Cartagena's cafes on this list do not run on the same clock. One opens at 08:00 and stays open until 23:00 every day; another does not unlock until 16:00 from Monday to Thursday; one posts a 03:00 start. The menus are just as varied: German plates beside burgers, a kitchen filed under healthy, an ice cream counter. This list is for the visitor who wants a reliable address and a confirmed hour, and who would sooner be told what is unverified than be handed a mood. Where the record is thin, we say so, and one entry, ranked 10, has nothing on file to show that it serves coffee at all. Read the hours, pick by time of day, and phone ahead wherever a number is given.
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1 Bozha Cafe
36-36 Local 2 Calle de la Necesidad, Cartagena, 13001Coffee, juice and cake across a 08:00 to 23:00 day
The door at Bozha Cafe opens at 08:00 and stays open until 23:00, every day of the week. The address is 36-36 Local 2 on Calle de la Necesidad, in the 13001 postal area, and the menu covers coffee, juice and cake. That range, spread across a long day, means you can use this place twice: something cold before noon and something sweet after dinner. We'd skip the hotel breakfast buffet and start here instead. To check on a table or confirm the closing time, call +57 605 6412074.
- cafe
- coffee
- coffee shop
- juice
- cake
Hours: Mo-Su 08:00-23:00
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2 El Barón
31-7 Plaza de San Pedro de ClaverLate hours on the plaza, to 01:00 on Friday and Saturday
On the Plaza de San Pedro de Claver at number 31-7, El Barón keeps the latest hours of anything on this list. Monday to Thursday the doors open at 16:00 and close at 00:00; on Friday and Saturday service starts at 11:00 and runs to 01:00, and Sunday goes from 11:00 to 00:00. Read that schedule as a guide: this is an afternoon and late-evening stop, and the weekend is the only time it works before lunch. A weekday morning visit will find a shut door. The house keeps its own site at elbaron.co and answers on +57 315 6463018.
Hours: Mo-Th 16:00-00:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-01:00; Su 11:00-00:00
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3 Café de la mañana
5-80 Calle Estanco del Aguardiente, 130001German plates on a menu that also runs to burgers, breakfast and cake
Café de la mañana covers more ground than the name suggests: burgers, sandwiches, German plates, breakfast, and cake all on the same listing. The address is 5-80 Calle Estanco del Aguardiente, postal code 130001, and the kitchen runs 08:00 to 16:00 Wednesday through Monday, which makes Tuesday the day to plan around and rules out dinner altogether. We'd go straight for the German plates, the least predictable line on the card and a better bet than the tourist breakfast spreads that appear identically on every corner. Phone ahead on +57 300 2839817 if you're coming as a group.
- burger
- sandwich
- international
- breakfast
- german
- cake
- coffee shop
Hours: We-Mo 08:00-16:00
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4 Juan Valdez Café
Carrera 2, Cartagena, 130001Coffee and nothing else on the listing
Juan Valdez Café needs no introduction, so what matters is the address: Carrera 2, in the 130001 postal area. The listing is coffee and nothing else, and that narrowness is what this particular address is about. You come for a cup you can predict, from a place that has no interest in selling you lunch as well. No opening hours are on record, so check juanvaldez.com before crossing town for it. It beats the hotel lobby coffee most visitors settle for, and it makes no pretense about what it is. A useful stop on Carrera 2, not a destination.
- coffee shop
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5 Cafe Del Mural
25-60 San Juan, CartagenaA coffee shop with a posted 03:00 start, Monday to Saturday
Cafe Del Mural sits at number 25-60 in San Juan, with a posted schedule of 03:00 to 20:00, Monday to Saturday. A 03:00 start for a coffee shop is uncommon enough that we'd confirm it at the door before setting an alarm by it. Sunday is off the schedule entirely, so a weekday visit puts you on safe ground. Published hours here are a starting point rather than a guarantee; ask when you arrive. Come for the cup, and let the 20:00 close point you toward dinner.
