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Directly traded beans, five or so to choose between, and a choice of espresso, V60, Aeropress, cold brew or batch. 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That is why it is here: the coffee is cheap because selling it is not the point, and it is good because the people selling it roast and grade for a living.\n\nOrder at the counter and drink it in the street. The staff will grind for whatever you brew on if you ask, and they will tell you when a bean was roasted.","figure":{"src":"/img/algerian-coffee-stores.jpg?v=cb4d0d4f","thumb":"/img/algerian-coffee-stores-480.jpg?v=e2a09d68","width":1024,"height":682,"alt":"One of those shops you just have to stop and look at. 52 Old Compton Street","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Garry Knight, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algerian_Coffee_Stores.jpg","thumb_width":480},"also_in":[{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/algerian-coffee-stores/"}],"maps_q":"Algerian Coffee Stores, 52 Old Compton Street, W1D 4PB, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Caf\u00e9 de Nata","s":"cafe-de-nata","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":65},{"n":"Ronnie Scott's","s":"ronnie-scotts","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":72},{"n":"Old Compton Street","s":"old-compton-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":74}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-soho","m":150},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-st-james-s","m":342},{"s":"fernandez-wells","m":347},{"s":"monmouth-coffee-company-seven-dials","m":406},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo-covent-garden","m":440},{"s":"bija","m":450}]},{"slug":"allpress-london-roastery-and-cafe","name":"Allpress London Roastery and Cafe","area":"Dalston","address":"55 Dalston Lane, E8 2NG","station":"Dalston Junction","walk":5,"lat":51.546445,"lng":-0.070561,"hours":[[7.5,15],[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[9,15],[9,15]],"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.allpressespresso.com/find/allpress-london-roastery-and-cafe/","instagram":"oysterinnstagram","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/13913062903","verdict":"The Dalston Lane roastery, where the machines are the decor.","note":"A big industrial room with the roaster running behind the counter and tables outside for when it gets warm. The best place in London to understand what Allpress actually do.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Allpress London Roastery and Cafe, 55 Dalston Lane, E8 2NG, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Ridley Road Market Bar","s":"ridley-road-market-bar","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":226},{"n":"The Dusty Knuckle","s":"the-dusty-knuckle","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":258},{"n":"Caf\u00e9 OTO","s":"cafe-oto","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":291}],"near_same":[{"s":"toconoco","m":1040},{"s":"batch-baby","m":1112},{"s":"climpson-broadway","m":1185},{"s":"arabica-broadway-market","m":1253},{"s":"esters","m":1603},{"s":"ozone-coffee-roasters","m":1671}]},{"slug":"allpress-redchurch","name":"Allpress Espresso","area":"Shoreditch","address":"58 Redchurch Street, E2 7DP","station":"Shoreditch High Street","walk":2,"lat":51.524423,"lng":-0.074244,"hours":[[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[9,17],[9,17]],"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.allpressespresso.com/find/redchurch-espresso-bar/","instagram":"oysterinnstagram","attrs":[],"osm":"node/11959060817","verdict":"The Kiwi espresso bar the rest of Redchurch Street grew up around.","note":"Michael Allpress brought the company over from New Zealand and landed on Redchurch Street in 2010; the minimal fit-out has been copied up and down the road since. Cortado and flat white are the orders, with toasted sandwiches and eggs if you want more. Expect a queue outside.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Allpress Espresso, 58 Redchurch Street, E2 7DP, London","in_area":{"slug":"shoreditch-old-street","name":"Shoreditch & Old Street"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Jolene Redchurch Street","s":"jolene-redchurch-street","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":17},{"n":"Escape Plan","s":"escape-plan","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":62},{"n":"Labour and Wait","s":"labour-and-wait","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":70}],"near_same":[{"s":"kahaila-spitalfields","m":193},{"s":"dark-arts-coffee-shoreditch","m":254},{"s":"attendant","m":477},{"s":"climpson-sons-coffee-bar","m":520},{"s":"origin-shoreditch","m":523},{"s":"doppio","m":580}]},{"slug":"arabica-battersea-power-station","name":"% Arabica","area":"Nine Elms","address":"Circus Road West, SW11 8BU","station":"Battersea Power Station","walk":5,"lat":51.481993,"lng":-0.144879,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://arabica.com/location/arabica-london-battersea-power-station","instagram":"arabica.journal","attrs":[],"osm":"node/11052653495","verdict":"A counter built around a heritage brick column inside the Power Station.","note":"Designed by cigu\u00eb around what the building offered: the counter wraps an original yellow brickwork column left in the middle of the space, the floor is laid stack-bond to echo the industrial past, and a suspended neon % hangs against the brick. Worth seeing even if you are only passing through.","hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"maps_q":"% Arabica, Circus Road West, SW11 8BU, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Battersea