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Best Cafés in Windhoek (2026)

Windhoek has a small but good café culture, helped by a local specialty roaster. Slowtown Coffee Roasters, founded in Swakopmund in 2011, has shops in the city centre on Independence Avenue and in the main malls, and supplies beans to cafés and lodges across the country. It is the reliable choice for a flat white before a day of sightseeing or a long drive.

For something more leisurely, Olivia's Kitchen on the Am Weinberg Estate in Klein Windhoek is a bakery, deli and restaurant known for breakfasts, fresh breads and cakes, and it now serves dinner too. Fresh 'n Wild at Utopia, also in Klein Windhoek, sets its tables in a shady garden with old trees and water features, and is popular for brunch. In the centre, the café inside the Namibia Craft Centre is a calm stop for coffee and cake between rounds of craft shopping. Breakfast is usually served until late morning. Opening hours vary and some cafés keep shorter hours at weekends, so check before you go. Most have Wi-Fi and are relaxed about laptops outside the lunchtime rush.

4 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Windhoek

  1. Olivia’s Kitchen Bakery, deli and all-day restaurant, Am Weinberg Estate, Klein WindhoekBakery, deli and restaurant on the Am Weinberg Estate, known for breakfasts, fresh bread and cakes, and since 2024 Italian-inspired dinners with Namibian flavours.
  2. Slowtown Coffee Roasters Specialty coffee shop, City CentreNamibia's best-known specialty coffee brand, roasting in Swakopmund since 2011, with shops in central Windhoek and the Maerua and Grove malls.
  3. Craft Bistro at the Namibia Craft Centre Café and bistro, Old Breweries, City CentreCafé inside the Namibia Craft Centre at the Old Breweries, serving coffee, cakes and fresh light meals between rounds of craft shopping.

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1. Olivia’s Kitchen

Bakery, deli and all-day restaurant$$Am Weinberg Estate, Klein Windhoek

Bakery, deli and restaurant on the Am Weinberg Estate, known for breakfasts, fresh bread and cakes, and since 2024 Italian-inspired dinners with Namibian flavours.

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