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Bucharest · specialty coffee
193 places where Bucharest drinks specialty coffee
From Origo, the 2013 pioneer on Lipscani, to roasteries run by world champions — Bucharest has reached one specialty café per 52,000 people, denser than Berlin or Copenhagen. Below are all 193 verified places, with addresses, areas and sources.
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- Sept 2026
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Directory: all 193 places
Grouped by area, with verified address and verification sources for each. The “Map” link jumps to its dot on the map.
Centre (64)
Artichoke Social House
Calea Victoriei 45, București
arzu
Str. Romulus 85, București
Atipic Coffee Shop
Str. Constantin Daniel 25, București
Bandit Specialty Coffee
Str. George Vraca 7, București
Beans & Dots — Brezoianu
Str. Ion Brezoianu 23-25, București
Black Habit
Calea Griviței 77, București
Boiler x Guido
Calea Victoriei 143, București
boteca13
Str. Boteanu 3, București
C22 Cafeteria
Str. Ion Câmpineanu 22, București
Camera din Față
Str. D. I. Mendeleev 22, București
Citrick Coffee Shop
Str. Batiștei 17, București
Coffee Store
Calea Victoriei 85, București
Coffee & Travel
Str. Lipscani 52, București
Cool Drip Cafe
Str. Colței 4, București
Emozia Coffee Manifesto
Str. Halelor 17, București
First Coffee
Str. Băniei 5, București
Guido — Roastery & Coffee School
RoasteryStr. Mihai Eminescu 182, București
Ivy Bucharest
Bd. Carol I 23, București
M60
Str. D. I. Mendeleev 2, București
Meron — Cișmigiu
Bd. Regina Elisabeta 40, București
Mugshot
Str. Aurel Vlaicu 20, București
Origo
RoasteryStr. Lipscani 9, București
ORYGYNS — Michelet
Str. Jules Michelet 12, București
OTOTO Store — Amzei
Str. D. I. Mendeleev 5, București
Pebble Bucharest
Str. D. I. Mendeleev 10, București
Perfect Simplu — Cișmigiu
Str. Sfântul Constantin 9, București
Prăjitoria Buimac
RoasteryStr. Icoanei 23, București
Replace. — Armenească
Str. Armenească 23, București
Saola
Calea Plevnei 7, București
Sfinx Espresso Bar
Str. Slănic 2, București
Sloane Coffee Shop
Calea Victoriei 87, București
Sloane Specialty Coffee
Calea Victoriei 31, București
T-Zero (Noi2.zero)
Str. Dianei 1, București
Uzina Coffee
Piața Amzei 5, București
Black Coffee Amzei
Str. General Christian Tell 1-3, București
Contego — The Coffee Factory
RoasteryBd. Regina Elisabeta 54, București
Fluid Specialty Coffee
Str. Mihai Eminescu 132, București
F190 Coffee Store
Str. Mihai Eminescu 36, București
Handsome Monk Coffee
RoasteryCalea Victoriei 21-23, București
Alt Coffee
Bd. Regina Elisabeta 26, București
Narcoffee Roasters — Magheru
Str. Anastasie Simu 6, București
VanFruct
Str. Ion Câmpineanu 21, București
Steam — Visarion
Str. Visarion 2, București
Perfect Simplu — Izvor
Splaiul Independenței 17, București
Ever After
Str. D. I. Mendeleev 5, București
Sheida Coffee & Stories
Str. Ion Câmpineanu 23, București
Temple of Brewzeus
Str. Domnița Anastasia 4, București
Mingle — Vintage & Coffee Shop
Str. General Eremia Grigorescu 5, București
Milu Café
Str. Nicolae Filipescu 52, București
Butter — Dorobanți
Calea Dorobanți 32, București
BOB Verona
Str. Pictor Arthur Verona 13-15, București
BOB la Modul
