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Seville’s best coffee shops are the subject of this guide: eleven of them, chosen over two months of living in the city with my partner Andy, when we tested the specialty scene with a degree of commitment that probably bordered on obsessive.
It’s not a city people arrive expecting great coffee. Even I didn’t. Seville pulls you in with other things: the Alcรกzar, the tapas bars, the particular way the light falls on the old town in the early evening. Coffee tends to be an afterthought for visitors. That’s a mistake.
When I first visited in 2016, the scene was still largely traditional: torrefacto beans, quick espressos at the bar, nothing that would catch a specialty coffee drinker’s attention.
The version of Seville I have returned to in 2020, and again in 2023, was different. A small cohort of serious, independently run specialty shops had opened across the neighbourhoods, sourcing from local roasters, rotating their beans, and making coffee with genuine care.
Our undisputed favourite is MUY Coffee in the Feria neighbourhood, run by three local brothers whose enthusiasm for coffee is the genuinely infectious kind. We ended up going here nearly every day, and ended up meeting other Irish expats and digital nomads who had found the same counter.
Not every cafรฉ on this list is a pure specialty destination. Some are brunch spots with excellent flat whites; others are coffee-forward only. If you’re already in Seville and simply want to know which of these is nearest, the table below groups them by neighbourhood so you can find the closest one without reading the whole guide.
The 11 Coffee Shops, by Neighbourhood
| Coffee shop | Where | Best for |
| MUY Coffee | Feria | The best coffee in the city, and the one I’d walk furthest for. My pick |
| Parcerรญa Cafรฉ | Feria, beside the market | A proper brunch alongside the coffee, with a different guest roaster each day |
| Virgen Coffee | Behind Las Setas | Beans roasted on site. My second choice, and the best option in the centre |
| Syra Coffee | Behind Las Setas, plus other branches | Single-origin beans you can buy to take home |
| La Cacharrerรญa | Behind Las Setas | The food as much as the coffee. Enormous cakes, and burgers if you want them |
| Utopรญa Cafรฉ | Shopping quarter | A hole in the wall with no seating and a superb flat white |
| Ofelia Bakery | Alfalfa | Pastries and the best carrot cake in Seville. Italian-style coffee, not specialty |
| Alfonsito | Near Casa de Pilatos | Healthy food, with vegan and gluten-free options |
| Delatribu | Santa Cruz | The one to know if you’re near the Cathedral or the Alcรกzar |
| Jester | Santa Cruz, plus other branches | Iced coffee, and outdoor tables under orange trees |
| Lalita Cafรฉ | Near Santa Justa station | Filter coffee, and a no-laptop policy |
Three further places, including one in Triana and the best option in the city for working, are covered in a separate section further down.
IF YOU’RE WORKING:
Seville isn’t a laptop city in the way that Lisbon or Mรกlaga have become, and most of the places on this list are small enough that a laptop on the table is genuinely in the way. Lalita has a no-laptop policy outright. La Cacharrerรญa and Parcerรญa are the two on the ranked list with enough room, and there’s a newer option with a dedicated co-working room in the section below.
The 11 Best Coffee Shops in Seville, Ranked
1 | MUY Coffee
Follow on Instagram | Read Google reviews here | Location: Feria/Alameda de Hercules
MUY is a small place on Calle Corredurรญa in the Feria neighbourhood, about seven minutes’ walk north of Las Setas, and it became our sanctuary in Seville despite several other cafรฉs on this list being considerably closer to where we were living.
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It’s run by three local brothers, and Jafar and Damien are the two you’ll usually meet at the counter. They’re coffee nerds in the most affectionate sense of the term, in that their eyes light up when you ask them anything about what they’re pouring, and their knowledge runs a good deal deeper than the question you asked.
The beans come from Ineffable Roastery here in Seville and they rotate them regularly, so there’s usually something new on if you go often.
The menu runs from classic espresso drinks through to pour-overs, and there’s organic bread, cakes and simple sandwiches alongside, with the baked goods made by a friend of the owners.
