Breakfast and coffee in Raleigh: downtown, Five Points, North Hills

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Refreshed every three months.

Raleigh’s breakfast spots and coffee shops are thickest downtown and just west of it, around Five Points and Glenwood Avenue, and at North Hills. North Raleigh has its own cluster on Creedmoor Road, Strickland Road and Honeycutt Road.

How we made this list. The places come from OpenStreetMap records inside Raleigh’s city limits, the same data behind our local directory, checked against each place’s own website on Oct. 12, 2026. We added Benchwarmers Bagels’ Saunders Street and Transfer Co. locations and Jubala Coffee’s other Raleigh cafes from their own sites. Starbucks, Dunkin’, Waffle House, IHOP and Biscuitville have many Raleigh stores and are left out; use their store finders. The list is alphabetical. It is not a ranking or a recommendation, and nobody paid to be on it. Run one of these places? Write to us to correct your entry. For weekend brunch menus, see our brunch list.

The list

The places

Another Broken Egg Cafe at North Hills is a breakfast, brunch and lunch chain restaurant with a full bar, patio dining that welcomes pets and a meeting room. It runs a waitlist online.

Benchwarmers Bagels has three Raleigh shops: inside Transfer Co. Food Hall downtown, in the Rockway Building next to Dix Park and in the North Hills Innovation District. It makes bagel sandwiches and serves coffee roasted by Jubala. The Transfer Co. shop also serves pizza on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.

Chapel of Bones on Maywood Avenue is a metal music venue with a coffee lounge, and its coffee bar is also open during events.

Creedmoor Cafe on Creedmoor Road in North Raleigh serves breakfast and lunch every day but Monday.

The Flying Biscuit Cafe has been in Raleigh’s Clark Avenue Village District since 2009 and serves breakfast, brunch and lunch in its dining room or on its patio, with free on-site parking. A second Raleigh cafe, at Falls Village, is due in early 2027.

Iris Coffee Lab is a coffee lab and cafe on Tucker Street, open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day.

Jubala Coffee roasts its own coffee and has four Raleigh cafes. The downtown cafe on Hillsborough Street shares space with Bar Marigold, open Wednesday to Saturday evenings.

The Left Hook Coffee is a small coffee counter on East Hargett Street that sells beans roasted in Raleigh. Its Hill Street location is temporarily closed.

Little Native Coffee on South Person Street is open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and says it is pup friendly, with a covered patio.

NoRa Cafe on Strickland Road serves food made to order, coffee drinks, wine and beer, with a patio and used books.

Pine State Coffee on Automotive Way keeps evening hours Thursday to Saturday and closes at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Purr Cup Cafe on Prospect Avenue is a cat cafe whose motto is “Drink coffee! Save cats!” It recommends a reservation to visit with the cats.

The Third Place on Glenwood Avenue in Five Points opens at 7 a.m. every day.

More where-to-eat lists

• Where to eat in Raleigh: all the lists
• Brunch in Raleigh
• Bakeries and ice cream and desserts
• Patios and outdoor dining
• Restaurant inspection scores in Wake County
• Our local business directory

Frequently asked questions

Where can I get breakfast in Raleigh?

Another Broken Egg Cafe at North Hills, The Flying Biscuit Cafe on Clark Avenue, Creedmoor Cafe on Creedmoor Road, Benchwarmers Bagels at three locations and NoRa Cafe on Strickland Road all serve breakfast and post their hours on their own sites.

Which Raleigh coffee shops open at 7 a.m.?

Little Native Coffee, NoRa Cafe, The Third Place, Pine State Coffee (weekdays), Jubala Coffee’s Hillsborough Street and North Raleigh cafes (weekdays) and The Left Hook Coffee all list a 7 a.m. opening.

Where can I get breakfast on a Monday in Raleigh?

Another Broken Egg Cafe (7 a.m. to 2 p.m.), The Flying Biscuit Cafe (7 a.m. to 3 p.m.), The Third Place, NoRa Cafe, Little Native and Pine State Coffee list Monday hours. Creedmoor Cafe, Chapel of Bones and Benchwarmers Bagels are closed Monday.

Is there a coffee shop with a patio in Raleigh?

Little Native Coffee at 426 S. Person St. says it has a covered patio and is pup friendly, and NoRa Cafe on Strickland Road has a patio.