Best Coffee Shops and Specialty Coffee in Madrid

Toma Café is a specialty-coffee roastery and café on Calle de la Palma, in the Universidad quarter on the Malasaña side of Centro, and this is its original shop. It opened in autumn 2011, when specialty coffee was still almost unknown in Madrid. It roasts its own beans, and the menu runs to flat whites and cold brew. The food is short and daytime: avocado toast, Turkish eggs, ricotta toasts, carrot cake and orange sponge. It holds a Repsol Solete and is open every day from 08:00 to 20:00. The room is casual and a little rustic. It's dog- and vegetarian-friendly, and there's a second Toma café on Calle de Santa Feliciana in Chamberí.

“Excellent seasonal coffees served in a cosy coffee shop.”— The Coffeevine

Hola Coffee is a specialty coffee shop on Calle del Doctor Fourquet in Lavapiés, and it holds a Solete in the Guía Repsol. It roasts its own beans and keeps a rotating line-up of origins, poured in its own ceramic cups, with only a small counter of bakes: banana bread, cinnamon rolls and sponge cake. The room is tiny, with a few stools rather than tables, so plenty of people take their coffee to go. There's a second café on Calle de Lagasca, a roastery on Calle Pedro Díez and an online shop for beans, equipment and courses. Pablo Caballero and Nolo Botana opened the Doctor Fourquet shop in 2017, according to Time Out. Open daily, from 08:00 on weekdays and 09:00 at weekends, until 20:00.

“Together they created a distinct space with lots of love for details and high quality standards.”— The Way to Coffee

Naji Specialty Coffee is a small specialty coffee shop on Calle del Cardenal Cisneros, in the Trafalgar corner of Chamberí, founded by Naji Alasil. It made its name on the pistachio latte, and the drinks list runs on through passion fruit, coconut and date lattes alongside straight specialty coffee, matcha and teas. On the sweet side there's lemon pie, pistachio cheesecake and financiers. The room is cosy and intimate, and often busy, so you may have to wait for a seat. It's open every day from 10:00 to 20:00 and is family- and dog-friendly, with Quevedo (L2) as the nearest metro and Bilbao (L1/L4) also close.

“Nice multi-roaster café with a tasteful coffee menu inspired by flavours of the Middle East”— The Coffeevine

HanSo Café is an Asian-inspired specialty coffee café on the corner of Calle del Pez and Corredera Baja de San Pablo in Malasaña. Coffee comes first, filter and espresso from trained baristas, with a brunch menu of bagels, toasts and cakes alongside, plus matcha drinks and a red velvet latte. The menu runs to waffles, an okonomiyaki one among them, sesame bagels and Turkish eggs. Devour Tours notes that it pours coffee from roasters such as Barcelona-based Nomad. The room mixes industrial and vintage styles with an Asian touch and has plenty of tables. It opens at 09:00 on weekdays and 10:00 at weekends, until 20:00, and a second address, HanSo Café 2, is on Costanilla de los Ángeles near Ópera.

“HanSo is an incredibly welcoming coffee shop with a communal feel in the young and fashionable neighbourhood of Malasaña.”— The Way to Coffee

Misión Café is a specialty coffee bar and bakehouse on Calle de los Reyes in Malasaña, open across breakfast, lunch and the afternoon rather than into the evening. Its own menu covers espresso, cortado, iced latte, espresso tonic and a house filter with refills, plus a hand-brewed Kalita filter and a coffee tasting of espresso, mini filter and mini milk coffee. The food is the bakehouse counter plus brunch: eggs Benedict, French toast, avocado and ricotta toasts and a pastrami sandwich. The room is cosy with an industrial edge, quiet enough to talk or work in, and dog-friendly. The Way to Coffee says it was opened by Nolo and Pablo, the founders of Hola Coffee. It keeps a separate timetable on public holidays, so check its site before a festivo.

“Filter coffee is either batch brewed or hand brewed using a Kalita.”— The Way to Coffee

Ruda Café is a small specialty coffee shop at Calle Ruda 11, in the Rastro, on the La Latina side of Centro and next to La Latina metro (L5). It holds a Solete in the Guía Repsol. The coffee is 100% arabica from different origins, freshly ground: espresso, flat white and cappuccino, plus a filter coffee that changes every week and comes by V60, AeroPress or batch brew. Single-origin beans, such as a honey-processed Gesha or a Ugandan lot, are sold through its online shop, and there are teas and homemade sweets, carrot cake among them. The greeting on its site is Karibu, Swahili for welcome. It's dog-friendly and open daily, from 08:00 on weekdays and 09:00 at weekends, until 20:00.

