Seriously good coffee. Never too serious.
A specialty coffee shop on Leisure Isle: Bluebird beans, Knysna’s only V60 pour-over, generous breakfasts, croissants baked every morning and jazz playing in the background.
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a week!
Specialty coffee
Bluebird beans, carefully dialled in by baristas who know their craft. Espresso, milk drinks and V60.
Baked every day
Plain, chocolate and almond croissants every morning, plus pies, quiches and a changing selection of cakes.
Breakfast + lunch
Generous plates from early starts to easy island lunches. We’re licensed too, for a beer or a glass of wine.
Bluebird Coffee, brewed with care.
We serve Bluebird Coffee from Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, named Roastery of the Year 2025 by Coffee Magazine.
Have it as a flat white, cappuccino or espresso, or slow down with a V60 pour-over. We’re currently the only place in Knysna serving V60.
Breakfast worth getting up for.
Generous, properly made plates, served until 11:30. Then lunch takes over.
- Flippity Flaps: fluffy flapjacks (aka pancakes in other countries) with seasonal fruit, whipped cream and golden syrup. Weekends only.
- Eggs Benedict Cumberbatch: poached eggs, Hickory ham and hollandaise.
- The Avo-lanche: avocado, cream cheese and two poached eggs on sourdough.
- Full Monty: the full works, from sausage and bacon to hashbrown.
- Wake & Shake Bowl: granola, Greek yoghurt and seasonal fruit.
For lunch, think burgers, soups, salads and toasties. Pull up a seat inside or out, order another flat white and let the jazz do the rest. Nobody’s rushing you.
What people say.
Not only does Coffee Craft have the finest single origin coffees available in the Garden Route, but the staff are highly skilled and informed about specialty coffee. I highly recommend their V60 pour-over.
Google review
Probably the best coffee in town! We had a variety of different coffees as well as a matcha latte. … We enjoyed an avo special with poached egg and sourdough bread - super yummy!
Google review
This café is an absolute gem. From the moment you walk in, you’re welcomed by incredibly friendly staff who genuinely make you feel at home. … If you’re looking for a place with great vibes, lovely people, and really good food, this is it.
Google review
Book Coffee Craft for your event.
We don’t take table reservations, but you can book the whole shop for a private event, with catering from our kitchen.
Birthdays, small celebrations, team mornings: tell us your date, how many guests and what you have in mind, and we’ll put together a plan.
Come and find us.
18 Kings Way, Leisure Isle, Knysna. Ample parking right outside.
See opening hours| Monday | 7:30 am – 3 pm |
| Tuesday | 7:30 am – 3 pm |
| Wednesday | 7:30 am – 3 pm |
| Thursday | 7:30 am – 3 pm |
| Friday | 7:30 am – 3 pm |
| Saturday | 8 am – 2 pm |
| Sunday | 8 am – 2 pm |