Lisbon, by the cup
Portugal · 26 hand-picked cafés
Lisbon is the youngest specialty scene of the five. The classic bica, an espresso with sugar, still rules the corner pastelarias, but a new wave of roasters opened in the last decade. Most are in Príncipe Real, Cais do Sodré, and Marvila.
The specialty cafés feel different here. They serve filter beside the traditional bica, the pastries are local, and there is almost always a dog on the floor.
Weekday mornings are quiet. Weekends are tourists. Locals drink standing at the counter, fast, then go.
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Buna Specialty Coffee
Founded in 2019 by two Moscow schoolmates, Buna is a multi-roaster curator on Rua do Poço dos Negros, presenting a…
Comete Coffee Roasters
Pouring Comete Coffee Roasters
A former pharmacist couple from France built this micro-roastery and tasting room in a residential Estefania street,…
Dramático
Founded by Ricardo Galésio in 2022, this tiny Príncipe Real room pours exclusively La Cabra beans and enforces a…
Fábrica Coffee Roasters Baixa
Pouring Fábrica Coffee Roasters
Fábrica was the first specialty roaster in Lisbon. The Baixa location is a narrow tiled room with the roaster behind…
Hello, Kristof
Pouring Hello, Kristof
Hello, Kristof feels like a Copenhagen café accidentally opened in Lisbon. Magazines on the walls, light filter…
The Royal Rawness
A working roastery and cafe housed in a plant-filled historical building in Marvila, The Royal Rawness roasts its own…
A Sargento Martinho
Pouring A Sargento Martinho
One of Lisbon's original specialty micro-roasteries, operating since 2014 and supplying beans to many of the city's…
Barista Wave
Pouring Koyo Coffee Roasters
At just 18 square metres with ten seats, Barista Wave is the kind of tiny, obsessive coffee bar that changes a…
Lapso
Pouring Prolog Coffee
Owner Marcus Anjos spent years in New York and Rio before opening this monochromatic Graça bar, pouring light-roasted…
Olisipo Coffee Roasters
Pouring Olisipo
Co-founder Antony Watson cycled from the UK to Ethiopia to trace coffee's origins before launching this roastery in…
TACT
A corner cafe in Alcântara rotating top European roasters like Bonanza Berlin and Dak Amsterdam through its La…
Acento Coffee
A minimalist Saldanha cafe with orange accents that champions Portuguese micro-roasters alongside a natural wine…
Baobá Café
Pouring Baobá
Grower-roaster cafe where every bean comes from the owner's own São Paulo state farm in Brazil, roasted in-house on a…
Comoba
Pouring Comoba
Comoba mixes Australian brunch culture with Portuguese ingredients. The coffee is light, bright, and the food is the…
Gleba Príncipe Real
Lisbon's most acclaimed sourdough bakery opened a specialty coffee counter at its Príncipe Real flagship on Rua Dom…
Malabarista Café
Pouring Olisipo Coffee Roasters / Right Side Coffee
Claimed as the first specialty coffee shop in Anjos, Malabarista is run by a couple of former baristas who source…
Neighbourhood Coffee
Pouring Neighbourhood Coffee Roasters
Set on Largo da Graça steps from the miradouro viewpoints and the Feira da Ladra flea market, this all-day cafe…
The Folks Santos
The flagship Santos location of this award-winning chain serves its own Lisbon-roasted beans alongside a full brunch…
The Mill
An Australian-Portuguese cafe on Rua do Poço dos Negros that transitions from specialty espresso and avocado toast at…
Coffee in Brew
Pouring Coffee in Brew
A two-floor roastery and cafe on Rua Luciano Cordeiro near Marquês de Pombal that runs regular latte-art and brewing…
Copenhagen Coffee Lab Alfama
Tucked into the tram-28 corridor on Escolas Gerais in Alfama, this CCL outpost pairs the same Nordic roasting ethos…
Copenhagen Coffee Lab Príncipe Real
The Danish-founded CCL brought Nordic light-roasted beans to Lisbon's prettiest hilltop neighbourhood in 2015,…
How About Coffee
A spacious Alameda cafe with an outdoor patio and a well-equipped co-working zone, praised for approachable espresso…
Thank You Mama
A dog-friendly neighbourhood anchor in Anjos that brews Manhattan, Nomad, and Five Elephant beans alongside…
The Folks Sé
Steps from the Sé Cathedral in Alfama, this Folks location offers a shaded terrace beneath an old tree with in-house…
Torra Roasting and Coffee
An artisan roaster and organic-certified cafe near LX Factory, serving its own single-origins alongside a daily…
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Lisbon coffee, answered
- Where is the best specialty coffee in Lisbon?
- Remembrew lists 26 hand-picked specialty cafés in Lisbon, Portugal. Standouts include Buna Specialty Coffee, Comete Coffee Roasters, Dramático, Fábrica Coffee Roasters Baixa. The densest neighborhoods for coffee are Príncipe Real. Every café is chosen for the quality of its coffee, never for payment, so the list reflects the scene rather than who paid to appear.
- How many specialty cafés does Lisbon have?
- Remembrew tracks 26 specialty cafés in Lisbon that clear our bar for coffee quality. The count reflects the real depth of the local scene rather than a fixed quota, and we add cafés as we verify them.
- Which Lisbon neighborhoods are best for coffee?
- In Lisbon, the neighborhoods with the most hand-picked specialty cafés are Príncipe Real (5). Each has its own page on Remembrew with the full list and a map.
- Does Remembrew take payment to list a café in Lisbon?
- No. Remembrew is an independent directory and never accepts payment for a listing or for placement. Cafés appear only because they clear our specialty-coffee bar, and you can read the full criteria on our directory standards page.
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