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Goa's cafes do not agree on what a cafe is, and this list does not force them to. The 12 here include a tea stall that opens at 08:00 and wraps up by 14:00, an ice cream counter still serving at 01:00, an Italian kitchen that won't open until 12:00, and a juice centre whose recorded menu stretches from tea to kebab. Addresses run from Panjim to Majorda, with several on Fort Aguada Road in Candolim and Sinquerim. We have kept to what can be verified: where each place is, when it opens, and what its kitchen says it cooks. Where the record is thin, we say so rather than fill the gap with atmosphere. This list is for visitors who plan a day around opening hours and want an honest steer on what to order, not a ranking of latte art.

  1. 1

    Cream Choc

    Ground floor, Chanson Apartment Dayanand Bandodkar Marg, Panjim, Goa, 403001

    Coffee, pizza, burgers and ice cream on one menu, served until 23:00

    On the ground floor of Chanson Apartment on Dayanand Bandodkar Marg, in Panjim's 403001, Cream Choc runs a menu that refuses to pick a lane: coffee, pizza, burgers and ice cream. That sounds like indecision, and for a group that cannot agree it is the whole point. Doors open at 10:00 and stay open until 23:00 every day of the week, so it covers a late breakfast as well as the last stop of the night. We'd skip the single-origin temples where a flat white comes with a lecture; this is the place for a burger, a scoop and a coffee on one bill. If you are bringing a crowd, call ahead on +919373163259.

    • coffee shop
    • pizza
    • burger
    • ice cream

    Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-23:00

  2. 2

    Baskin Robbins Sinquerim

    Fort Aguada Road / Aguada - Siolim Road, Sinquerim, 403515

    Ice cream served until 01:00 every night

    The counter at Baskin Robbins Sinquerim opens at 10:00 and runs until 01:00 every night of the week, and that late closing hour is the real argument for this address on Fort Aguada Road in Sinquerim, 403515. The kitchen deals in ice cream and nothing else, and it is still dealing when dinner has long been finished. You already know the name over the door, so we won't pretend the flavours are a discovery. What matters is the timing. Don't bother with whatever dessert menu was on offer; pay the bill and finish the night here with a cone. Call +919881774933 to check before making the trip.

    • ice cream

    Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-01:00

  3. 3

    Cafe Candolim

    Fort Aguada Road, Candolim, 403515

    An international kitchen on daytime hours, 09:00 to 19:00

    The single cuisine on record at Cafe Candolim is International, and the address is Fort Aguada Road, Candolim, 403515. Hours run 09:00 to 19:00 every day, which is the detail that shapes everything else: this is a breakfast, lunch, and late-afternoon place, not somewhere to plan dinner around. The regulars come early and leave the evening to louder spots. We'd treat it as the start of a day rather than its end, arriving for a long breakfast or an unhurried coffee with no fixed idea of what you want. Call +918879789992 to confirm the kitchen is running before a special trip.

    • international

    Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-19:00

  4. 4

    Cafe Devata

    NH4A, old goa

    A coffee shop and nothing else, open 10:00 to 22:00

    Out on the NH4A at old goa, Cafe Devata opens at 10:00 and runs until 22:00 every day of the week. The brief is as plain as it gets: a coffee shop, with no second cuisine attached. We like that. The menus that promise sushi, pasta, and a cappuccino from one kitchen are rarely good at all three; a place that commits to coffee usually makes it well. With hours that long, there is no wrong time to stop, whether you need a mid-morning cup or something to keep you going after dinner. The address is a road and a place name with no door number, so keep your eyes open as you approach.

    • coffee shop

    Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00

  5. 5

    Das.s juice centre

    Majorda, 403713

    Tea and ice cream at the sensible end of a very long recorded menu

    The kitchen at Das.s juice centre in Majorda, 403713, runs 09:00 to 21:00 every day, and the menu it lists is hard to take at face value. The cuisines on record run to tea, noodles, fish, kebab, grill, and ice cream, with Asian, American, Argentinian, Mexican, and French all named as well. No kitchen does all of that equally well, and we would not ask one to. Skip the far end of that list and order what a place with juice in its name ought to do well: something cold, something fresh, and tea if the day calls for it. Treat the rest as background. For anything specific, phone +918668367096 first and ask what is on that day.

    • tea
    • noodles
    • fish
    • asian
    • american
    • argentinian
    • kebab
    • mexican
    • french
    • grill
    • ice cream

    Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-21:00

  6. 6

    Prana cafe (प्राणा कैफे)

    1108/1, 403508

    Long daily hours, 09:00 to 23:00, and its own website for checking the menu

    Prana cafe sits at 1108/1, postal code 403508, with no street name attached to the address, so check pranagoa.com before you head out and let the site handle navigation. A place that publishes its own details clearly has usually thought about the rest; steer clear of anything that makes you guess whether it is open. Hours are 09:00 to 23:00, every day, which covers breakfast through a late supper. We have no cuisine on record and won't invent one, so look at the menu online or ring 744-7748006 and decide for yourself.

    Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-23:00

  7. 7

    Kafe Krish - Juice center

    Unnamed Rd Kudal Siolim Goa 403517, 403517

    Indian, seafood and local dishes alongside sweet and savoury pancakes

    Kafe Krish sits on an unnamed road in Siolim, 403517, and the card runs wider than the name suggests. Pancakes sweet and savoury, fish and chips, curry and pasta share the menu alongside burgers, sandwiches, chicken, seafood, Indian and local dishes, breakfast, coffee and ice cream: a long list for a place billed as a juice centre, and it undersells the kitchen. Hours are 09:00 to 23:00 daily, which gives breakfast and curry both their hour. The locals eat the local plates, and so should you: order from the Indian and seafood end before the pasta. There's no road name, so save +918551849453 and call if you get lost.

    • burger
    • sandwich
    • ice cream
    • coffee shop
    • pasta
    • pancake
    • fish and chips
    • chicken
    • curry
    • indian
    • breakfast
    • savory pancakes
    • seafood
    • local

    Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-23:00

  8. 8

    Balaji Tea Stall

    Fort Aguada Road / Aguada - Siolim Road

    Morning tea and regional food, 08:00 to 14:00 only

    Balaji Tea Stall opens at 08:00 on Fort Aguada Road, also known as the Aguada - Siolim Road, and the day is done by 14:00 every day of the week. Those are morning hours, and they tell you how to use the place: early, without a plan for the afternoon. The food on record is regional, which we read as a promise to cook what the area eats and nothing imported. Skip the hotel breakfast one morning and start here instead. We have no phone number and no postal code on file, just the road name. Turn up before 14:00 or miss it.

    • regional

    Hours: Mo-Su 08:00-14:00

  9. 9

    The Tibet Cafe

    Ashwim Road, 403512

    Asian, Chinese and Indian cooking from 08:00 to 0:00

    The Tibet Cafe on Ashwim Road, 403512, runs Asian, Chinese and Indian plates out of one kitchen, with hours from 08:00 to 0:00 that cover breakfast, a midday meal, and a late-night stop under a single name. We'd skip the continental breakfast you could find in any resort town and go to the Asian side of the menu, morning or night. The name points to Tibet and the recorded cuisines reach across Asia; let that be your guide rather than whatever the next table is having. Bookings and questions go to +91 73784 42936.

    • asian
    • chinese
    • indian
  10. 10

    La Cucina

    between Papa Joly and market

    Italian cooking with pizza singled out, 12:00 to 00:00

    Getting to La Cucina is a matter of finding two landmarks: between Papa Joly and market. No street number, no postal code. The kitchen is Italian with pizza singled out, hours run 12:00 to 00:00 every day, so come for lunch or come late. A kitchen that names pizza as its trade is the one to order it from, not a multi-cuisine menu where pizza is an afterthought on the back page. If the landmarks defeat you, call +919920686357 and ask to be talked in.

    • italian pizza
    • italian

    Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-00:00

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    Café Chocolatti

    409A Fort Aguada Road / Aguada - Siolim Road, Candolim, 403515

    A coffee shop with an Italian kitchen, daytime only, 09:00 to 19:00

    Café Chocolatti sits at number 409A on Fort Aguada Road in Candolim, 403515, pairing a coffee shop with an Italian kitchen. The address is also listed as the Aguada - Siolim Road, so do not be thrown if your driver uses that name. Hours run strictly from 09:00 to 19:00 every day, making this a morning and afternoon stop. The name promises chocolate and the record promises coffee and Italian; we'd order across all three. Scrambling for an evening table elsewhere makes less sense than a slow afternoon here, finished before 19:00. No phone number on our file, so arrive in person.

    • coffee shop
    • italian

    Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-19:00

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    Pandurang Cafe

    Candolim, 403516

    An Indian kitchen with no second cuisine, open 09:00 to 20:00

    Pandurang Cafe in Candolim, 403516, opens at 09:00 and shuts by 20:00, keeping that schedule all week. The kitchen is recorded as Indian with no second cuisine alongside it, and that single focus is the reason it earns a place on this list. Locals trust a kitchen that has mastered one tradition over a menu that drifts across five, and we take the same view. Come for breakfast or a midday meal and eat what the kitchen cooks. We have no street address and no phone number to pass on, just Candolim and the 403516 postal code, so ask for it by name once you are in the area and get there well before 20:00.

    • indian

    Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-20:00

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