Coffee & cafés in York
York has 170 listed coffee shops and cafés, from quick espresso stops to slow weekend brunches. Most popular: Sandwiches (13), Breakfast (12), Tea (9). The coffee scene spans 99 Cafes & Coffee Shops, 60 Coffee Shops, 11 Tea Houses & Bubble Tea. Dietary options are covered too: Vegetarian cafés (35), Vegan cafés (28), Gluten-free cafés (6). Price levels: Cheap coffee, Mid-range cafés. 40 landmarks and neighbourhoods have their own nearby-coffee guides.
York is a city in the United Kingdom with a population of 156,135. It has 209 coffee venues, none of which are specialty-coffee venues. The most common serves are sandwiches, breakfast, and tea. About 90% of these venues are independent.
By coffee:Brunch (10)
Coffee scorecard
| Metric | York | United Kingdom median |
|---|---|---|
| Flagged as specialty in our listings | 11% of 170 venues | 4.9% (median of 591 cities) |
| Not part of a chain we track | 85% of 170 venues | 86% (median of 591 cities) |
| Median rating | 4.7 across 99 venues with 25+ ratings | 4.6 (median of 567 cities) |
| Cheap price tier | 65% of 82 venues with a price level | 70% (median of 532 cities) |
| Mid-range price tier | 35% of 82 venues with a price level | 30% (median of 532 cities) |
| Upscale price tier | 0% of 82 venues with a price level | 0% (median of 532 cities) |
| Open late (closing 22:00 or later) | 5.1% of 136 venues with listed hours | 9.5% (median of 589 cities) |
| Open on Sundays | 78% of 136 venues with Sunday hours listed | 73% (median of 589 cities) |
| Open all 7 days | 67% of 136 venues with listed hours | 61% (median of 589 cities) |
| Most-mentioned features | Brunch (10 venues), Flat White (3) | — |
Computed from the cafés listed on WorldCafeMap; not a census of every café. Figures describe the cafés listed for York 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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Biga+
67 Walmgate, York
★ 5.0 (190)£
Bruberrie Café & Bar Bootham
20 Bootham, York YO30 7BL, United Kingdom
★ 5.0 (41)
Café Shiraz
20 Castlegate, York YO1 9RP
★ 5.0 (37)£
Oak and Smoke Deli - Micklegate
50 Micklegate, York YO1 6LF, United Kingdom
★ 5.0 (21)£1–10
MeowCraft Cafe
43 Shambles, York YO1 7LX
★ 5.0 (8)
Le Specialty Coffee
23 Fossgate, York YO1 9TA
★ 4.9 (426)£1–10
Forever Coffee
7-9 Clifford Street, York
★ 4.9 (412)£
Alma Cafe and Gifts
6 Coppergate
★ 4.9 (172)£1–10
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Chocolate & Co
4 Lowther Street, York
★ 4.9 (146)
SOPHiE (Skeldergate)
Skeldergate Bridge, York YO1 9WJ
★ 4.9 (108)£
Outdoor seating
Delight Cafe
141 Tang Hall Lane, York
★ 4.9 (53)£
Outdoor seating
Vermilion Café-Restaurant & Bar
Goodramgate, York YO1 7LF
★ 4.9 (20)
Tah Tien
10 North Street, York
★ 4.8 (1556)inexpensive
Wheldrakes
5C Goodramgate, York
★ 4.8 (984)inexpensive
The Pig & Pastry
35 Bishopthorpe Road, York
★ 4.8 (970)£10–20
Outdoor seating
Robinsons Cafe
7 Bishopthorpe Rd, York YO23 1NA
★ 4.8 (925)moderate
