Cafés to visit in Kuwait

2 cafés in 1 city. Places change: check opening hours before you go.

Local tradition

Souq Al-Mubarakiya cafés

Local tradition · Souq Al-Mubarakiya, Al Qibla, Kuwait City

One of Kuwait's oldest markets, trading for at least 200 years, has a courtyard near the Sea Mosque with traditional cafés brewing tea over coals. It was badly damaged in 1990 and restored.

Order: Tea brewed over coals · Arabic coffee

💡 Go after sunset when the souq is busiest.

Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.

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Specialty

Jumo Coffee Roasters (Sadu House)

Specialty · Sadu House, Arabian Gulf St, Kuwait City

Jumo's main branch sits at Sadu House, a cultural centre set up in 1980 to preserve Bedouin weaving, on the Gulf Road next to the National Museum.

Order: Single-origin filter · Vietnamese tiramisu

💡 Look round the Sadu weaving exhibits while you are there.