Paris, renowned for its romantic allure, also boasts a vibrant coffee scene. From classic French cafes to modern coffee shops with a Scandinavian touch, the city offers a diverse range of options to satisfy your caffeine cravings. This guide explores some of the best coffee shops in Paris, showcasing a variety of menus, styles, and atmospheres. Whether you’re searching for expertly crafted espresso, artisanal nut butters, or homemade pastries, you’re sure to find a spot that aligns with your preferences.
Fauna
Located on rue Oberkampf, Fauna is a new addition to Paris’s coffee scene. Run by Filip and Jacob, two passionate coffee enthusiasts, this charming spot serves up flat whites, lattes made with both plant and animal milks, americanos, and matchas, alongside delicious sandwiches and their signature cinnamon rolls.
Cédric Grolet Café
Famous for his trompe-l’œil creations—sweet treats disguised as pieces of fruit—perfectly crunchy pastries, and old-school cookies, Cédric Grolet has added a new coffee shop to his ventures this winter. Located at 6 rue Danielle Casanova, just a stone’s throw from the Opera, the cafe offers seasonal specialties and hot and cold drinks, including flat whites, lattes, cappuccinos, café frappés, and more. The coffee beans are sourced from Ethiopia and Brazil, but the real stars of the show are the homemade pastries, including two new Instagram favorites: cream-filled croissant doughnuts and XXL cookie-pizzas.
Candle Kids Coffee
Situated on rue des Couronnes in the 20 arrondissement, Candle Kids Coffee opened its doors in 2023 with two brothers, Ernest and Martin, at the helm. Featuring a Marzocco espresso machine and a bright, uncluttered decor, the cafe offers coffee in all its forms, along with an in-house menu created by Ernest. Along with flat whites, cappuccinos, and lattes, there’s a cocoa infusion made with Plaq products, crispy toast topped with homemade jam, madeleines, and cinnamon rolls. The highlight of this store, however, is its library, stocked with novels, art books, and magazines to browse.
Huddle
Located on rue Notre Dame de Nazareth in the 3 arrondissement, Huddle boasts a simple decor of round wooden tables and a similarly basic coffee shop menu. Crafted with a Marzocco machine, the various coffees, lattes with plant-based milks, flat whites, matchas, and iced coffees are served alongside tempting pastries such as chocolate hazelnut cookies, pistachio cakes, and cinnamon rolls.
Buddy Buddy
Following its original location in Brussels, Buddy Buddy opened a Paris coffee shop in 2023. Just a stone’s throw from the Canal Saint Martin, Buddy Buddy has a unique focus: artisanal nut butters, made in Belgium. These creamy spreads are incorporated into drinks like the signature Buddy with peanut butter and oat milk, the Praliné Moka, and an almond butter chai.
Café Nuances
Café Nuances has a new location on rue de la Tremoille, following its rue Danielle Casanova and Saint-Germain-des-Prés cafes. Designed by architectural studio Uchronia, the takeaway shop features coffee drinks made from ethically sourced beans from Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Honduras. The menu ranges from classics like flat whites and espressos to original Nuances recipes like rose and chestnut honey lattes. Other highlights include matcha and white-chocolate cookies, banana bread, and lemon poppy seed cake.
Artesano
Just steps from the Seine, across from the Ile Saint-Louis, Artesano is a bright new coffee shop founded by Arturo Valentino. A Mexican barista, photographer, and roaster, Valentino has brought together all his passions and expertise in this charming space. You’ll find a variety of beans from Mexico and an impressive number of coffee drinks, including flat whites, lattes, espressos, Viennese-style coffees, and more. As you savor your drink, you can admire the photos hanging on the walls and the photography books on display.
Petibon
Petibon, Paris’s expert in British-style finger sandwiches, prepares both savory and sweet versions, including smoked salmon and cream cheese, pastrami with mustard, chicken with comté cheese, coco-chocolate, matcha, and a chocolate-hazelnut spread. They recently opened a new shop in the 2nd arrondissement, their third in Paris. As with the earlier locations, the new cafe was designed by the architects at Uchronia, combining a charming old-school Parisian exterior with a bright and bold interior.
Recto Verso
Near the former Carreau du Temple market in the Marais, Recto Verso opened its doors in February 2023 and quickly gained a loyal following. Bathed in light, it boasts a refined Scandinavian decor and a simple yet satisfying menu. Choose from delicious coffees, banana breads, cookies, ham sandwiches, and cheesecakes.
White
Another new Marais option, White opened in July 2022 on rue de Turenne. From 8 a.m. (9 a.m. on weekends) until 6:30 p.m., this boldly contemporary store sells a variety of beans from around the world. Equipped with a Marzocco machine, it also serves lattes, cappuccinos, flat whites, and other beverages with animal or plant milks, as well as juices and pastries. This April, a second location—as bold and futuristic as the first—opened in the 10 arrondissement, at 50 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis.
Minicafé
Right in the middle of Ile Saint-Louis, where Le Petit Grain bakery was once located, Minicafé opened its doors in February 2023 and claimed for itself the title of “smallest coffee shop in Paris.” In this tiny space, the baristas produce lattes (with animal or plant milks), allongés, and cappuccinos. Matcha, cookies, fresh fruits, and brownies are also on the menu.
