Almaty · Bostandyk
Cafés in Bostandyk
Late cafés on Rozybakiev Street, terraces on Abay Avenue and Nekafe's pay-for-time lounge on Zhandosov.
Photo: Radis B, Pexels License
Bostandyk means freedom. The district was created in January 1966 as Kalininsky, renamed in December 1995, and covers 99.43 km²; with 343,541 residents in 2021 it is the most populous in Almaty.1 It takes in the Main Botanical Garden, the Kazakhfilm studio and the VDNKh exhibition grounds, whose first pavilions opened in the early 1960s.1
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University has its 100-hectare campus, Kazgugrad, at Al-Farabi Avenue 71: the largest in the country, with more than 20,000 students.2 The cafés follow the students and the apartment blocks along Rozybakiev Street, Abay Avenue and Auezov Street.
Local tip: At Nekafe on Zhandosov Street, coffee and tea come with the time you pay for, and it stays open until 04:00.3
At a glance
56Cafés listed
12With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
04:00Latest closing
- Opens earliest: Coffee Mill, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–23:00).
- Closes latest: Некафе на Джандосова, until 04:00 (Daily 12:00–04:00).
- Most common features: open late (18%), wi-fi (16%), outdoor seating (7%).
Basqur
Coffee Time
- Smoke-free indoors
- Open late
Delish
Некафе на Джандосова
Adriano Coffee
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Partial wheelchair access
- Toilets
- Smoke-free indoors
- Open late
Coffee Mill
Jolly
- Outdoor seating
- Air-con
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Wheelchair access
- Open late
Milky Cafe
Onegin Cofee
UFO
Alma
Anytime Cafe
AS-TIMIAN
Avocado Gold
Baysan
Cafe Charlotte
Coffee and the City
dami_cafealmaty
Delcappuccino
Esmeralda cafe Almaty
Gharysh
Little Stars
Malina Mix
Milk and honey
Plants Almaty
Pyatnica Cafe
Quelle
Seventy Coffee
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
Seventy Coffee
The Point By Viled
Time cafe Глобус
Арго
Белый Кит
Браунис
Кафе "Гранат"
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Coffee chains in Bostandyk
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Starbucks
Show 8 locations
- Bostandyk
- Al Farabi Ave 77Daily 08:00–00:00
- Almaty Towers, Байзакова 280Mon–Fri 08:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–18:00
- Atakent, Улица Тимирязева, 38/1
- Rozybakieva 247 AMon–Thu 08:00–22:00 · Fri–Sat 08:00–23:00 · Sun 08:00–22:00
- Абай даңғылы 109ВMon–Thu 08:00–22:00 · Fri–Sat 08:00–23:00 · Sun 09:00–22:00
- Розыбакиева 263 MEGA
- Тимирязев көшесі 38/1Mon–Fri 09:00–22:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–22:00
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Coffee Boom
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Drinkit
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- Байзақов 280Daily 07:30–21:00
- Дринкит, ул. Розыбакиева, 263
- Дринкит, улица Абиша Кекилбайулы 34Daily 07:30–21:00
- улица Розыбакиева 247А
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Nedelka
- Әуезов көшесі 99Daily 07:30–22:00
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Vanilla Coffee
- Розыбакиев көшесі 343/2Daily 07:30–23:00
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Big Apple Coffee
- ЖК Esentai City, Al-Farabi Avenue 116/22Mon–Fri 07:30–22:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–22:00
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Traveler's Coffee
- Abay Ave 109/6
- Traveler's Coffee Gagarin, Ермек Серкебаев даңғылы 277/7Daily 08:00–00:00
- Traveler's Coffee Rozybakiev, Розыбакиев көшесі 247/3Daily 08:00–00:00
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Zebra Coffee
- Әуезов көшесі 179Daily 08:00–00:00
- Сәтбаев көшесі 90/21Daily 08:00–23:00
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Coffee Like
- Қаныш Сәтбаев көшесі 69АDaily 10:00–22:00
- Розыбакиев көшесі 263Daily 10:00–22:00
Chain
Costa Coffee
- проспект Aль-Фараби 140
- улица Абиша КекилбайулыDaily 10:00–00:00
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Urbo Coffee
- Розыбакиев көшесі 336Open 24 hours
- Urbo Capital Tower, улица Абиша Кекилбайулы 34Daily 07:00–23:00
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Coffeedelia
Chain
Marrone Rosso
Rozybakiev Street
Arizona Coffee Almaty at Rozybakiev 336 opens 08:00–23:00, and Coffee Mill next door at 336/5 opens earlier, at 07:00; both have Wi-Fi. Basqur at 343/6 opens 09:00–22:00, also with Wi-Fi. A few blocks away, Delish at Radostovets 280 serves 08:00–23:00.
