Beograd
Cafés in Belgrade where the Sava meets the Danube
Domaća kafa from a džezva, espresso on Strahinjića Bana, pour-overs around Njegoševa and a river terrace on Zemun’s Kej oslobođenja.
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Belgrade has been drinking coffee in public for five centuries. In 1522 the Ottomans opened a kafana in Dorćol that is considered the oldest such venue in Europe, and after 1739 Crni orao (Black Eagle) opened at the corner of today’s Kralja Petra and Cara Dušana streets.1 Further along Kralja Petra, at No. 6, the kafana called “?” occupies a house built in 1823 and is the oldest one still trading.2
Two words cover most of the city’s coffee. A kafana is a tavern serving traditional food, alcohol and coffee; a kafić is the café-bar that spread from the late 1970s, pouring espresso instead of Turkish coffee, with tea, soft drinks and alcohol but usually no food.3 In the big cities kafići put out large terraces, bašte (gardens), and Strahinjića Bana in Dorćol has been Belgrade’s best-known café street since the late 1990s.31
Specialty coffee is younger. Pržionica, the roastery that grew into D59B in Dorćol, opened in 2012 and won over doubtful customers with Sunday DJ matinees.4 Kafeterija began in a small Dorćol room in 2014 and roasts its own beans in Belgrade, while 7AM, a nano roaster, opened its first café and shop in Vračar in 2024.54
Start with a kraj
Belgrade by area
Terazije is the city’s official center: house numbers on Belgrade streets start at the end nearest the square.13 Skadarlija begins less than 300 meters from it and Dorćol about 700 meters to the north, while New Belgrade, built from 1948 across the Sava, is reached by bus and tram, most buses leaving from Zeleni Venac.14115
Skadarlija & Bajloni
Skadarska’s cobbled kafanas, cafés in the old Bajloni brewery on Cetinjska, Kondina and Hilandarska, and bars open until 03:00.
32 cafés
Knez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac
Kafeterija’s Magazin 1907 on Kralja Petra, terraces on Obilićev venac, bookshop cafés on Knez Mihailova and Kosančićev venac above the Sava.
66 cafés
Dorćol
Strahinjića Bana’s café street, D59B and Pržionica’s roasting, specialty bars on Dunavska and Dobračina and the Danube quay.
77 cafés
Savamala
Brunch cafés on Bulevar Vudroa Vilsona by Galerija, Kafeterija with a Sava view on Hercegovačka, and early kafići by the old railway station.
28 cafés
Terazije & Kralja Milana
Café Moskva and its šnit cake, kafići on Resavska and Svetozara Markovića, and Kralja Milana between Terazije and Slavija.
80 cafés
Vračar
Specialty bars on Njegoševa and Makenzijeva, terraces on Kajmakčalanska, the Kalenić market and the Church of Saint Sava.
158 cafés
Zemun
Gardoš tower above the Danube, cafés on Magistratski trg, terraces along Kej oslobođenja and Melö’s specialty roastery.
59 cafés
New Belgrade
Block cafés on Jurija Gagarina and Bulevar Zorana Đinđića, a micro roastery on Milutina Milankovića and Ada Ciganlija across the Sava.
187 cafés
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Specialty kafa
Specialty coffee
7AM, Koppa, Lumi and MIR in Vračar, Dusha until 23:00, UGAO and DRIP in Dorćol, and small roasters from Zemun to Voždovac.
22 cafés
Bašte
Outdoor seating
Bašte on Njegoševa and Bulevar kralja Aleksandra, Obilićev venac and Kosančićev venac, Zemun’s squares and the Savamala breakfast strip.
197 cafés
Nepušački kafići
Smoke-free cafés
Nepušački kafići in Dorćol, Vračar and Savamala, bookshop and board-game cafés, roasters, and how Serbia’s 80 m² smoking rule works.
137 cafés
Open late
Skadarska bars until 03:00, Vračar’s Njegoševa and Vojislava Ilića, Jurija Gagarina in New Belgrade, and specialty coffee until 23:30.
221 cafés
Wi-Fi
Koppa and 7AM in Vračar, UGAO and Pržionica in Dorćol, Coffee Pass and Artist in Skadarlija, plus how laptop zones work.
