Best matcha cafés in Cape Town

Cape Town has become a very good city to be a matcha drinker.

A few years ago you were mostly choosing between making it yourself or taking your chances on whatever green powder happened to be sitting behind the coffee machine. Now we have dedicated matcha bars, tea people who know exactly what they are whisking, cafés making genuinely good everyday matcha, and enough strawberry foam to keep Sea Point going through summer.

There is also matcha cheesecake, matcha cookies, matcha tiramisù and, when the stars align with the weekly flavour board, matcha ice cream.

This list is in no particular order. Every spot does matcha a little differently, so the right one depends on what you're after that day.

With that out of the way, let's find the best matcha spots in Cape Town in September 2026.

Matcha places in Cape Town at a glance

Best Matcha Seapoint and Atlantic Seaboard

Nice To Matcha

Sea Point's matcha original, and still one of the first places people mention when you ask where to get matcha in Cape Town.

Nice To Matcha is for people who care about what is underneath the milk and syrup. Their everyday Signature matcha is a first-flush, single-cultivar Yabukita from Uji, Kyoto, and it is what they whisk behind the bar.

You can get playful, but I'd start simple if you haven't been before. Their straight matcha gives you a good idea of what a decent Japanese matcha should taste like.

Then have the cheesecake.

The matcha cheesecake has developed a following of its own and is reason enough to make room for something sweet.

Find Nice To Matcha in Sea Point on Google Maps

Ceremony Matcha Bar

A few minutes along Sea Point and you arrive at another very different take on the matcha bar.

Ceremony started as an online matcha brand before opening its bar near the promenade. It works particularly well as a post-walk or post-run stop, although you absolutely do not need to exercise first.

You can keep things simple or go in the other direction entirely. Their Triple Matcha is one of the signatures, and Ceremony regularly plays with matcha foam, interesting sweeteners and Japanese flavours across the food and drinks menu.

This is a good one when one person wants to taste the tea and another wants their matcha to arrive with several things happening on top.

Find Ceremony Matcha Bar on Beach Road, Sea Point

Kanéla for matcha

Kanéla was serving matcha on Regent Road before Cape Town suddenly decided it needed a matcha bar every 600 metres.

They serve both Superlatte Ceremonial Matcha and Superlatte Matcha Mint. Go ceremonial if you want the matcha to lead. Matcha Mint is softer and very easy to like, particularly iced.

Kanéla is also just a nice Sea Point café. Breakfast, familiar faces, laptops, people coming in from the promenade and the best shelter from the south easter thanks to a protected courtyard. 

And then there are the Friday morning raves.IYKYK.

Find Kanéla on Regent Road, Sea Point

Cova Matcha and Coffee

Cova is tiny, very Sea Point and usually full of people photographing something green.

The menu goes much further than a standard matcha latte. Maple sea salt is one of the combinations people keep going back for, along with vanilla and various cold foam situations. The Shoreline Vanilla Matcha with pink coconut cold foam has also been a house favourite.

Worth knowing before you get carried away: the extras add up.

Also look at the food before you leave. Cova has done a chewy matcha cookie and matcha milk cake alongside the drinks menu.

This is probably not the cup I'd use to introduce someone to the subtleties of Japanese tea. It is, however, a very enjoyable way to spend R80-ish on something cold, creamy and green.

Find Cova Matcha and Coffee in Sea Point

Arthur's Mini Super for matcha

Arthur's has one of the more unusual matcha drinks on this list.

Steph's Matcha is made with matcha, coconut water, ice and sea salt. No milk. No strawberry. No cloud of foam.

It might not be for everyone, but on a hot day after a walk along the promenade it is wonderfully refreshing. The little bit of salt works especially well with the coconut water.

Sometimes you don't need another latte.

Find Arthur's Mini Super in Sea Point

Matcha and More

Matcha and More is tucked into The Grid Padel in Three Anchor Bay and tends to fly under the radar compared with the bigger Sea Point names.

It opens early, so it's useful before work, before padel or when you've somehow become the sort of person who is on the promenade before 8am.

They serve ceremonial-grade matcha, and the date matcha gets a special mention.

Small, friendly and a good local one to know about.

Find Matcha and More at The Grid Padel, Three Anchor Bay

Stellski Sea Point for matcha

Stellski also has a newish Sea Point branch on Wisbeach Road opposite Naked Cafe. This is handy if you already know and like the Bree Street version but aren't planning to go into town.

They use Superlatte Ceremonial Matcha, so you can order a straightforward matcha latte and get on with your day. No ceremony required. While you're there, please try one of their toasties, they're immaculate!

Find Stellski Sea Point on Google Maps

Best matcha City Bowl

Stellski Coffee Bar & Café for matcha

The Bree Street Stellski is tucked into a communal co-working space just off the main road, so you get some protection from the usual Bree Street traffic and chaos.

Warm service, good cake, and Superlatte Ceremonial Matcha behind the counter.

I like Stellski on this list because it isn't trying to be a matcha destination. It is simply a very good café that also makes a very good matcha.

There are now Stellski branches in Bree Street, Woodstock and Sea Point. The Woodstock one is bigger and dog-friendly. In fact, Stellski's logo features a hound on a scooter. We like!

Find Stellski on Bree Street

Conscious Matcha

Conscious Matcha on Kloof Street is what happens when someone looks at a normal matcha menu and decides it needs another 4 pages. Rightly so!

You can order a straightforward matcha with water or milk and call it a day.

Or you can get into vanilla fig, lavender, rose, cacao, reishi, lion's mane, cordyceps and several other things that sound like you may need someone to explain them to you first.

The menu really is enormous.

The nice thing is that the matcha still gets to taste like matcha. It doesn't all disappear under sugar. Go here when you have time to read the menu properly.