What kept us coming back, though, was the warmth of the place. Within a couple of weeks we’d been introduced to other Irish expats and a few digital nomads who’d found the same counter, which isn’t something you can engineer.
It wasn’t just my favourite coffee shop in Seville. It was the best coffee I found anywhere in 2023, across everywhere we lived and travelled in Spain, France and Italy.
2 | Virgen Coffee
Follow on Instagram | Read Google reviews here | Location: Near Las Setas, Seville
Virgen sits on Calle Regina just behind Las Setas, and it’s small, with white walls and wooden fittings and not a great deal of room. It opened in 2015 and was the first specialty coffee shop in the city, and the owner still roasts the beans on site, which very few places here do.
The menu runs from straightforward americanos through to a cappuccino regina with a shot of caramel, and I’ve never had anything from it that wasn’t excellent.
Practically speaking, this is the one I’d send you to if you’re spending your day in the centre. It’s the best coffee within reach of the main sights, and whenever we were down that end of the city we’d make the detour without really discussing it.
3 | Parcerรญa Cafรฉ
Follow on Instagram | Read Google reviews here | Location: Feria neighbourhood
Parcerรญa sits right beside the Feria Market, which makes it a natural stop if you’re doing the market in the morning, and it has the broadest menu of anywhere on this list.
They work with Alquimista Coffee Lab and run a different guest roaster each day, so what you get changes depending on when you walk in. The brewing options run from V60 and cold brew through to flat whites and turmeric lattes, and the beans are fully traceable from origin to cup.
The reason I’d single it out, though, is the food.
This is one of the few places in Seville where you can have a genuinely good breakfast alongside a genuinely good coffee, and the Ibรฉrico pork loin with brie, pickles, jalapeรฑos and honey mustard on sourdough is the thing I’d order.
If you want a long, slow morning rather than a quick cup at the counter, this is where I’d go.
4 | Jester
Follow on Instagram | Read Google reviews here | Location: Santa Cruz
Jester has grown since I was last in Seville and there are now four branches: one near Puerta de la Carne on the edge of Santa Cruz, one on Calle Albareda in the old town, and one across the river in Triana. The Puerta de la Carne one is the original and the busiest.
What makes it unusual on this list is that very little good coffee survives that close to the Cathedral. There are only a handful of tables, several of them outside under orange trees, and on a warm morning that’s the whole appeal.
The beans are from Ineffable, the same roaster MUY uses. What Jester is really known for locally is its iced coffee, which regulars will tell you is the best in the city, and I’d believe them on the strength of the queue. The smoothie bowls have a following of their own.
Beyond that there are bagels, pastries, and fruit and yoghurt, along with almond, soy and coconut milk if you need them. It gets busy, especially at weekends, and it doesn’t pretend otherwise.
5 | Syra Coffee
Follow on Instagram | Read Google reviews here | Location: Behind Las Setas
Syra is a few hundred metres past Virgen, also behind Las Setas, and it’s a Barcelona chain rather than a Seville original, which shows in how sleek and pared-back the rooms are.
There are now four branches across the city and they aren’t interchangeable. The one I’m describing here is behind Las Setas. The Tetuรกn branch sits in the entrance of a hotel and has only a few high tables, so it’s really a takeaway stop rather than somewhere to sit.
The beans are their own brand, single-origin, all arabica, and bought directly from small farms and cooperatives. There’s a short list of snacks, and the banana bread is what I’d have with a flat white.
I have one small complaint, which is that the flat white came with rather too much milk in it, and it happened more than once so I don’t think it was a one-off.
That said, this is a minor gripe in the grand scheme of things. We even bought some of their own-brand beans for our moka pot at home, and it was seriously good.
If you’re short on time and deciding between Syra and Virgen Coffee (as they’re within a few hundred metres of one another), I’d lean towards Virgin. But if you have the time, why not experience both? Each offers a unique take on Seville’s burgeoning specialty coffee scene.
6 | Delatribu
Follow on Instagram | Read Google reviews here | Location: Five minutes from the Cathedral, Jewish Quarter
Delatribu is the one to remember, because it’s five minutes from the Cathedral and the Alcรกzar and it’s the only decent coffee in that whole quarter. If you’ve just come out of the Alcรกzar and you need to sit down, this is where you go.