Bruberrie Café & Bar
76 The Mount, York YO24 1AR
★ 4.8 (521)£
Outdoor seating
Bar Hashery
3 Bootham, York YO30 7BN, United Kingdom
★ 4.8 (511)
Bruks
1 Peter Lane, York
★ 4.8 (487)£10–20
Outdoor seating
Kiosk Cafe
41 Fossgate, York YO1 9TF
★ 4.8 (355)£1–10
Outdoor seating
Bison Coffee House
17 Heslington Road, York
★ 4.8 (298)££
Outdoor seating
Sunny’s Cafe and Sandwich Bar
198 Fulford Rd, York YO10 4DD
★ 4.8 (219)£1–10
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Busk
114 Fishergate, York
★ 4.8 (214)£
Stanley and Ramona
30a Bishopthorpe Road, York
★ 4.8 (186)£
Outdoor seating
No 84 Deli & Cafe
84 Micklegate, York YO1 6LF
★ 4.8 (161)£
Outdoor seating
Savvy Baker
16 Swinegate, York
★ 4.8 (156)£1–10
Bar Hashery - Platform 10/11 York Station
Station Rd, York YO24 1AB, United Kingdom
★ 4.8 (123)
Hungate Reading Cafe
Ground Floor, CafeHungate Reading Cafe, Bellerby Court, Hungate Reading, Hungate, York YO1 7AF
★ 4.8 (91)£
Outdoor seating
La Bottega Milanese
4 New Street, York
★ 4.8 (87)£1–10
Outdoor seating
Teajuanas Cafe
91 Micklegate, York YO1 6LE
★ 4.8 (77)£
Bar Hashery Layerthorpe
Unit 1, 43 Layerthorpe, Heworth, York YO31 7UZ
★ 4.8 (64)
One Sip Coffee
8 Walmgate, York
★ 4.8 (55)£
Weston’s Cafe
39 Layerthorpe, Heworth, York YO31 7UZ
★ 4.8 (26)£1–10
Brew & Brownie
5 Museum Street, York
★ 4.7 (2391)£10–20
Ippuku Tea House
15 Blake St, York YO1 8QJ
★ 4.7 (866)££
Outdoor seating
Goji Cafe
36 Goodramgate, York YO1 7LF
★ 4.7 (824)£10–20
Gatehouse Coffee
Walmgate, York
★ 4.7 (813)£
Outdoor seating
The Cat's Whiskers
46 Goodramgate, York
★ 4.7 (752)
Parlormade Scone House
1 Little Shambles, York
★ 4.7 (566)£
Coffee Culture
41 Goodramgate, York
★ 4.7 (496)££
North South - Cafe & Bar
25 Bootham, York YO30 7BW
★ 4.7 (437)££
Outdoor seating
Shambles Korner
10 Newgate, York
★ 4.7 (302)£
Outdoor seating
Kawa House
216 Fulford Road, York
★ 4.7 (291)£
Duck Shack
14 St Sampsons Square, York
★ 4.7 (280)£
Dark Horse Espresso Bar
★ 4.7 (233)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Cafe Fleur
42 Micklegate, York
★ 4.7 (230)£
York Explore Library and Archive
Library Square, Museum St, York YO1 7DS
★ 4.7 (221)
Café Moto
Lawrence Street, York
★ 4.7 (145)£
The Dark Horse Espresso Bar Shambles Market
5 Silver St, Shambles Market, York YO1 8RY
★ 4.7 (123)£
Outdoor seating
Yorkshire Barn Cafe
Murton Ln, York YO19 5UF
★ 4.7 (92)£
Outdoor seating
Trio Cafe & Bar
3 Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma Gate, York YO1 8BL, United Kingdom
★ 4.7 (76)£1–10
Outdoor seating
Bar Hashery Parliament street
32 Parliament St, York YO1 8RS
★ 4.7 (71)£
Outdoor seating
Rise. Coffee
11 Museum St, York YO1 7DT, United Kingdom
★ 4.7 (50)£1–10
Node Coffee
17-21 Piccadilly, York YO1 9PB, United Kingdom
★ 4.7 (41)
Rhodes
21 Davygate, York YO1 8QT
★ 4.7 (7)
Outdoor seating
Bettys Café Tea Rooms
6-8 St. Helen’s Square, York YO1 8QP
★ 4.6 (9188)
Partisan
112 Micklegate, York YO1 6JX, United Kingdom
★ 4.6 (1662)
The Perky Peacock
