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Best Cafés in Ethiopia (2026)

Coffee shops, bakeries, tea rooms and dessert spots for breakfast, a light lunch or a break between sights.

5 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Ethiopia

  1. Tomoca Historic coffee house and roaster, PiazzaAddis Ababa's best-known coffee house, roasting its own beans, with the original standing bar on Wavel Street in Piazza and several newer branches.
  2. Galani Coffee Speciality coffee house and gallery, JackrossSpacious speciality coffee house in Jackross with an upstairs art gallery and craft shop, all-day breakfast and cascara tea, plus four other branches.
  3. Aster Bunna Coffee roaster and cafe, KirkosCosy roaster-cafe opened in 1998 by Aster Mengesha, serving macchiato and spris and selling Ethiopian single-origin beans roasted on site.

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1. Tomoca

Historic coffee house and roaster$Piazza

Addis Ababa's best-known coffee house, roasting its own beans, with the original standing bar on Wavel Street in Piazza and several newer branches.

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2. Galani Coffee

Speciality coffee house and gallery$$Jackross

Spacious speciality coffee house in Jackross with an upstairs art gallery and craft shop, all-day breakfast and cascara tea, plus four other branches.

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3. Aster Bunna

Coffee roaster and cafe$Kirkos

Cosy roaster-cafe opened in 1998 by Aster Mengesha, serving macchiato and spris and selling Ethiopian single-origin beans roasted on site.

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4. CaffeOl Coffee

Woman-owned speciality cafe$$Kera

Woman-owned speciality cafe in Kera with an all-women barista team, known for careful design, vegan pastries and Ethiopian beans sold abroad.

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5. Moyee Coffee

Coffee roaster and cafe chain$$Bole

Ethiopian-born coffee company with four Addis Ababa cafes, best known for its Bole Medhanialem branch and its tsom macchiato made without milk.

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