Best Cafés and Coffee in Dili

At a glance

The places

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  Casa Música Klabis

  Avenida Presidente Nicolau Lobato, Dili

  Timorese · Portuguese

  A relaxed café-restaurant with an affordable menu of Timorese and Portuguese comfort food, such as bitoque (steak with egg and chips), from breakfast to dinner.

  • Breakfast

  Mon–Fri 07:30–22:00; Sat 08:00–21:30; Sun closed

• Café

  Everest Coffee House

  Pateo, Rua D. Fernando, Dili

  Nepali

  A small couple-run Nepali and Indian café in the Pateo compound, serving momos, biryani, thukpa, curries and lassis.

  • Vegetarian-friendly

  Mon–Sat 10:00–21:00; Sun closed

• Café

  Turkish Café Istanbul

  Central Dili

  Turkish

  A casual Turkish café serving kebabs and grilled dishes, one of the few places in Timor-Leste for Turkish food.

  Check hours before you go

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  Rolls & Bowls

  West Dili

  Vietnamese · Coffee

  A Vietnamese café specialising in pho made with a long-simmered beef stock, hand-rolled spring rolls and Vietnamese baguettes, plus specialty coffee.

  Mon–Sat 07:30–21:30; Sun 09:00–21:30

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  Aroma Café

  Bidau Lecidere, Dili

  International

  A vegetarian café with an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet that includes dessert and tea or coffee. It supports local training and works with a programme that helps survivors of violence.

  • Vegetarian-friendly
  • Buffet
  • Social enterprise

  Mon–Thu 09:00–16:00; Fri 09:00–22:00; Sat 09:00–16:00; Sun closed

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  Água de Coco

  Central Dili

  International

  A family-run restaurant with simple, well-cooked food and live music on Friday nights.

  • Live music

  Mon–Sat 07:00–00:00; Sun closed

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  Letefoho Specialty Coffee Roaster

  Central Dili

  Coffee

  Dili's best-known specialty coffee house, roasting single-origin beans from the Letefoho highlands on site. The essential stop for Timorese coffee.

  Check hours before you go

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  Kafé Atsabe (Fomento)

  Rua Fomento II, Comoro, Dili

  Coffee

  A three-storey neighbourhood café serving single-origin coffee from the owner's own farm, with snacks, juices and covered rooftop seating. The coffee is the point here, not the food.

  • Rooftop

  Mon–Sat 07:00–23:30; Sun 12:30–23:30

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  Kafé Atsabe (Cristo Rei)

  Cristo Rei, Dili

  Coffee · Timorese

  A friendly café near Cristo Rei serving highland coffee from Atsabe and simple dishes: a handy stop before or after the climb to the statue.

  • Breakfast

  Mon–Tue 07:30–23:50; Wed 07:30–21:30; Thu–Sun 07:30–23:50

• Café

  Heyday Coffee

  Central Dili

  Coffee

  A small specialty roaster and café near Dili's local markets, known for carefully brewed Timorese coffee.

  Daily 07:00–21:00

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  Peace Coffee

  Central Dili

  Coffee · Pizza

  A local coffee shop making Timorese coffee on a proper espresso machine, with air-conditioned seating upstairs, pizza and English-speaking staff.

  • Air-conditioned

  Mon–Sat 08:00–18:00; Sun 10:00–18:00

• Café

  Aroma Timor

  Central Dili

  Coffee

  A café and shop for Timorese coffee and local products, a good place to taste coffee and buy beans and artisan goods to take home.

  • Coffee beans to buy

  Mon–Sat 07:30–20:00; Sun closed

• Café

  Ha-Ha Kafé

  Central Dili

  Coffee · Bakery

  A well-liked neighbourhood café with good coffee, fresh baked goods and light meals, open daily from 7 am.

  • Breakfast

  Daily 07:00–21:00

• Bakery

  Aru Bakery & Café

  Pantai Kelapa, Dili

  Bakery · Coffee

  A popular bakery making fresh bread, pastries and cakes daily, with coffee and light meals. A go-to for breakfast and afternoon treats.

  • Breakfast

  Daily 08:00–22:00

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  Mehi Cafeteria & Gelateria

  Central Dili

  Desserts · Coffee

  Artisan gelato and specialty coffee in a relaxed, modern café, with some locally inspired flavours.

  Mon 08:00–17:00; Tue–Sat 08:00–21:00; Sun 11:00–21:00

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  Dare Memorial Museum & Café

  Dare, in the hills above Dili

  Coffee

  A café at the Dare memorial museum in the hills above Dili, which remembers the Australian soldiers and Timorese who fought together in the Second World War. Panoramic views over the city.

  • Sea view

  Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00; Sun 09:00–22:00

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  Corner Coffee, Resto & Local Products

  Metinaro, on the coast road east of Dili

  Coffee · Timorese

  A café, restaurant and local-products shop in Metinaro on the coast road east of Dili, with freshly roasted Timorese coffee and souvenirs: a good stop on the drive to Baucau.

  • Coffee beans to buy

  Check hours before you go