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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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61. Astoria Cafe

Historic Russian-style bakery and cafe$$Zhongzheng

Founded in 1949 by Russian emigres and a Taiwanese partner, Astoria is a historic bakery and cafe that became a meeting place for Taipei's writers.

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62. Cafe Lam

Historic coffee house$Old Quarter

A Hanoi coffee house dating from the early 1950s, where the owner once swapped coffee for paintings by struggling artists, whose works still line the walls.

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65. Clear Café

Healthy café and juice bar$$Padangtegal

A barefoot, incense-scented café on Jalan Hanoman serving mostly vegetarian, vegan and raw dishes, nut-milk shakes and elixirs from breakfast until late.

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66. Comptoir 102

Healthy café and concept store$$Jumeirah 1

A healthy café combined with a lifestyle concept store and organic grocery in a Jumeirah villa, popular for unhurried breakfasts and light lunches.

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67. Dukanah Cafe

Omani café and breakfast$$Al Ghubrah South

A café in Al Ghubrah South styled like an old Omani mud house, best known for traditional Omani breakfasts served in clay pots.

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68. Eng Bee Tin

Chinese-Filipino bakery$Binondo

A Binondo bakery founded on Ongpin Street in 1912, famous for its ube hopia and a long line of Chinese pastries, tikoy and mooncakes.

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70. Fuglen Tokyo

Norwegian coffee bar$$Tomigaya

The Tokyo outpost of Oslo's Fuglen, opened in Tomigaya in 2012, serving its own roastery's light Nordic-style coffee near Yoyogi Park.

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71. Graph Cafe

Speciality coffee bar$$Old City

Small Old City coffee bar from Graph, a Chiang Mai coffee brand founded in 2009, serving single-origin filter coffee and inventive signature drinks.

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74. Kope Hya Tai Kee

Traditional Thai-Chinese coffee shop$Phra Nakhon

A Thai-Chinese coffee shop founded in 1952 near the Giant Swing, serving old-style iced coffee, kaya toast and egg breakfasts in a vintage setting.

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75. Merwan & Co.

Irani cafe and bakery$Grant Road

An Irani cafe and bakery opposite Grant Road station since 1914, famous for mawa cakes, butter buns and Irani chai that often sell out by mid-morning.

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76. Mia Coffee

Third-wave coffee$Ancient Town

A small specialty coffee shop on Phan Boi Chau Street where owner Le Quang Huy roasts Dalat Yellow Bourbon Arabica daily for his own house blend.

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79. Okkio Caffe

Specialty coffee$$District 1 (Ben Thanh)

A well-designed specialty coffee café near Ben Thanh Market, set in an older building with large colonial-era windows and a small food menu.

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80. Rumi Cafe

Neighbourhood café$$Jabal al-Weibdeh

A bright corner café in the heart of Jabal al-Weibdeh, with big windows, a busy terrace and a following among artists, students and locals.

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