Power Station","s":"battersea-power-station","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":33},{"n":"Lift 109","s":"lift-109","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":33},{"n":"Bounce","s":"bounce","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":78}],"near_same":[{"s":"nostos-coffee","m":575},{"s":"moonstruck-cafe","m":1558},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters","m":1808},{"s":"coffee-geek-and-friends","m":2006},{"s":"iris-june","m":2091},{"s":"doppio-coffee-battersea","m":2164}]},{"slug":"arabica-broadway-market","name":"% Arabica","area":"Broadway Market","address":"33 Broadway Market, E8 4PH","station":"London Fields","walk":9,"lat":51.536502,"lng":-0.062015,"hours":[[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-16:00; Sa 08:00-16:00; Su 09:00-16:00","website":"https://arabica.com/location/arabica-london-broadway-market","instagram":"arabica.journal","attrs":[],"osm":"way/366302157","verdict":"The UK flagship, where they roast your beans while you wait.","note":"Global store number 45, and a corner site at the centre of the market street, with terrace seating and a green bean display \u2014 choose one and the baristas roast it for you in house on the spot. On Saturday, when the stalls run the length of the street and the crowd spills into London Fields, expect chaos.","hours_source":"osm","hours_checked":null,"maps_q":"% Arabica, 33 Broadway Market, E8 4PH, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Buns From Home","s":"buns-from-home","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":27},{"n":"Broadway Market","s":"broadway-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":52},{"n":"Netil Market","s":"netil-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":262}],"near_same":[{"s":"climpson-broadway","m":117},{"s":"ozone-coffee-roasters","m":438},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-shoreditch","m":977},{"s":"toconoco","m":1139},{"s":"allpress-london-roastery-and-cafe","m":1253},{"s":"batch-baby","m":1371}]},{"slug":"arabica-covent-garden","name":"% Arabica","area":"Covent Garden","address":"5 King Street, WC2E 8HN","station":"Covent Garden","walk":3,"lat":51.511704,"lng":-0.124025,"hours":[[8.0,20.0],[8.0,20.0],[8.0,20.0],[8.0,20.0],[8.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,20.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa-Su 10:00-20:00","website":"https://arabica.com/location/arabica-london-covent-garden","instagram":"arabica.journal","attrs":[],"osm":"node/13667021401","verdict":"The first %Arabica in Britain, a few steps off the Piazza.","note":"Global store number 43 and the company's UK debut, on the pedestrian run of King Street among Georgian frontages, with the street performers outside St Paul's church round the corner. The house style is pared right back \u2014 white counter, short menu, milk drinks made precisely. Open until eight, which for this part of town is useful.","hours_source":"osm","hours_checked":null,"maps_q":"% Arabica, 5 King Street, WC2E 8HN, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"St Paul's Covent Garden","s":"st-pauls-covent-garden","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":29},{"n":"King Street","s":"king-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":31},{"n":"Inigo Place","s":"inigo-place","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":57}],"near_same":[{"s":"kiss-the-hippo-covent-garden","m":183},{"s":"monmouth-coffee-company-seven-dials","m":352},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-soho","m":502},{"s":"fernandez-wells","m":532},{"s":"algerian-coffee-stores","m":581},{"s":"bija","m":702}]},{"slug":"arabica-spitalfields","name":"% Arabica","area":"Spitalfields","address":"2 Market Street, E1 6DT","station":"Liverpool Street","walk":5,"lat":51.519435,"lng":-0.077179,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://arabica.com/location/arabica-london-spitalfields-market","instagram":"arabica.journal","attrs":[],"osm":"way/276100278","verdict":"A kiosk whose doors shut into the % logo.","note":"A modular kiosk in Old Spitalfields Market with half-circle doors that rotate closed to form the % mark, a small window offering a glimpse of the coffee being made, and mirrors doing their best to suggest space it does not have. Built for a pause in a shopping trip rather than a sit-down.","hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"maps_q":"% Arabica, 2 Market Street, E1 6DT, London","in_area":{"slug":"spitalfields-brick-lane","name":"Spitalfields & Brick Lane"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Brother Marcus Spitalfields","s":"brother-marcus-spitalfields","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":99},{"n":"Sandys Row Synagogue","s":"sandys-row-synagogue","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":108},{"n":"Old Spitalfields Market","s":"old-spitalfields-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":126}],"near_same":[{"s":"climpson-sons-coffee-bar","m":159},{"s":"store-street-espresso-broadgate","m":179},{"s":"attendant","m":237},{"s":"urban-baristas-aldgate","m":352},{"s":"watchhouse-bishopsgate","m":463},{"s":"rosslyn-liverpool-street","m":464}]},{"slug":"association-coffee","name":"Association Coffee","area":"Aldgate","address":"10-12 Creechurch Lane, EC3A 5AY","station":"Aldgate","walk":4,"lat":51.513631,"lng":-0.07908,"hours":[[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:00; Sa-Su off","website":null,"instagram":"associationcoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"way/282080354","verdict":"A City brew bar pouring a different roaster most weeks, and staff who want to talk about it.","note":"Beans from Square Mile and Workshop \u2014 two of the roasters London's coffee is built on \u2014 plus a guest roaster that changes almost weekly, so the cup is rarely the same twice. Filter is made to order at the bar rather than poured from a flask, which is what the counter is for and why they will ask how you want it. Pastries, cakes and a short list of sandwiches, and beans ground to order to take home. Half seven to five, weekdays only, in a narrow room round the corner from the Gherkin.