Breakfast and coffee in Orlando: downtown, Mills 50 and Lake Nona

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Refreshed every three months.

Orlando’s independent coffee shops cluster downtown around Lake Eola and Orange Avenue, in Mills 50 and the Milk District along East Colonial Drive and East South Street, and at East End Market in Audubon Park. Sit-down breakfast and 24-hour places are near the airport off Semoran Boulevard and on International Drive, and Lake Nona has three cafes.

How we made this list. We started with OpenStreetMap records inside Orlando’s city limits, the same data behind our local directory, and checked each place against its own website on Oct. 10, 2026. Chain cafes are listed where OpenStreetMap records them inside the limits; Foxtail, Starbucks and Dunkin’ have more Orlando stores on their own store finders. Places whose sites would not load or show no location for us, including 407 Cafe, Cali Coffee, Drunken Monkey, Keke’s Breakfast Cafe and Lobos Coffee Roasters, are left out until we can check them, as are cafes inside the theme parks and hotels. The Salty Donut lists its Audubon Park shop as coming soon. The list is alphabetical. It is not a ranking or a recommendation, and nobody paid to be on it. Run one of these places? Write to us to add or correct your entry.

The list

The places

Another Broken Egg Cafe on South Semoran Boulevard, in the Lee Vista area, is the breakfast and brunch chain’s Orlando cafe, with a seasonal menu and catering, its page says.

BookBurn Cafe and Social on East South Street in the Milk District is a cafe and lounge that calls itself the first Filipino LGBTQ+ owned business in Orlando, with coffee, beer and small plates inspired by Filipino culture. An August 2026 post on its site says it is expanding its opening time to 7 a.m., earlier than the hours on its home page.

Brooklyn Water Bagels on Narcoossee Road in Lake Nona sells kettle-boiled bagels with cream cheeses, bagel sandwiches and baked goods, and takes catering orders 24 hours ahead.

Foxtail Coffee is a coffee chain with three cafes on this list. The Lake Eola cafe on East Central Boulevard has indoor seating and an outside patio, and its page points to the Sunday farmers market around the lake. The SoDo North cafe on South Orange Avenue and the Lake Nona cafe on Tavistock Lakes Boulevard serve beer and wine, and Lake Nona has courtyard seating.

Haan Coffee on East Colonial Drive in Mills 50 is a coffee roaster and cafe whose name honors its owners’ Korean roots, its site says. It sells its own beans and roasts on Tuesday and Thursday.

IHOP on Gateway Village Circle near the airport serves breakfast platters and entrees around the clock, with dine-in, curbside pickup, delivery and catering, its page says.

Lineage Coffee Roasting roasts its own coffee and lists two cafes inside the city limits: one in East End Market on Corrine Drive in Audubon Park and one in Mills 50 on East Colonial Drive. A third, near UCF, is outside the city.

Stemma Craft Coffee on North Orange Avenue downtown is a family-owned specialty coffee shop and roaster whose family has grown coffee in Nicaragua for four generations, its site says.

Vanessa’s Coffee Shop on Narcoossee Road in Lake Nona is open seven days a week, its site says, with online ordering for pickup. It also has shops in St. Cloud and Kissimmee.

Waffle House on International Drive is the Southern breakfast chain’s restaurant No. 2350, open around the clock, with online ordering.

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I get breakfast in Orlando?

Another Broken Egg Cafe on South Semoran Boulevard serves breakfast from 7 a.m. daily, Brooklyn Water Bagels in Lake Nona opens at 6 a.m., and the IHOP on Gateway Village Circle and the Waffle House on International Drive are open 24 hours.

Which Orlando coffee shops open early?

The Foxtail Coffee cafes at Lake Eola, SoDo North and Lake Nona open at 6 a.m. daily. Haan Coffee and Lineage Coffee Roasting’s Mills 50 cafe open at 7 a.m.

Where can I get coffee near Lake Eola?

Foxtail Coffee at 500 E. Central Blvd. is open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, with indoor seating and an outside patio, its page says. Stemma Craft Coffee is a few blocks west at 328 N. Orange Ave.

Is there a 24-hour breakfast place in Orlando?

The IHOP at 5463 Gateway Village Circle, near the airport, and the Waffle House at 6308 International Drive both list 24 hours a day, every day.