Lisbon — Principe Real / Merces

Copenhagen Coffee Lab

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The azulejo-tiled facade of Copenhagen Coffee Lab, hanging sign above the open door

Photo: Copenhagen Coffee Lab, Used with permission

A Danish import with a genuinely large Lisbon footprint — branches scattered from Baixa to Alfama to Campo de Ourique — Copenhagen Coffee Lab's Principe Real location keeps the brand's signature Scandinavian-minimalist bakery-cafe look: clean lines, natural wood, plenty of daylight, and a calm register reviewers consistently describe using the Danish word 'hygge.' The coffee itself is roasted at the company's Copenhagen facility rather than locally, so what's served here has traveled rather than been roasted around the corner.

Bagged beans and branded merchandise are sold both in-store and online, keeping the retail side active even though the roasting happens elsewhere. A dedicated Lisbon dog-friendly-cafes guide describes the chain's locations as welcoming dogs at the door with water offered as standard, though the citation isn't specific to this exact branch. Weekday hours run a full working day; weekends open a little later.