5 Best Cafes in Los Angeles (2026)

Urth Caffe is a European-style cafe and organic restaurant with an Arts District location among several across LA, known for espresso drinks, health-forward food and a large outdoor patio. The menu spans matcha, Spanish lattes, avocado toast and full breakfast and lunch plates, catering to a mix of tourists and regulars looking for a sit-down coffee break. It's built for lingering rather than a quick grab-and-go.

Cafe Dulce is a counter-serve coffee shop inside Little Tokyo's Japanese Village Plaza, best known for its housemade donuts, including a Green Tea donut regulars specifically travel for. Alongside pastries it runs a baguette sandwich menu, from pesto chicken to a ranchera steak burrito, and pours espresso drinks and matcha. It's a frequent stop on local guides to the neighborhood.

Bohemian House of Espresso + Chai is a small, plant-filled coffee shop on 6th Street in DTLA, built around artisan chai and specialty espresso alongside a healthy breakfast and lunch menu. It runs a second Glendale location and functions as a workspace for regulars, with a vintage, art-covered interior that reviewers describe as calming against the busier street outside. The date and chai drink is a signature reviewers keep coming back for.

Tilt Coffee Bar is a small, somewhat tucked-away coffee shop set inside an apartment building near Little Tokyo, open since 2016. The menu stays modest, coffee, tea and a short list of specialty items like its cloud lattes, paired with pastries. Most seating is outdoors, giving it a quieter feel than the busier DTLA cafes nearby.

Maru Coffee is a coffee roaster and cafe based in the Arts District, part of a small LA group that also runs shops in Los Feliz and Beverly Hills. It sources and roasts its own beans, selling seasonal single-origin coffee alongside espresso drinks and matcha, in a minimal, Japanese-influenced space designed for slowing down. The Arts District location sits on Santa Fe Ave, tucked into the warehouse district.