74 cafésSkadarlija & Bajloni 32 cafés
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See the full listKnez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac 66 cafés
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Amelie
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Open late
Avocado
Battery
Booka store
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See the full listDorćol 77 cafés
Ama Vietnamese Coffee
Auditoria
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Toilets
- Smoke-free indoors
- Open late
Black Cat
- Wi-Fi
- Cash only
- Toilets
- Smoke-free indoors
- Open late
Bonjour Motherf*ckrs
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See the full listSavamala 28 cafés
Brekky
- Outdoor seating
- Card payment
- Toilets
- Smoke-free indoors
Focus
Graziella
- Indoor seating
- Smoking allowed
- Open late
iCafé
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Partial wheelchair access
- Smoking allowed
- Open late
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Amigo
- Bakery café
Ara
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Open late
BASIC coffee & breakfast
- Wi-Fi
- Card payment
- Smoke-free indoors
- Brunch
Bistro Savski
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Partial wheelchair access
- Smoking allowed
- Open late
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See the full listVračar 158 cafés
7AM Roasters
7AM Specialty coffee shop
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
- Card payment
- Smoke-free indoors
- Specialty
Alveto
- Bakery café
- Open late
Amici Del Toscanello
- Card payment
- Smoking allowed
- Open late
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See the full listPalilula & Tašmajdan 41 cafés
Senjak & Dedinje 13 cafés
Voždovac 27 cafés
Bell Dock
Forest Caffe
Kafe Bar „Cup”
- Wi-Fi
- Partial wheelchair access
- Smoke-free indoors
- Open late
Matine
Матине
Zvezdara 18 cafés
Avgust kafa i kolači
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Bakery café
- Open late
Caffe Sol
Caffe Zlatna Kornjača
- Indoor seating
- Open late
Mañana
Zemun 59 cafés
Artist Specialty Coffee
Badem
Бадем
Baristro
Баристро
Beo Caffe
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See the full listNew Belgrade 187 cafés
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Bastion
Belgrade Roasting Company
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BG Scenarium
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Kafeterija
Show 31 locations
- Dorćol 3
- New Belgrade 9
- Palilula & Tašmajdan 3
- Savamala 3
- Senjak & Dedinje 3
- Knez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac 2
- Terazije & Kralja Milana 2
- Voždovac 1
- Vračar 3
- Zemun 1
- Zvezdara 1
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Coffeedream
Show 27 locations
- Dorćol 3
- New Belgrade 9
- Palilula & Tašmajdan 1
- Savamala 2
- Senjak & Dedinje 2
- Skadarlija & Bajloni 1
- Knez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac 3
- Terazije & Kralja Milana 2
- Vračar 3
- Zemun 1
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Starbucks
Show 8 locations
- New Belgrade
- Starbaks, Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 4
- Starbaks, Радничка 9Daily 10:00–22:00
- Knez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac
- Starbaks, Зелени венац 18Daily 07:00–20:00
- Starbaks, Кнеза Михаила 54aDaily 08:30–22:00
- Starbaks, Обилићев венац 24Daily 07:00–22:30
- Terazije & Kralja Milana
- Starbaks, Булевар краља Александра 18Daily 07:00–22:00
- Voždovac
- StarbaksDaily 08:00–22:00
- Vračar
- Starbaks, Браничевска 1Mon–Sat 10:00–22:00 · Sun 11:00–18:00
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Cafe & Factory
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- New Belgrade
- Јурија Гагарина 32aDaily 08:00–23:00
- Cafe & Factory 11, Шчербинова 5Daily 08:00–21:00
- Palilula & Tašmajdan
- Краљице Марије 1Mon–Fri 08:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–15:00
- Knez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac
- Краља Петра 23Daily 08:00–00:00
- Terazije & Kralja Milana
- Хајдук Вељков венац 12Mon–Fri 08:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–15:00
- Vračar
- Катанићева 22Daily 08:00–23:00
- Cafe&Factory 1, Невесињска 21Daily 08:00–23:00
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Kofilin
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- Dorćol
- Цара Душана 29Mon–Fri 08:00–22:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–22:00
- Savamala
- Булевар краља Александра I Карађорђевића 33Daily 08:00–20:00
- Knez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac
- Царице Милице 9Mon–Fri 07:30–21:00 · Sat 08:00–21:00 · Sun 09:00–21:00
