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Inside Cafe Moyo on Thistle Street: a counter of pastries and buns, an olive tree, and a dog bed and water bowl by the wall.
Aberdeen

Cafe Moyo

A small café on Thistle Street in Aberdeen's west end, opened in 2025, for coffee, cakes and toasted sourdough sandwiches.

Welcome

Cafe Moyo is a small, calm café on Thistle Street in Aberdeen's west end, the kind of place you'll want to keep to yourself.

Nadia Clarke opened it in February 2025, after dreaming of a café of her own for more than twenty years, and named it Moyo, which means heart in Ndebele, a language of southern Africa. The room is pale and simple, with white walls, light wood floors, an olive tree in the corner and a striped counter piled with pastries, cinnamon buns and cakes. The coffee is excellent, and comes with a little sweet on the side. At lunchtime there are toasted sourdough sandwiches and toasties, with a fresh side salad. Dogs are welcome, with a bed and a water bowl waiting by the wall. It's open from Monday to Saturday, and only a few minutes' walk from Union Street, so it's an easy escape for a quiet hour in the middle of the day.

Round the cornerMadame Mew'sA cheerful, colourful Thai restaurant on Summer Street in Aberdeen, run by Mew Garthley, known for good-value, authentic Thai cooking and its pad thai.Under a mileSee itColoured parasols hang above a green-walled restaurant with gold plates and framed artwork
Before you go

Open Monday to Saturday from 9.30am, 9am on Fridays, until 4pm; closed on Sundays.

Where
43 Thistle Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1UY.
Open
Monday to Thursday and Saturday 9.30am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 4pm; closed on Sunday.
Dogs
Welcome, with a bed and a water bowl inside.
Access
A wheelchair-accessible entrance and an accessible toilet.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
9.30am–4pm
Tuesday
9.30am–4pm
Wednesday
9.30am–4pm
Thursday
9.30am–4pm
Friday
9am–4pm
Saturday
9.30am–4pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

On Thistle Street in the west end of Aberdeen, a few minutes from Union Street, AB10 1UY.

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Directions
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