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Fika

Almaly · Kabanbai Batyr St 104, Almaty

8.57 visits · last Aug 2026

My most visited coffee place, and my favourite. Award-nominated interior, a bakery from 8am, and food worth staying for.

Espresso at Fika
Espresso at Fika
Espresso at Fika
Espresso at Fika
Espresso at Fika
Espresso at Fika
Espresso at Fika
Espresso at Fika
An espresso at Fika on a steel tray beside its bean card, on a terrazzo table
An espresso at Fika on a steel tray beside its bean card, on a terrazzo table
Bean information card at Fika
Bean information card at Fika
An espresso, an iced berry drink and a bean information card on the table at Fika
An espresso, an iced berry drink and a bean information card on the table at Fika
The vaulted dining room at Fika by candlelight in the evening
The vaulted dining room at Fika by candlelight in the evening
Four syrniki with strawberries and mint, with sour cream, at Fika
Four syrniki with strawberries and mint, with sour cream, at Fika
Dinner at Fika: meat in cream sauce over mashed potato, a grated Caesar salad, fried chicken with slaw, and green beans with feta
Dinner at Fika: meat in cream sauce over mashed potato, a grated Caesar salad, fried chicken with slaw, and green beans with feta
A morning table at Fika: a Kindle and a fluted glass of water on round blue terrazzo, a rubber plant beside the grey banquette, and the bar and long wooden tables under the coffered concrete ceiling behind
A morning table at Fika: a Kindle and a fluted glass of water on round blue terrazzo, a rubber plant beside the grey banquette, and the bar and long wooden tables under the coffered concrete ceiling behind
The Turksib House at Kabanbai Batyr 104, the building Fika is in, dressed for the new year: painted panels of a festive train and stacked presents across the arched windows, a pink bow over the corner glass, and snow in the planters below
The Turksib House at Kabanbai Batyr 104, the building Fika is in, dressed for the new year: painted panels of a festive train and stacked presents across the arched windows, a pink bow over the corner glass, and snow in the planters below

Fika is a restaurant that takes coffee seriously, rather than a coffee shop that also does food. Fermented drinks, experiments with local produce, and a garden of their own that some of it comes from.

That ambition has a cost: the menu can be genuinely overwhelming. Order from the breakfast constructor and you skip the paralysis entirely.

The bakery opens at 8am, and the bread is worth taking away with you.

The room has the reputation it deserves — it was nominated for ArchDaily’s Building of the Year 2025, where the architects NAAW turned 250 square metres of an existing building into something that looks like nowhere else in the city.

It is my favourite place in Almaty. I usually sit at the bar.

Go before 10am at the weekend, or after 3pm — in between, it is full. In the warm months there is a barbecue on Sundays.

The facts

Own roaster
No
Microlots
No
Espresso, all in
1,800–3,200 ₸ · ≈$4–7
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My visits

  1. 21 Aug 20268.5espresso
  2. 12 Aug 2026espresso
  3. 21 Jul 2026espresso
  4. 18 Jul 2026visited
  5. 15 Jul 2026espresso
  6. 11 Jul 2026espresso
  7. 26 Jun 2026espresso
  8. 4 Jun 2026espresso
  9. 10 May 2026visited

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