“It is a great place to drink yourself through the local and international coffee scene”— The Way to Coffee

The Fix is a specialty coffee shop and roaster on Calle de Luisa Fernanda, in Argüelles, and it holds a Repsol Solete. It was founded in 2018. It trades as The Fix, Café de Especialidad, and leads with hand-brews, drip and espresso from its own roasting, then serves brunch all day. The menu runs to poached and Turkish eggs, an English breakfast, feta and mascarpone toasts and gluten-free pancakes, plus bowls such as Bircher muesli, chia pudding and granola, and filled croissants. It's a casual, dog-friendly room, with vegetarian options and Ventura Rodríguez (L3) as the nearest metro. Open Monday to Friday from 08:00 and weekends from 09:00, until 19:00.

“Coffees are fantastic and there are small dishes too.”— The Coffeevine

Geisha Specialty Coffee is a small counter café on Calle de las Navas de Tolosa, near Callao, from Geisha Coffee Roasters, a Madrid roaster that buys direct from farms. It pours single origins from Ecuador, Colombia, Ethiopia and Costa Rica as espresso, filter and cold brew, roasted in Madrid. The roaster's own shop lists lots such as a Pink Bourbon and a Sudan Rume from Colombia, and a Pacamara and a Geisha from Guatemala. Food is cheesecake, açaí bowls, carrot cake and avocado toast. The room is built for a quick stop: you order and pay at the bar. It opens daily at 09:00 and closes at 18:00 Monday to Wednesday, 19:00 on Thursday and 20:00 Friday to Sunday. Callao (L3/L5) is the nearest metro, with Santo Domingo (L2) also close.

“Geisha Specialty Coffee is located right in the city centre of Madrid, close to the Callao metro stop.”— Things Nomads Do

Dosis Café is a small specialty coffee shop on Calle de Gonzalo de Córdoba in Chamberí, close to Quevedo metro, founded by barista Mauricio De Luca. It began by pouring coffees from roasters across Spain and Europe and now roasts its own too, so the line-up rotates between guest roasters and house roasts. Beans, matcha and brewing equipment are sold in the shop and online. On the counter you'll find cold brew, matcha, carrot cake and vegan cakes and pastries. There's a terrace, and it's dog-friendly, with a step-free entrance and an accessible restroom. Dosis also runs barista training, including a bootcamp booked through its site. Open daily, from 08:30 on weekdays and 09:00 at weekends, until 20:00.

“Mauricio busca educar a los clientes sobre el café, ofreciéndoles una experiencia accesible y personalizada.”— Sugarbmd

Drømme Kaffe House is a specialty coffee shop on Calle de Juana Doña, in the Delicias part of Arganzuela, with Delicias and Legazpi the nearest metro stops. The Way to Coffee says owners Esteban Canet and Ángela Cremonte wanted top-notch coffee without the snobbery, that Esteban roasts the coffee in-house, and that you can order a V60, Orea or Origami pour-over or just a coffee with milk. The room is bright and quiet, roomier than most neighbourhood cafés. Toasts are the draw, avocado, salmon and brie among them, plus cinnamon rolls and cakes, and gluten-free bread is available. It's dog-friendly and open daily, closing at 15:30 on Monday, 15:00 on Sunday and 19:30 on other days.

“Their goal was to serve top-notch coffee without any of the snobbery.”— The Way to Coffee

Faraday is, in its own words, a record shop, specialty café and boutique of objects, antiques, books and accessories, built around its owners' passions for music, design and coffee. It has been open since 2018. It's on Calle de San Lucas in Justicia, on the Chueca side of Centro. The room is styled like a 1960s home, with original furniture and vinyl always playing, and it's laptop-free, so people come to browse records and talk. The coffee comes from a local roaster, and City Confidential reports that Toma's coffee is served here, with cakes and cookies alongside. The counter runs to carrot cake, cookies and kombucha. Faraday says it holds DJ sessions, the Magnetic Sessions, at weekends. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 19:00, and closed on Mondays.

“Es mucho más que una cafetería: es un punto de encuentro donde la música juega un papel central en la experiencia.”— Sugarbmd

Ōfi Café is a small, minimalist specialty coffee shop on Avenida de Machupichu in Conde Orgaz, near the Palacio de Hielo in the Hortaleza district of northern Madrid. It's the project of a couple, Sofia and Alejandro, who wanted a calm place to read, work or switch off over a coffee. The coffee comes from independent roasters, chosen for traceability, roast and quality, and served freshly ground, with filter coffee and matcha on the list. There are cakes, gluten-free ones among them, plus savoury bagels and focaccia. It's dog-, family- and vegetarian-friendly, with a step-free entrance. Open weekdays 08:30 to 19:30 and weekends 09:30 to 14:00.