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","maps_q":"Association Coffee, 10-12 Creechurch Lane, EC3A 5AY, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Bevis Marks Synagogue","s":"bevis-marks-synagogue","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":96},{"n":"Aldgate Pump","s":"aldgate-pump","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":97},{"n":"30 St Mary Axe","s":"30-st-mary-axe","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":127}],"near_same":[{"s":"rosslyn-fenchurch-street","m":178},{"s":"watchhouse-bishopsgate","m":200},{"s":"curators-coffee","m":293},{"s":"urban-baristas-aldgate","m":334},{"s":"rosslyn-leadenhall-market","m":334},{"s":"rosslyn-tower-42","m":378}]},{"slug":"attendant","name":"Attendant","area":"Broadgate","address":"8-9 Folgate Street, E1 6DB","station":"Shoreditch High Street","walk":6,"lat":51.52127,"lng":-0.078922,"hours":[[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00, Sa-Su 09:00-16:00","website":"https://www.the-attendant.com/","instagram":"attendantcoffee","attrs":["outdoor","wifi"],"osm":"node/3206389319","verdict":"The Folgate Street room, from the people who put a caf\u00e9 in a Victorian gents.","note":"Attendant roast their own and made their name underground on Foley Street, in a decommissioned 1890s public toilet where the Doulton urinals became the counter. This one is above ground and less of a novelty \u2014 breakfast, brunch and lunch, and a flat white that regularly gets called one of London's best.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Attendant, 8-9 Folgate Street, E1 6DB, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Dennis Severs' House","s":"dennis-severs-house","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":129},{"n":"Hijingo","s":"hijingo","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":170},{"n":"Queen of Hoxton","s":"queen-of-hoxton","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":181}],"near_same":[{"s":"arabica-spitalfields","m":237},{"s":"dark-arts-coffee-shoreditch","m":298},{"s":"store-street-espresso-broadgate","m":305},{"s":"climpson-sons-coffee-bar","m":322},{"s":"redemption-roasters-broadgate","m":420},{"s":"alchemy-coffee","m":450}]},{"slug":"attendant-foley","name":"Attendant","area":"Fitzrovia","address":"27A Foley Street, W1W 6DY","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":7,"lat":51.519217,"lng":-0.140699,"hours":[[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00; Sa-Su 09:00-16:00; PH 09:00-16:00","website":"https://the-attendant.com/","instagram":"attendantcoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"way/276146744","verdict":"A Victorian gentlemen's lavatory, converted. Better than it sounds.","note":"The porcelain urinals are now the counter and yes, everyone photographs them. Underneath the gimmick is a genuinely careful little bar. Duck down the stairs off Foley Street; there is no room upstairs at all.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Attendant, 27A Foley Street, W1W 6DY, London","in_area":{"slug":"fitzrovia","name":"Fitzrovia"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"XO Chocolate","s":"xo-chocolate","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":63},{"n":"Olaudah Equiano","s":"olaudah-equiano","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":131},{"n":"Carl Maria von Weber","s":"carl-maria-von-weber","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":133}],"near_same":[{"s":"kaffeine","m":88},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo-east-marylebone","m":234},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo","m":310},{"s":"oma-coffee-roaster","m":319},{"s":"kaffeine-east-marylebone","m":357},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","m":636}]},{"slug":"attendant-mayfair","name":"Attendant","area":"Mayfair","address":"55 Duke Street, W1K 5NR","station":"Bond Street","walk":2,"lat":51.513759,"lng":-0.151024,"hours":[[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00","website":null,"instagram":"attendantcoffee","attrs":["outdoor","wifi"],"osm":"node/4852330084","verdict":"Duke Street, and a flat white worth the Mayfair mark-up.","note":"Attendant roast their own coffee and built the name on the Fitzrovia site, an 1890s underground toilet with the porcelain urinals still doing service as the counter. No such theatre here \u2014 just the roast, a daytime menu of breakfast and lunch, and no bookings.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Attendant, 55 Duke Street, W1K 5NR, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"John Adams","s":"john-adams","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":139},{"n":"Badiani Mayfair","s":"badiani-mayfair","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":145},{"n":"Selfridges","s":"selfridges","c":"shopping","cn":"Shopping","m":161}],"near_same":[{"s":"notes-mayfair","m":120},{"s":"workshop-coffee-co","m":176},{"s":"watchhouse-hanover","m":411},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo","m":717},{"s":"hagen-marylebone","m":758},{"s":"guillam-mayfair","m":798}]},{"slug":"batch-baby","name":"Batch Baby","area":"De Beauvoir Town","address":"N1 5SF","station":"Haggerston","walk":7,"lat":51.539059,"lng":-0.08141,"hours":[[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[8.5,17.