8 cafes & bars Updated September 30, 2026

Naples cafes and bars

Historic cafes, pastry counters and wine bars

Historic coffee bars, pastry counters, wine bars and a cocktail room, with what an espresso or a glass costs.

An espresso beside a rum baba on a marble café tableIt depends

Gran Caffè Gambrinus

The grand cafe between Piazza del Plebiscito and Via Chiaia, open since 1860. Coffee and pastries are fine; the Liberty rooms are the draw. Drink at the bar and the visit costs next to nothing.

Espresso about €1.50 at the bar 7 a.m. to 1 a.m., per 2026 guide Via Chiaia 1, by Plebiscito
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An espresso with a thick cap of whipped sugared crema in a white cupWorth it

Caffè Mexico

The orange-fronted espresso bar of Passalacqua coffee, with branches on Piazza Dante, Piazza Garibaldi and the Vomero. The coffee comes pre-sweetened with whipped sugar crema; say senza zucchero if you want it bitter.

About €1.20 to €2 at the bar Comes sweetened unless you ask Piazza Dante 86
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A round dark chocolate pastry medallion beside an espressoWorth it

Scaturchio

The historic pasticceria on Piazza San Domenico Maggiore: babà, sfogliatella frolla and the trademarked Ministeriale, a dark chocolate medallion with a liqueur-cream center. Pay first, then collect.

Pastries €3 to €5.50 (2023) Open daily from 7 or 7:30 a.m. Piazza S. Domenico Maggiore 19
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A warm sfogliatella riccia dusted with icing sugar on a napkinWorth it

Sfogliatella Mary

A glass-fronted kiosk in the Galleria Umberto I that turns out sfogliatelle, babà and Santa Rosa all day. No seats, a quick line, and pastries served warm for a few euros.

Pastries about €2 to €4 Daily 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Galleria Umberto I 66
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A sugar-dusted cream-filled brioche beside an espressoIt depends

Pasticceria Poppella

The Sanità bakery that invented the fiocco di neve, a small cream-filled brioche that sells by the thousand. Cheap, sweet and simple; the original shop is on Via Arena della Sanità, with a branch on Via Santa Brigida.

Fiocco di neve about €1.50 Via Arena della Sanità 29 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. (2020)
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A pale citrus gin cocktail over ice with a curl of lemon peelWorth it

L'Antiquario

The cocktail bar that put Naples on the drinks map: a velvet-and-wallpaper room on Via Vannella Gaetani, white-jacketed bartenders, Italian classics and a quadruple-citrus signature. No. 28 in Europe in 2026.

No. 28, Europe's 50 Best 2026 Via Vannella Gaetani 2, Chiaia +39 081 764 5390
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An espresso topped with hazelnut cream, a tiny spoon standing in itIt depends

Il Vero Bar del Professore

The small bar on Piazza Trieste e Trento where Raffaele Ferrieri, the 'coffee professor', turned his grandmother's hazelnut cake into a coffee. Dozens of flavored coffees, crowded, a little dearer than elsewhere.

Caffè nocciola up to €3.50 Piazza Trieste e Trento 46 About 60 coffee variations
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A glass of red wine with toast, butter and salted anchoviesWorth it

Enoteca Belledonne

A wine shop in the heart of the Chiaia baretti that turned into a wine bar in 1997. Shelves of bottles, a tiny back room, bruschette and boards, and a crowd standing in the vicolo with a glass.

Wine bar from 4:30 p.m. Bruschette €7, boards €16 to €18 Vico Belledonne a Chiaia 18
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