“If you need a nice dose of caffeine on your way in or out of Madrid, this is your place.”— The Coffeevine

Masamune Coffee is a specialty coffee and brunch café at number 2 Calle de la Palma, in Malasaña. The coffee list runs from espresso and flat white to a batch coffee of the day and filter, and the menu lists a Competition filter as well, alongside matcha, chai and flavoured lattes such as lavender. The menu runs to matcha, flat whites, cakes, açaí and Turkish eggs, and brunch brings bacon Benedicts, chimichurri eggs and pancakes. The room is minimalist and comfortable. There are no reservations, and laptops are allowed Monday to Friday only, not at weekends or on holidays. It's dog-friendly, and open from 08:30 on weekdays and 09:30 at weekends, until 20:00.

“ofreciendo una rotación de granos según la temporada y una experiencia personalizada con latte art”— Sugarbmd

Dabov Specialty Coffee is the Madrid café of Dabov, a coffee roaster with 14 cafés across five countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, North Macedonia, Spain and Sweden. It's on Calle de Santa Isabel in Lavapiés, near Antón Martín, and it pours the group's own roasts, with several origins to choose from, Gesha lots included. The space is small and built around the bar, better for a quick coffee or takeaway than a long sit. The bar runs to flat whites, cortados and carrot cake. Gastroactivity names Dabov in its February 2026 write-up of a national specialty-café list. Open daily, 08:00 to 19:00 on weekdays and 09:30 to 19:00 at weekends.

Café Angélica is a fair-trade specialty coffee roaster and café on Calle San Bernardo, on the Malasaña side of Centro. The story starts in 2007, when the founders saw the documentary Black Gold and travelled to Ethiopia to see the trade for themselves. In 2016 they took over a herbs-and-spices shop that had run since 1947 and began roasting there, half a kilo at a time, before moving to a 5kg German Probat and training with Pablo and Nolo of Hola. They stock coffee from eight countries: Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Kenya and Ethiopia, and the origin on offer changes day to day. The room is tiny, with a handful of tables, with toast and carrot cake alongside the coffee. Beans and a subscription are available. Open Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 13:00 and 15:00 to 17:30, closed at weekends.

“The origin of the coffee changes daily, and they roast their beans in-house with a German Probat”— Mariana in LA

Cafés Guayacán is a specialty coffee roaster, shop and tasting room on Calle de Fernández de los Ríos in Chamberí. It grew out of more than twenty years the family spent visiting Jardín, a coffee town in Antioquia, Colombia, and it has roasted its own beans in Madrid since 2014. Its list of origin coffees includes names such as Apóstoles (Colombia, Tabi), Kele (Ethiopia, Dega), Pibe (Kenya), Rosalba (Mexico) and Yirga (Ethiopia). It runs coffee tastings and a barista por un día session, so it's closer to a tasting bar than a quick café. Open Thursday to Sunday, 09:00 to 18:00, and closed Monday to Wednesday.

“Cafés Guayacán es un tostador de café de especialidad fundado en Madrid en 2014.”— Sugarbmd

Pan y Pepinillos is a small specialty coffee shop on Calle el Escorial in Malasaña, near Tribunal. It pours single-origin coffee only, never blends, from rotating European and Spanish roasters, as espresso, flat white, cortado, batch brew or V60, and plant milks cost nothing extra. The room is small and Japandi-inspired, and laptops aren't allowed, by design, so it's built for coffee and conversation. Breakfast and brunch run until 15:00, with avocado toast, an ibérico toast, a smoked salmon bagel and a pastrami sandwich, plus banana bread, carrot cake and a cinnamon roll from the bakery list. The menu runs to banana bread, avocado toast and pistachio and matcha lattes. The café says it was selected among The Best Coffee Shops Spain in 2025 and 2026. No reservations; open daily, 08:00 to 20:00.

Siniestro Café is a small specialty coffee shop on Calle del Conde Duque, pouring coffee roasted in Madrid and single-origin tea. Alongside come toasts, homemade pastries such as cinnamon rolls, chai and matcha lattes, and a short list of natural wines. Music plays, jazz included, in a room closer to someone's living room than a café counter, which also hosts photobooks, exhibitions and the occasional jazz or DJ night. Sugarbmd says founder Juan opened it during the pandemic in a former gothic bar and works with Toma Café. It's dog-friendly and closes for a midday break, so it's open 09:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 20:00 on most days, from 10:00 at weekends and closing at 19:00 on Monday.

“La filosofía de Siniestro Café se centra en la cercanía con los clientes y la calidad del café”— Sugarbmd