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:00; Sa 08:30-17:00; Su 09:00-16:00","website":"https://www.batchbaby.co.uk/","instagram":"batchbabycoffee","attrs":["outdoor","stepfree"],"osm":"node/10200371934","verdict":"A small De Beauvoir counter with an Instagram following and little else written down.","note":"One of the neighbourhood rooms that De Beauvoir does well \u2014 small, local, and busy at the weekend. Very little has been published about it beyond its own feed, so this entry is thinner than we would like rather than dressed up to look otherwise.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Batch Baby, N1 5SF, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"De Beauvoir Square","s":"de-beauvoir-square","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":304},{"n":"58 and Co Gin School","s":"58-and-co-gin-school","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":404},{"n":"Signature Brew Haggerston","s":"signature-brew-haggerston","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":450}],"near_same":[{"s":"toconoco","m":233},{"s":"pophams","m":1061},{"s":"allpress-london-roastery-and-cafe","m":1112},{"s":"arabica-broadway-market","m":1371},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-shoreditch","m":1373},{"s":"climpson-broadway","m":1401}]},{"slug":"bija","name":"Bija","area":"St James's","address":"2a St James's Market, SW1Y 4AH","station":"Piccadilly Circus","walk":2,"lat":51.508902,"lng":-0.133118,"hours":[[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[11.0,18.0],[12.0,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:30; Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 12:00-19:00","website":"https://bijalondon.co.uk/","instagram":"bija.london","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"Indonesian single origins, and the best new coffee shop of 2025.","note":"Named Best New Coffee Shop of the Year at the 2025 London Coffee Festival awards. Bija pour single origins from Sumatra and Java \u2014 a growing region London mostly ignores \u2014 across two floors off St James's Market, with a green wall, plenty of seats and sockets at most of them.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-01","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Bija, 2a St James's Market, SW1Y 4AH, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Criterion Theatre","s":"criterion-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":99},{"n":"Theatre Royal Haymarket","s":"theatre-royal-haymarket","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":130},{"n":"Piccadilly Circus","s":"piccadilly-circus","c":"harry-potter","cn":"Harry Potter","m":141}],"near_same":[{"s":"redemption-roasters-st-james-s","m":264},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-st-james-s","m":301},{"s":"guillam-st-jamess","m":450},{"s":"algerian-coffee-stores","m":450},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo-covent-garden","m":519},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-soho","m":569}]},{"slug":"blighty","name":"Blighty","area":"Brownswood Park","address":"Blackstock Road, Stoke Newington, N4 2JW","station":"Finsbury Park","walk":4,"lat":51.563928,"lng":-0.102911,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/13634112822","verdict":"The Brownswood Park sibling of the Commonwealth breakfast caf\u00e9.","note":"Blighty serve breakfast several national ways at once \u2014 curried scrambled tofu, Pakistani turkey rashers, Canadian pancakes, or the plain English version \u2014 on their own sourdough with seven-spice beans. Small plates of bhajis, okra fries and samosas at lunch.","maps_q":"Blighty, Blackstock Road, Stoke Newington, N4 2JW, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Abra\u00e7o Finsbury Park","s":"abraco-finsbury-park","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":339},{"n":"Park Theatre","s":"park-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":433},{"n":"New Beacon Books","s":"new-beacon-books","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":650}],"near_same":[{"s":"esters","m":1770},{"s":"vagabond-n7","m":1777},{"s":"coffee-circus","m":2105},{"s":"caravan-lower-holloway","m":2142},{"s":"allpress-london-roastery-and-cafe","m":2963},{"s":"pophams","m":3044}]},{"slug":"blighty-india-cafe","name":"Blighty India Cafe","area":"Seven Sisters","address":"266 High Road, N15 4AJ","station":"Seven Sisters","walk":7,"lat":51.585752,"lng":-0.071448,"hours":[[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa,Su 09:00-17:00","website":"https://blightycafe.co.uk/","instagram":"blightyfinsbury","attrs":[],"osm":"node/8626525801","verdict":"Commonwealth breakfasts under pictures of colonial India.","note":"Blighty serve breakfast several ways at once \u2014 curried scrambled tofu, Pakistani turkey rashers, Canadian pancakes or the plain English version \u2014 all on their own sourdough with seven-spice baked beans. Small plates at lunch: bhajis, okra fries, samosas, chana masala. There is a roof garden.