Le Comptoir Général
If you’re in search of a cup of coffee after visiting some of the sites in the 19 arrondissement, head to Le Comptoir Général on rue de la Villette, a neighborhood favorite with a vaguely Scandinavian vibe. With its Marzocco Strada EP coffee machine, it offers a range of coffee drinks, as well as large chocolate and fleur au sel cookies, soft-boiled eggs, granola with yoghurt and fruit, and cinnamon rolls.
Two Doors
Located atop the hill of Montmartre, Two Doors opened in summer 2022. The staff are experts at preparing espressos, matchas, chai lattes, and mochas, as well as a delicious selection of homemade pastries. Must-try favorites include the melt-in-your-mouth Basque cheesecake, a vanilla-chocolate marble cake topped with Ferrero Rocher icing, and the black sesame cookie.
The Coffee
A new coffee shop in the northern part of the Marais, The Coffee is the brainchild of Alexandre, Carlos, and Luis Fertonani. The three brothers decided to bring Japan’s takeaway coffee culture to their own country and opened the first store in Curitiba, in southern Brazil, in 2018. It was an immediate success and there are now The Coffee franchises in eight other countries, including nine stores in Paris alone. The Marais location, on rue des Gravilliers, offers a chance to live The Coffee experience, which starts with ordering your drink on a tablet and then enjoying it while you admire the café’s cool and minimalist Japanese decor.
Le Pont Traversé
Next to the Luxembourg Gardens, a former butcher’s shop with its vintage front was recently transformed into Le Pont Traversé, a coffee shop with its own unique character and charms. Led by Frédérique Jules, Ailleurs Studio is responsible for the refined décor with clay dishes and dramatic lighting. The menu features Mediterranean dishes and gourmet pastries (cookies, doughnuts, babkas, and more). All are accompanied by lattes, chai, and other full-bodied coffee favorites.
Noir
You won’t have to go far to find a Noir coffee shop; they can be found in 10 of Paris’s arrondissements. Noir relies on eco-responsible roasted coffee and a trained army of baristas. Enjoy your drink on site, and it will be served to you in a beautiful Atelier Maen cup. The menu includes cappuccinos and lattes, including matcha ones, as well as CBD cookies and cheddar scones.
Café Kitsuné
Café Kitsuné already has locations on rue Rivoli, in the Galerie Montpensier, and on Place André Malraux; now it continues its love of full-bodied beans with the opening of its first roasting workshop in Paris, at 30 rue du Vertbois in the Marais. Led by artisan roaster Florian Decousser, visitors will discover freshly roasted beans from select farms and ground coffees with exquisite flavors. The menu includes espressos, macchiatos, americanos, dirty chais, cappuccinos, flat whites, teas, pastries, juices, and ice creams. And don’t forget to peruse Café Kitsuné’s selections of mugs, cups, and saucers too.
Residence Kann
Not every furniture brand has its own café, but the Residence Kann on rue des Vinaigriers plays that role for Kann Design. Located just a few steps from the Kann Design boutique, the coffee shop serves freshly ground coffee by Drop Coffee and a menu of breakfast comfort foods (power bowls, focaccia, boiled eggs, and more). Part of what makes the place special is that the décor changes every six months, thanks to collaborations with designers working with the brand.
Back in Black Coffee
Led by Nicolas Piégay (of KB Coffee Roasters), Back in Black Coffee is on rue Amelot in the 10 arrondissement. Behind its large windows, visitors discover a minimalist décor of light wood and rough concrete. The Marzocco Strada machine produces an array of coffee drinks paired with scrambled eggs, scones, and babka.
Terres de Café
Founder Christophe Servell, a true coffee purist, has traveled the world in search of the best possible beans for Terres de Café. At this Marais roastery, at 14 rue Rambuteau, the focus is on being organic, sustainable, and emphatically French. You can enjoy your coffee on the premises or buy roasted beans to take home. In addition to the Marais location, there are four others in Paris and one in Versailles, too.
Le Pain Quotidien
The three locations of Le Pain Quotidien are must-visit addresses in Paris for lovers of good bread. The smell of freshly baked loaves combined with the aroma of perfectly crafted coffees will draw you to the shops. There are two locations on the Right Bank, in the 10 and 11 arrondissements, and one of the Left Bank, on rue du Cherche Midi in the 6 . The menu includes full-bodied espresso and smooth oat milk chai latte; pair them with melt-in-your-mouth banana bread or tasty savory sandwiches.
Dreamin’ Man
On Rue Amelot, in the 11 arrondissement near the Marais, Dreamin’ Man is a sure bet for breakfast. Choose from homemade seasonal fruit tarts, granola, banana bread, and scones.
Le Café du Cycliste
Just north of the Seine and the Ile Saint-Louis, Le Café du Cycliste is the heart of a Paris cycling community, organizing charity rides and offering bike rentals. Equipped with an excellent coffee machine, you can order lattes with plant-based milk, iced coffees, and flat whites, as well as cookies, granola, and waffles.
Maison Fleuret
On Rue des Saints-Pères, the Maison Fleuret is a pocket-sized coffee shop where you can sip your drink surrounded by books. Visitors can enjoy scrambled eggs, pancakes, muffins, and coffee in all its forms. As both books and coffee invite contemplation, we think it’s a perfect combination.
Umami Matcha
It’s a New York coffee shop with a Japanese twist. Opened by Umami, a Japanese delicatessen, Umami Matcha celebrates both coffee and matcha in all its forms: drinks, brioche, cheesecake, cookies, and more. Best-sellers include cappuccino, latte, and frappé versions of matcha.
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