Nine places for breakfast and coffee in Mobile, 12 locations, downtown, in Midtown and along Airport Boulevard, with hours from each place's own site.
Last checked 2026-10-17. Refreshed every three months.
Breakfast in Mobile clusters downtown, around Royal Street, Dauphin Street and St. Emanuel Street, and in Midtown along Old Shell Road and Dauphin Street. Airport Boulevard and Cottage Hill Road in west Mobile have the drive-thru coffee, a local coffee shop and an around-the-clock IHOP.
How we made this list. The places come from OpenStreetMap records inside Mobile’s city limits, which also feed our local directory, checked against each place’s own website on 2026-10-17. Serda’s Coffee Company no longer has a working website of its own; we keep it because the Mobile County Health Department’s inspection map shows a July 2026 inspection. PJ’s Coffee, Starbucks, Dunkin’ and Waffle House have Mobile stores, but their location pages would not load for us to check hours, so they are left off this time. The list is alphabetical; it is not a ranking or a recommendation, and nobody paid to be on it. Places can correct their entry through our contact page. For Sunday brunch, see our brunch guide.
| Name | Address | Hours as published | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Brew Coffee | 3220 Airport Blvd. | 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday; 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday | Not listed |
| Bistro Saint Emanuel | 165 St. Emanuel St. | Breakfast 7 to 10 a.m. Monday to Thursday; brunch 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday to Sunday | 251-405-5040 |
| Flying Biscuit Cafe | 4356 Old Shell Road | 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday; 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday | 251-725-1342 |
| IHOP (Airport Boulevard) | 3912 Airport Blvd. | Open 24 hours daily | 251-342-7501 |
| IHOP (Rangeline Road) | 4375 Rangeline Road | 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 6 a.m. to midnight Friday; open 24 hours Saturday; until 11 p.m. Sunday | 251-217-7313 |
| Ruby Slipper Cafe | 100 N. Royal St. | 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday; 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday | 251-620-5700 |
| Serda’s Coffee Company (no website) | 3 S. Royal St. | Not posted | Not listed |
| The Breakfast Spot | 119 Dauphin St. | 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday to Sunday | 251-308-8966 |
| Yellowhammer Coffee (Dauphin Street) | 3151 Dauphin St., Suite A | 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday | Not listed |
| Yellowhammer Coffee (Downtown) | 200 St. Joseph St. | 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday; 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday | Not listed |
| Yellowhammer Coffee (Providence Hospital) | 6801 Airport Blvd., Building B | 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday; closed Saturday and Sunday | Not listed |
| Yellowhammer Coffee (The Bank) | 7849 Cottage Hill Road | 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday; 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday | Not listed |
The places
7 Brew Coffee, 3220 Airport Blvd., is a drive-thru coffee stand. Its location page gives directions from Davidson High School, about 3 miles away.
Bistro Saint Emanuel is the restaurant of the Fort Conde Inn downtown. Its page says it opened in 2022 with food drawn from Mobile’s French colonial history and Gulf Coast cooking, in a building first run as a bistro in the 1850s. Dinner is served too; call for those hours.
Flying Biscuit Cafe, 4356 Old Shell Road, serves breakfast, brunch and lunch in its dining room or on its patio, with free on-site parking, delivery, carryout and catering, according to its location page.
IHOP has two Mobile restaurants. The Airport Boulevard location lists itself as open 24 hours; the Rangeline Road location keeps shorter hours most days.
Ruby Slipper Cafe, 100 N. Royal St., serves Southern breakfast, lunch and brunch, with scratch-made biscuits, benedicts and brunch cocktails, its location page says.
Serda’s Coffee Company, 3 S. Royal St., is a downtown coffee shop. The web address it used now points to another business; the county health department inspected the shop July 28, 2026.
The Breakfast Spot, 119 Dauphin St., posts its hours on its site; the posted hours skip Monday.
Yellowhammer Coffee is a Mobile coffee company founded in 2016 by Jeff and Monique Roberts, its site says. Four of its shops are inside the city: on Dauphin Street in Midtown, downtown on St. Joseph Street (which also delivers downtown), The Bank on Cottage Hill Road and a weekday shop at Providence Hospital. Its other shops are outside the city limits.
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Frequently asked questions
Where can I get breakfast in downtown Mobile?
Ruby Slipper Cafe at 100 N. Royal St. opens at 7 a.m. daily, The Breakfast Spot at 119 Dauphin St. opens at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to Sunday, and Bistro Saint Emanuel serves breakfast from 7 a.m. Monday to Thursday.
Is there a 24-hour breakfast place in Mobile?
IHOP at 3912 Airport Blvd. lists itself as open 24 hours every day. The IHOP at 4375 Rangeline Road is open around the clock on Saturday.
Where is there outdoor seating for breakfast in Mobile?
Flying Biscuit Cafe, 4356 Old Shell Road, serves breakfast in its dining room or on its patio from 7 a.m. daily.
What time does Yellowhammer Coffee open in Mobile?
Yellowhammer’s Dauphin Street, downtown and Cottage Hill Road shops open at 6 a.m. on weekdays and 7 a.m. on Saturday, and all three are closed Sunday.
Where is there drive-thru coffee in Mobile?
7 Brew Coffee, 3220 Airport Blvd., is a drive-thru coffee stand open from 5:30 a.m. daily, until 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
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