Whether you feel for some cold brew, a frozen coffee, a cafe au lait, a pour-over, or just a cup of joe, there is a coffee shop for you on nearly every corner in New Orleans. While the coffee culture is fairly new in the city, there is a wide range of spots where you can enjoy a good cup and some quiet time with free Wi-Fi and a comfy couch. Of course, the city’s unique architecture created some unique, often quirky spots which now occupy coffee shops and coffee roasters, often decorated with local art and crafts. The quality of the coffee is ensured by a number of local roasters who bring fair trade, often organic coffee from different parts of the world.
Hivolt
Hivolt Coffee is bright, modern coffeehouse in New Orleans’ Garden District. The walls are covered with the original local art, some of it hanging from the ceiling.
Hivolt serves a range of gourmet coffees and breakfast and lunch dishes, with the menu that includes many vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free items. Everything is made fresh from natural local ingredients. Besides getting a great shot of espresso, you can also enjoy a fast wifi and a nice atmosphere, perfectly comfortable for chatting with friends or doing a bit of work on your computer. There are a few tables on the sidewalk if you feel for some people-watching.
Address: 1829 Sophie Wright Pl, New Orleans, LA 70130, Phone: 504-324-8818
The Orange Couch
Stylish and modern, The Orange Couch is a popular local coffeehouse in Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans. Small and cozy, it feels like a welcoming living room, with comfortable couches and armchairs and small tables where young folks work on their computers, chat with friends and enjoy hot or cold coffee beverage.
There is something for everyone, including more exotic mixes such as Vietnamese drip coffee with condensed milk. There are only eight tables and a few more on the sidewalk and they are full most of the time. They offer pastries, cookies, bagels, ice creams and light eats with their coffees. The café is a popular local gathering spot and there is often an impromptu jazz concert.
Address: The Orange Couch, 2339 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70117, Phone: 504-267-7327
Cafe Du Monde French Market
Cafe Du Monde French Market is an iconic New Orleans café about a minute walk from French Market and Shops of the Colonade. The café is world-famous for its delicious beignets, café au lait or chicory café since 1862.. Large, mostly open-air space with the charming French flare is always packed with tourists and always means 24 hours a day – Café du Monde does not close.
It is a must see place when visiting New Orleans so people do not mind waiting, and the beignets are so delicious the wait is well-worth it. It is also great place for people-watching, one of the New Orleans most popular pastimes.
Address: Cafe Du Monde French Market, 800 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70116, Phone: 504-525-4544
Envie Espresso Bar & Cafe
Envie Espresso Bar & Cafe coffeehouse is located just a short walk from the famous French Market. It is charming and colorful, elegant and friendly at the same time. It is the place equally popular with locals and tourists, with sidewalk seating perfect for people-watching. Envie serves breakfast and lunch, great assortment of coffee drinks, fresh pastries and drinks from a full bar. Their breakfasts are known as great hangover cure, but the menu has something for everyone, from lox and bagels to all sorts of burgers. Envie opened the second café just down the street.
Address: Envie Espresso Bar & Cafe, 1241 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70116, Phone: 504-524-3689
CC's Coffee House
What started in 1995 as a new kind of coffee house in the heart of New Orleans grew into a well-known chain of popular shops with 38 locations all over the country. CC's Coffee House has a reputation for knowledgeable and friendly local baristas serving excellent coffee drinks in a modern, welcoming atmosphere. All their shops are known for the award-winning beverages and freshly baked pastries and light meals.
Their signature drink is frozen Mochasippi®, but they have a large range of carefully selected coffee blends, smoothies and teas in all their shops. Currently they have three coffee houses in New Orleans, so you can get your CC’s Coffee House fix wherever you are staying.
