Kavarna Union
$A Secession-era 'Viennese' café in the Grand Hotel Union, over 115 years old. Painters Jakopič and Smrekar and writers Ivan Cankar and Oton Župančič argued at its tables.
Order: Coffee · Cake
💡 Two minutes from Prešeren Square.
World cafés / Europe
Cafés to visit in Slovenia
4 cafés in 1 city. Places change: check opening hours before you go.
Historic
Local tradition
Kavarna Zvezda
$A long-running Ljubljana cake café on the ground floor of Hotel Slon, whose name recalls Archduke Maximilian's elephant passing through in 1552.
Order: Cake from the Zvezda counter · Coffee
Specialty
STOW Coffee
$The café of Slovenia's best-known specialty roaster, which also runs a roastery in Kamnik and an SCA coffee academy; ranked 80th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026.
Order: Filter · Espresso · Coffee cocktail
💡 Closed Mondays.
Čokl
$A small roaster café on Krekov trg near the castle funicular, known for ethically sourced beans.
Order: Filter · Espresso
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
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