Caffe Cagliostro

Welcome to the italian quarter, you are now in the heart of this small district in Dublin, the perfect place to go for a coffee or a pizza with wine. Forget the pizza, let´s focus on the coffee.
Cagliostro is an small coffee shop with a great plaza in front of the venue, that is amazing in the sonny days. You will find a quite mystical guy drawing on the floor with pastels, a big picture on the wall that remembers Leonardo Da Vinci and an excellent coffee, with good pastries. Everything with italian taste, so much that if you close your eyes, you can hear the gondolas navigate on the Liffey.

Fantastic outdoor seating, very artistic. The café has this warm, cosy italian atmosphere. I went there for cake and coffee and the dessert looked appealing to me. I hd Machiatto and strawberry tart and it was delicious. The place is excellent for those seeking a nice cup of coffee or tea and want to spend time reading or writing.

Great coffee, great place. If you like coffee you should know that the Italians makes the best coffee and this place is ruled by Italians so here you can find a very nice espresso or cappuccino with the best taste.

I’m going here every week for my week breakfast treat :)
The muffins are really good and have one of the best café services in Dublin.

Nice coffee shop, great location, lovely sunny terrace. I won’t comment on food as I didn’t have any. Good selection of cakes! Service — not great, guy didn’t showed much interest to serve. Lazy attitude.

Lovely cakes but service v poor. Waiter appeared to forget order. When we mentioned, he just walked off and came back with one of the cakes in one hand, nothing in other and went to go. We reminded him of the second cake and he said ye. Came back later again with cake in one hand and cigarette tray in other.
Don’t go to cafes much in Dublin but if that’s classed as acceptable service I’d be worried about what the tourists think.
Note — the cakes were lovely — carrot cake not how I like it but it was nice. Flan was perfect.

After visiting on different occasions I’m positively impressed by this lovely, casual caffe. If you’re looking for a quick, reasonably priced but also tasty and comforting lunch this is the perfect spot. For € 7 you get a soup+panino and for € 6 a panino+hot beverage.
The staff — many, if not all, Italian — aren’t overtly amicable right from the start, which is perfectly normal outside of Ireland, so try not to read this particular trait as rudeness. They’re polite and attentive enough in their service.
It’s an easy-​going, almost languid, place where you can just sit without having to hurry after you finished your pastry or drink. The coffee is not too bad at all, and, even better, it’s served in the correct size cup and with the right spoon (I can’t help but notice it, it’s deeply ingrained in my lusitanic mind after years of coffee-​for-​every-​occasion-​drinking).
Also, if it’s not raining, you can enjoy sitting outside, by the cool Last Supper wall. Bonus points if it’s sunny, go crazy and just pretend you’re in Italy… albeit during the autumn/​winter.
On display inside, there are mouth watering cheeses and cured meats that you can pick and mix for a panino or even a small platter. On the shelf above you’ll find the tarts and cakes, try to resist them if you can… I can assure you they taste even better than they look. The drink selection may seem a bit exotic, offering items like Santal and SanPellegrino fruit juices, but I guess it makes perfect sense in an Italian caffe. Everything’s genuine here.
So go, enjoy, and finish your meal/​coffee the right way, with a Baccio!

Every day fits cup of coffee here! The best coffee, lovely staff, nice vibe and atmosphere. Big thanks guys ;)

One of our favorite places while visiting Dublin (it didn’t hurt that they were right across from our rental). Great coffee and the most delicious chocolate hazelnut croissant ever. It was the last thing I ate before leaving Dublin. Great atmosphere and outdoor seating area.

Great little spot to grab a quick lunch! Was starving so I popped in for the panini and soup meal deal. Ok so you don’t get a choice of panini, it’s tomato, mozzarella and basil, but it’s a generous panini and the soup was pretty sizable too. The meal deal comes in at € 5 and through in a rather good espresso macchiato for € 2 leaves Brian very happy.

Whopper little spot!
I sat here the other day and managed to do accomplish the impossible — sit in the sun WHILST on my laptop. Managed to find just the right spot which enabled me to bask in the lovely white ozone killer rays, while my laptop got to bask nicely in the shade. They also have wifi, accessible outside, and a perfect people watching spot.
I ordered a peppermint tea, my accomplice ordered a flat white. His was exceptional, he said, mine was grand. (more teabags, sigh!)
I also got a chicken salad which was LOADED with chicken, artichokes, Italian cheese and tomatoes. It was lovely — my only gripe would be that the artichokes had come out of the fridge and the chicken had been heated, so I had to let it sit for a while to allow them to mesh into a palatable temperature.
Either way, this is a deadly little place to watch the world go by, do some work, or just chill with a nice coffee.

Best coffee in Dublin city…
elf should come in here and congratulate them

This place has become my go-​to northside coffee shop for four solid reasons:
1) great coffee
2) great service
3) great outdoor seating-​I miss this in Dublin
4) I feel so groovy when I hang out inside and listen to the italian counter staff speaking italian.
So come by, hang out, write some poetry or debate the highly blasphemous-​but-​clever mural of the last supper that spans the long wall along the seating area. Maybe the guy at the next table who kept saying «This is is my blood, rich and caffeinated» might have been taking it a biiiiit far.
Bottom Line: Naaaaaaaaah.

Love their outdoor area. Plenty of tables in a quiet area where one can enjoy the «breakfast of champions»: coffee and smokes.
Usually end up drinking way too much coffee when I come here as their proper Italian cups and friendly service makes it hard, if impossible, to leave.

This might be a bit odd for a coffee-​addict but even though they make fantastic coffee at Cagliostro’s I usually come here for the hot chocolate. Lots of different flavours– white hot chocolate anyone?- and very well made. It’s a very small place, there are only about 4 tables inside but in summer they have another 15 or so tables outside under an ironic mural of the last Supper. If you’re a big fan of Italian desserts, try their cannoli or if you can get it Tiramisu– it’ll change your life! The staff are Italian and they are really friendly and always have a smile for someone who is trying to improve their Italian.

Caffe Cagliostro is a bit of a mouthful, and although I’ve enjoyed a coffee here on many occasions, I didn’t know the name up until yesterday. I have always referred to it as the ‘café in the Italian quarter with the Last Supper outside’, which I think sums it up nicely.
The coffee is excellent, real Italian espresso prepared by real Italian staff. They have a tempting range of tarts, pastries and croissants on offer, alongside a small selection of light meals and snacks, like pizza slices, pannini and soups, all made with imported Italian ingredients.
There’s a real shortage of cafes in Dublin with outdoor seating, and this is one of the best of the few.

I’m a big fan of this coffee shop because it takes me to a warmer place. Having coffee here reminds me of the time I spent in Italy. Almost everyone who works here is Italian and the coffee and food strike me as also being authentic. However, the prices are definitely not genuine, being a tad expensive. Expect to pay around 5 Euro for anything on the menu.
The last time I frequented Cagliostro, I had a wonderful Margherita pizza and a creamy latte.
Part of the appeal of Cagliostro is its outdoor seating. Situated in Dublin’s popular Italian quarter, its terrace is the prime spot to watch people go by. And if the sun is out, you can spend hours sipping your coffee without worrying that you’re overstaying your welcome.