Kadıköy has 47 of the Asian Side's 65 shops. Meet Lab, 47th in The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026, sits on a Moda side street, and Story started on a 1.5-kilo Probatino in a Moda basement. Montag, founded by a former economics professor, supplies more than 150 locations.
The coffee follows the Marmaray line east. Maltepe has Taxo, its drum roaster behind the window, and Kartal has The Core, with single origins from eleven countries. Four Letter Word roasts on the islands and has a second roastery in Chicago.
