DUBLIN, CA — A new Yemeni coffee house is on the way to Dublin, bringing another specialty coffee option to the Tri-Valley.
Sana’a Cafe is planned for Hacienda Crossings, where it is expected to take over the former Starbucks space at the busy Dublin shopping center. The latest local report says the cafe is scheduled to open between September and October, though an earlier Patch report said the business had been hoping for an early August debut — so the exact opening date appears to still be moving.
The new shop is expected to be a roughly 2,050-square-foot cafe serving Yemeni coffee, teas, specialty drinks, pastries and desserts. Leasing materials for Hacienda Crossings also list Sana’a Cafe in the center’s Entertainment Village, in space S0F5G.
For anyone who has not been following the Bay Area’s Yemeni coffee boom, Sana’a should offer a very different experience than a standard chain coffee stop. The company’s website describes the cafe as a modern coffee shop inspired by Yemen’s coffee heritage and Levantine hospitality, with menu items listed online including Sanaani, mocha latte, saffron milk cake, Biscoff cheesecake, turnovers and chicken shawarma.
We visited the new Sana’a in San Francisco, currently in a soft open, and will have a full review of it this coming week in case you’re interested. Join our free 925 News newsletter if you’re not already a member.
The new Dublin location is part of a busy year for Hacienda Crossings. Six businesses are slated to open at the center during the rest of 2026, including Sana’a Cafe, Jamba, World Market, 88 Cardhouse, Miniso and Sally Beauty.
It also means Dublin will have more than one destination for Yemeni-style coffee. Delah Coffee House already lists a Dublin location at 6694 Amador Plaza Road, with late-night hours on its website.
Sana’a has been expanding around California as well. The brand lists locations in San Francisco (the one we tried), Oakland, San Rafael, Sacramento, Elk Grove, Los Angeles and Lake Forest, among others.
For Hacienda Crossings, the cafe adds another food-and-drink tenant to an area already built around movies, shopping and casual dining. For Dublin coffee drinkers, it should mean a new place to try spiced coffee, tea, milk cakes and desserts — possibly well into the evening, as Yemeni coffee shops are known for staying open late.