It’s a small room on Pasaje Andreu and it doesn’t try to be more than that. The beans are from Ineffable, they do pour-over as well as espresso drinks, and there are a few pastries.
One practical note: it closes at 6pm, earlier than most, so it’s a daytime stop rather than an evening one.
I’ve called in here after a morning of sightseeing more than once, and the barista has always been welcoming in a way that isn’t guaranteed in that part of the city.
7 | La Cacharrerรญa Cafรฉ
Follow on Instagram | Read Google reviews here | Location: A few minutes from the Metropol Parasol
I first discovered La Cacharrerรญa Cafรฉ back in 2020 and was thrilled to see how it has evolved when I revisited in 2023.
It’s behind Las Setas, the interior is all exposed brick, and it has been busy every single time I’ve walked past it, which after two months of walking past it means something.
The coffee is solid and covers classic, Italian and specialty options, but the reason to come here is the food. There are homemade cakes, waffles and very good beef burgers, and the cake portions are frankly enormous.
If you’re planning a full day of sightseeing, this is where I’d have breakfast first. It comes alive again in the late afternoon, when people meet for coffee and cake before heading off to dinner a few hours later.
8 | Alfonsito
Read Google reviews here | Location: Plaza de San Agustรญn, by Puerta de Carmona
I came across Alfonsito while visiting the Museum of Fine Arts and ended up going back, which is the highest compliment I can pay a cafรฉ I found by accident.
It has since moved and grown, and it now sits on Plaza de San Agustรญn by the Puerta de Carmona, a short walk east of Casa de Pilatos. It opens at eight, which is earlier than most of the specialty places in this guide and genuinely useful if you’re an early riser in a city that mostly isn’t.
The coffee is straightforward, from flat whites to americanos, and the beans come from Caffรช Imperiale, a young roasting company with a distinctive flavour profile. What sets the place apart, though, is the food, which leans healthy in a way that very little else in Seville does.
There are bagels, quiches, croissants and salad bowls, with plenty of vegan and gluten-free options, and everything I had was beautifully presented for the money. If you’re heading out to Casa de Pilatos, or you’ve been at the Museum of Fine Arts, it’s worth the short walk.
9 | Ofelia Bakery
Follow on Instagram | Read Google reviews here | Location: Alfalfa area
Ofelia is the odd one out on this list, in that it isn’t a specialty coffee shop at all and I’ve included it anyway.
It’s a cafรฉ-pastry shop in the Alfalfa area that has been making its own sweets since 2013, and the coffee is Italian-style rather than specialty, using standard non-torrefacto beans.
I’ve put it here for the food. The carrot cake is the best in Seville and I’d argue that fairly firmly, and there’s a long list of sandwiches and desserts alongside it.
If what you want is a flat white made by somebody who thinks about it, go elsewhere on this list. If what you want is cake and a perfectly good coffee to go with it, come here.
10 | Lalita Cafรฉ
Follow on Instagram | Read Google reviews here | Location: Near San Justa train station
Lalita is near Santa Justa station, which puts it further out than anywhere else on this list, so it’s really one for the last morning before a train rather than a detour on a short trip.
It’s worth knowing about because it’s the most filter-focused place in the city. The owner roasts the beans himself and puts out a new batch every fortnight, so what’s available changes regularly and the staff will tell you what’s on.
There’s a no-laptop policy, which I mention as a warning to some readers and a recommendation to others. The homemade focaccia and the cakes are very good, and for the quality it’s cheap.
11 | Utopรญa Cafรฉ
Follow on Instagram | Read Google reviews here | Location: Sevilleโs shopping quarter
Utopรญa is a genuine hole in the wall, at the northern end of the shopping quarter, and there’s no seating at all. You order, you take your cup, and you carry on with your day.
The flat white is sublime and I don’t use that word often. They pour Alquimista beans alongside their own home-roasted ones, and the range runs from flat whites through to iced americanos, with muffins and cookies if you want something with it.
