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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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122. Cafe Madras

South Indian breakfast cafe$Matunga

A busy Matunga cafe serving South Indian breakfasts and lunches, from fluffy idli with sambar to benne pessarettu dosa and pineapple sheera.

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123. Cafe Pho Co

Rooftop café with lake views$Old Quarter

A café hidden behind a shop on Hang Gai Street, reached through a courtyard and an old house, with a rooftop terrace overlooking Hoan Kiem Lake.

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128. Forest Bake

Bakery and garden café$$Wat Ket

Long-standing bakery in a jungle-like garden in the Wat Ket area, making naturally leavened sourdough, cakes and tarts without preservatives.

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130. Kar.ma Coffee

Ethical coffee shop$Lalitpur

An ethically run Lalitpur coffee company that brews single-origin Nepali Arabica from village farmers and turns its coffee waste into useful products.

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135. Mido Cafe

Vintage cha chaan teng$Yau Ma Tei

A vintage cha chaan teng on the corner of Temple Street and Public Square Street, open since 1950, with original wooden booths, wall tiles and stained glass windows.

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137. Pages Cafe

All-day café$$Wat Bo

A relaxed all-day café in a refurbished 1960s building in the Wat Bo area, part of the Pages Rooms complex, with breakfasts, tapas and wine.

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138. Pasha Café

Omani breakfast and Turkish coffee café$$Al Khuwair

A daytime café on the sky bridge between Grand Millennium Muscat and Muscat Grand Mall, serving Omani breakfast, gözleme and Turkish coffee.

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