Best coffee shops

The first gluten- and lactose-free patisserie in Lausanne, El Gato offers cakes and other delicacies that are as sophisticated as they are tasty. Besides the bread and pastries, the sandwiches are perfect for a takeaway savoury lunch.
That little extra from the food insider "Guidegastronomique.ch": The tearoom on the first floor welcomes you every day, but you can also take your lunch with you and savour it in the tranquillity of the nearby Mon-Repos Park.
Favourite snack: The Babasilime rum baba

Located in the very heart of Lausanne, the Green Gorilla Café serves a variety of refreshing drinks, such as coffees, teas, freshly pressed fruit juices and smoothies. As for food, you’ll find acai bowls, salads packed with superfoods, a homemade granola as well as poke bowls to create yourself.

Arctic Juice & Café, a chain of juice bars and urban restaurants located near place Saint-François, aims to serve energising, healthy and purifying foods, from breakfast to afternoon break. The menu includes sandwiches, bowls, burgers and detox juices that encourage customers to surpass themselves.

Focus on Mediterranean flavours in this charming historical kiosk with colourful shutters. Pizzas, pasta or refined and local salads can be savoured on the edge of the woods, with a stunning view over Lake Geneva.
That little extra from the food insider "Lila Erard": The proximity to playgrounds for children, ideal for families.
Favourite dish: The salad with mountain pasture serac cheese

Located on the ground floor of the mudac and Photo Elysée museum building, Café Lumen offers you the opportunity to savour a spontaneous and authentic cuisine prepared with artisan products, presented in a simple and friendly way. The dishes served are both simple and balanced, and highlight quality ingredients that come for a large part from the region.

In a sleek and pleasant setting, the Perilla Café in Ecublens, located right next to the Renens train station, serves a simple Japanese cuisine with authentic flavours based on local and seasonal products. The establishment also serves Japanese tea and speciality coffee and has a pretty terrace for the summer.

Located at the Rue du Petit-Chêne, a stone’s throw from the Lausanne train station, this welcoming and friendly coffee shop serves excellent coffee roasted on the premises and displays photo exhibitions by young artists.

At Place de la Palud, in Lausanne’s city centre, come and enjoy a tasty break in this family-run shop of artisan pastry chefs, chocolatiers and caterers with a tea-room and, in the summer season, a terrace.

Located a stone’s throw from the Lausanne train station, this bakery, pastry shop and tea-room offers bread, sandwiches, viennoiseries, pastries, salads and other snacks for lunchtime, either to eat in or take away. Everything is made in an artisanal fashion. Weather permitting, you can even enjoy the terrace.

Discover the Café de Prélaz, the ideal place to sip cocktails with friends or savour a delicious meal.

A timeless bookshop café.

Hidden in a courtyard, this small establishment serves lovely cappuccinos, flat whites and iced coffees from several roasters. Drinks and pastries are served, to eat in or take away.
That little extra from the food insider "Cuisine Helvetica": You can also buy speciality coffee beans.
Favourite drink: A cappuccino with a vegan cardamom bun

The restaurant Le P'tit Central welcomes you in the town centre of Lausanne.

In the heart of Lausanne, this legendary address offers local, seasonal dishes, local artistic events and an eco-responsible approach. A friendly place where eating, drinking and chatting go hand in hand.
That little extra from the food insider "Cannelle Rebelle": Marta, the former manager of the café, created a hot chocolate that became famous: an unctuous delight to be discovered!
Favourite drink: The Marta hot chocolate

When they opened in 2018, Steeve and Davide were intent on creating a place dedicated to the art of coffee. With high ceilings, vintage and mismatched furniture, and carefully selected coffee beans, everything looks and tastes good.
That little extra from the food insider "The Lausanne Guide": Pair your coffee with a patisserie from The Sweet Sage! You can also buy your coffee beans in bulk there.
Favourite drink: The chai, iced or hot

This pretty Belle Époque kiosk now houses a café full of charm. There are a few tables inside and many more outside, at the foot of the church. Don’t leave without admiring the floor mosaic!
That little extra from the food insider "Cuisine Helvetica": Do you see the famous clock? The Lausanne History Museum stored it for 14 years to prevent it from being damaged and put it back up when the café – refurbished in 2012 – reopened.
Favourite snack: The hazelnut tart

A light and airy café bookshop to settle down for a break in a calm and timeless atmosphere. The coffee is selected with care, as are the art books, to be bought or just consulted. That little extra from the food insider "Tania Brasseur": in the evening, Coffee Page turns into a whisky bar where you can sip a glass of spirits paired with a good choice of cheese. Favourite drink: the iced coffee or iced latte.

This second Sleepy Bear, near Place de la Riponne, is a bright corner of paradise where americanos, lattes, cold brews and other caffeinated delights can be savoured with a commanding view over Palais de Riponne.
That little extra from the food insider "Cannelle Rebelle": The selection of coffees and accessories for sale.
Favourite drinks: The Cortado and the Cold Brew

Drink coffee while savouring a delicious “Wuthrich” chocolate.

Perched on the roof of the Conservatory, this art-deco café serves a brasserie-style cuisine, with generous helpings. In the afternoon, the lunch menu gives way to a selection of sharing dishes, salads, burgers and some sweet treats.
Le truc en + de la food insider "Jennifer Segui": When the weather is fair, the rooftop terrace is the dream location to make time stand still, as you’re lulled by the scales escaping from the Conservatory.
Favourite dish: The chicken liver salad

Large windows, bistro furnishings and a wood floor give this café a bit of a Parisian touch. They serve wine, beer, cocktails and snacks, as well as authentic mint tea. A perfect spot for the afternoon.
That little extra from the food insider "The Lausanne Guide": Cosy and slightly retro, the Bar Tabac has the charm of cafés of yesteryear.
Favourite dish: The fresh mint tea

An enticing cocktail menu, a generous offer of craft-brewed beers, fresh and original lunchtime specials, a friendly brunch at the weekend and tapas every evening until late!

Located at number 11 Rue Neuve in Lausanne, Racines is a small vegan café which opened at the end of 2018.

The Café des Avenues is a welcoming venue at the junction of Jurigoz, Fantaisie and Montchoisi avenues. This café-restaurant has the feel of a 1950s brasserie.

Located in the area under the station, the Café de Grancy serves, in an art-deco atmosphere, a tasty, locavore brasserie cuisine that allows itself a few creative, exotically inspired dishes.
That little extra from the food insider "Guidegastronomique.ch": When the weather is fair, book one of the tables on top of the metro line, with a view over the lake.
Favourite dish: The trio of tartare

From breakfast to apéro to weekend brunch, this café cum art gallery attracts a semi-arty, semi-student and family clientele. Works by local artists are displayed on the walls and change regularly.
That little extra from the food insider "¿Quand est-ce qu’on mange?": The terrace, with its holiday atmosphere.
Favourite snack: The slice of homemade cake

A Japanese tearoom that will take you on a journey

How lovely it is to eat at Nabi’s, a stone throw from the train station! In the Plateforme 10 museum district, this restaurant brilliantly reinvents local cuisine, ethically, aesthetically and with a modern twist.
That little extra from the food insider "Tania Brasseur": When the weather is fair, you can enjoy the terrace and its bar located in the Arcades. On Sundays, Nabi serves an original and refined brunch.
Favourite dish: The “fabled ceviche” from the lake