Top 5 Coffee Shops Near El Portal

1) Plant The Future Cafe 

8484 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33138

Rooted in biophilic art, shaped by living design, and paired with expertly curated coffee drinks, Plant The Future Café blends nature and creativity along NE 2nd Ave in Little River, a quick walk from El Portal. 

Set within a spacious indoor-outdoor environment intentionally built to slow you down and let you breathe, Plant The Future Café surrounds guests with living plants, sculptural greenery, and moss-covered installations that blur the line between gallery and café. 

It's an immersive space far from a typical coffee stop, allowing you to feel as if you've stepped inside a living exhibit where nature becomes architecture.

The drink menu complements the experience, offering espresso-based staples such as lattes, cappuccinos, and Americanos, alongside iced coffee, cold brew, and crowd-favorite matcha lattes, as well as herbal teas and fresh pastries. 

Sip your coffee beneath cascading plants, and turn even a simple latte into a more intentional adventure for your senses.

With nature serving as inspiration and canvas, and coffee acting as the perfect companion, Plant The Future Café is an indulgent escape — a café where design, plants, and delicious drinks come together for an authentic and memorable reset.

2) Vice City Bean Citadel 

8300 NE 2nd Ave Unit 110, Miami, FL 33138

Delicious bites, a scene you can vibe with, and a variety of craft coffee just a hop away from El Portal? Meet our trump card, Vice City Bean!

Set inside The Citadel, a globally inspired gathering space in Little River, Vice City Bean features local and elevated specialty coffee, making it a reliable stop before your daily grind, a quick caffeine run, and a hangout spot for your afternoon downtime. 

Here, the coffee menu builds from the essentials, featuring espresso, Americanos, cappuccinos, cortaditos, and lattes, along with iced coffee, cold brew, and rotating seasonal drinks — each one consistent and the perfect example of their baristas' attention to detail, especially when it comes to milk texture and balanced flavors.

If you're pairing your drink with something sweet, explore Vice City Bean's pastry case — it's stocked with rotating baked treats like croissants, donuts, Key lime pies, and vegan-friendly options.

Grab a latte and pastry combo before heading out to see the rest of The Citadel — you'll need all the "fuel" you can get!

3) Surry Hills Coffee | Brunch Miami 

8226 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33138

It’s Australian with Argentinian influences set in Little River, just a minute’s drive from El Portal — this is Surry Hills Coffee | Brunch Miami.

While most dining spots and coffee shops bank on their origins, this café promises something refreshingly unique and familiar at the same time, like the coffee shops you stumble into during an international trip, which may even be true for you, since they also have locations outside the USA, while hunting for decent coffee and reliable wifi.

And just like most of them, Surry Hills Coffee | Brunch Miami features a selection of brunch & coffee classics: espresso drinks, freshly baked pastries in the case, and a lineup of sandwiches, salads, and egg-based plates, all best paired with a signature menu of specialty coffee that’s slowly setting a global standard.

No, we’re not exaggerating — Surry Hills’ coffee drinks span the full spectrum, from the espresso drinks you’ve grown up with to more niche, specialty-style offerings!

Keep it classic with an Americano, cappuccino, flat white, or latte, or dabble into a slightly richer territory with options like the mocaccino or dirty chai.

Surry Hills also features a curated tea selection, led by black teas from India and Sri Lanka, Japanese kukicha, Taiwanese seasonal blends, matcha, and other tea lattes.

In no time, you’ll find this coffee spot in the running to be part of your routine.

One you’ll look forward to, no doubt.

4) Pura Vida - Miami Shores 

9801 NE 2nd Ave, Miami Shores, FL 33138 

Long before wellness cafés became a default of Miami's dining scene, Pura Vida was already building its name as an all-day café rooted in fresh food and feel-good dining, starting with its first location in 2012.

Today, the boho-chic café has grown into a multi-state favorite with more than 40 locations across Florida, New York, and Southern California — including one just a 2-minute drive from El Portal — while still holding onto its signature easygoing, health-forward identity.

Inside, the look is instantly recognizable: light wood finishes, soft neutral tones, and a steady flow of regulars rotating through Pura Vida's selection of espresso staples, such as Americanos, cappuccinos, cortaditos, and lattes served hot or iced, alongside cold brew, matcha lattes, chai, and tea. 

Here, everything is customizable with alternative milks and organic sweeteners, including a food menu that follows the same formula, offering an all-day lineup of açaí bowls, wraps, and the popular Perfect Egg Sandwich layered with pasture-raised eggs, mozzarella, arugula, and avocado smash.

There's all that, plus baked goods displayed in the front glass cases.

Indeed, each visit to Pura Vida is equally rewarding offline and on your feed!

5) Tinta Y Cafe - Miami Shores 

9840 NE 2nd Ave, Miami Shores, FL 33138

Coffee you can trust? It's hard to go wrong at Tinta y Café, an authentic Cuban coffee shop just 2 minutes from El Portal.

Opened in 2005 by Cuban-born siblings, Tinta y Café brings a much-needed Havana influence into Miami Shores, with warm wood tables, shelves lined with books, and the addicting aroma of freshly pulled espresso shots, drawing in coffee lovers and anyone who appreciates a café with character.

Yet despite its popularity, Tinta y Café stays rooted in tradition — especially behind the bar. 

Here, coffee sticks to the classics and does them well, with cafecitos, cortaditos, coladas, café con leche, macchiatos, and straight espresso forming the backbone of the menu.

No gimmicks or syrup-heavy creations — just bold, sweet-balanced espresso and milk drinks often ordered without hesitation or modification, alongside Cuban staples like pressed sandwiches, baguettes, croquetas, pastelitos, and the crowd-favorite Madurito, stacked with sweet plantains, roasted pork, Swiss cheese, and chorizo.

Grab a seat near the window for your morning espresso, or head to the patio where the Miami sunshine mixes with the scent of toasted bread and daily grind.

This is Tinta Y Café, a taste of tradition that impresses on the first sip.