Gran Café del Portal (Centro Histórico)

Best breakfast spot in town, steeped in 100 years of history. Visit in the morning to enjoy a quiet Zócalo. Do’s: Try Huevos Veracruz, Norteños, Tacos Dorados, Avena, and Chocolate Español (Chocolate + Coffee). Don’ts: Everything’s delicious—no misses here!

An establishment that has kept its historic preservation. The food is delicious and it also offers the reputable “Cafe Lechero” (milkman’s coffee). Outside and inside sitting is available. Per-friendly in the outside sitting area. Mini historical museum inside the restaurant.

Great place for breakfast, I had a good meal ,great taste! Pretty big place, sit your self where ever you can and scan the QR code on the napkin holder-there was no menu offered to me. Staff was very busy that families left the restaurant for not being attended or even greeted (people waited in entrance to find a place but staff didn't help and there was space available!) . Prices are average for meal portion.

Of the 3 historic places hoping to be the number one choice for your traditional Veracruz lechero, this is by far the worst. Took over 45 minutes to serve something as simple as mollejas and only after we told them we were leaving. Didn't even come with pico de gallo; It takes you almost an hour to put beans and cheese on bread? Not to mention this was attempted to be served to me when my partner was almost done their meal. We go to a restaurant to eat together, not alone. I'd say their aguas frescas were Tang quality, but honestly that would be offensive to Tang. Took one sip of the horchata and it was warm and awful. Immediately asked for something else and they actually tried to charge us for both drinks at the end. Even their lechero was not even hot and had barely any coffee. We left and went to La Parroquia de Veracruz. That's the one you want.

Charming Place. Good Breakfast! Good Coffee!

One of the best coffee spots in Veracruz. I asked to a taxi driver where do locals usually go to drink coffee and he sent me to this beautiful place. They have the famous and traditional "Cafe Lechero" which is basically coffee extract with a lot of milk served in a particular way to create a certain frothy consistency, even though it's pretty good, I'm more into plain coffee (Americano) which I recommend if you want to taste the real coffee from Veracruz. They have some vegetarian options on the menu (the "Picadas" for example) which you can turn into vegan but would need to ask the waiter to remove the cheese and sour cream in advance. Also recommend the Bomba which is sweet bread cut in half, and they put cream and some mixed berries, it's a little sweet but with a coffee (americano) is the perfect combination. You can also ask for the coffee to go if you want to take it to the Zocalo which on weekends at night is a really nice spot to stop by. On Saturday nights it gets crowded (which is why I asked my coffee to go). The prices are accesible, the service is good (when there's a lot of people, expect it to be a little slow, but it's understandable). Also sometimes there are people playing music which adds a really good vibe to the environment while you drink your coffee and have a relaxing time.

Go back in time, a wonderful experience with great coffee and breakfast. Average price and fast service.

Very authentic place. The place has plenty of history, food is great, the service is amazing, you will feel you are in a movie.