Find Conscious Matcha on Kloof Street

Love Matcha

Just up the road from Conscious Matcha on Kloof Street, is Love Matcha.

They're also about variety, but  equally it's about the fun here. Strawberry. Mango. Fruity iced matcha. Matcha mocktails. Oat milk. Drinks that people who think they don't like matcha tend to like very much.

They now have several Cape Town locations, including Kloof Street, Sea Point and further out of the city.

This is a very easy place to start if you're matcha-curious but aren't ready to drink it with water and contemplate the cultivar.

Find Love Matcha on Kloof Street

Honest Chocolate for matcha

You probably weren't going to Honest Chocolate for matcha. You were going for chocolate. And the fact that they are super dog friendly. 

But matcha does turn up in the bakery cabinet, which is why it belongs in this guide. Keep an eye out for matcha-infused baked goods and specials rather than expecting the exact same thing every visit.

The Wale Street café is tucked between Loop and Bree and has a lovely courtyard out back. There is now another Honest Chocolate café in Kalk Bay too. 

If you see something green next to all that chocolate, investigate.

Find Honest Chocolate on Wale Street

Unframed Ice Cream

Another Kloof Street institution, Unframed has been supporting Cape Town's matcha habit for about as long as there has been one. 

Their flavours change all the time, but their vegan matcha tea ice cream has been coming and going from the roster for years.

It's properly matcha-forward rather than vanilla ice cream that happens to be green.

If it's on the board, get it. If it isn't, you will have to eat another flavour and come back. Terrible.

Find Unframed Ice Cream on Kloof Street

Best matcha Southern Suburbs

Wildsprout for matcha

Wildsprout is where I'd go when everyone wants breakfast or lunch and somebody at the table also cares about the matcha.

They use Superlatte Ceremonial Matcha, and it sits very naturally alongside the rest of the menu.

Constantia is the lovely slow-morning option, in the Constantia Village courtyard with greenery around the tables. Kenilworth is the long-standing neighbourhood favourite with the bigger grocery section.

There is also a Sea Point Wildsprout now, if crossing the mountain is simply not on the agenda.

Get a hot matcha, have breakfast, buy something from the grocer you did not arrive intending to buy.

Find Wildsprout Constantia on Google Maps

MISÙ for matcha

MISÙ in Claremont, just outside Cavendish Mall,  has committed very firmly to 2 things: tiramisù and matcha. Hard to argue with that.

Their matcha comes from Uji and is whisked to order. The drinks menu runs from a classic matcha through vanilla, cinnamon, white chocolate, salted caramel and crème brûlée.

Then there is the tiramisù. Classic, pistachio, Biscoff, hazelnut and whatever else is on rotation.

This is the stop for people who believe having matcha and dessert at the same time is efficient rather than excessive.

Find MISÙ in Claremont

Nigiro Tea Café for matcha

Nigiro in Plumstead is one for the tea people.

They've been doing tea for years, well before Cape Town's current matcha fixation arrived, and the tea list is enormous.

This is where I'd go if I wanted to talk about the tea rather than the foam.

Ask what matcha they're serving, settle in, and let people who spend their lives thinking about leaves point you in the right direction.

Find Nigiro Tea Café in Plumstead

Secret Forest Cafe for matcha

If you can make your way past the hounds and kids on bikes, Secret Forest Cafe in Tokai Forest serves a lovely matcha as part of its very decent hot drinks menu.

They use Superlatte, which obviously makes us happy, but we'd send you there anyway.

You walk into the forest to get there. Dogs appear from several directions. Mountain bikes pass. Small children travel much faster than seems sensible.

Then you find the café under the trees. Go after a walk and get your matcha hot.

Find Secret Forest Cafe in Tokai Forest

Best matcha in the Deep South

Coffee Guy Noordhoek for matcha

Deep South fam, we haven't forgotten you. Coffee Guy in Noordhoek serves Superlatte and sits at the Noordhoek Garden Emporium.

This is very much a neighbourhood café rather than a dedicated matcha bar, which is exactly why it deserves a spot. Sometimes you just want somewhere nearby that knows how to make the thing you like.

There is also a reasonable chance you will go in for a matcha and leave with a plant.

Find Coffee Guy at Noordhoek Garden Emporium

Where to find matcha ice cream and matcha desserts in Cape Town

Drinking matcha is only one option. Cape Town is getting increasingly good at putting it into things you can eat too.

Unframed is the one to watch if you're searching for matcha ice cream in Cape Town. Their vegan matcha tea ice cream has been part of the flavour rotation for years, although the board changes regularly. Check before making a special trip if matcha is the entire reason you're going.

Nice To Matcha has the cheesecake.

Cova has served matcha cookies and matcha milk cake alongside its drinks.

Ceremony brings matcha into the food menu too.

MISÙ solves the problem differently. Order your matcha and put tiramisù next to it.

And Honest Chocolate is worth checking for matcha bakes and specials when they appear in the cabinet.

The baked side of Cape Town matcha changes much faster than the drinks menus, so this is one area where asking what they have that day is often more useful than studying Instagram from 6 months ago.

So, where should you go for matcha in Cape Town?

If you mostly want to taste the matcha, start with Nice To Matcha or Ceremony.

If you like your matcha cold, sweet and wearing something on top, Cova and Love Matcha will keep you occupied.

For breakfast or lunch, Wildsprout, Kanéla and Stellski are easy choices.

If you're bored with the normal latte format, try Steph's Matcha at Arthur's.

If you want to talk tea, go to Nigiro.

If you have a dog and muddy shoes, head into Tokai Forest.

And if you see the matcha ice cream on the board at Unframed, order it.

Cape Town's matcha list keeps growing, so there is almost certainly a tiny café somewhere making a great one that we haven't found yet. We'll keep our eyes peeled and this guide updated!