3-5 Tanner Row, York
★ 4.6 (1001)£1–10
Outdoor seating
FortyFive Cafe
29 Micklegate, York
★ 4.6 (980)£1–10
Spring Espresso
21 Lendal, York
★ 4.6 (579)£10–20
Nice to See You
30 Goodramgate, York
★ 4.6 (444)£10–20
Coffee Room
Station Road, York
★ 4.6 (398)£1–10
Harlequin Coffee & Tea House
2 Kings Square, York
★ 4.6 (300)£1–10
Outdoor seating
Divine Coffee Roasters - The Lawrance Luxury Apart-Hotel
74 Micklegate, York YO1 6LF, United Kingdom
★ 4.6 (240)£1–10
Outdoor seating
Café FeVa
1 Duncombe Place, York
★ 4.6 (190)£10–20
Oasis Cafe
13 Low Ousegate, York
★ 4.6 (180)£
Laptop friendly
The Vanilla Cafe
12 College Street, York
★ 4.6 (178)££
Outdoor seating
Merchants’ Coffee House
Fossgate, York
★ 4.6 (107)
Outdoor seating
Florian Poirot Patisserie & Cafe
19 Shambles, York YO1 7LZ
★ 4.6 (57)
Bloom Cafe
74 Clarence Street, York
★ 4.6 (48)£
East Espresso
10 College St, York YO1 7JF, United Kingdom
★ 4.6 (23)
Spring Espresso
45-46 Fossgate, York
★ 4.5 (961)£10–20
The Habit Cafe Bar
40 Goodramgate, York YO1 7LF
★ 4.5 (793)moderate
Outdoor seating
Angel on the Green
Bishopthorpe Road, York
★ 4.5 (750)££
Outdoor seating
Cafe at no 12
12 Tadcaster Road, York
★ 4.5 (389)££
Outdoor seating
La Bottega
23 Goodramgate, York
★ 4.5 (358)
Sophie
Lendal Bridge, York
★ 4.5 (313)£10–20
Outdoor seating
AMT Coffee, York
Railway Station, York YO24 1AB, United Kingdom
★ 4.5 (237)
Rowntree Park Reading Café
Richardson Street, York
★ 4.5 (186)£
Outdoor seating
Mae
40-42 Holgate Road, York
★ 4.5 (104)£10–20
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Another Brother
3 Nessgate, York
★ 4.5 (31)£
City Screen Picturehouse
13-17 Coney St, York YO1 9QL
★ 4.4 (1775)
Bailey's Cafe and Tearooms
7 Museum St, York YO1 7DT
★ 4.4 (921)
200 Degrees
62-68 Low Petergate, York
★ 4.4 (724)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Days
77 Low Petergate, York YO1 7HY
★ 4.4 (478)moderate
Kynd
2 Clifford Street, York
★ 4.4 (259)£
Gold Cafe
15 Fossgate, York
★ 4.4 (231)£
Drift Cafe
10 Clifford St, York YO1 9RD
★ 4.4 (229)£10–20
The Spurriergate Centre
Saint Michaels Church, Spurriergate, York YO1 9QR
★ 4.4 (159)£
Bean & Gone
High Petergate, York
★ 4.4 (122)£
Outdoor seating
Bennett's Cafe and Bistro
30-32 High Petergate, York YO1 7EH
★ 4.3 (602)££
Outdoor seating
The Drawing Board Cafe/Bar
10, 10a New St, York YO1 8RA
★ 4.3 (511)££
Outdoor seating
Newgate Coffee Bar
13-14 Newgate, York
★ 4.3 (194)£
Outdoor seating
Marks & Spencer
17 Pavement, Heathfield Rd, York YO1 8NB
★ 4.2 (3357)moderate
Outdoor seating
Costa Coffee
14 Parliament St, York YO1 8SG
★ 4.2 (1288)moderate
Sandwitches Cafe
12 Newgate, York YO1 7LA
★ 4.2 (243)£
Outdoor seating
The Vintage Rose
11 College St, York YO1 7JF
★ 4.2 (62)£
Outdoor seating
Caffè Nero
16 Davygate, York
★ 4.1 (866)moderate
Days
38 Parliament St, York YO1 8RU
★ 4.1 (649)moderate
The Blossom Cafe
★ 4.1 (201)£
Outdoor seating
Over the Rainbow Café
★ 4.1 (175)£
Caffè Nero
1 Coppergate Walk, York
★ 3.9 (1123)moderate
Riverside Cafe-Bar
