8.5–107 visits · last Oct 2026
Six Bogenbay
Almaly
An excellent team of baristas, their own roastery, and one of the most striking rooms in the city.
Coffee in Almaty
I live here and I drink espresso everywhere. This page is my own log: what I ordered, when I was there, and what I would order again. Most places listed are specialty — they roast their own beans or buy from people who do — and where a place is not specialty, I say so.
The rated list below is in score order, best first. The highest espresso I have had in Almaty is Six Bogenbay's, at 8.5–10 out of 10.
Scores are for espresso only, on a 0–10 scale. How I rate. All of them on one map.
Rated
Been there, drank there, scored it.
8.57 visits · last Aug 2026
Fika
Almaly
My most visited coffee place, and my favourite. Award-nominated interior, a bakery from 8am, and food worth staying for.
Espresso 1,800–3,200 ₸ · ≈$4–7Maps
8.52 visits · last Jul 2026
Akku
Center
Go for the Soviet design and the pastries. A very good roastery, and plenty of space.
8–97 visits · last Sep 2026
Julius Specialty Coffee
Center
A prime corner, one of the best terraces in the city, and pastries they make themselves.
7.5–8.54 visits · last Oct 2026
Collab
Upper part
A mountain view right across from Almaty Arts, and good food.
Espresso 1,300 ₸ · ≈$3Maps
84 visits · last Aug 2026
One of the best roasters in the city, in a shop that sells coffee and nothing else.
7.5–83 visits · last Aug 2026
Voronka Specialty Coffee
Center
Specials on the weekend, laptop-friendly and cosy.
Espresso 1,200 ₸ · ≈$2.50Maps
82 visits · last Aug 2026
Solid Coffee
Center
As the name says, every drink is a solid option with no disappointments — start your day here if you are staying at the Almaty Hotel, it is on the first floor.
Own roasterMaps
81 visit · Jul 2026
FLASK COFFEE
Center
One of the earliest specialty coffee places in the city, with their own roastery. South Korean roots, so you might as well try the fried chicken too.
7.5–82 visits · last Aug 2026
ProCoffee (Dostyk)
Center
Excellent batch brew, and open from 7am — the earliest in Almaty. Your staycation coffee place, with a dedicated room for remote workers.
Espresso 1,100 ₸ · ≈$2.50Maps
7.55 visits · last Aug 2026
DO.STAR specialty coffee
Center
Recently started their own roastery, and it is decent.
7.51 visit · Sep 2026
Espressolab
Upper part
A competent espresso with a choice of two beans, and a pastry counter worth the trip, in a part of town where good coffee is thin on the ground.
Espresso 1,300–1,800 ₸ · ≈$3–4Maps
7.51 visit · Jul 2026
Hygge Specialty Bar
Downtown
Your go-to place after buying treats from the Green Bazaar. They also do tea ceremonies.
7.51 visit · Jun 2026
Jump-in-Goat
Center
American diner-style brunch, if that is the thing you have been missing.
There are two Jump-in-Goats. This score is for the Abay Avenue one — I have not been to the branch further up the city.
Espresso 1,400 ₸ · ≈$3Maps
71 visit · Aug 2026
Blend
Upper part
Your go-to place if you are anywhere above Timiryazev St, or after a stroll in the Botanical Garden.
Espresso 1,300 ₸ · ≈$3Maps
71 visit · Aug 2026
COFFEE ROOTS
Center
The most stable batch brew in the city, and an unbeatable quality-to-price ratio. It sits inside Make Love Pizza, a local favourite in its own right.
Own roasterMaps
6.51 visit · Aug 2026
A local legend on a walkable street: an enclosed yard, their own roastery, and a shop.
Also worth a stop
Places I have been to and would still send you to — I just have not put a number on the espresso. Some brew classic coffee very well without calling themselves specialty; at others the coffee is not the reason to go, and that card says so.
No score published
A local favourite — a Dutch institution with pastries, and they brew classic coffee very well. Not specialty by name, but the beans are the highest quality.
Own roasterMaps
No score published
Petit
Center
Go for the handmade sweets. The Kabanbai Batyr spot is the petitest coffee place you will find.
No score published
Vanilla (Konaev)
Center
A local chain where the breakfasts are a bargain. Go for the teas and the matcha.
Not specialty — I rarely drink the coffee here myself.
Drinks you can't order at home
Raf, tary and the rest — what is in them, and when to order one.
Baristas here build drinks around heritage ingredients and put them on the menu beside the flat white. What they are, what they cost, and where to go for them.
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