Str. Academiei 18-20 (Cărturești Modul), București
BOB George Coffee Bar
Str. Lipscani 20 (Palatul Dacia-România), București
Coffee Station Colțea
Str. Colței 3, București
Beans & Dots — Mântuleasa
Str. Mântuleasa 22, București
Tutto Passa Specialty Coffee
Str. Transilvaniei 11, București
Cafeneaua Papu
Str. Batiștei 23, București
Rasnit Specialty Coffee Shop
Str. Mihai Eminescu 32, București
COSH Artisanal Coffee
Str. George Enescu 42, București
Cofftails — Universitate
Bd. Regina Elisabeta 3, București
Cofftails — Calea Victoriei
Calea Victoriei 112, București
Mélange Café
Str. Oltarului 3, București
Buimac — Victoriei
Calea Victoriei 25, București
North (70)
Adesso Specialty Coffee
Str. Barbu Delavrancea 1, București
Beans & Dots — Primăverii
Bd. Primăverii 15, București
BOB Coffee Lab
RoasteryPiața Charles de Gaulle 3, București
C-O FI Factory
Str. Puțul lui Zamfir 60-62, București
Caf'tory
Str. Pictor G. D. Mirea 16, București
Coffee Map Roastery
RoasteryStr. Lt. Aviator Radu Beller 26, București
Custom Specialty Coffee
Str. Clucerului 47, București
Dose Cafe
Calea Dorobanți 56, București
Frudisiac
Intrarea Bitolia 4, București
Garage Cafe
Str. Barbu Delavrancea 7, București
KUMO Specialty Coffee
Str. Aviator Jean Texier 1, București
MABÓ ONE
Str. Petru Rareș 12, București
Mad Goat
Str. Alexandru Constantinescu 41, București
Manufaktura — Promenada
Calea Floreasca 246B, București
Steam — Charles de Gaulle
Piața Charles de Gaulle 13, București
Onest Coffee
Calea Dorobanți 220-222, București
Origo — Dorobanți
Calea Dorobanți 186, București
ORYGYNS — Aviației
Str. Aviației 2, București
OTOTO — Victoriei
Calea Victoriei 153, București
OTOTO Store — Dorobanți
Calea Dorobanți 239, București
Out Of Office Coffee Shop
Bd. Dimitrie Pompeiu, București *
Saint Roastery
RoasteryStr. Maltopol 26 bis, București
Shopron Gelato and Coffee
Str. Barbu Delavrancea 5, București
The Bus Specialty Coffee
Str. Ermil Pangrati 10, București
Two Minutes
RoasteryStr. Constantin Aricescu 50A, București
Utopia Coffee Bar — Primăverii
Bd. Primăverii 32, București
Utopia Coffee Bar — Beller
Str. Radu Beller 29, București
Utopia Coffee Bar — Gliei
Intr. Gliei 18, București
Work's Coffee Shop
Str. Ioan Cantacuzino 7, București
Soprano's Specialty Coffee
Str. Clucerului 19, București
13 — Cafenea cu Poezie
Str. Grigore Manolescu 2, București
Saint Roastery — Băneasa
Șos. București-Ploiești 42D, Băneasa SC, București
Artisan Coffee Place
RoasteryStr. Constantin Dobrogeanu Gherea 123, București
Steam — Uruguay
Str. Uruguay 22, București
Boabe și Struguri
Șos. Pipera 3, București
AM PM Specialty Coffee București
Str. Paris 7A, București
Coffeece Coffee Shop
Str. Cpt. Gheorghe Bulugea 6, București
Nakupenda Coffee House
Str. Ion Berindei 55, București
Zissou Obor
Str. Ziduri Moși 4 (Piața Obor), București
El Padre Coffee Shop & Roastery
RoasteryStr. Aviator Popișteanu 57, București
Cafetăria Miciurin
Bd. Ion Mihalache 111, București
Boiler @ Bazilescu
Str. Bârlogeni 58, București
Boiler @ The SQUARE
Str. Gara Herăstrău 6 (Globalworth Square), București
Boiler @ The CUBE
Bd. Iancu de Hunedoara 56-60, București
Tiny Cup Specialty Coffee
Str. Geoagiu 6, București
Momentum Coffee x Gellini Gelato
Bd. Ion Mihalache 109, București
BASE Coffee Shop
