Here’s Where To Find The Best Cafes In Toronto
In need of a caffeine pick-me-up? Lucky for you, Toronto is a great place for excellent coffees and stunning cafes. Here, you can find hundreds of places to enjoy good coffee. No. GREAT coffee! The selection of Toronto coffee shops are infinite and while most of them are cute and quaint, some of them are absolutely breathtaking!
These Toronto coffee destinations are the most beautiful and Instagrammable cafes in the city. So whether it’s the breathtaking authentic architecture, unpretentious decor or unique minimalism, you’ll find it at these top coffee spots in Toronto! If you dream of sipping on a local Toronto roaster during Saturday morning, then get going and add these best Toronto cafes to your list!
1. Milky’s & Milky’s Cloud Room
Milky’s, where beautifully crafted drinks meet impeccable design at 760 Dundas St W. Their second location, a shipping container in downtown Toronto’s Stackt Market, also embraces slow coffee and true minimalism. With dynamically changing lights and brew bar for handmade coffees and teas Milky’s Cloud Room feels like you’re walking on cloud 9.
📍 28 Bathurst St #1107, Toronto
📍 760 Dundas St W, Toronto
2. De Mello Coffee
De Mello Coffee, a hidden minimalist coffee shop located in The Well and also along Yonge, is the perfect place for a relaxing afternoon. Their gorgeous interior paves the way for stunning photogenic coffees and tasty baked goods made fresh every morning!
📍 8 Spadina Ave, Toronto
📍 2389 Yonge Street, Toronto
3. Balzac’s
Balzac’s has always been a sanctuary of local flavours that has connected Canadians through fresh roasted coffee for over 25 years. It’s the perfect place to chat over a good cup of coffee and admire their jaw dropping interior!
📍Balzac’s Powerhouse, 29 Powerhouse St, Toronto
📍Balzac’s Distillery District, 1 Trinity St, Toronto
📍Balzac’s Liberty Village, 43 Hanna Ave #123, Toronto
4. Sonndr Cafe
What looks like a dreamy retro apartment space is actually the wholesome Sonndr Cafe. Their large space packs a design punch, has great coffee and great vibes!
5. Dineen Coffee Co.
Need a cute cafe in Paris, but don’t want to leave Toronto? Dineen’s locations are charming, elegant, chic and luckily, found across Toronto. With pretty tiled floors and stunning bistro tables, their coffee shops are sure to take you across the globe through their yummy cups of coffee!
📍Dineen Outpost, 1042 Gerrard St E, Toronto
📍140 Yonge St, Toronto
6. FIKA Cafe
Fika, Swedish for “to go out for coffee” or to take a “coffee break,” is standard practice in Sweden. Hence Fika Café being once of the coziest places in Toronto for you to come and enjoy an exceptional coffee, tea and house-made pastry. I mean we should all have more fika breaks, right?
7. Cong Cafe
Aesthetically pleasing interiors meet sultry coffees and perfect lighting at Cong Cafe. Who wouldn’t want to sip on the best coconut coffee in Toronto while admiring the vintage Vietnamese inspired design? A signature for the caffeine addicts in Toronto, you must check this spot off your cafe bucket-list!
8. Oretta Caffe
Everyone loves a cute and cozy cafe, but Oretta Caffe’s design goes that extra mile. Trust me, this is a spot you’ll never want to leave! This chic Italian coffee shop will give you all the design goals!
9. Reunion Coffee Roasters
Aside from being the most effortlessly cool place to relax in Roncesvalles, Reunion Coffee Roasters really knows how to whip up a delicious cup of coffee! Soak in all the hipster vibes available while sipping your oat milk latte.
📍385 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto
10. District 3
One of the cutest little cafes in Toronto, District 3 is the authentic Vietnamese cafe by day, street bar by night place you need in your life! Take a seat with a delicious coffee in hand, close your eyes and dream of warm days on the streets of Saigon.
11. COPS Coffee & Doughnuts
COPS Coffee & Doughnuts specializes in two things, filter coffee and damn tasty mini doughnuts. Always made fresh to order, from scratch COPS was born out of the stereotype that, well, Cops love their coffee and doughnuts. These tiny pillows of joy are the perfect companion to your delicious cup of coffee. They may not have seats inside but their pink exterior and benches are the perfect way to soak up those warm sunny days.
📍445 Adelaide St W, Rear entrance enter on, Morrison St, Toronto
12. Little Pebbles
This tiny, unassuming café offers up yummy coffees, teas and house-made Japanese desserts! Little Pebbles’s coffees are made from De Mello Palheta’s locally roasted coffee beans and their matcha is ceremonial-grade from Uji, Kyoto! All of their croissants and desserts are baked in-house with natural, high quality French and Japanese ingredients! Yum!
13. Neo Coffee Bar
Are you in need of a modern Japanese bakery and cafe? Because I sure am! Neo Coffee Bar is the perfect spot to sit back and catch up on that much needed caffeine fix. Their tastefully designed aesthetic will let you find respite from the city buzz!
📍161 Frederick St Unit 100, Toronto
📍770 Bay St. Unit 3, Toronto
14. The Black Pony Cafe
Black Pony Cafe is your local hangout brimming with cafe-goers looking for great coffee, delicious pastries and old school vibes. One of the coolest spots to grab a coffee in town, Black Pony Cafe comes complete with stained glass windows and muraled exposed brick!
15. Field Trip Cafe
This quaint café is the very definition of a hidden gem coffee shop. It’s the best place to pick up an espresso and an in-house baked treat! People-watch from the outdoor tables or marvel at their multitude of multiple plants as you wait for your latte.
