The 5 Best Cafés in Cappadocia, From Göreme to the Red River

The best cafés in Cappadocia are where the day slows down between balloon mornings and valley walks. Some serve specialty coffee and pistachio lattes, while others brew Turkish coffee in a copper pot. Our five picks start in Göreme. Then they spread to a castle in Ortahisar, the river in Avanos and a roastery in Mustafapaşa. A good cup and a fine setting were the start, and each also had to fit easily into a day of sightseeing. To begin one of those mornings, our hot air balloon tour picks you up at your hotel before dawn.

How We Chose the Best Cafés in Cappadocia

Each café on this list does one thing well and sits where you would go anyway. So you can have a coffee in Göreme before the valleys, at the foot of a rock castle or beside the Red River. We left out the restaurants on our list of the best restaurants in Cappadocia. To learn how the coffee itself is made, start with our guide to Turkish coffee.

The Best Cafés in Cappadocia in Göreme

1. King’s Coffee, Göreme

King’s Coffee stands on İçeridere Sokak in Göreme, and it serves specialty coffee from beans sourced around the world. Its pistachio latte is made with pistachio paste, and its shell-shaped baklava comes filled with pistachio too. It also serves breakfast and homemade desserts, and it is open every day. Start a slow morning here before you head into the valleys.

2. Coffee Art, Göreme

Coffee Art, in the center of Göreme, brews Turkish coffee slowly in a copper cezve and serves it with Turkish delight. For espresso drinks and filter coffee, it uses carefully chosen beans. Then the dessert counter runs from pistachio baklava and künefe to San Sebastian cheesecake. There is also hot sahlep, so it suits an early coffee or a sweet break at any hour.

The Best Cafés in Cappadocia Beyond Göreme

3. Barrus Coffee and Breakfast, Ortahisar

Barrus sits on the ground floor of the rock castle in Ortahisar, between Göreme and Ürgüp. It serves coffee and breakfast, so stop here before or after you look up at the castle.

4. Avanos Belediyesi Kızılırmak Kafe, Avanos

In Avanos, the town’s own café stands behind the town hall, on the bank of the Kızılırmak, the Red River. It is a simple coffee stop by the water. So pair it with a pottery workshop and a walk across the footbridge.

5. Keobs Coffee Roastery, Mustafapaşa

Keobs is a coffee roastery and café on Cumhuriyet Sokak in Mustafapaşa, the old Greek town of Sinasos. Stop for coffee during a walk past the stone mansions of the village.

Visit the Best Cafés in Cappadocia With Us

Our North Cappadocia tour stops in Avanos. Also, a guide in Cappadocia can fit a coffee break into any day in the valleys. For the night, read our best cave hotels in Cappadocia. For another city of coffee houses, see the best cafés in Istanbul. Give us your days in the valleys, and we will fit the coffee stops in.