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Blighty India Cafe, 266 High Road, N15 4AJ, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Markfield Beam Engine and Museum","s":"markfield-beam-engine-and-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":815},{"n":"Pressure Drop Taproom","s":"pressure-drop-taproom","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":1128},{"n":"Walthamstow Wetlands","s":"walthamstow-wetlands","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":1353}],"near_same":[{"s":"wood-st-coffee","m":2339},{"s":"esters","m":2889},{"s":"blighty","m":3258},{"s":"coffee-circus","m":3698},{"s":"allpress-london-roastery-and-cafe","m":4371},{"s":"dark-arts-coffee","m":4626}]},{"slug":"brickwood","name":"Brickwood","area":"Balham","address":"21-23 Tooting High Street, Furzedown, SW17 0SN","station":"Balham","walk":3,"lat":51.444576,"lng":-0.151116,"hours":[[7,18],[7,18],[7,18],[7,18],[7,18],[9,18],[9,18]],"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/14094997302","verdict":"Balham's brunch room, and better at coffee than brunch rooms usually are.","note":"The south London group has a habit of taking over corner sites and filling them by ten on a Saturday. Outside tables, a queue you should expect at weekends, and an espresso that holds its own against places with far less food on the menu.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Brickwood, 21-23 Tooting High Street, Furzedown, SW17 0SN, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Hidden London: Clapham South \u2014 subterranean shelter","s":"hidden-london-clapham-south-subterranean-shelter","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":817},{"n":"London Sewing Machine Museum","s":"london-sewing-machine-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":1035},{"n":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred Northcote Road","s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-northcote-road","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":1923}],"near_same":[{"s":"dudleys-clapham-park","m":1681},{"s":"brickwood-tooting-graveney","m":2039},{"s":"brickwood-clapham","m":2044},{"s":"doppio-coffee-battersea","m":3198},{"s":"volcano-coffee-works","m":3265},{"s":"door-coffee-bar","m":3265}]},{"slug":"brickwood-clapham","name":"Brickwood","area":"Clapham","address":"21-23 Tooting High Street, Furzedown, SW17 0SN","station":"Clapham Common","walk":2,"lat":51.461167,"lng":-0.138402,"hours":[[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[8,16],[8,16]],"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/2501851386","verdict":"Two minutes from the Common, and busy from about nine.","note":"The original of the south London group, and still the one with the queue. Come early or accept that you are waiting. The espresso is dialled well enough to make the wait a reasonable trade.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Brickwood, 21-23 Tooting High Street, Furzedown, SW17 0SN, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Studio Voltaire","s":"studio-voltaire","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":281},{"n":"Megan's Old Town","s":"megans-old-town","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":291},{"n":"Clapham Book Festival","s":"clapham-book-festival","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":395}],"near_same":[{"s":"dudleys-clapham-park","m":701},{"s":"door-coffee-bar","m":1591},{"s":"volcano-coffee-works","m":1592},{"s":"federation-coffee","m":1853},{"s":"nostos-coffee","m":1859},{"s":"brickwood","m":2044}]},{"slug":"brickwood-tooting-graveney","name":"Brickwood","area":"Tooting Graveney","address":"21-23 Tooting High Street, Furzedown, SW17 0SN","station":"Tooting Broadway","walk":3,"lat":51.42874,"lng":-0.165952,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/8608363441","verdict":"Australian brunch on Tooting High Street, and banana bread with coffee butter.","note":"Brickwood do the Aussie caf\u00e9 properly \u2014 smashed avocado with mushrooms, a full-English equivalent, Quorn jalape\u00f1o fritters, and banana bread served with coffee butter. Busy at weekends and cheerful about it; not trying to be a laboratory.","maps_q":"Brickwood, 21-23 Tooting High Street, Furzedown, SW17 0SN, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Tooting Market","s":"tooting-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":28},{"n":"London Sewing Machine Museum","s":"london-sewing-machine-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":1003},{"n":"The Sultan","s":"the-sultan","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":1757}],"near_same":[{"s":"brickwood","m":2039},{"s":"dudleys-clapham-park","m":3693},{"s":"brickwood-clapham","m":4080},{"s":"doppio-coffee-battersea","m":4678},{"s":"volcano-coffee-works-cafe","m":4977},{"s":"volcano-coffee-works","m":5242}]},{"slug":"cable-co-brondesbury-park","name":"Cable co.","area":"Brondesbury Park","address":"Chamberlayne Road","station":"Kensal Rise","walk":1,"lat":51.53483,"lng":-0.21943,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/4560491378","verdict":"A Chamberlayne Road counter we can tell you little about.","note":"On the Kensal Rise stretch of Chamberlayne Road. It has no website and almost nothing published that we would stand behind, so this entry is a location rather than a recommendation \u2014 and worth checking is still there before a special trip.","maps_q":"Cable co., Chamberlayne Road, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Kensal Green Cemetery","s":"kensal-green-cemetery","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":840},{"n":"Le Choux","s":"le-choux","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":1070},{"n":"Don't Tell Dad","s":"dont-tell-dad","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":1140}],"near_same":[{"s":"hermanos-portobello-road","m":2561},{"s":"the-cafe-at-clifton-nurseries","m":2825},{"s":"guillam-the-whiteley","m":3135},{"s":"guillam-bayswater","m":3188},{"s":"guillam-notting-hill","m":3301},{"s":"fcb-coffee-paddington","m":3583}]},{"slug":"calico-coffee","name":"Calico Coffee","area":"Waterloo","address":"101C Lower Marsh, Waterloo, SE1 7AB","station":"London