5 cafés in 2 citys. Places change: check opening hours before you go.
A café styled after the city's heritage inside Al Balad, the UNESCO-listed old town of coral-stone houses.
Order: Saudi qahwa with dates
💡 Visit in the evening when Al Balad's lanes come alive.
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
The owner picks and roasts the beans in house, and there is no fixed menu: drinks are made to your taste.
Order: Ask the barista for a brew to suit you
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
A Saudi specialty café and roastery founded in 2016, with a spacious two-storey branch in An Nada. Time Out Riyadh named it the city's best coffee shop for being serious about coffee without making it intimidating.
Order: Saudi-style V60 · Espresso
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
A specialty roastery set up in 2014 that sources and roasts its own beans and keeps prices reasonable.
Order: Pour-over · Iced filter
A minimalist Riyadh roastery and café that blends Latin American and African coffees and sells Saudi regional blends.
Order: Saudi blend · V60