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Best Cafés in Mexico (2026)

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

12 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Mexico

  1. Churrería El Moro (Eje Central) Churros and hot chocolate, Centro HistóricoThe original El Moro churrería on Eje Central, frying churros to a 1935 recipe brought from Spain and serving them with hot chocolate made from Tabasco cacao.
  2. La Casa de las Mayoras Vegetarian breakfast café, Donceles 28A homely vegetarian Mexican restaurant in Donceles 28, listed in the 2026 Michelin Guide, best known for breakfasts with handmade tortillas.
  3. Café Nader Mexican café and bakery, Downtown (Centro)A downtown café and bakery on Avenida Nader where sweet bread comes out of the oven every half hour, serving Mexican breakfasts, lunches and dinners.

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3. Café Nader

Mexican café and bakery$$Downtown (Centro)

A downtown café and bakery on Avenida Nader where sweet bread comes out of the oven every half hour, serving Mexican breakfasts, lunches and dinners.

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5. Café con Gracia

Coffee house and roaster$Downtown (Centro)

A family-run downtown coffee house in a converted home near Mercado 28, roasting Chiapas arabica every week and serving frappés, paninis and homemade bread.

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6. Café La Habana

Historic coffee house$$Juárez

An old-school coffee house on Avenida Morelos, open since the early 1950s, linked by legend with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara and known for coffee roasted on site.

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7. Pastelería Ideal

Traditional bakery and cake shop$Centro Histórico

A huge traditional bakery on 16 de Septiembre, founded in 1927, selling conchas and pan dulce downstairs and showing hundreds of display cakes in its upstairs Museo del Pastel.

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8. Rooster

Café and bakery$$Downtown (Centro)

A small downtown chain of cafés with an in-house bakery, popular for breakfast and brunch, from chilaquiles to eggs Benedict with smoked salmon.

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9. BUNA Roma

Specialty coffee$$Roma Norte

The Roma Norte café of BUNA, a Mexican coffee company working directly with farmers, serving its own coffee and selling chocolate, honey and beans to take away.

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