Waterloo","walk":2,"lat":51.501252,"lng":-0.112069,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_checked":null,"website":"https://calicocoffee.co.uk/","instagram":"calico_coffee_uk","attrs":[],"osm":"node/10798047248","verdict":"A Brewers Cup finalist's own roastery counter on Lower Marsh.","note":"Opened in 2025 by Junchao Huang, who placed third in the 2023 UK Brewers Cup, and built by the founders themselves - they come from architecture, and it shows. The coffee is roasted by Calico in London on a pair of small roasters chosen for repeatability, from producers in Kenya, Panama, Ethiopia and Yunnan, with the stated aim of making coffee taste like itself: clean, clear, sweet, expressive. Bags to take home, and shipping to thirty-odd countries from the same operation.","maps_q":"Calico Coffee, 101C Lower Marsh, Waterloo, SE1 7AB, London","in_area":{"slug":"waterloo","name":"Waterloo"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Lower Marsh","s":"lower-marsh","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":24},{"n":"Lower Marsh Market","s":"lower-marsh-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":50},{"n":"Little Bread Pedlar","s":"little-bread-pedlar","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":97}],"near_same":[{"s":"scootercaffe","m":157},{"s":"origin-scoresby","m":672},{"s":"old-spike-southwark","m":786},{"s":"old-spike-elephant-and-castle","m":977},{"s":"fcb-coffee-bankside","m":1023},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-flat-iron-square","m":1200}]},{"slug":"caravan","name":"Caravan","area":"Fish Island","address":"North Road, Holloway, N7 9GJ","station":"Pudding Mill Lane","walk":7,"lat":51.537614,"lng":-0.011586,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/11385223079","verdict":"The Fish Island roastery, out where the Lea does its industrial stretch.","note":"Caravan are better known for the restaurants, but this is where the beans are dealt with. Seven minutes from Pudding Mill Lane through some genuinely unlovely landscape, with outside tables at the end of it.","maps_q":"Caravan, North Road, Holloway, N7 9GJ, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"BREW//LDN Oktoberfest","s":"brew-ldn-oktoberfest","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":132},{"n":"ArcelorMittal Orbit and the Helix slide","s":"arcelormittal-orbit-and-the-helix-slide","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":171},{"n":"The Music is Black: A British Story","s":"the-music-is-black-a-british-story","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":225}],"near_same":[{"s":"kahaila","m":1600},{"s":"dark-arts-coffee","m":2601},{"s":"climpson-broadway","m":3439},{"s":"ozone-coffee-roasters","m":3476},{"s":"arabica-broadway-market","m":3490},{"s":"notes-canary-wharf","m":3535}]},{"slug":"caravan-lower-holloway","name":"Caravan","area":"Lower Holloway","address":"North Road, Holloway, N7 9GJ","station":"Caledonian Road","walk":4,"lat":51.548741,"lng":-0.121988,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/1355187099","verdict":"Caravan up in Lower Holloway, away from the restaurant crowds.","note":"Four minutes from Caledonian Road, which keeps it local rather than destination. The all-day menu is the draw for most people; the coffee is the reason to come without wanting lunch.","maps_q":"Caravan, North Road, Holloway, N7 9GJ, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Bread By Bike Bakery","s":"bread-by-bike-bakery","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":564},{"n":"Rose & Crown","s":"rose-crown","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":776},{"n":"indiebeer","s":"indiebeer","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":852}],"near_same":[{"s":"vagabond-n7","m":1056},{"s":"the-fields-beneath","m":1724},{"s":"notes","m":1751},{"s":"trampoline","m":1980},{"s":"blighty","m":2142},{"s":"origin-euston-road","m":2198}]},{"slug":"carnival-coffee-roasters","name":"Carnival Coffee Roasters","area":"Penge","address":"9 High Street, SE20 7TN","station":"Kent House","walk":8,"lat":51.413565,"lng":-0.051672,"hours":[[8.0,15.0],[8.0,14.0],[8.0,14.0],null,[8.0,15.0],[9.0,15.0],[9.0,15.0]],"hours_raw":"Tu-We 08:00-14:00; Mo,Fr 08:00-15:00; Sa-Su 09:00-15:00","website":"https://carnivalcoffee.co.uk/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/11523332408","verdict":"A Penge roastery that delivers across south-east London by bicycle.","note":"Founded by Juan and Jayne, and the London Coffee Festival's community coffee shop winner \u2014 a roastery and caf\u00e9 on Penge High Street that runs its local deliveries by bike. Also took BRITA's Grounds of Innovation award. Short hours: shut by three at the latest, and by two midweek.","hours_source":"osm","hours_checked":null,"types":["award"],"maps_q":"Carnival Coffee Roasters, 9 High Street, SE20 7TN, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Dadabhai Naoroji","s":"dadabhai-naoroji","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":1012},{"n":"Crystal Palace Dinosaurs","s":"crystal-palace-dinosaurs","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":1149},{"n":"Chatsworth Bakehouse","s":"chatsworth-bakehouse","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":1431}],"near_same":[{"s":"four-boroughs","m":2004},{"s":"volcano-coffee-works-cafe","m":3681},{"s":"two-spoons","m":4042},{"s":"dudleys-east-dulwich","m":6088},{"s":"ukkei-brew-bar","m":6504},{"s":"old-spike-peckham","m":6546}]},{"slug":"climpson-broadway","name":"Climpson & Sons","area":"Hackney","address":"67 Broadway Market, E8 4PH","station":"London Fields","walk":8,"lat":51.537465,"lng":-0.061312,"hours":[[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[8.5,17.0],[9.