The Best Cafés in Canton of Basel-Stadt

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19 cafés and coffeehouses ranked highest on Falstaff's 100-point scale in Canton of Basel-Stadt. All information including address and phone number.
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Café Frühling is the home of Kaffeemacher:innen, a roastery whose focus is on processing speciality coffee. Here you can order coffee made by professional baristas and various snacks from sustainable produce.

Klybeckstrasse 69, 4057 Basel, Switzerland

The Smilla has a Scandinavian feel to it; hygge is lived here. For coffee, there is an extensive breakfast, fine lunch menus or homemade cakes. The cheesecake is famous; it tastes just that little bit better here than elsewhere.

Grimselstrasse 1, 4054 Basel, Switzerland

The Kult bakery was founded in 2016 by three food enthusiasts with the help of crowdfunding. Since then, the focus here has been on manual labour. Everything is made in-house from scratch, except for the coffee which comes from a small roastery in Oberaargau.

Riehentorstrasse 18, 4058 Basel, Switzerland

The café of the Mitte company has nestled in the former counter hall of a bank. The city's largest coffee house serves speciality coffees prepared by professional baristas, as well as other drinks and snacks, all in organic quality.

Gerbergasse 30, 4001 Basel, Switzerland

Finkmüller roasts its own coffee in cooperation with the Haenowitz & Page roasting company, and serves homemade cakes, pastries, sandwiches and other small treats. The modern and cosy ambience invites you to linger for a long time.

Klybeckstrasse 64/66, 4057 Basel, Switzerland

Since 1870, the Tea Room of this traditional Basel establishment has offered a fantastic view of the bustling activity on the historic market square. For years, the quality of the pastries, teas and coffees at this popular coffee house has been consistent.

Marktplatz 19, 4001 Basel, Switzerland

A visit to zum Kuss is especially worthwhile; when the weather is nice you can enjoy the large terrace in the park. Here they prepare coffee and delicious food with care, from breakfast through to dinner.

Elisabethenstrasse 59, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

The idyllic courtyard of the Stadthauscafé invites you to take a coffee break after shopping. Here, in the middle of the city, coffee and tea with homemade cakes as well as some fine savoury snacks are offered in a relaxed ambience.

Stadthausgasse 13, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

Anyone who visits Da Graziella immediately feels transported to Italy. The small café with a large terrace serves Italian espresso and cappuccino, airy cornetti, creamy dolci and fine panini, and everything tastes just like we're with our southern neighbours.

Dornacherstrasse 283, 4053 Basel, Switzerland

Güterstrasse 158, 4053 Basel, Switzerland

Hammerstrasse 141, 4057 Basel, Switzerland

Elsässerstrasse 43, 4056 Basel, Switzerland

Goldbachweg 14, 4058 Basel, Switzerland

Steinentorberg 20, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

Sankt-Jakobs Strasse 395, 4052 Basel, Switzerland

Aeschenvorstadt 24, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

Steinentorberg 20, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

Feldbergstrasse 121, 4057 Basel, Switzerland

Rheingasse 69, 4058 Basel, Switzerland