Sarajevo café guide: from džezva to flat white
Coffee is a ritual here. Where to sip it slowly, old-style or new.
Sarajevo Travel Guide editors · 23 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Sarajevans don’t grab coffee, they sit for it. A Bosnian coffee arrives in a copper džezva with a sugar cube and rahat-lokum.
Old-style
Featured placeMorića hanThe last surviving Ottoman caravanserai in Sarajevo, with a café in its courtyard.
Featured placeKuća sevdahaA museum-café of sevdalinka, the Bosnian love song — with Bosnian coffee, rose sherbet and a small exhibition.
Featured placeČajdžinica DžirloA three-table tea room with dozens of herbal and fruit teas and Turkish delight.
Specialty coffee
Featured placeMinistry of ĆejfTiny specialty-coffee bar that brought third-wave espresso to Kovači.
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