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Best Cafés in Tanzania (2026)

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

8 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Tanzania

  1. Karambezi Café Seafront all-day café and restaurant, Msasani PeninsulaAn all-day café and restaurant on the rocks at the Sea Cliff Hotel, at the northern tip of the Msasani Peninsula, with ocean views, seafood and pastries.
  2. Zanzibar Coffee House Coffee house and roastery, Stone TownCoffee shop in a historic merchant's house, serving Tanzanian coffee roasted on site with cakes and smoothies, with a small guesthouse on the floors above.
  3. Épi d’Or Lebanese café and bakery, City CentreA Lebanese-style café and bakery on Samora Avenue in the city centre, serving breads, pastries and cakes alongside breakfasts, salads, houmous and baba ghanoush.

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1. Karambezi Café

Seafront all-day café and restaurant$$$Msasani Peninsula

An all-day café and restaurant on the rocks at the Sea Cliff Hotel, at the northern tip of the Msasani Peninsula, with ocean views, seafood and pastries.

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3. Épi d’Or

Lebanese café and bakery$$City Centre

A Lebanese-style café and bakery on Samora Avenue in the city centre, serving breads, pastries and cakes alongside breakfasts, salads, houmous and baba ghanoush.

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4. Puzzle Coffee Shop

Brazilian-run speciality coffee shop$$Shangani, Stone Town

Shangani coffee shop run by a Brazilian couple, serving specialty coffee, homemade pastries and Brazilian cheese bread, with occasional coffee workshops.

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6. Stone Town Café

All-day café and guesthouse$$Shangani, Stone Town

All-day café on Kenyatta Road serving breakfasts, local dishes and desserts, in a family-owned merchant's house with guest rooms upstairs.

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7. Jaws Corner

Traditional street coffee spot$Baghani, Stone Town

Open-air coffee spot at a Stone Town crossroads where locals sit on stone benches over tiny cups of spiced black coffee, board games and conversation.

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