- Terazije & Kralja Milana
- Кнеза Милоша 15Mon–Sat 08:00–21:00 · Sun 09:00–21:00
- Vračar
- Кнегиње Зорке 40Mon–Fri 08:30–20:00 · Sat–Sun 09:30–20:00
- Цара Николаја II 77Mon–Fri 07:30–21:00 · Sat 08:00–21:00 · Sun 09:00–21:00
- Zemun
- Трг Бранка Радичевића 2Mon–Fri 07:30–22:00 · Sat 08:00–22:00 · Sun 09:00–22:00
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Greenet
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- Dorćol
- Цара Душана 68Mon–Sat 07:00–23:00 · Sun 08:00–23:00
- Palilula & Tašmajdan
- Greenet Line, Краљице Марије 13
- Terazije & Kralja Milana
- Масарикова 5Mon–Sat 07:00–23:00 · Sun 09:00–23:00
- Greenet - Preko puta, Нушићева 3Mon–Sat 07:30–23:00 · Sun 09:00–23:00
- Greenet - 07 Stari grad, Нушићева 4Mon–Sat 07:00–23:00 · Sun 09:00–23:00
- Vračar
- Greenet Slavija, Улица Немањина 40
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Coffee Vibes
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- Zemun
- ZemunDaily 08:00–20:00
- Булевар маршала Толбухина 11
- Дубровачка 2Daily 08:00–20:00
- Старца Вујадина 7aDaily 08:00–20:00
- Цара Душана 46Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 · Sun Closed
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Java Coffee
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- New Belgrade
- New BelgradeMon–Sat 08:00–23:00 · Sun Closed
- Пожешка 31
- Senjak & Dedinje
- Андре Николића 7Mon–Fri 07:00–23:00
- Vračar
- Java Coffee Roastery Vracar, Милешевска 44
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Sloj
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- Dorćol
- Господар Јевремова 9Daily 09:00–21:00
- New Belgrade
- Омладинских бригада 86dDaily 08:30–20:00
- Savamala
- Булевар Вудроа Вилсона 8vDaily 09:00–22:00
- Vračar
- Војводе Петка 7Daily 08:00–19:00
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Distribucija
- New Belgrade
- Др Агостина Нета 44aDaily 07:30–23:00
- Јурија Гагарина 12a
- Zvezdara
- Distribucija kafe, Vojislava Ilića 73b
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DriveCafe
- New Belgrade
- Тошин бунар 165
- Palilula & Tašmajdan
- Чарлија Чаплина 1aOpen 24 hours
- Senjak & Dedinje
- Васе Пелагића 35Open 24 hours
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Koffein
- Dorćol
- Cara Dušana 65
- Knez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac
- Cara Lazara 13
- Vračar
- Улица Небојшина 8А
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Locale Coffee Club
- Dorćol
- Солунска 13a
- Knez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac
- Змај Јовина 11Daily 08:00–23:00
- Terazije & Kralja Milana
- Балканска 27
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Popy Coffee
- Dorćol
- Popy Coffee Family, Краља Петра 82Mon–Sat 07:00–21:00 · Sun 09:00–17:00
- Terazije & Kralja Milana
- Terazije & Kralja MilanaMon–Sat 07:00–21:00 · Sun 09:00–17:00
- Vračar
- Popy Coffee Family, Булевар краља Александра 124Mon–Sat 07:00–21:00 · Sun 09:00–17:00
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Rocket Coffee
- Knez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac
- Карађорђева 49bDaily 07:00–22:00
- Vračar
- Браће Недића 7Daily 07:00–22:00
- Zemun
- Rocket Coffee Beograd, Улица Карађорђева 21
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Šećer
- Knez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac
- Kafeterija Šećer, Добрице Ћосића 2
- Kafeterija Šećer, Кнеза Михаила 48
- Terazije & Kralja Milana
- Kafeterija Šećer, Kneza Miloša 43
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Sonder
- Dorćol
- Жоржа Клемансоа 27vDaily 09:00–18:00
- Savamala
- Булевар Вудроа Вилсона 8Mon–Thu 09:00–22:00 · Fri–Sat 09:00–23:00 · Sun 09:00–22:00
- Skadarlija & Bajloni
- Кнез Милетина 25Daily 09:00–23:00
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The Cups Coffee House
- Palilula & Tašmajdan
- Цвијићева 24Mon–Fri 07:00–19:00 · Sat 09:00–16:00
- Knez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac
- The Cups RoboCafe, Ђуре Јакшића 4a
- Zemun
- Двадесет другог октобра 8A
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Aviator Coffee Explorer
- Dorćol
- Гундулићев венац 59aMon–Fri 07:00–23:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–23:00
- Palilula & Tašmajdan
- Улица Чарлија Чаплина 26
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Fresh Corner
- Dorćol
- Зрењанински пут 84n
- New Belgrade
- Египатска 4
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Mlin
- New Belgrade
- Mlin kafeterija, Шпанских бораца 3Mon–Sat 08:00–23:00
- Zemun
- Бежанијска 41Daily 08:00–23:00
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Coffee Time
- New Belgrade