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-17:00; Sa 08:30-17:00; Su 09:00-17:00","website":"https://climpsonandsons.com/pages/broadway-market-cafe","instagram":"climpsonandsons","attrs":[],"osm":"way/366327526","verdict":"Broadway Market's anchor, best on a weekday morning.","note":"On Saturdays it is a scrum and half the queue is there for the market anyway. Come on a Tuesday, take a stool at the window, and it is one of the most pleasant twenty minutes in E8.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Climpson & Sons, 67 Broadway Market, E8 4PH, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Broadway Market","s":"broadway-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":68},{"n":"Buns From Home","s":"buns-from-home","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":145},{"n":"Netil Market","s":"netil-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":185}],"near_same":[{"s":"arabica-broadway-market","m":117},{"s":"ozone-coffee-roasters","m":542},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-shoreditch","m":1094},{"s":"toconoco","m":1173},{"s":"allpress-london-roastery-and-cafe","m":1185},{"s":"batch-baby","m":1401}]},{"slug":"climpson-sons-coffee-bar","name":"Climpson & Sons Coffee Bar","area":"Spitalfields","address":"Spitalfields Market, Whitechapel, E1 6EW","station":"Shoreditch High Street","walk":6,"lat":51.519763,"lng":-0.074933,"hours":[[8.5,17.0],[8.5,17.0],[8.5,17.0],[8.5,17.0],[8.5,17.0],[10.0,17.0],[10.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:30-17:00; Sa-Su 10:00-17:00","website":"https://climpsonandsons.com/","instagram":"climpsonandsons","attrs":[],"osm":"node/10683478907","verdict":"Climpson's market kiosk, roasted a mile up the road in London Fields.","note":"An industrial kiosk in Old Spitalfields Market pouring what Climpson roast at their London Fields roastery: house espresso, a seasonal single origin on filter, and nitro. Espresso martini and coffee beer on tap if the hour suits. Service can be brisk.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Climpson & Sons Coffee Bar, Spitalfields Market, Whitechapel, E1 6EW, London","in_area":{"slug":"spitalfields-brick-lane","name":"Spitalfields & Brick Lane"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Old Spitalfields Market","s":"old-spitalfields-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":35},{"n":"Brother Marcus Spitalfields","s":"brother-marcus-spitalfields","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":69},{"n":"Christ Church Spitalfields","s":"christ-church-spitalfields","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":111}],"near_same":[{"s":"arabica-spitalfields","m":159},{"s":"attendant","m":322},{"s":"store-street-espresso-broadgate","m":333},{"s":"doppio","m":367},{"s":"urban-baristas-aldgate","m":408},{"s":"dark-arts-coffee-shoreditch","m":497}]},{"slug":"coffee-circus","name":"Coffee Circus","area":"Crouch End","address":"136 Crouch Hill","station":"Crouch Hill","walk":14,"lat":51.577903,"lng":-0.12347,"hours":[[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa-Su 09:00-18:00","website":"http://www.coffeecircus.co.uk/","instagram":"coffeecircusn8","attrs":[],"osm":"node/12633199523","verdict":"Crouch End's own, and worth the hill.","note":"Fourteen minutes up from Crouch Hill station is a deterrent that has kept this pleasantly local. Seven days, open till six, and the kind of room where the staff know most of the queue by name.","hours_source":"osm","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/coffee-circus/"}],"maps_q":"Coffee Circus, 136 Crouch Hill, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Buns From Home","s":"buns-from-home-crouch-end","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":238},{"n":"Little Mercies","s":"little-mercies","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":321},{"n":"V. K. Krishna Menon","s":"v-k-krishna-menon","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":1185}],"near_same":[{"s":"doppio-coffee","m":2066},{"s":"blighty","m":2105},{"s":"caravan-lower-holloway","m":3244},{"s":"vagabond-n7","m":3507},{"s":"blighty-india-cafe","m":3698},{"s":"esters","m":3711}]},{"slug":"coffee-geek-and-friends","name":"Coffee Geek and Friends","area":"Victoria","address":"6 Cathedral Walk, SW1E 5JH","station":"Victoria","walk":3,"lat":51.497712,"lng":-0.141453,"hours":[[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 09:00-16:00","website":"http://cgafcafe.co.uk/coffee","instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor","wifi"],"osm":"node/6575304044","verdict":"Cathedral Walk, and considerably better than Victoria deserves.","note":"Victoria is a hard place to drink well and this is the standing answer \u2014 seven till five, seven days, outside tables, three minutes from the station. The name is doing it no favours; the coffee is.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Coffee Geek and Friends, 6 Cathedral Walk, SW1E 5JH, London","in_area":{"slug":"westminster","name":"Westminster"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Market Halls Victoria","s":"market-halls-victoria","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":231},{"n":"Royal Mews","s":"royal-mews","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":235},{"n":"Badiani Victoria","s":"badiani-victoria","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":242}],"near_same":[{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters","m":213},{"s":"iris-june","m":389},{"s":"formative-coffee","m":412},{"s":"nostos","m":572},{"s":"guillam-st-jamess","m":1034},{"s":"guillam-mayfair","m":1132}]},{"slug":"curators-coffee","name":"Curators Coffee","area":"Leadenhall Market","address":"9A Cullum Street, EC3M 7JJ","station":"Monument","walk":5,"lat":51.512079,"lng":-0.082507,"hours":[[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[7.5,17],null,null],"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["stepfree"],"osm":"node/3147137125","verdict":"A Cullum Street counter for the City lunch hour.","note":"A small independent in the lanes behind Fenchurch Street, on a stretch better known for chains. Espresso-led and quick, in a room with more standing than sitting. We have not found a great deal published about it, which is its own kind of recommendation in the City.