Cafés we keep going back to

Cafés · Haga · €€€€

Café Sockerskorpan

RomanticRainy DayTNP Favorite

A snug Haga café for an unhurried fika, a freshly chosen bun and a window onto the neighbourhood’s cobbled main street.

A tiny Marylebone café for an exact flat white, a Swedish pastry and the agreeable illusion of having edited your whole life.

A gloriously layered music bar where coffee, cocktails and sixty years of songs share the same crowded walls.

A Tribunal institution where oversized croquetas, tortilla and quick service keep the bill pleasingly old-fashioned.

Gràcia's late-night churro institution, delivering hot, crisp, sugar-dusted comfort exactly when restraint has stopped being useful.

A tiny, welcoming Old Town café for rich hot chocolate, generous cake and a front-row view of Stortorget.

Restaurants · Glesvær · €€€€

Glesvær Kafé & Catering

Worth the DetourTNP Favorite

A historic trading-post café where fish soup, baking and a weathered harbour make the drive from Bergen worthwhile.

Restaurants · Modalen · €€€€

Mobryggja

Hidden GemWorth the DetourTNP Favorite

A fjordside restaurant and guesthouse where seasonal local cooking shares the stage with Modalen’s quiet scenery.

A relaxed beach bar where Baltic views, seafood, pizza and cold drinks turn lunch on the sand into an afternoon.

Cafés · Place Vendôme · €€€€

Tea Time at Salon Proust - Ritz Paris

RomanticFoodie FavouriteTNP Favorite

A fireside French tea ritual of books, madeleines and childhood memories, served at palace level.

Between Place Vendôme and the Opéra Garnier, nestled between the Ritz and the InterContinental, this simple, unpretentious spot might seem out of place—until you learn that Mark Zuckerberg, Kate Moss, and Timothée…

This place perfectly embodies the néo-bistrot concept in 2025.

This faux-old Parisian bistro is one of the coolest spots on a street that has become surprisingly respectable over the years.

Open at the crack of dawn, La Perle is where you grab your morning coffee at the counter while chatting about the day’s headlines.

Perfect for a gourmet salad at lunch, oysters as an aperitif, or a late-night drink on the terrace.

Nestled in the Véro-Dodat gallery, this café with 1930s decor is a hidden gem for a quintessential Parisian meal.

An easygoing all-day cafe-bar for brunch, cocktails and people-watching on one of Chania's liveliest lanes.

Imaginative American ice-cream flavours and immaculate waffle cones at a cheerful Hillhurst Avenue scoop shop.

A bustling Los Feliz approximation of a Parisian café, best for terrace breakfasts, apéritifs and neighbourhood theatre.

Cafés · Santa Monica · €€€€

Back on the Beach Café

Local FavouriteBest BreakfastTNP Favorite

Breakfast and Californian café food served almost on the sand, with the Pacific as the room's defining feature.

Cafés · Venice / Abbot Kinney · €€€€

Salt & Straw – Abbot Kinney

Family FriendlyFoodie FavouriteTNP Favorite

Small-batch ice cream with inventive seasonal flavours in the middle of Venice's most walkable shopping street.

A bright, plant-forward all-day restaurant where juices, brunch and cocktails match Abbot Kinney's polished beach mood.

Meticulous espresso and direct-trade coffee served in a distinctive Abbot Kinney bar built for watching the craft up close.