The Bean Gallery
The Bean Gallery is a popular mid-City's specialty coffee shop since 2007. Spacious and welcoming, it is a pleasant spot where locals come for their favorite coffee beverage, a fresh pastries or light meal like lox and bagel. Most guests are trying to do a bit of work on their computer, chatting with friends or having a quick networking meeting. The walls are covered with the original artwork from local artists offered for sale and the communication board has notices of available jobs, local activities, lost dogs and other locally important news. The range of available coffees is huge, from Turkish coffee to espresso and everything in between. The best seats are outside on the spacious deck.
Address: The Bean Gallery, 637 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119, Phone: 504-324-8176
French Truck Coffee
French Truck Coffee is a New Orleans craft coffee roaster and coffee shop in the Lower Garden District known for only roasting to-order, ensuring freshest, high quality product. French Truck Coffee has been a staple coffee supplier of New Orleans’ restaurants and cafes since 2012, Their Garden District café is located in a cute yellow house, cheerful and colorful, offering beverages ranging from specialty coffee and tea, very popular iced coffee and a large menu of light breakfast and lunch dishes. Don’t forget to take a bag or two of freshly roasted coffee beans with you after you finish your meal.
Address: French Truck Coffee, 1200 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130, Phone: 504-509-5215
Cafe Bon Ami
Cafe Bon Ami is an espresso bar located in the New Orleans Central Business District in a beautifully decorated modern space with exposed brick walls, high ceiling and sleek furniture. Café Bon Ami offers excellent espresso, coffee, latte, cappuccino, cortado, americano, cold brew, tea and mocha from New York’s Cafe Grumpy and locally made pastries and treats from Gracious Bakery, Girls Gone Vegan, Acalli Chocolate, and Second Line Snacks. The café occupies a building constructed in 1858 as a cotton exchange. Visitors can step into one of the original vaults that were preserved during the renovation.
Address: Cafe Bon Ami, 822 Perdido St e, New Orleans, LA 70112, Phone: 504-962-7374
Zotz Cafe
In New Orleans, the city with so many amazing, unique and often quirky coffee shops, Zotz Cafe manages to stand out. Funky, spooky and slightly Gothic with a touch of voodoo, Zotz café is dark and almost cave-like, filled with comfortable couches and sofas, mismatched chairs and different nooks where guests can sip their beverage of choice while exploring the diverse art on the walls. Their coffee is locally roasted by Orleans Coffee Roasters, known for their Certified Organic and Fair Trade. The milk comes from Klenpeter Dairy. The fresh pastries come from local bakeries such as Maple St. Patisserie and Breads on Oak. They have great choice of teas and have several vegetarian and vegan pastries.
Address: Zotz Cafe, 8210 Oak St #2042, New Orleans, LA 70118, Phone: 504-861-2224
Coffee Science
Coffee Science is an espresso and coffee bar on S. Broad Street near the courthouse, located in the beautifully renovated 100-year old shotgun house the city was ready to tear down. It is bright, colorful and spacious, with large porch and garden in the back, and the best coffee their space-age machines can make. It helps that they use coffee roasted in the best local roasters such as Congregation Coffee, Hey! Cafe, Mojo Coffee House and French Truck Coffee. They also serve fresh donuts and pastries, cold sandwiches and ready-made salads. While fairly new, Coffee Science is quickly becoming a community hangout where neighbors could walk in and know most of guests.
Address: Coffee Science, 410 S Broad Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119, Phone: 504-814-0878
Treme Coffeehouse
Brghtly colored and spacious, with exposed brick walls covered with local art, Treme Coffeehouse is a quaint mom-and-pop neighborhood spot in the historic Treme neighborhood at the edge of French Quarter. It is known for great espresso drinks and a warm, welcoming ambiance. Comfortable plush couches and social games such as chess encourage lingering and socializing. They serve local coffee made from fair trade beans roasted by Orleans Coffee Exchange. They also serve aromatic teas and tisanes, La Louisiane Bakery's pastries, bagels and bread, as well as Boar's Head meats & cheeses. If you’re in the mood for something sweet, try their classic New Orleans Snoballs.
Address: 1501 St Philip St, New Orleans, LA 70116, Phone: 504-218-8663