Bd. Ion Mihalache 54B, București
Butter — Domenii
Str. Alexandru Constantinescu 43, București
Gluten Glory
Str. Copilului 20A, București
BOB X BVB
Șos. Nicolae Titulescu 4-8 (America House), București
BeoCafe - Specialty Coffee
Str. Nicolae G. Caramfil 74B (ONE Herăstrău Towers, parter), București *
Sapiens Coffee Shop — Nordului
Str. Aron Cotruș 20, București
Sapiens Coffee Shop — Băneasa
Șos. București-Ploiești 42D (Băneasa SC), București
BOB Pop-Up Băneasa
Șos. București-Ploiești 42D (Băneasa SC), București
BOB Promenada
Calea Floreasca 246B (Promenada), București
BOB GIGI Obor
Str. Ziduri Moși 4 (Piața Obor), București
WHOA! by Nuria Specialty Coffee
RoasteryBd. Mareșal Alexandru Averescu 26-28, București
Kafre Coffee Shop
Bd. Bucureștii Noi 60, București
The Makers Coffee Shop — Băneasa
Bd. Ficusului 21-23, București
Boiler @ The STUDIO
Bd. Primăverii 41, București
232 Specialty Coffee Shop
Calea Dorobanți 230, București
SNOO Coffee Space
Str. Clucereasa Elena 89, București
Marthu'co — Mihalache
Bd. Ion Mihalache 172, București
Mezin Specialty Coffee
Intrarea Aviator Teodor Iliescu 2, București
Loom68 Coffeeshop Aviatorilor
Bd. Aviatorilor 25-27, București
Siphon Coffee Shop
Str. Polonă 90, București
Dolce Nera Coffee & More
Bd. Ion Mihalache 125, București
Ground Floor Cafe
Str. Gara Herăstrău 4B, București
S'PRESSI
Calea Victoriei 222, București
Mitzu
Bd. Ion Mihalache 25C, București
West (31)
Coffee District
Calea Plevnei 84, București
Dropshot — Roastery & Training Lab
RoasteryBd. Iuliu Maniu 7, Corp D, București
Încotro Speciality Coffee
Str. Ana Davila 2, București
NINE BAR Coffee Shop
Bd. Eroilor 24, București
RePlace — Cotroceni
Str. Nicolae Paulescu 61, București
Sloane — Roastery
RoasterySplaiul Independenței 287, București
Throwback Coffee & Stories
Str. Dr. Petre Herescu 26, București
Urban Vibe Roastery
RoasteryStr. Valea Oltului 131-137, București
Zissou Coffee Shop
Str. Dr. Joseph Lister 1, București
Saint Roastery — Botanica
Calea Plevnei 159, Business Garden, București
Level UP — Iuliu Maniu
Bd. Iuliu Maniu 12, București
Narcoffee — AFI Cotroceni
Bd. General Vasile Milea 4, AFI, București
Amazoniq
Drumul Taberei 96, București
KAIF Speciality Coffee
Drumul Taberei 138, București
Mates Coffee House
RoasteryStr. Mihail Sebastian 37C, București
Cafetăria Sebastian
Str. Mihail Sebastian 18, București
Cafetăria Palat CFR
Bd. Dinicu Golescu 38 (Palatul CFR), București
Cafetăria Lujerului
Bd. Iuliu Maniu 16, București
Kopp Specialty Coffee
Str. Dr. Joseph Lister 12, București
Kohi — Panduri
Șos. Panduri 31, București
Sahar Coffee & Social Space
Str. Dr. Joseph Lister 19, București
Wanda Coffee & Joy
Str. Dr. Panait Iatropol 29, București
BOB The Bridge
Șos. Orhideelor 15 (The Bridge, Clădirea A, parter), București
Throwback II Food and Stories
Str. Dr. Panait Iatropol 4, București
NOI Coffee Bar — One Cotroceni
Str. Sergent Nuțu Ion 44 (One Cotroceni), București
Incognito Coffee Roasters
RoasteryStr. Institutul Medico-Militar 22, București
Orgolio Specialty Coffee
Str. Dr. Carol Davila 98, București *
Marthu'co — Drumul Taberei
Drumul Taberei 93A, București
Garage Cafe Parcul Liniei
Str. Sergent Cutieru Alexandru 25, București *
Zării Specialty Coffee
Str. Zării 14, București
