Where to Get Good Coffee in Zandvoort (and Haarlem)

Last updated: 24 September 2026

Zandvoort is famous for its beach, its racetrack and its wind, but finding a properly good cup of coffee in the village takes a little local knowledge. There are plenty of places that will pour you a koffie with a little biscuit on the side, and then there are a handful of spots that take their coffee seriously. And if you are willing to hop on the train or bike for 15 minutes, Haarlem has one of the best specialty coffee scenes in the country.

This guide pulls together the coffee spots in Zandvoort and Haarlem that local tourism sites and coffee guides keep recommending, with what each one is known for. It is a research based list rather than a ranking, so we have not crowned a winner. Opening hours change with the seasons here, so always check before you go.

Short answer: In Zandvoort, start with Blue Zone Espresso on the Haltestraat for New Zealand style coffee, Noble Tree Café on the Raadhuisplein for specialty coffee with healthy breakfasts, or Lunchcafé The Corner for a cosy lunchroom vibe. For a real specialty coffee crawl, head to Haarlem, where cafés like AX, Coffee Habits, Mica, Maeva, Native and Kohi serve beans from top Dutch roasters.

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First things first: a coffee shop is not a coffee shop

A quick warning for anyone fresh off the plane from Joburg or Cape Town. In the Netherlands, a coffeeshop is a place that sells cannabis. Zandvoort has one too. If you are looking for an actual cup of coffee, look for words like koffiebar, café, lunchroom, koffiehuis or espressobar. It saves a very confusing conversation at the counter.

Where to get good coffee in Zandvoort

Blue Zone Espresso

Blue Zone Espresso is the spot that keeps coming up when people ask for the best coffee in Zandvoort. It is a small, cosy place on the Haltestraat, the main shopping street between the station and the beach, and it serves coffee inspired by New Zealand’s coffee culture. Think flat whites done properly, which is good news if you have been missing your local roastery back home. Alongside the coffee there is breakfast, lunch, pastries and homemade sweets, and the café dog, Wolf, is famous with the regulars. It opens early, which makes it a good stop before a morning beach walk.

Where: Haltestraat 23C, Zandvoort
Good for: Flat whites, early coffee, breakfast, takeaway
Note: Opens early and closes early afternoon. Visit Zandvoort lists it as closed on Thursdays.

Noble Tree Café

Noble Tree Café is on the Raadhuisplein, next to the Kerkplein in the heart of the village. It is run by two friends who started their coffee business in 2011, and they serve their own Noble Tree specialty coffee. The menu leans healthy and fresh, with bowls, fresh juices, breakfast and lunch from an open kitchen. There is seating inside and on the square, which is perfect on one of those rare windless Zandvoort mornings.

Where: Raadhuisplein 16, Zandvoort
Good for: Specialty coffee, healthy breakfast, bowls and juices
Note: Open seven days a week, and they take reservations

Lunchcafé The Corner

Lunchcafé The Corner is a lunchroom and café on the Haltestraat that has been going since 2018. It is more of a sit down and stay a while place, with handmade breakfasts and lunches, soups, salads, pancakes, waffles and pastries. The coffee is made with organic, fair trade beans from Organico, and they also do chai lattes, specialty teas and high teas. There is a sunny terrace for when the weather plays along, and they are known for being helpful with dietary requirements and allergies.

Where: Haltestraat, Zandvoort
Good for: Brunch, lunch, high tea, a long catch up
Note: A good choice if you are with people who want more than just coffee

Le Bar

Le Bar is recommended by Visit Zandvoort for its Lavazza coffee paired with patisserie, including homemade apple pie and a white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake. If your idea of a coffee break involves a very generous slice of cake, this is your place.

IJssalon Luciano

Technically an ice cream parlour, but Luciano serves coffee with a small scoop of ice cream on the side, which is a very Zandvoort way to have your afternoon coffee. It is seasonal and usually open from around March to October, so it is a spring and summer option.

Dune aan de Duinrand

If you are heading into the dunes, Dune is a pancake house at the edge of the dunes near an entrance to the nature area, with a terrace, a play area for kids and dune views. It is the kind of place where a coffee turns into pannenkoeken very quickly. A great reward after a walk or a cycle through the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen.

Coffee with a view: the beach pavilions

Zandvoort has dozens of beach pavilions (strandpaviljoens), and nearly all of them serve coffee. The coffee itself varies a lot, but you are really paying for the view. A cappuccino with your feet almost in the sand, watching kitesurfers on a grey October day, is one of the great Dutch pleasures. Many pavilions stay open all year, and a lot of them have enclosed, heated terraces for winter. See our guide to beach clubs in Zandvoort for the pavilions worth knowing about.

For a quiet coffee walk, park in the village and walk along the boulevard to the north towards Bloemendaal, or south along the beach towards the naturist and quieter stretches, stopping at a pavilion on the way back.

Specialty coffee in Haarlem

Haarlem is only about 10 minutes from Zandvoort by train, and its compact old centre is packed with specialty coffee bars that serve beans from some of the best roasters in the Netherlands and Belgium. These are the spots that local coffee guides mention again and again.

A nice way to do it: take the train to Haarlem, walk from the station through the Kleine Houtstraat to the Grote Markt, and stop at two or three of these on the way. Combine it with a Saturday market on the Grote Markt or a museum on a wet day. Our list of rainy day things to do in Haarlem and Zandvoort has plenty of ideas.

How to order coffee like a local

• Koffie: usually a regular black coffee from a machine, often served with a small biscuit or chocolate.
• Koffie verkeerd: literally “wrong coffee”. A milky coffee, roughly like a latte. This is the classic Dutch order.
• Cappuccino: the default everywhere. Ask for oat milk (havermelk) if you want plant based.
• Flat white: available at specialty bars, and increasingly at normal cafés too.
• Filter coffee: specialty bars often do pour over or batch brew. Ask for filterkoffie.
• Something sweet: it is completely normal to order a slice of appeltaart met slagroom (apple pie with whipped cream) with your coffee.

Prices are higher than at home, roughly €3.50 to €5 for a cappuccino at most places. For the bigger money picture, see our cost of living comparison between the Netherlands and South Africa. And if you get hungry after all that caffeine, have a look at our search for the best burger in Zandvoort.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the best coffee in Zandvoort?

Blue Zone Espresso on the Haltestraat and Noble Tree Café on the Raadhuisplein are the two names most often recommended for good coffee in Zandvoort. For more choice, Haarlem has a large specialty coffee scene just 10 minutes away by train.

Is a coffeeshop in the Netherlands a place to drink coffee?

No. A coffeeshop sells cannabis. For coffee, look for a koffiebar, café, lunchroom or espressobar.

Are the beach pavilions in Zandvoort open in winter?

Many of them are open all year, often with heated, enclosed terraces. Some close for part of the winter, so check before you go.

What is koffie verkeerd?

Koffie verkeerd means “wrong coffee” and is a coffee with lots of hot milk, similar to a latte.

Missing a spot that deserves to be on this list? Let us know through our contact page and we will check it out.

Sources: Visit Zandvoort coffee guide, Noble Tree Café, Lunchcafé The Corner, Next Journey Ahead Haarlem coffee guide.