The back story 1
Coffee in Tirana.
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The back story
Tirana’s café culture: the back story
Few cities drink as much coffee, or spend as long over it. In Tirana, a coffee is a meeting, a negotiation, a date and a way of watching the city go by.
26 of the best · Tirana, Albania
The Best Cafés in Tirana
In Tirana, a coffee lasts an hour. Here is where to spend it.
Our 26 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Three of our favourites from this list, vetted by people who know and love Tirana.
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A café full of memories
Komiteti – Kafe Muzeum
A café-bar filled with furniture and everyday objects from 20th-century Albanian homes, with a long list of raki.
Rruga Fatmir Haxhiu 2Explore View on map
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Brunch in Tirana
Leaf Brunch Café
A brunch café for breakfast plates, coffee and smoothies.
Rruga Dervish HimaExplore View on map
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An Albanian café brand
Mon Chéri
A popular Albanian café and pastry chain, with cakes, breakfasts and coffee.
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Coffee, brunch and books.
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Under the Palace arches
Café Botanica
A green bistro café under the arches of the Palace of Culture, looking onto Skanderbeg Square.
Palace of Culture, Sheshi SkënderbejExplore View on map
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Roasted on site
Coffee-Lab
A café that roasts its own coffee on site and is happy to explain the process.
Rruga Nikolla TupeExplore View on map
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Views of the lake
Kitchen Bar
A café-bar with views over the Grand Park lake, a play area for children and pizza on the menu.
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A café full of memories
Komiteti – Kafe Muzeum
A café-bar filled with furniture and everyday objects from 20th-century Albanian homes, with a long list of raki.
Rruga Fatmir Haxhiu 2Explore View on map
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Where Blloku meets
LaVeen
An unassuming Blloku café and restaurant, busy from morning to night with the neighbourhood’s professional crowd.
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Brunch in Tirana
Leaf Brunch Café
A brunch café for breakfast plates, coffee and smoothies.
Rruga Dervish HimaExplore View on map
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The Mulliri flagship
Mulliri Gourmet
The flagship of the Mulliri i Vjetër coffee chain, on a Blloku street corner, with rare single-origin coffees and signature cocktails.
Rruga Ibrahim RugovaExplore View on map
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Albania’s coffee house
Mulliri i Vjetër
An Albanian coffee roaster and café chain with branches all over the city.
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Books by day, jazz by night
MusicBooks
A café in a small cul-de-sac with a big terrace, quiet for reading by day and busy with events at night.
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Albanian mikpritje, today
Ottos Restocafé
An organic café and kitchen that works with named local producers, born on Rruga e Durrësit in 2018.
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Espresso, filter, cold brew
Rubi Specialty Coffee
A specialty coffee bar on Sheshi Wilson serving espresso, filter coffee and cold brew.
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Books, coffee and drinks
Soma Book Station
A café-bar lined with books, for coffee by day and drinks in the evening.
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Coffee and snacks
Sophie Caffè
A Tirana café chain with branches all over the city, for coffee, juices and snacks.
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Berlin-roasted beans
The Back Room
A specialty coffee shop on Rruga Sulejman Delvina using beans from Berlin roaster The Barn.
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Cakes & pastry 10
Something sweet.
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An Italian chocolate concept
Cioccolatitaliani
A bright, busy Italian chocolate concept store serving crêpes, waffles, chocolate drinks and ice cream.
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Sweet, savoury, special
Creperie PNL
A crêperie on Rruga Sami Frashëri opposite the Petro Nini Luarasi school, with sweet, savoury and special crêpes.
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Chocolate, crêpes and gelato
D’Angelo Chocolate Café
A chocolate café for hot chocolate, waffles, crêpes, soft gelato and coffee.
Rruga Papa Gjon Pali IIExplore View on map
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The Balkan classic
Ege Bakllava
A specialist baklava shop, the place to try the flaky, syrupy pastry the Balkans share.
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Organic and vegan flavours
Fabrika
An ice cream maker producing its own organic and vegan flavours, served with a smile.
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Cold-pressed and specialty
Frut’za
A café chain with specialty coffee, cold-pressed juices, brunch and lighter dishes.
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Cakes for every occasion
Le Bon
A bakery, pastry and coffee chain with several Tirana shops and a lively, cosmopolitan feel.
Rruga Dervish HatixheExplore View on map
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Cakes to take away
Mon Amour
A Tirana pastry shop with cakes, pastries and sweets, with several branches.
Rruga e ElbasanitExplore View on map
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An Albanian café brand
Mon Chéri
A popular Albanian café and pastry chain, with cakes, breakfasts and coffee.
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A family name from 1924
Reka Pastry
A family pastry shop whose story goes back to 1924, with shops at the New Bazaar and in Komuna e Parisit.
Pazari i RiExplore View on map
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