Diferit Coffee & Brew
Bd. Iuliu Maniu 55, București
East (17)
Boiler Coffee Shop
Str. Inginer Slăniceanu Nicolae 1, București
Coftale
Str. Ștefan Mihăileanu 42, București
Kohi — Grigorescu
Bd. Nicolae Grigorescu 34D, București *
MABÓ — Roastery & Coffee Shop
RoasteryStr. Vulturilor 31, București
ORYGYNS — Decebal
Bd. Decebal 7, București
Perfect Simplu — Timpuri Noi
Splaiul Unirii 160, București
God's Coffee — Cafea de Specialitate
Șos. Iancului 128, București
MABÓ — Bakery & Coffee Shop
Bd. Metalurgiei 61C, București
NOMONYM Coffee Roastery
RoasteryStr. Ilarie Chendi 1, București
RUAH Specialty Coffee
Str. Traian 248, București
Rewind - Record Café-Bar
Șos. Iancului 60, București
Cafetăria Berceni
Șos. Berceni 47, București
Fauna Coffee Shop
Calea Călărașilor 116-122, București
NOI Coffee Bar — Orzari
Str. Orzari 5, București
Four Friends Coffee Shop
Bd. Unirii 68, București
Cocon Specialty Coffee — Pallady
Drumul Gura Putnei 117-119, București *
Nori și Cafea
Str. Traian 202, București
South (11)
AM. Social Space
Str. Constantin Bosianu 21, București
Baristro
Str. General Candiano Popescu 1, București
DRIP Coffee Shop
Str. 11 Iunie 35, București
Erbario Coffee
Str. General Nicolae Haralambie 30, București
Human Coffee
Str. Elena Cuza 8, București
miss Ale — Espresso Bar
Calea Șerban Vodă 34, București
TETO
Calea Șerban Vodă 180A, București
Specialty Coffee Shop — Văcărești 201
Calea Văcărești 201, București
Grain Trip Bakery
Str. Nerva Traian 16, București
Cafetăria Timpuri Noi
Calea Văcărești 201, București
NOI Coffee Bar — Carol
Calea Șerban Vodă 180A, București
How Bucharest became a coffee capital
In thirteen years the city went from its first specialty café to one of the densest scenes in the world. The milestones, briefly:
- 2013
Origo opens at Lipscani 9. Mihai Panfil says he wanted a name meaning “the start of the coffee industry here” — origo, Latin for “origin”. The house still roasts for part of the city.
- 2015
Contego opens The Coffee Factory at Regina Elisabeta 54, roasting by hand on site. The same year the 5 to Go chain is born — also in Bucharest, now Eastern Europe's largest, but outside this map's criteria.
- 2016
Alexandru Niculae, co-founder of BOB Coffee Lab, becomes World Coffee Roasting Champion. His partner Paul Ungureanu had taken world bronze in Coffee in Good Spirits a year earlier.
- 2017
European Coffee Trip films ten Bucharest cafés: Steam, Two Minutes, Frudisiac, Bloom, Orygyns, M60, Origo, Guido and T-Zero — the first filmed proof the scene exists.
- 2019
Simona and Ionuț Croitoru open Saint Roastery near Piața Victoriei; by 2025 the brand reaches three locations and about two million euros in turnover.
- 2023
Project Café Europe measures 29% growth in a single year for Romania's branded coffee market.
- 2025
Narativ becomes Romania's national winner at the Global Coffee Awards, Europe edition. Saint opens at Băneasa Shopping City and in Business Garden the same year.
- 2026
Perfect Daily Grind reports Bucharest has one café per 52,000 people, ahead of Berlin (one per 67,000) and Copenhagen (one per 72,000). This map lists 193 verified places, and the global ranking The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops puts BOB Coffee Lab at world No. 55.
