Caffènation

Coffee is passion here. Single shots, double shots, flat whites, … You name it, they serve it. Roasting inhouse, great quality, cool staff. Try the weekly specials.

Nice coffee shop, nice retro mostly black white and red interior with a nice view. Fair prices and good music!

Great coffee, great atmosphere. The music is excelent too. One of my favourite places in Antwerp.

Great chill out spot!
Their coffees are supernice as well as their ice teas and chai lattes.
When you have nothing to do and want to hang out or work with a perfect stream of coffee coming your way: this is the place to be.
Locationwise it’s right next to the nationale bank, where you can catch many buses or trams, so a great way to start or end your trip.

Simply the best in Antwerp. Very smooth roast so no bitter aftertaste. The location features outdoor seating and a great indoor seating selection. Lovely cakes as well.
Great coffee in a great setting. Cute baristas too!

Caffènation will always be my favorite coffee café in Antwerp. It was the first one I discovered when I moved and although I like exploring other coffees thoughout the city, I always come back to Caffènation.
When I first started visiting, they were located in small cozy building on Hopland. You had to have a bit of luck if you wanted to enjoy your coffee inside and even more luck to find space in the garden.
But now, on the Mechelsesteenweg, there is a lot more space! And a variety of spaces. On the first floor you can sit close to the baristas or choose to sit in the back room filled with comfy chairs and couches. And on the second floor you have an open area with tables and can work on a project, enjoy the view, or chat with a friend.
In addition to enjoying your cup of coffee, you can also buy beans roasted by Caffènation to enjoy at home. They offer espresso, filter, and decaf blends. For 32 euros you can buy a sampler of 6 to try out what they have to offer!

Five things I learned at the coffee workshop at Caffènation:
1. Slow coffee is good coffee
2. Making a good espresso at home is not worth the hassle, get it at a (good) coffee place
3. Stir your espresso before you drink it
4. Ask for arabica beans, not robusto
5. The staff at Caffènation is very knowledgeable and helpful

Nice coffee, of course!
Cool places to sit.
Sometimes very busy, so you can’t find a place to sit
Please, don’t go to Starbucks! Go here!

Love this place! Starting with the athmosphere, you immediately feel welcome here by the super friendly staff. A nice chill place where you just want to hang out. Adding to that the best coffee I’ve had in Belgium, it’s a must whenever in Antwerp, including some of their iwn roasted beans to take home.

Caffènation is my favourite café on Earth for already 6 years. I loved the old location with its garden and their laid back interior but I recently went to the «new» one and even though it is completely different, you could see they got more «mature» and it wasn’t disappointing at all. With 3 floors and plenty of seating space, I would highly recommend grabbing a seat on the third floor very early in the morning.
This is a specialty coffee place, so don’t expect a wide variety of sweets or things to eat, just enjoy the coffee. These guys really know their shit.

Excellent, excellent coffee, friendly staff, free wifi. What a great place! There are a ton of tables for working on your laptop, seats outside for soaking up the sun, or comfy couches to curl up with a good book.

Caffènation is a nice coffee place in Antwerp with speciality coffee. I went for a strong espresso roast with a pepper chocolate served on the side. The combination was really good, a concept other coffee places should get inspired by.
It’s a wait-​on coffee place, but if you want to be waited-​on quickly, you may want to order at the bar.

Didn’t I post a review about my coffee temple of worship yet???
Ok sit down and listen. Caffènation is the absolute not-​to-​miss slap-​me-​silly-​call-​me-​daisy BEST address for coffee.
Forget about everything you know about coffee and forget about the coffee you drink at Starbucks, okay? This kind of coffee changes the rules entirely. It may take some getting used to but you can always start with a simple sugared latte to taste the difference and change to filters later, when you’re ready ;-)
With their own brand of coffee which they also sell to a selection of coffee serving places that appreciate quality, they are Antwerp’s founding fathers of the slow coffee trend. Let’s call it movement, even. Antwerp has seen a sudden ‘rise of the slow coffee places’ following the success of Caffènation: like Normo, Broer Bretel, Kolonel, Kornel, and more.
I can’t say I know enough about coffee to fully grasp how great these guys are but I LOVE their coffee.
Something else that makes it so much fun to be here is the total craziness of barista Bert and the loveliness of barista Joke. Without their magical sense of humor, the place would be completely different.

Best coffee, great service, friendly community!