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Open late cafés in Dublin

Where to find a coffee after most counters close at 17:00.

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Most Dublin cafés close in the late afternoon, and about six in ten shut by 17:00 on weekdays. The evening usually belongs to the pubs, which is why Dublin's local authorities built Dublin Nights Mapped, an interactive map of everything after 18:00, from late-opening cafés to free cultural events, gigs and warm indoor spots that aren't a pub.1

The council launched it in January 2026, and it logged more than 250,000 interactions in under three months. Its night-time economy adviser, Ray O'Donoghue, put the trend this way: people aren't going out less in Dublin, they're going out differently.2

Local tip: Before heading out, search the Dublin Nights map at DublinNights.ie or on Google Maps for late-opening cafés near you.2

Where these cafés are: Portobello & Camden Street (2), The Liberties (1), Capel Street & O'Connell Street (1), Docklands & Grand Canal (1), Temple Bar & Dame Street (1).

At a glance

6Cafés listed
6With opening hours
07:30Earliest opening
23:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Surge Coffee, from 07:30 (Mon–Wed 07:30–17:00 · Thu–Fri 07:30–22:30 · Sat–Sun 07:30–17:00).
  • Closes latest: Mind The Step, until 23:00 (Mon–Fri 09:00–23:00 · Sat 10:00–23:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00).
  • Most common features: smoke-free indoors (50%), takeaway (33%), vegetarian options (17%).
Portobello & Camden Street

Goose on the Loose

  • 2 Kevin Street Lower
  • Mon–Tue 08:00–17:00 · Wed–Fri 08:00–22:00 · Sat 10:00–22:00 · Sun 10:00–17:00
  • +353 86 1529140
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Open until 22:00 or later

Mind the Step on Great Strand Street serves until 23:00 from Monday to Saturday and 18:00 on Sundays, and says it cares about good coffee, food and dancing.3 It also has plugs and Wi-Fi, which makes it one of the few places in the city to work after dark.4

Tea Garden on Ormond Quay Lower opens in the afternoon and stays open until 23:00 every day. Del Fino on Camden Street Lower serves 12:00–22:00 daily. Nana's Tea on Wexford Street, a bubble-tea shop, stays open until 20:00 Monday to Wednesday and 20:30 from Thursday to Sunday.

Late nights midweek

Several cafés stretch a few evenings a week. Surge Coffee on Sir John Rogerson's Quay stays open until 22:30 on Thursdays and Fridays, Goose on the Loose on Kevin Street Lower until 22:00 from Wednesday to Saturday, and Flower & Bean on Cork Street until 20:00 from Thursday to Saturday.

Happy Food in Portobello closes in the afternoon and reopens at 16:00 from Thursday to Saturday, until 20:00 on Thursdays and 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. SoBo on Westland Row runs until 20:00 Monday to Thursday and 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Coffee, then wine

Some daytime cafés hand over to wine in the evening. On Francis Street, Two Pups runs Notions, its natural wine bar and restaurant, from 17:00, Tuesday to Saturday.5 In Portobello, Brindle Coffee & Wine on Lennox Street does both, and charged €4.40 for a flat white in October 2026.6

The demand is not new. In 2025 Anne Abberton, who founded Fixx in 2007, recalled that a former Fixx café on Dawson Street was always full of people from abroad socialising there in the evenings.7

Northside evenings

Cakes N' More on Blessington Street is open 11:00–21:00 every day, and Graze at the Elbowroom on Brunswick Street North until 20:00 from Monday to Thursday. Matcha Matsukawa at George's Dock serves until 19:00 from Tuesday to Friday and 20:00 at weekends.

Ella's Heaven on Talbot Street and Rumi Cafe on Essex Street West stay open until 19:00 Monday to Saturday. South of the river, Fallon & Byrne on Exchequer Street runs until 20:00 Monday to Saturday, and KC Peaches on Dame Street until 20:00 on weekdays.

Sources

  1. Dublin Nights Mapped, Dublin.ie (Dublin's Local Authorities), accessed October 2026
  2. Dublin Nights Mapped hits 250,000 milestone (April 14, 2026), Business Eye, accessed October 2026
  3. Coffee | Mind the Step | Dublin 1, Mind the Step, accessed October 2026
  4. The Best Cafés in Dublin To Work From (September 20, 2023), All The Food, accessed October 2026
  5. Two Pups Coffee, Two Pups Coffee, accessed October 2026
  6. The Flat White Index: Ireland (café prices logged August to October 2026), The Flat White Index, accessed October 2026
  7. Flat white nation: How Ireland's coffee obsession grew, and why the beans may be running out (Joe McNamee, June 28, 2025), Irish Examiner, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Open late in Dublin: questions

Which cafés are open late in Dublin?

Mind the Step on Great Strand Street in Dublin serves until 23:00 Monday to Saturday, and Tea Garden on Ormond Quay Lower until 23:00 every day. Del Fino on Camden Street Lower is open until 22:00 daily, and Surge Coffee on Sir John Rogerson's Quay until 22:30 on Thursdays and Fridays.

What time do cafés close in Dublin?

Most Dublin cafés close in the late afternoon, and about six in ten shut by 17:00 on weekdays. A few stay open later on some nights, such as Goose on the Loose on Kevin Street Lower until 22:00 from Wednesday to Saturday and Flower & Bean on Cork Street until 20:00 from Thursday to Saturday.

Is there a map of late-night cafés in Dublin?

Yes. Dublin City Council's Dublin Nights Mapped, launched in January 2026, shows what is on in Dublin after 18:00, including late-opening cafés, free cultural events, gigs and indoor spots that aren't pubs. It is at DublinNights.ie or on Google Maps and logged more than 250,000 interactions in under three months.

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