16. 135 Ossington (A Room on Ossington)
We’re lucky that Toronto has no shortage of aesthetically pleasing cafes and world-class coffees. So don’t hit up the same cafe every day! Go on a coffee shop exploration and head to 135 Ossington (A Room on Ossington) for handmade beverages in a cozy space!
17. Milou
Say bonjour to this charming space! French-inspired fare and coffee to transport your tastebuds to the streets of Strasburg, Milou, will have you sipping your iced latte on their outdoor bistro tables in no time!
18. Hale Coffee
Roaster and coffee shop, Hale Coffee is waiting for your arrival in the Junction Triangle. Located in the Clock Factory building its big and industrial space is perfectly suited for the needs of this roaster-cafe-restaurant!
📍300 Campbell Ave Unit #103, Toronto
19. Boxcar Social
One of the trendiest cafes around, Boxcar Social is giving all the rustic hipster vibes we’ve been dreaming about. Their super quaint and hip cafes are the perfect spot for a quick meet up or a hang with your bestie!
📍Boxcar Social Bottle Shop, 1210 Yonge St, Toronto
📍Boxcar Social Harbourfront, 235 Queens Quay W, Toronto
📍Boxcar Social, 4 Boulton Ave, Toronto
📍Boxcar Social Laneway, End of alleyway, 298 Markham St, Toronto
20. Page One Cafe
Page One Cafe packs a huge punch! With its pretty vintage interior, gorgeous MCM touches and a couple of tables to enjoy a break from your Sunday stroll, Page One Cafe is THE spot to grab a stunning iced latte.
📍 106 Mutual St Unit #8, Toronto
21. Run And Gun Coffee
Brightened with botanicals this minimal space is serving up craft coffees, tasty teas and trendy treats! Enjoy your cup of joe while nestling up against the greenery at Run And Gun Coffee!
22. Major Treat Coffee
This rad little grab-and-go coffee shop is one of the coolest spots on Queen Street West. The coffee-shop-barber is red, bold and home to some amazing coffee. Serving up the highest quality 3rd wave espresso, drip coffee as well as other non-caffeinated beverages, Major Treat is exactly that, a major treat!
23. Rooster Coffee House
A space that feels like home to everyone who walks through the door, those are the vibes here at Rooster Coffee House. Pretty tiled floors, rustic seating and the perfect touch of vintage make Rooster’s cafe an absolute must!
📍568 Jarvis St, Toronto
📍 479 Broadview Ave, Toronto
📍343 King St E, Toronto
24. Cafe Pamenar
This cafe by day, bar by night is one of Toronto’s most loved. Grab yourself a frothy latte or a classy cocktail and sit back, relax and enjoy the vibes of Cafe Pamenar’s intimate, buzzing hot spot.
25. Carbonic Coffee
This simply decorated haunt offers up espresso drinks made with house-roasted beans and some extremely tasty baked goods. Grab yourself an iced flat white at Carbonic Coffee to kick start the day because who doesn’t love a nice strong coffee in the AM?
26. Bloomer’s
With their hipster vibes and signature vegan donuts, Bloomer’s is definitely a hidden gem. Tucked away on both Bloor AND Queen, their coffee bars serve up some of the finest coffee around! I mean there’s no better way to wash down that accompanying donut you know you won’t be able to resit!
📍873 Bloor St W, Toronto
📍715 Queen St W, Toronto
27. Forget Me Not Café
This Korean inspired cafe and boutique is serving up some of Toronto’s most unique treats and locally sourced goods! They have everything from rose hot chocolate to maple cream coffee. As you step inside Forget Me Not Cafe you can’t help but feel the coziness!
28. Cafe 23
Are you dreaming of a boutique cafe garden? Because Cafe 23 might just be the coziest spot on Queen West. Just a few blocks east of Trinity Bellwoods Park this cafe-garden oasis is serving up some of Toronto’s most yummiest treats and locally sourced coffee beans! Trust me when I say their relaxing atmospheres will be a welcome break from your 9-5!
29. Found Coffee
Coffee that’s never felt so good can be found at Found Coffee. They’ve been creating a place for people to be found, by serving premium, ethically sourced and expertly crafted coffee to the service and benefit of the community, environment and farmers alike! You don’t want to pass up a cup this good!
📍324 College St, Toronto
📍189 Shaw St, Toronto
30. Coffee And Clothing CLOSED
A small shop in Toronto’s East End, Coffee And Clothing is roasting coffee beans and sourcing the coolest vintage. Come find some of Toronto’s most unique pieces or chill out among the thrift!
31. Jimmy’s Coffee
It was Kensington Market’s unique and intimate community that drew Jimmy’s in! Ever since it has become a popular hangout across Toronto! Not only because they’re serving up crazy delicious coffee, but because their tables are always filled with students, artists and locals who hunker down with a delicious Americano and a good book!
📍 15 Ossington Ave, Toronto
📍191 Baldwin St, Toronto
📍84 Gerrard St W, Toronto
📍735 Queen St W, Toronto
32. I Deal Coffee & Wine Bar
Here at I Deal Coffee & Wine Bar they care! They care about a lot of things — particularly coffee — but also quality, community and sustainability. Their East end spots are overflowing with bottles of wine and rustic touches and they are a sure fire way to get that caffeine fix!
📍162 Ossington Ave, Toronto
📍 221 Sorauren Ave, Toronto
📍250 Sorauren Ave, Toronto
33. Daily Grind
Just a hop skip and a jump away from the Lansdowne subway station, Daily Grind is a small, but mighty space holding about 4 tables. This little hideaway serving outstanding coffee is sure to be your new fave!
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