- Јурија Гагарина 151BMon–Sat 08:00–22:00 · Sun 09:00–20:00
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The Coffee
- Knez Mihailova & Kosančićev Venac
- Чика Љубина 7Daily 08:00–21:00
Before you sit down
How to order coffee in Belgrade
Domaća kafa (home coffee), also called crna kafa or Turkish coffee, is made by boiling water in a džezva, a small long-handled pot, stirring in one or two teaspoons of finely ground coffee and heating it again briefly. It comes unfiltered in a small cup; ask for it sa šećerom (with sugar) or bez šećera (without).6 Some specialty roasters treat it seriously: Koppa roasts beans for domaća kafa alongside its filter and espresso coffees.7
Espresso has its own vocabulary: kratki espreso is a single, dupli espreso a double and produženi espreso a shot lengthened with water. Nes, from Nescafé, means instant coffee, ordered topli (hot) or hladni (cold), sa šlagom or bez šlaga (with or without whipped cream).6
Going for coffee is a sitting-down affair: a visit often lasts two or three hours and can roll on into lunch. When a friend says “Častim te kafom”, the round is on them, and the favor is usually returned.6 Tipping is optional; in smaller cafés people round up, and tips go in cash, since they cannot be added to a card payment.8
Expect cigarette smoke indoors in many kafići. The 2010 tobacco law bans smoking in public institutions but only in some hospitality venues, and the smallest places may decide for themselves whether to allow it.9 In 2023 the health minister called for a full indoor ban.9
What coffee costs in Belgrade
| Drink | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Espreso Espresso in central Belgrade | about 200 RSD City-center cafés, February 2023 |
| Kapućino Cappuccino in central Belgrade | 200–250 RSD City-center cafés, February 2023 |
| Domaća kafa Turkish-style coffee at a central café | 310 RSD One café in the center, August 2024 |
| Espreso / kapućino At the lakeside cafés on Ada Ciganlija | 225 / 270 RSD Ada Ciganlija, July 2023 |
Prices as of 2023–2024, in Serbian dinars (RSD). The city-center espresso and cappuccino figures come from a Nova.rs price comparison published in February 2023, the domaća kafa from a Kurir report in August 2024 and the Ada Ciganlija prices from N1 in July 2023.101112
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- Coffee culture in former Yugoslavia, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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- Kafeterija, Kafeterija&Love&Brands, accessed October 2026
- How to Order Coffee in Serbia (Olivera Tolimir), Belgrade Language School, accessed October 2026
- Koppa Coffee: zanatska specialty pržionica, Koppa Coffee, accessed October 2026
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FAQ
Cafés in Belgrade: common questions
How much does a coffee cost in Belgrade?
In February 2023 an espresso in central Belgrade cost about 200 RSD and a cappuccino 200 to 250 RSD. A domaća kafa at one café in the center cost 310 RSD in August 2024. On Ada Ciganlija, the lakeside cafés charged 225 RSD for an espresso and 270 RSD for a cappuccino in July 2023.
Which neighborhood of Belgrade has the most cafés?
New Belgrade and Vračar have the most cafés, followed by Terazije & Kralja Milana. New Belgrade has the most cafés, spread along Jurija Gagarina and Bulevar Zorana Đinđića; Vračar, around Njegoševa and the Kalenić market, comes a close second.
What is the difference between a kafić and a kafana in Belgrade?
A kafana is a traditional tavern that serves local food, alcohol and coffee. A kafić is a café-bar of the kind that spread from the late 1970s: it pours espresso rather than Turkish coffee, with tea, soft drinks and alcohol, and usually serves no food. Kafići in big cities often have large terraces.
How is domaća kafa made and ordered in Belgrade?
Water is boiled in a džezva, a small long-handled pot, then one or two teaspoons of finely ground coffee go in and the pot is heated briefly again. It is served unfiltered in a small cup. Ask for domaća kafa or crna kafa, sa šećerom for sugar or bez šećera for none.
Can you smoke inside cafés in Belgrade?
In many, yes. Serbia’s 2010 tobacco law bans smoking in public institutions but only in some hospitality venues, and the smallest places may decide whether to allow it. The health minister called for a full indoor ban in 2023. Dorćol has the largest choice of smoke-free cafés.
Do you tip in cafés in Belgrade?
Tipping is optional in Serbia. In smaller cafés people round up the bill, and tips are left in cash, because they cannot be added to a card payment.
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