
- Coffee Fresh & Hot
- Puppy Cafe
- Johnny’s Hot coffee’s n Italian Soda stand
- Drivestar Coffee Shop
- Cipher Theory
- Nearby restaurant
- Parking
- Lucky Mugs
- Pike Street Market
- Small Business
- JamesNguyen
- Lucky Devil
- Ranch house
- KIKIS COCO BEANS LLC
- The cup of joy