Best Coffee Shops & Cafes in Asheville

Bridge & Tunnel Coffee - Cafe & Roastery

Bridge & Tunnel Coffee Co. is a cafe and coffee roastery in Asheville, located in the Coman building on the main campus of A-B Tech and open to the public. Its website describes coffee, tea, craft nitro, smoothies and plant-centric food served from the cafe. The company also runs a mobile cafe, a vintage yellow coffee truck that the site says worked for 23 years at the Reno, Nevada airport before being converted into a rolling coffee bar. You can book the truck for a business, school or neighborhood event. Single-estate whole bean coffees are sold for pickup at the truck or by shipping, and the site also lists merchandise and gift cards.

PennyCup Coffee Co.

PennyCup Coffee Co. is a small-batch coffee roaster based in Asheville's River Arts District, and this Depot Street café is one of five PennyCup shops listed on its website, with others downtown, in East and North Asheville, and in Woodfin. The company says it was founded in 2013 and takes its name from the old penny universities, coffeehouses where people from all walks of life gathered to drink coffee and debate. The roaster's lineup includes single-origin coffees from Ethiopia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Papua New Guinea and Haiti, along with its Abbington Green blend, and it releases limited coffees under a line it calls Curioso. Beans are sold online and through a coffee subscription, and PennyCup also supplies coffee to businesses through its wholesale program.

High Five Coffee

High Five Coffee is a local coffee shop with three locations in Asheville. This one is on Broadway Street. Its website says the shops serve coffee, tea and pastries with intentional and kind service. The menu features rotating single-origin espresso, plus seasonal drinks that change from shop to shop. Its website also names Counter Culture Coffee, East Fork Pottery, French Broad Chocolate and Lost Mountain Bakery as businesses it works with. Gift cards are available through the website, which also lists each shop's hours.

Dobra Tea

Dobra Tea is a tea house with three Asheville locations: West Asheville, East Asheville and this one downtown on North Lexington Avenue. Its website describes the spaces as Bohemian-style teahouses serving responsibly sourced global teas, along with savory vegetarian and vegan food and sweet treats. The site has a tea menu and a separate food menu for each location, and it lists bubble tea, with a choice of tea and milk. The site also has a Shop Tea link for buying tea online. It's a quiet stop for a sit-down tea rather than a quick coffee.

Odd's Cafe

Well Played Board Game Café

Well Played Board Game Cafe is a game cafe on Coxe Avenue in downtown Asheville. Its website says guests can choose from a library of more than 700 board games, organized by category and difficulty. Staff called Gamemasters are on hand to suggest a game for your group and explain how to play. The cafe serves local draft beer, wine, cocktails and coffee drinks, along with comfort-food style snacks, desserts and breakfast items such as pastries and bagels. The site says a flat per-person gaming fee covers a full day of play, and there is a membership option called the Gamers Guild. Reservations are available, and a private room can be booked for birthdays, parties, team events and game nights. Dogs are not allowed except service dogs, per the site.

Rowan Coffee

Rowan Coffee is a coffee roaster and cafe on Broadway Street in downtown Asheville. According to its website, it opened its downtown cafe in September 2021 and also has a second cafe on Haywood Road in West Asheville. The company says it was founded on finding balance, and describes its roasting as a way to celebrate the work of coffee producers, buying fresh, clean coffees and aiming for flavor clarity. It also talks about sustainability and about building a supportive workplace for its team. The website sells roasted coffee and merch, lists coffee subscriptions, and has a wholesale page for businesses that want to serve its coffee.

BattleCat Coffee Bar

All Day Darling

All Day Darling is a neighborhood restaurant in the Montford area of Asheville, a short walk from downtown. Its website says it is open daily and serves an all-day menu, with both indoor seating and a patio. The menu covers breakfast dishes, sandwiches and toasts, salads and bowls, snacks and sides, and fresh baked goods, plus seasonal dinner specials and pop-ups. There is a dedicated kids menu. Drinks include espresso drinks made with Counter Culture coffee, house tonics, smoothies, cocktails, draft wine and craft beer. Online ordering and gift cards are available through the site.

The Dripolator Coffeehouse

Izzy's Coffee Den

Double D's Coffee and Desserts

Double D's Coffee & Desserts is a coffee shop in a double-decker bus on Biltmore Avenue in downtown Asheville. Customers step inside through the bus's red doors to order, and the site describes the vintage setting as part of the experience. According to its website, the shop serves espresso drinks made with organic coffee roasted locally by Notorious Coffee Roasting Company, along with local desserts. The site says it takes a personal, creative approach to crafting each drink. The menu is posted on its website, and the page tells visitors to check Google for current hours.

Yellow Mug Coffee Lounge

Cooperative Coffee Roasters

Cooperative Coffee Roasters is a small batch coffee roaster in West Asheville, with a coffee shop above its roastery on Haywood Road. The company says it started roasting in 2019 and aims for coffees that taste sweet, bright and clean. The shop serves freshly roasted coffee, along with vegan and non-vegan pastries, teas and seasonal sodas. It has indoor and outdoor space and welcomes groups, and the site suggests emailing ahead to reserve a table for more than 12 people. The site says it also hosts free public coffee cuppings at the roastery on select Fridays, with a reservation requested because space is limited. Cooperative sells signature blends and single origin coffees online, plus a coffee club subscription, and offers wholesale accounts.

Dripolator Black Mountain

Summit Coffee Grove Arcade

Summit Coffee Grove Arcade is a neighborhood coffee shop on Page Avenue, attached to the Grove Arcade building in downtown Asheville. It is one of several Summit Coffee cafes in Western North Carolina, and its website calls it the company's fifth cafe. According to the Grove Arcade, Summit roasts its coffee in small batches at a certified organic facility in North Carolina. The cafe serves coffee and seasonal drinks, and the Grove Arcade says it also has fresh baked breakfast items such as muffins and bagels. There is indoor and outdoor seating. Its website says kids are welcome and dogs are welcome on the patio.

Ziggy's Bakery & Deli

Tulsi Rose Tea & Books