Origo on Str Lipscani started the third-wave coffee revolution, and in Piața Charles de Gaulle two key players — BOB Coffee Lab and Steam — revitalised a beautiful corner by Herăstrău Park.
— Lonely Planet, Bucharest guide
There are more specialty coffee shops here per capita than anywhere else in Europe, and possibly the world. It almost seems harder to find a café serving conventional coffee than one serving specialty beans.
— Sam Brown, Kava, after a month in Bucharest
The last years in Romania have been electric in developing the specialty coffee market — the contribution of passionate people who created beautiful communities around their shops.
— Ionuț Bindilă, Two Minutes co-founder, for Perfect Daily Grind (2018)
The 19 roasteries
Places where the coffee is roasted in Bucharest and drunk on the spot. Meron roasts in Cluj-Napoca, and so does Narcoffee — which is why they are in the directory but not here.
BOB Coffee Lab
Piața Charles de Gaulle 3, București
Alexandru Niculae, 2016 World Roasting Champion.
Coffee Map Roastery
Str. Lt. Aviator Radu Beller 26, București
A roastery in the Aviației area.
Dropshot — Roastery & Training Lab
Bd. Iuliu Maniu 7, Corp D, București
Roastery with a barista training lab.
Guido — Roastery & Coffee School
Str. Mihai Eminescu 182, București
Roastery, coffee school and shop in one place.
MABÓ — Roastery & Coffee Shop
Str. Vulturilor 31, București
Bogdan Georgescu, world vice-champion; a TOP3 European roastery.
Origo
Str. Lipscani 9, București
The 2013 pioneer; roasts for part of the city.
Prăjitoria Buimac
Str. Icoanei 23, București
A neighbourhood roastery by Grădina Icoanei.
Saint Roastery
Str. Maltopol 26 bis, București
Founded in 2019; three locations by 2025.
Sloane — Roastery
Splaiul Independenței 287, București
The roastery behind Sloane's Victoriei cafés.
Two Minutes
Str. Constantin Aricescu 50A, București
Neighbourhood café and roastery; sustainably sourced beans.
Urban Vibe Roastery
Str. Valea Oltului 131-137, București
A roastery in the west of the city.
Contego — The Coffee Factory
Bd. Regina Elisabeta 54, București
Roasting by hand since 2015 on Regina Elisabeta Boulevard.
Handsome Monk Coffee
Calea Victoriei 21-23, București
Roastery with a café on Calea Victoriei.
Artisan Coffee Place
Str. Constantin Dobrogeanu Gherea 123, București
Roastery with an equipment showroom.
NOMONYM Coffee Roastery
Str. Ilarie Chendi 1, București
Andrei Szabo, 10+ years of experience; featured at True Artisan Café (La Marzocco).
El Padre Coffee Shop & Roastery
Str. Aviator Popișteanu 57, București
Roastery with café near 1 Mai; origin beans (Ethiopia, Colombia, Tanzania, Mexico).
Mates Coffee House
Str. Mihail Sebastian 37C, București
Micro-roastery with café on Mihail Sebastian; 100% specialty grade.
Incognito Coffee Roasters
Str. Institutul Medico-Militar 22, București
Roastery with a café across two floors; small-lot single origins.
WHOA! by Nuria Specialty Coffee
Bd. Mareșal Alexandru Averescu 26-28, București
Roastery with a café on Averescu; single origins and house blend.
Method and limits
A place is on the map if it is independent, serves specialty coffee from independent roasters, has a public venue in Bucharest and had its address verified in September 2026 from at least one specialty or aggregator source.
Verification started from 87 places curated by the Kava app, plus the GoSpecialtyCoffee directory, Beany guides, European Coffee Trip, the specialist press (Perfect Daily Grind, Barista Magazine) and the general press (Lonely Planet, The Diplomat), plus the Tripadvisor, Wanderlog, Top-Rated.online and Sluurpy aggregators. Each card shows its verification sources.
Coordinates come from OpenStreetMap (Nominatim); six dots — Kohi Grigorescu, BeoCafe, Out Of Office, Orgolio, Garage Parcul Liniei and Cocon Pallady — are positioned at street level because their exact position is not public or not on the map.