The barista was bilingual when I went, which is worth knowing if your Spanish isn’t up to discussing brewing methods. For a takeaway-only spot in the middle of the shops, the standard is remarkably high.
A note on specialty coffee in Seville
It’s worth understanding what changed here, because it explains why the older guidebooks tell you Spanish coffee is poor.
For decades the default in Spain was torrefacto, which is coffee roasted with sugar added during the process. It was introduced as a way of making cheaper beans go further and keeping them fresher for longer, and it produces a dark, bitter cup that works reasonably well drowned in milk and rather badly on its own.
That’s still what you’ll get in a good many traditional bars, and there’s nothing wrong with an ordinary cafรฉ con leche at a counter. It simply isn’t what a specialty coffee drinker is looking for.
What’s happened over the last decade is that a small number of independent shops have opened across the neighbourhoods, buying from local roasters like Ineffable and Alquimista, rotating their beans, and treating the whole thing as a craft.
Several of the owners are young and several roast their own.
You’ll pay more for a specialty coffee here than for a standard one, though from an Irish perspective the difference is barely worth noticing.
What I’d say is that the scene has stayed small and neighbourhood-based rather than turning into the polished, imported cafรฉ culture you find in Lisbon or Barcelona, and it’s better for it.
Three Places I Haven’t Been To Yet
Everything above is somewhere I went repeatedly, most of them many times over across two months. These three have either opened since or come to my attention since, and they fill gaps that the list above genuinely has, so it would be unhelpful to leave them out.
I want to be straightforward, though: I’m going on reputation and reviews here rather than my own experience, and I’ll update these properly next time I’m in the city.
LATE. Specialty Coffee, Amor de Dios
On Calle Amor de Dios, between the Alameda and the centre, which is a street I walked most days without this being there.
The reason I’d try it first is the co-working room at the back, which seats around a dozen people and has plugs and proper wifi.
Seville has very little of this, and the reviews from people who work remotely are unusually enthusiastic for that reason, with more than one describing it as the thing the city was missing.
On the coffee, the reviews are consistent and specific rather than vague, which is the signal I trust most in a place I haven’t been. The cortado and the pistachio pain au chocolat come up again and again.
If you need somewhere to work for a couple of hours, this looks like the best answer in the city.
LATE. Specialty Coffee & Bakery, Pรฉrez Galdรณs
The same people have a second, newer site on Calle Pรฉrez Galdรณs near Alfalfa, and it’s a different proposition rather than a copy of the first.
This one leans into the baking rather than the working, and it opens earlier, from 9am. If you want the pastries without the laptops, go here. If you want to sit and work, go to Amor de Dios.
nebbi cafรฉ y provisiones, Triana
On Calle Antillano Campos in Triana, a few minutes from the Mercado and the Centro Cerรกmica.
This is the Triana gap in my list, and it looks like a very good way to fill it.
It’s run by a couple, it’s a provisions shop as well as a cafรฉ, and what interests me most is that they rotate guest roasters rather than working with a single one, so regulars report trying something different most weeks.
You can buy beans to take home, and the cakes are homemade with vegan options.
If you’re spending a morning across the river, this is where I’d head.
Seville coffee shops on the map
I’ve added all these coffee shops to a Google Map for your convenience. Use it to easily locate the best coffee spots during your Seville adventure.
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Planning the rest of your Seville trip?
The coffee shops above are a good reason to slow down in Seville rather than pass through it.
They work best when they’re part of a longer morning that drifts into a market visit, or stretches into a long lunch somewhere. That rhythm – coffee, wander, eat – is essentially how the city organises itself.
If you’re still putting your Seville trip together, these guides will help you plan the rest of it:
13 Soulful Things to Do in Seville – where to go once you’ve found your coffee spot and the morning is yours
6 Food Markets in Seville That Foodies Will Love – from centuries-old neighbourhood institutions to a gourmet hall in a Gustave Eiffel building
The Best Tapas in Seville: My Personal Favourites – where to go once the morning coffee is done
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