Further down the same street, ZUM is at Rozybakiev 49, Адал (Adal) at 140 and Little Stars at 320. On Zhandosov Street, Avocado Gold is at number 21 and Coffee Book at 58, and on Timiryazev Street UFO opens 09:00–21:00 at number 54, near Bricks at 46.
Abay Avenue and Auezov Street
Jolly at Abay 109V opens 08:00–22:00 with step-free access and outdoor tables; Seventy Coffee at Abay 115 has Wi-Fi and a terrace, and Марципан (Martsipan, marzipan) at 117 also has outdoor seats. Coffee Time at Auezov 106 is smoke-free and open until midnight, and rabbit at Auezov 109 has Wi-Fi.
Along Auezov Street, Белый Кит (Bely Kit, "white whale") is at number 69 and Нескучный Сад (Neskuchny Sad) at 84, and Кафе "ШокоЛатте" is in the Tau Samal complex on Navoi Street.
Milky Cafe on Serkebayev Avenue keeps 08:00–00:00, Quelle on the same avenue has Wi-Fi, and Adriano Coffee runs 07:30–00:00 with Wi-Fi and a terrace. Onegin Cofee at Navoi 210/1 opens at 07:40 on weekdays. Inside Esentai Mall at Al-Farabi 77/8, Anytime Cafe and The Point By Viled serve shoppers, and Gagarin Avenue has Pyatnica Cafe at number 92 and Gagarin coffee at 138/8.
Paying for time
Некафе (Nekafe, "not a café") at Zhandosov 82 is an anticafé: tea, bean coffee, sweets, games and Wi-Fi are free, and you pay for the time you stay. It opens 12:00–04:00 every day.3 The model spread from Moscow after 2011, and most such places let guests bring their own food but ban alcohol and smoking.4 Its tea shelf covers the Greenfield, Tess and Curtis ranges plus Chinese teas.3 Time cafe Глобус (Globus) is at Abay 109A.
Getting there
The metro runs west under Abay Avenue past Baikonur and Auezov Theater stations toward Altynsarin Avenue.5 Al-Farabi University, which officially opened on 15 January 1934, has its campus at Al-Farabi Avenue 71.2 The district has grown since then: about 720 hectares along the upper part of Dulati Street were added in 2011.1
Sources
- Бостандыкский район, Wikipedia (Russian), accessed October 2026
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Некафе на Джандосова (accessed October 2026), Nekafe, accessed October 2026
- Антикафе, Wikipedia (Russian), accessed October 2026
- Almaty Metro, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ
Bostandyk cafés: questions
What is Nekafe in Almaty?
Nekafe at Zhandosov 82 in Almaty's Bostandyk district is an anticafé: tea, bean coffee, sweets, games and Wi-Fi are free, and guests pay for their time. It opens 12:00–04:00 every day.
Which cafés on Rozybakiev Street in Almaty have Wi-Fi?
Arizona Coffee Almaty at Rozybakiev 336 (08:00–23:00), Coffee Mill at 336/5 (from 07:00) and Basqur at 343/6 (09:00–22:00) all have Wi-Fi.
What is Bostandyk district in Almaty?
Bostandyk, whose name means freedom, is Almaty's most populous district, with 343,541 residents in 2021, and covers 99.43 km². It was created in 1966 as Kalininsky district and renamed in 1995. It holds the Main Botanical Garden and the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University campus.
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