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Best Cafés in Asia (2026)

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

174 places · Updated November 12, 2026

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25. Tapri Central

Tea house$C-Scheme (Central Park)

Jaipur's best-known modern chai house, overlooking Central Park on Prithviraj Road, with a long tea list, vegetarian snacks and a small design store upstairs.

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27. VCR Galloway

Specialty coffee and brunch cafe$$Pudu

VCR began in a 1927 house on Jalan Galloway in Pudu and remains one of Kuala Lumpur's best-loved cafes for specialty coffee, big breakfasts and cakes.

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28. Wenger’s

Historic bakery and patisserie$$Connaught Place

A Connaught Place bakery with roots in a Swiss couple's 1920s catering business, known for plum cake, shortbread, lemon tart, patties and pastries.

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29. Yardstick Coffee

Specialty coffee roaster$$Legazpi Village, Makati

A Manila specialty roaster since 2013, ranked 18th in the first World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list in 2025, with its home café in Legazpi Village.

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31. Akha Ama Coffee

Social enterprise coffee shop$Old City

Coffee company founded in 2010 by Lee Ayu Chuepa from an Akha village, buying beans directly from indigenous growers; its Old City branch is on Ratchadamnoen Road.

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32. Britannia & Co.

Parsi and Irani cafe$$Ballard Estate

A Parsi-Irani cafe in Ballard Estate since 1923, famous for its berry pulao made with barberries from Iran, salli boti, dhansak and caramel custard.

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33. Cafe Dinh

Egg coffee café$Hoan Kiem

A simple second-floor café overlooking Hoan Kiem Lake, opened by the daughter of egg coffee's inventor and known for its hot and iced egg coffee.

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34. Café Kumbuk

Healthy brunch café$$Cinnamon Gardens

A Colombo 7 café focused on fresh, locally sourced and healthy food made without refined white sugar, serving brunch, salads, cakes and specialty coffee.

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35. Cafe Zarah

Courtyard café and bar$$Gulou

A café, bar and gallery in a renovated courtyard house on Gulou East Street, serving North European breakfasts, homemade cakes, coffee and cocktails near the Drum Tower.

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38. Dimitri’s Coffee

Speciality coffee roaster$$Jabal al-Weibdeh

The Amman speciality coffee roaster founded by three brothers in 2014, with branches including Weibdeh and The Boulevard, known for single origins and pour-overs.

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39. Fika Fika Cafe

Nordic-style speciality coffee roaster$$Zhongshan

James Chen's Nordic-inspired coffee bar on Yitong Street, known for its Capulypuly house blend and drip coffee; Chen won the 2013 Nordic Roaster Competition.

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