Tashkent Cafes: Wifi, Breakfast and Coffee Prices
Tashkent cafes in 2026: where to work with wifi and sockets, all-day breakfast chains, espresso and flat white prices in som, and how to pay by card.
At 7:00, Cafe Dosan on Yakub Kolas Street is already open, a Korean-run coffee bar built around one long shared table (it has a second branch at Kimyo University, which tells you who the regulars are). The Coffee Belt on Oybek Street follows at 7:30. At 8:00, Tim's Coffee & Roastery on Shevchenko Street opens, and so does Shavi on Bukhara Street, and so do the Safia bakery counters across the city (published hours, last checked: September 2026). Tashkent's cafe scene runs on an earlier clock than its restaurants, and that's the single most useful thing to know about it: if you want breakfast, a table and wifi before 10:00, a cafe is where you'll find all three.
This page is the practical version: laptop cafes, prices in som, all-day breakfast chains, and how to pay. The wider story of coffee in the country (imports, the old towns, ordering in Uzbek) is in our look at how Uzbekistan took to coffee.
What a cup costs in Tashkent cafes
Specialty espresso in central Tashkent runs from about 27,000 to 35,000 som, according to a price round-up by the Tashkent outlet Nechapl (nchpl.uz), published 30 April 2026. Milk drinks cost more. Travel blogger Megan Starr's cafe list, updated 23 September 2026, puts a flat white at 35,000 to 45,000 som across seven cafes. A cappuccino isn't priced separately in either source, but on local menus it normally sits within a few thousand som of the flat white, so budget the same band.
At the Central Bank rate of 11,825 som to the dollar (26 September 2026), that's roughly $2.30 for the cheapest espresso and $3.80 for the dearest flat white. About the price of a bowl of lagman at a chaikhana, in other words. Coffee here is priced as a lifestyle item, and nobody pretends otherwise.
| Cafe | Address | Espresso (Apr 2026) | Flat white (Sep 2026) | Laptop? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master Coffee | Mirabad 27/7; also Makhtumkuli 114 | 27,000 som | 35,000 som | Small, fills with students |
| Shavi Coffee | Bukhara 26; also Rustaveli 43 | 28,000 som | 38,000 som | Wifi and sockets reported |
| Beanberry | Mahatma Gandhi 14 | from 30,000 som | not listed | Wifi and sockets reported |
| Coffee Nation | Afrosiyob 14/1 | 30,000 som | not listed | Wifi and sockets reported |
| Rassvet | Chimkent 17 | 35,000 som | 45,000 som | Terrace plus a basement room |
| Tim's Coffee & Roastery | Shevchenko 40 | not listed | 35,000 som | Yes, spacious |
Espresso prices are from Nechapl, flat whites from Starr: two dates, two writers, so read it as a range, not a menu.
Where you can actually work
Wifi is the easy part. Nearly every sit-down cafe in the centre has a network; ask for the password when you order. Sockets are the constraint. Our own notes for remote workers staying a month make the same point: plenty of cafes, few plugs.
So pick by power, not by coffee:
- Tim's Coffee & Roastery (Shevchenko 40, 8:00 to 22:00): the most straightforward laptop cafe in the centre, with room to spread out and a brunch menu if the session runs long.
- Cafe Dosan (Yakub Kolas 6, from 7:00, 8:00 on Sundays): the shared co-working table is the reason to come.
- The Coffee Belt (Oybek 12, 7:30 to 22:00): there's a sign saying laptops are welcome. That tells you more than any review.
- Shavi, Beanberry, Coffee Nation: Nechapl's April survey says all of its picks had wifi and outlets.
And where not to open a laptop? Zira Cafe & Bakery on Ukchi Street has no wifi at all, per Starr. Mad Lads on Shevchenko is takeaway only. Moona, inside a clothes boutique on Furkat Street, is built for a quick matcha rather than a three-hour sprint.
A practical point. Buy a local SIM before you rely on cafe networks. Shared wifi slows when a cafe fills up, and your own hotspot doesn't depend on anyone's router. Operators and data prices are in our SIM and mobile data guide.
If you need a desk for a full day with a guaranteed connection, a cafe is the wrong tool. C-Space on Labzak Street and the Ground Zero spaces sell day passes; message them for current rates, because published prices lag.
The chains: all-day breakfast and long hours
Independents make the better coffee. The chains make the better breakfast, and they're open when you need them.
Safia
The name you'll pass most often, with branches in nearly every district from Yunusabad to Chilanzar. Safia started as a confectioner and still leads with its cake counter (New York cheesecake, cinnamon rolls, medovik), but the cafes also run an all-day breakfast menu. Its own website lists 8:00 to 23:00, Monday to Sunday; directory listings also show a few branches trading around the clock, so check the specific branch on 2GIS before a late-night visit (last checked: September 2026). Espresso is reliable rather than memorable. The draw is that there's nearly always one close by.
Bon!
A French-style boulangerie chain whose first cafe opened on Chekhov Street. Branches now include Chimkent 21, Shota Rustaveli 63 and the Next mall on Babur Street. 2GIS gives it an average bill around 100,000 som per person, which buys a quiche or omelette, a pastry and a coffee. Croissants are the reason people go.
Chaykof
The name is a mash-up of "chai" and "kofe", and the Instagram bio promises breakfast all day. Branches include Said Baraka 16B and Shota Rustaveli 22. The menu leans towards omelettes and Soviet-style breakfasts, and ordering one at 14:00 is exactly what the place is for. Tour Central Asia's breakfast round-up put its dishes at 25,000 to 55,000 som, though that was 2023 and prices have risen since.
Our take: a Tashkent morning works best split in two. Breakfast at a chain, then walk to an independent for the second coffee and the laptop hour.
Paying: cards, cash and the phone apps
Chain cafes and the specialty places in the centre generally take foreign Visa, and Mastercard slightly less often. Contactless works where the terminal is new, which in Tashkent is often the case at chains. What catches visitors out is the smaller neighbourhood coffee counter, whose terminal only reads the domestic Uzcard and Humo cards. Local customers there will often scan a QR code with Click or Payme instead, apps that need an Uzbek bank card behind them.
Keep 100,000 som in cash as a backup. It covers two coffees and a pastry anywhere in the city. Caravanistan's money page tracks which ATMs currently take foreign cards, and our guide to cash, ATMs and cards has the full acceptance table.
Tipping? Not expected at the counter. Some table-service cafes add a service charge to the bill; read it before you round up.
Getting between them
The cafes cluster in a loose band around the centre: Shevchenko, Chimkent and Mirabad streets on one side, Oybek and Rustaveli nearby, Bukhara Street a little further out. It isn't a strollable old quarter. The avenues are wide and Soviet-scaled, blocks are long, and in July a walk between clusters is punishing. Oybek, Kosmonavtlar and Mustaqillik Maydoni stations cover most of it; the Tashkent metro costs 2,500 som a ride by card or app from 1 October 2026, or 3,000 som in cash (up from the old 1,700 card fare).
One last warning, and it's the one that wastes the most mornings. Cafes here open and close quickly: Black Bear Kofi on Shevchenko is listed as permanently closed on Wanderlog, and Columbina, a fixture of older guides, as temporarily closed. Before you cross the city for a specific cup, open the place on 2GIS or Yandex Maps and check the latest reviews are from this month. For lunch and dinner once the coffee's done, our Tashkent eating guide picks up where this leaves off.