Coney Street, York
★ 3.9 (31)£
Outdoor seating
Starbucks Coffee
14 Coney St, York YO1 9NA
★ 3.7 (1064)moderate
AMT Coffee
Station Road, York
Bar Hashery
Station Road, York
Black Sheep Coffee
1 High Ousegate, York
Caffè Massarella
19-23 Feasegate, York
Caffè Nero
5 Spurriergate, York
Caffè Nero
Vangarde Way, York
Caffè Nero
3 Kings Square, York
Clifton Catering
76 Clifton, York
Costa
Martello Way, York
Outdoor seating
Costa
15 Parliament Street, York
Costa
Eboracum Way, York
Costa
Wigginton Road, York
Outdoor seating
Costa
13a Museum Street, York
Fancy Hanks
39 Goodramgate, York
Goji Vegetarian Cafe and Restaurant
36 Goodramgate, York
Outdoor seating
Grub
21 Yarburgh Way, York
Knoops
22 Parliament Street, York
Library Cafe
York
Laptop friendly
Mannion & Co
1 Blake Street, York
The Sandwich Hut
Front Street, York
Trinacria
27 Bishopthorpe Road, York
Up a Level
26 Market Street, York
52 Broadway Coffee Shop
52 Broadway, York
Outdoor seating
Alcuin Bistro
York
Baileys
7 Museum Street, York
Barley Hall Coffee Shop
3 Coffee Yard, York
B&B Bakeshop
9 Museum Street, York
Cafe W
15 Coney Street, York
Cakes D'licious
61 Clifton, York
Ciao
Museum Street, York
Cookies
Costa
Station Road, York
Costa
Station Road, York
Costa
Clarence Street, York
Derwent Cafe
York
Laptop friendly
Double Dutch Pancake House
7 Church Street, York
Hallo Mallow Cafe
25 Alma Terrace, York
Ipukku Tea House
15 Blake Street, York
Java Bar
18 Eastholme Drive
Outdoor seating
Lapin
75 Balmoral Street, York
Lucky Days
77 Low Petergate, York
Lucky Days
38 Parliament Street, York
Outdoor seating
Lunch box & Street Food
222 Gale Lane, York
Mooboo
21 Walmgate, York
Mr. Tea
2 Coney Street, York
M&S Café
Vangarde Way, York
Outdoor seating
New School House Gallery
Peasholme Green, York
Park Central
Innovation Way, York
Laptop friendly
Red Goat
Roger Kirk Cafe
Newton Way, York
Laptop friendly
Ron Cooke Hub Cafe
York
Laptop friendly
Sandwitches
12 Newgate, York
Outdoor seating
Spielburger
Blossom Street, York
Starbucks
14 Coney Street, York
Starbucks
2 Rougier Street, York
Outdoor seating
Starbucks
Station Road, York
Starbucks
Foss Islands Road, York
Starbucks
York
T4 Tea For U
38 Coney Street, York
The Kitchen at Alcuin
University Road, York
The Link
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
vi coffee
17-21 Piccadilly, York
Laptop friendly
Yak and Yeti
1 Church Street, York
YHA Cafe
Water End
Yimu Teahouse
55 Walmgate
Zaaap
7 Lendal, York
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York coffee — FAQs
How many coffee shops are there in York?
There are 170 coffee shops, cafés and roasteries listed in York on WorldCafeMap, with addresses, opening hours, photos and ratings.
Where is the best coffee in York?
Top-rated coffee shops in York include AMT Coffee, Bar Hashery, Black Sheep Coffee. See our ranked list of the best coffee shops in York.
Are there coffee shops with outdoor seating in York?
54 venues in York have outdoor seating, terraces or gardens.