Coffee & cafés in Kampala
Kampala has 110 listed coffee shops and cafés, from quick espresso stops to slow weekend brunches. Most popular: Specialty Coffee (8), Beans to Take Home (7), Breakfast (3). The coffee scene spans 62 Coffee Shops, 43 Cafes & Coffee Shops, 4 Roasteries. Dietary options are covered too: Vegetarian cafés (31), Vegan cafés (29), Halal cafés (11). 31 landmarks and neighbourhoods have their own nearby-coffee guides.
Kampala, Uganda, has 131 coffee venues, including 27 specialty-coffee locations. The most common serves are beans retail, specialty coffee, and breakfast. Independent venues account for about 95% of the market.
⭐ Top 10 coffee shops in KampalaKampala Central Division (43)Makindye Division (16)Nakawa (10)Kawempe Division (8)Rubaga Division (5)
Coffee scorecard
| Metric | Kampala | Uganda median |
|---|---|---|
| Flagged as specialty in our listings | 37% of 110 venues | 46% (median of 5 cities) |
| Not part of a chain we track | 94% of 110 venues | 96% (median of 5 cities) |
| Median rating | 4.3 across 39 venues with 25+ ratings | — |
| Open late (closing 22:00 or later) | 59% of 78 venues with listed hours | 57% (median of 5 cities) |
| Open on Sundays | 64% of 78 venues with Sunday hours listed | 83% (median of 5 cities) |
| Open all 7 days | 64% of 78 venues with listed hours | 83% (median of 5 cities) |
Computed from the cafés listed on WorldCafeMap; not a census of every café. Figures describe the cafés listed for Kampala on WorldCafeMap, not every café in the city. Country figures are the median across its cities with 20 or more listed cafés.
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The Coffee Museum
Kira Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (9)
MAB COFFEE
Kyebando nsooba, Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (7)
HIVE COFFEE uganda limited
Bahai Road, Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (6)
Ammies Coffee (TBSC)
8H8Q+2QM Ammies Coffee (TBSC), De winton Street, Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (5)
Laptop friendly
G-ONE Coffeeshop
Plot 31 Rubaga Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (5)
Laptop friendly
Lantana cafe
7HXX+7WC Lantana cafe, Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (5)
Laptop friendly
مقهى ونادي مونتي كارلو Club & Cafe Monte Carlo
11B Kimera Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (5)
Laptop friendly
Nostalgic Coffee Café
8HJF+896 Nostalgic Coffee Café, Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (2)
NTONGO PEAK COFFEE
Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (2)
Laptop friendly
Atenai restaurant and cafe مطعم و مقهى أتني
1D Lubuulwa Paddy Cl, Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (1)
Laptop friendly
Elevation Coffee Company Limited
8HQP+C9W Elevation Coffee Company Limited, Kira Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (1)
GOODME ROASTERY & BISTRO LIMITED
Uganda, Kampala, The Cube, GOODME ROASTERY & BISTRO LIMITED
★ 5.0 (1)
Laptop friendly
Lunexa Coffee
Kira Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (1)
Masha Coffee
Kibazo Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 5.0 (1)
Uganda Coffee Expo
★ 5.0 (1)
Gh Coffee Shop
kitalanga, Kiwafu Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.9 (32)
HASZ COFFEE LAB
Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.9 (27)
Joshcom Cafe & Barista Academy
Kiyindi Ln, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.9 (10)
Café Gelatin Uganda
23a6 Kisenyi Road, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.9 (8)
Laptop friendly
Tusome coffee
ssenga-migadde, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.9 (7)
Laptop friendly
UNIQUE COFFEE SHOP
1 Mbogo Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.8 (14)
Laptop friendly
Bonny Barista Coffee & Cafe
Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.8 (9)
Laptop friendly
Mobile coffee (bugisu Arabica coffee)
8H6G+M4V Mobile coffee (bugisu Arabica coffee), Channel St, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.8 (4)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
One Tribe Coffee
Bugolobi Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.7 (50)
Outdoor seating
Banura Coffee
Uganda Red Cross, Eli complex, ground floor After, Rubaga Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.7 (20)
Cakement ug
Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.7 (11)
Ijuru Café
5b Naguru Dr, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.7 (7)
Laptop friendly
Kardamom & Koffee
4 Kings Africa Rifle Road
★ 4.6 (482)
Outdoor seating
Ivoryy Uganda
17 Kololo Hill Ln, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.6 (80)
Outdoor seating
Zuri Cafe & Liquor Store
Moyo Cl, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.6 (12)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Halla Café
Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.6 (7)
Java House Naguru
Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.6 (5)
Laptop friendly
Cafe Javas
Kira Road, Kampala
★ 4.5 (6055)
Outdoor seating
Café Javas
Opposite post office, Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.5 (5491)
Cafe Javas
Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala
★ 4.5 (3429)
Outdoor seating
Endiro Coffee
Plot 8 Kintu Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.5 (132)
Laptop friendly
Coffee Culture
47b Upper Kololo Terrace, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.5 (48)
Outdoor seating
Kesh Kesh Coffee Roasters & Cafe
50 Kironde Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.5 (48)
Silent Café
Plot 52 Bukoto St, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.5 (22)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Great Lakes Coffee Roastery