Deliberately absent: commercial chains (Starbucks, 5 to Go, Ted's, Tucano, Ganesha), permanently closed venues (Creamier, Labirint, Strong, Beans & Dots Aviatei, the second T-Zero on Buzești, SONDER, Urban Hub, UrBarn, Cascara, Level UP Mihalache), places outside Bucharest (Charlie's in Sibiu, CH9 in Brașov, Olivo in Cluj, Pausa in Popești-Leordeni), bars and bistros with no specialty profile, and the Cărturești Verona garden, the Serendipity tea house and the Seneca anticafé, which are not specialty cafés.
Questions
How many specialty cafés does Bucharest have?
This map lists 193 places verified in September 2026, including 19 roasteries. Perfect Daily Grind reports one café per 52,000 people — denser than Berlin (one per 67,000) or Copenhagen (one per 72,000).
What does “specialty coffee” mean?
Coffee from high-grade, traceable beans, roasted by independent roasteries and brewed by methods that show off its profile — espresso, V60, Aeropress, batch brew. The practical test here: an independent place, beans from independent roasters, confirmed by specialty sources.
Where do I start as a visitor?
In the centre: Origo at Lipscani 9 (the 2013 pioneer), First Coffee at Băniei 5 (European guest roasters), Saint Roastery on Maltopol, MABÓ ONE on Petru Rareș and Beans & Dots on Brezoianu are all within walking distance of each other.
Where is coffee roasted in Bucharest?
In 19 places with a café on site, from Guido (Eminescu 182) and Sloane (Splaiul Independenței 287) to Dropshot (Iuliu Maniu 7) and Urban Vibe (Valea Oltului). All of them, with addresses, are in the Roasteries section.
Why are Starbucks, 5 to Go or Tucano missing?
Because they are commercial volume-coffee chains, not independent cafés with specialty beans from independent roasters. The criterion is stated as such in the Method section, so the map stays comparable with international specialty guides.
How current is the map?
Addresses were verified in September 2026, and each card shows its sources. Cafés open and close fast — Bloom became Bandit, while Creamier, Strong and Cascara closed — so check opening hours before you set out.
Sources
The publications and directories used for verification. Links go to the cited guides, not to each site's homepage.
- Kava — Bucharest Specialty Coffee Guide + Top 10
- Beany — Find Specialty Coffee
- GoSpecialtyCoffee — București
- Perfect Daily Grind — Why Romania's specialty coffee market is growing so fast
- Perfect Daily Grind — How Romania's coffee industry is introducing people to specialty
- Barista Magazine — 5 Impressive Coffee Shops to Visit in Romania
- European Coffee Trip — Bucharest Coffee Guide (video)
- Global Coffee Awards — Europe 2025 Winners
- The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops — Top 100 (BOB No. 55)
- Lonely Planet — Bucharest
- The Bucharest Pass — 15 Best Coffee Shops
- AM Journeys — Bucharest Coffee Shops Guide
- MABÓ Coffee Roasters
- Guido Coffee
- Dropshot Coffee
- The Diplomat — Saint Roastery Botanica
- Fresh Cup — Cafe Crawl: Coffee in Bucharest
- Dracula's Guide — The best coffee in Romania is in Bucharest
- feeder.ro — Bucharest Coffee shops & Tea rooms 2019
- Flying Scots Girl — 10 places to eat & drink in Bucharest
- Mingle — Vintage & Coffee Shop
- El Padre — Coffee Shop & Roastery
- Mates Coffee House
- Cafetăria — cafenele în București
- Butter Coffee
- Gluten Glory
- BeanPassport — Bucharest specialty coffee
- Incognito Coffee — Specialty Coffee Roasters & Café
- WHOA! Coffee Studio
- BOB Coffee Lab — locations
- TYPICA — Bob George Coffee Bar
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim — geocoding
- Prăjitoria Buimac — Cafenea Victoriei
Aggregators consulted for addresses, status and hours: Tripadvisor, Wanderlog, Top-Rated.online, Sluurpy, Restaurant Guru, Moovit, Pluria. Reader reports, with the address verified on the map.