- coffee shop
Hours: Mo-Sa 03:00-20:00
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6 Beiyú
29-75 Del GuerreroBreakfast and sandwiches from 07:00
Beiyú, at 29-75 Del Guerrero, is open by 07:00 Monday through Saturday, and the kitchen backs that up: breakfast and sandwiches are what it does, with service running to 21:00 on those days. Sunday hours shorten to 09:00 to 18:00, so if you're arriving that morning, come after 09:00. We'd skip the overpriced brunch boards aimed at visitors; a plain breakfast here does the job with less ceremony, and the long weekday window makes it equally useful for a sandwich late in the evening.
- breakfast
- sandwich
Hours: Mo-Sa 07:00-21:00; Su 09:00-18:00
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7 Época
34-52 Calle del ArzobispadoSandwiches, served across a 07:00 to 21:00 weekday
Sandwiches are the single thing on record for the kitchen at Época, and we count that as a recommendation, not a limitation. The address is 34-52 Calle del Arzobispado. Hours run 07:00 to 21:00 Monday through Saturday and 09:00 to 18:00 on Sunday, which covers an early breakfast, a working lunch, and a light supper without you needing to plan around it. A narrow listing often signals a kitchen that has already made its decisions. We'd avoid the sprawling picture menus that promise every cuisine at once; they rarely do one of them well. Come with a modest appetite and a book, and take the long weekday hours as permission to stay.
- sandwich
Hours: Mo-Sa 07:00-21:00; Su 09:00-18:00
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8 La Brioche
Calle de San Agustín ChiquitaA daytime house, open 07:00 to 18:00 every day
A cafe called La Brioche has told you half of what you need before you arrive, and the published hours do the rest: 07:00 to 18:00, every day of the week. The address is Calle de San Agustín Chiquita, with no street number attached, so look for the name rather than a door plate. This is a daytime house, best used at the front end of the day. The menu is not in our notes, but the house keeps a site at labrioche.com.co, which is worth a look before you go. Skip the sealed pastries sold at souvenir counters. A 07:00 opening and an 18:00 close leave room for a second visit.
Hours: Mo-Su 07:00-18:00
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9 Gokéla Cartagena
13-67 Calle 93BA kitchen listed as healthy, open 09:00 to 19:00 daily
The one word filed against the kitchen at Gokéla Cartagena is healthy, and the name itself says which city this address serves. You will find it at 13-67 Calle 93B, open 09:00 to 19:00 every day of the week, which rules out the early coffee and the late supper but leaves a long middle of the day for a lighter meal. That is the use we would put it to: the day after a heavy dinner, when fried food has lost its appeal. Skip the fried snack stalls for one lunch and eat here instead. The 09:00 start also suits anyone who slept in.
- healthy
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-19:00
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10 Love Toys Ctg
50 101 Calle 30AUnverified: only an address and a phone number are on record
Call +57 304 2009021 before you walk to 50 101 Calle 30A, because Love Toys Ctg is the one entry here that we cannot vouch for as a cafe. The record gives an address and a phone number and stops there: no menu, no hours, no mention of coffee. The name does not suggest an espresso machine either. We have kept it in rank order so you can see exactly what is known, and what is known is thin. Don't bother with a special trip on the strength of this listing alone. If the person who answers confirms that coffee is served, you have a story; if not, you have saved yourself the walk.
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11 Antojos, Café y Más
Carrera 71, Cartagena de Indias, 130010Pastry with coffee
In the 130010 postal area, on Carrera 71, Antojos, Café y Más is listed for two things: pastry and coffee. That pairing is the whole argument, and it is a good one. No hours are on record, and no street number either, so treat the visit as something you fold into another errand on Carrera 71 rather than a timed appointment. The locals prefer a pastry counter in their own postal code to a queue in the tourist streets, and we'd file this address under that habit. Order one sweet thing and one coffee, and judge the place on those two alone.
- pastry
- coffee shop
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12 D'li Paleteria
25-185 Calle de San AntonioIce cream, the one frozen entry on the list
Ice cream is all that's listed at 25-185 Calle de San Antonio, where D'li Paleteria closes this list as its one frozen entry. The name promises paletas, and we'd hold the counter to that promise before ordering anything else. No hours are on record for number 25-185, so go in daylight and expect to adjust. It earns its place among the cafes for a plain reason: a coffee stop is not always what an afternoon calls for, and something cold on a stick does the same job of making you slow down. Skip the scooped tubs at the tourist carts and buy here instead.
- ice cream
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