Bangkok Cafe Guide 2021

Updated by Christopher Menning | October 2, 2021

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Best Cafes in Bangkok

In Bangkok, exploring ancient temples, haggling over pricing in huge marketplaces, and trekking in scorching heat may leave you tired. You need a cafe where we can escape the stresses of the day and recharge our batteries with caffeinated beverages and delicious sweets.

There are many great coffee shops and wonderfully built cafes in Bangkok, but some merit more than a passing mention and a visit. These cafes go above and above to provide you with wonderfully farmed, roasted, and brewed coffee, allowing you to experience the whole bean-to-cup journey.

Many of these cafes are pioneers in Bangkok’s coffee culture use coffee grown in Thailand’s northern regions. Many of them even roast their beans on-site, and a couple even have their own plantation! If you’re a coffee connoisseur, these spots will satisfy your craving for the ideal cup.

Bring your camera to these locations so you may fill your Instagram feed with vivid colours and wood furniture. While not all of our options provide breakfast or brunch, the bulk of them also offer bakery and cakes

Our Top Cafes in Bangkok 2021.

Root's

Roots cafe in Sathorn bangkok
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One of Bangkok’s best coffee roasters, Roots Cafe, is well-known. It has quickly established itself as a pioneer in demonstrating what a community-driven café can be, with two sites in the city, Sathorn and Thonglor. The Thonglor site is in The Commons concept mall’s entrance. The roasters source coffee from the region and are leaders in promoting Thai coffee and encouraging local uniqueness. They promote each step of the process and offer beans by the bag so you can test them at home. The Roots at Sathorn, with its industrial chic design, is also a fantastic choice.

Cafe Neighbour

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Cafe Neighbour offers great coffee at great prices when strolling around the Sathorn area. Take a break from walking in this insta ready cafe. They also have a great selection of cakes, waffles and sandwiches to feed your lunchtime cravings. Great care is taken into making every cup and you can tell the staff are proud to make your morning brew. 

Alongside the perfect brew, they have a great selection of breakfast & lunch treats such as ham & cheese croissants packed sandwiches, banana bread and waffles with honey & butter. It’s a pretty small space but you can find it by the coffee sign on the door with the words “you can’t buy happiness but you can buy coffee and that’s close enough”. We couldn’t agree more.

Elefin Coffee

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Elefin cafe is located a short walk from the Grand Palace and is a great place to catch a morning brew. Founded on a passion for Thai coffee, Elefin has enjoyed a 10-year tenure of serving a great brew. Their Arabica coffee beans are sourced from a place named Elephant mountain or Doi Chang. 

We love to sit here before heading to the river and seeing the temples. The cafe even has a bed and breakfast ao if you are planning a day of sightseeing this may be the best place to sleep so everything is on your doorstep. 

Not to mention with views such as the temple of dawn when you wake up with your cup of joe in hand. Elefin really cares about every process of coffee making and support & source the finest Thai arabica coffee beans, from the native hill tribes of the north.

Invisible Coffee Room

Invisible coffee house bar area
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It’s funny how a cafe named Invisible can be easily missed if you don’t look hard enough. Tucked down soi 25 by the exchange tower and a quick walk from Asoke BTS is a delightful cafe which teleports you into a world of great coffee and soft on the eye furnishings.

Owner Thanpong is usually found hand grinding single-origin coffee and the team of super friendly staff are always grinning. It’s a small cafe so you can expect it to get busy during the business lunch rush but if you find a spot keep it and watch the world go by for a bit in peace. Alongside the drink offerings they have 3 yummy hot sandwiches to eat with the pesto, chicken and mozzarella being far too tasty for comfort! Alongside a range of expertly made hot beverages, you can find some rejuvenating ice teas and lattes.

Coffeeology

latte in coffeeology cafe
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You will find the unique coffee spot in Central Embassy mall with a beautiful counter and coffee farm illustrations on the walls. The owner has his own coffee plantation in the North Thailand district of Chiang Dao.

It’s nice to know that every bean has been taken care of from plant to cup. Alongside the normal hot cuppas they have some pretty special cold offerings with ‘White `Cloud’ and ‘Black Cloud’ being particularly Instagram photo-worthy.

Kaizen

latte art at Kaizen cafe bangkok
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A team of experienced baristas with owner Arnun at the front has brought Melbourne coffee and brunch culture to the top of Ekkami. Their new venue is a beautiful, hip two-story building clad in floor to ceiling windows and striking neutral tone interior. Kaizen lets its ethos be centre of betterment. The team constantly strives to serve its coffee and food in the best way.

Scientific experimentation led them to bring ‘100% Nitrogen infused Cold Brew’ to Bangkok and all latte art is designed with expert craftsmanship. Alongside an incredible food menu, you can see why their core value stands as “Innovation and Hospitality”.

Wallflower Cafe

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This florist turned cafe is an Instagrammers paradise. The whole venue screams hipster hangout and even the cakes and beverages are meticulously crafted to look pleasant. Mind the busy lunchtime crowds and plan accordingly because at the weekend it’s not unusual to be cueing.

Coffee and cake are served on gold plates and the options are scrumptious! We chose red velvet cake with Hazelnut coffee ice cream float. We recommend missing the weekend crowds and head over on the weekday instead to get the full experience and enjoy coffee surrounded by flowers. 

La Mesa

coffee shop interior at la mesa
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Owned by American couple Mr and Mrs Ford, This modern approach to New Mexican, USA style coffee & Brunch is refreshing and well placed in the Bang Na area. La Messa Coffee Co is a neighbourhood cafe located right next to the BTS Udom Suk. They collaborate with a local roastery to offer two blends which they use in that amazing range of drinks.

Mayan Mocca & Strawberry cold brew is our favourite. Alongside the amazing drinks, we fully recommend not eating until you arrive because the food is outstanding. House-made cakes and Cookies are paired with waffles, Mexican omelettes and full fry ups.

What did you think of our list?

We love feedback and we especially love finding out about places that we don’t know about but deserve some recognition. Give us a comment if there is a cafe we missed and stay tuned for our next round up of the Best Brunch in Bangkok

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