Plot 47b Upper Kololo Terrace, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.5 (15)
Lutalo Delta Cafe
8G8R+HQJ Lutalo Delta Cafe, Lutalo Muwereza Ronald Road, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.5 (6)
Laptop friendly
Cafe Javas
Bombo Road, Kampala
★ 4.4 (3248)
Outdoor seating
Cafe Javas
Namirembe Road, Kampala
★ 4.4 (2924)
Outdoor seating
Endiro Coffee
Plot 733 Tank Hill Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.4 (761)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Platia
★ 4.4 (689)
Outdoor seating
Sta Cafe & Lounge
Mengo Hill Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.4 (190)
T2U Cafe
palm village mall, Ggaba Road, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.4 (77)
Inspire Cafe
Plot 10 Kafu Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.4 (16)
Caramel Café & Lounge
★ 4.3 (1433)
Outdoor seating
Wild Coffee Bar
St Barnabas Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.3 (1085)
Outdoor seating
Vitamin Café
★ 4.3 (795)
Outdoor seating
La Patisserie
1272 Ggaba Road, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.3 (531)
Coffee at Last
★ 4.3 (393)
Outdoor seating
Endiro Coffee
8H7J+WP2 Endiro Coffee, Plot 05 Speke Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.3 (356)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Cafesserie Village Mall
9 Luthuli Ave, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.3 (293)
Outdoor seating
XURI ART CAFE
plot 44, XURI ART CAFE, AKA Art gallery, Bukoto St, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.3 (113)
Outdoor seating
Bmk House cafe
next to Hotel Africana, Wampewo Avenue, Nyabong Road, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.3 (36)
Outdoor seating
1000 Cups Coffee House
18 Buganda Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.3 (18)
Ab Tikka Coffee Shop
Kisinde Cl, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.3 (4)
Laptop friendly
Cafe Pap
Parliament, Kampala
★ 4.2 (593)
Outdoor seating
Jidael Restaurant and Café
Bativa Hotel, Bativa street, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.2 (46)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Endiro Coffee
The Surgery Uganda, Plot 42 Naguru Dr, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.2 (22)
Laptop friendly
Endiro Coffee
Plot 45/47, Endiro Coffee, Shell, A1 Spring Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.2 (15)
Laptop friendly
Volcano Coffee
Opposite, Nakawa Business Park, New Port Bell Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.2 (6)
Amagara Café Bistro
★ 4.1 (546)
Outdoor seating
Cafe Bravo
Uganda House, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.1 (474)
Outdoor seating
Cafe Mocca
★ 4.1 (376)
Outdoor seating
Café Reze
18 Buganda Road, Kampala
★ 4.1 (79)
Outdoor seating
Oak Cafe
★ 4.1 (69)
Outdoor seating
Nevo Coffee & Co.
44 Tank Hill Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.1 (34)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Harrison Cafe
7HR7+47J Harrison Cafe, Weraga Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.1 (16)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Coffee N Cake Lounge
Muyenga Road, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.0 (92)
Outdoor seating
Java House
Kira Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.0 (43)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Miss Cafe Kampala Boulevard Coffee Shop
Plot 17/19 Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.0 (37)
Laptop friendly
Deja Brew
8HWV+29W Deja Brew, Old Kira Rd, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.0 (3)
Brickhouse Coffee Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.0 (2)
JUICY DRIP CAFE & RESTAURANT
8H6M+W37 JUICY DRIP CAFE & RESTAURANT, Russel Ln, Kampala, Uganda
★ 4.0 (1)
Laptop friendly
Cafe Kawa
★ 3.9 (167)
Outdoor seating
Coffee Terrace
8H7J+X99 Coffee Terrace, Kampala, Uganda
★ 3.7 (41)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
The Gold Pearl Coffee Ltd
Room No. MB 20, The Gold Pearl Coffee Ltd, New Taxi Park Shopping Mall Freeman Building Near KCCA offices, Kampala, Uganda
★ 3.6 (5)
Zion Coffee Shop
Kataza Cl, Kampala, Uganda
★ 3.5 (2)
Laptop friendly
Aroma City
BanCafe
Barst Internet Cafe
Ggaba Road, Kampala
Cafe Ballet
Café Ceylon
Cafe Pap
Cafesserie
Outdoor seating
Chilli's
Endiro Coffee Bugolobi
Outdoor seating
Endiro Coffee Kisimenti
Outdoor seating
Endiro Coffee Muyenga
Outdoor seating
Endiro Coffee Naguru
Endiro Coffee Nakasero
Endiro Coffee (Shell Bugolobi)
Endiro Coffee (Standard Chartered)
Fas Fas Art Café
Katazamiti Road
Holy Crêpe
Java House
Kaffe Kaffe
Kamwanyi Specialty Coffee
8HF4+8GX Kamwanyi Specialty Coffee, Kampala, Uganda
La fayette bakery and Cafe
Meta Coffee Company Limited
Pool road, kampala
Roasts on-site
Meza Shawarma
Mokka Terrace
Namastemusty
Kira Rd, Kampala, Uganda
PEAK DISCOVERY COFFEE & CAFE
Zone 1, PEAK DISCOVERY COFFEE & CAFE, Kampala, Uganda
Laptop friendly
Simba Café
The Aleph Cafe
Kanjokya Street
Tutti Frutti
Coffee near landmarks
Areas & neighbourhoods
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Kampala coffee — FAQs
How many coffee shops are there in Kampala?
There are 110 coffee shops, cafés and roasteries listed in Kampala on WorldCafeMap, with addresses, opening hours, photos and ratings.
Where is the best coffee in Kampala?
Top-rated coffee shops in Kampala include Cafe Bravo, Sta Cafe & Lounge, Endiro Coffee. See our ranked list of the best coffee shops in Kampala.
Are there coffee shops with outdoor seating in Kampala?
38 venues in Kampala have outdoor seating, terraces or gardens.