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Curators Coffee, 9A Cullum Street, EC3M 7JJ, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Konditor","s":"konditor-cullum-street","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":41},{"n":"Lloyd's of London","s":"lloyds-of-london","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":98},{"n":"Leadenhall Market","s":"leadenhall-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":103}],"near_same":[{"s":"rosslyn-leadenhall-market","m":58},{"s":"rosslyn-fenchurch-street","m":194},{"s":"association-coffee","m":293},{"s":"rosslyn-bank","m":355},{"s":"rosslyn-tower-42","m":361},{"s":"rosslyn-cannon-street","m":363}]},{"slug":"dark-arts-coffee","name":"Dark Arts Coffee","area":"Hackney","address":"1-5 Rosina Street, E9 6JH","station":"Homerton","walk":3,"lat":51.547317,"lng":-0.045812,"hours":[[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[9.0,15.5],[9.0,15.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-15:30; Sa-Su 09:00-12:30,13:00-15:30","website":"https://www.darkartscoffee.co.uk/","instagram":"darkartscoffee","attrs":["stepfree"],"osm":"way/823425491","verdict":"Goth-metal branding, and a roast that does not need it.","note":"Founded in 2014 by a muralist turned roaster, Dark Arts occupy a converted steelworks on Rosina Street with the roaster running behind the caf\u00e9. Espresso and batch are the house language, the single origins are adventurous and the blend names are jokes \u2014 the coffee, separated from the aesthetic, is very good. The pain au raisin is worth ordering.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Dark Arts Coffee, 1-5 Rosina Street, E9 6JH, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"La Camionera","s":"la-camionera","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":326},{"n":"Sutton House","s":"sutton-house","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":346},{"n":"Hackney Church Brew Co","s":"hackney-church-brew-co","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":477}],"near_same":[{"s":"kahaila","m":1049},{"s":"climpson-broadway","m":1532},{"s":"arabica-broadway-market","m":1643},{"s":"allpress-london-roastery-and-cafe","m":1714},{"s":"ozone-coffee-roasters","m":1952},{"s":"toconoco","m":2450}]},{"slug":"dark-arts-coffee-shoreditch","name":"Dark Arts Coffee","area":"Shoreditch","address":"Holywell Lane","station":"Shoreditch High Street","walk":4,"lat":51.52386,"lng":-0.077815,"hours":[[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-15:00; Sa-Su off","website":null,"instagram":"darkartscoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"node/10826849767","verdict":"Holywell Lane, and shut by three.","note":"The Shoreditch outpost of the Homerton roaster, with the same black-metal styling and the same seriousness underneath. Weekdays only and closing early, so this is a morning proposition.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Dark Arts Coffee, Holywell Lane, London","in_area":{"slug":"shoreditch-old-street","name":"Shoreditch & Old Street"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Village Underground","s":"village-underground","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":65},{"n":"Dishoom Shoreditch","s":"dishoom-shoreditch","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":100},{"n":"BOXPARK Shoreditch","s":"boxpark-shoreditch","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":114}],"near_same":[{"s":"allpress-redchurch","m":254},{"s":"attendant","m":298},{"s":"origin-shoreditch","m":360},{"s":"kahaila-spitalfields","m":428},{"s":"alchemy-coffee","m":438},{"s":"arabica-spitalfields","m":494}]},{"slug":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs","name":"Department of Coffee and Social Affairs","area":"Aldgate","address":"133 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QA","station":"Aldgate","walk":3,"lat":51.514847,"lng":-0.073493,"hours":[[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-18:00","website":"https://departmentofcoffee.com","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/4795980911","verdict":"Whitechapel High Street, open late by City standards.","note":"The group has grown a great deal and the standard across it is not uniform; this one holds up. Six in the evening is late for this postcode, which makes it useful when everything around Aldgate has shut. Espresso-led, with a food counter and room to sit.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Department of Coffee and Social Affairs, 133 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QA, London","in_area":{"slug":"spitalfields-brick-lane","name":"Spitalfields & Brick Lane"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Toynbee Hall","s":"toynbee-hall","c":"politics","cn":"Power & Politics","m":219},{"n":"Aldgate: Chaucer's rooms over the gate","s":"aldgate-chaucers-rooms-over-the-gate","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":232},{"n":"Discount Suit Company","s":"discount-suit-company","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":253}],"near_same":[{"s":"urban-baristas-aldgate","m":277},{"s":"watchhouse-bishopsgate","m":392},{"s":"association-coffee","m":409},{"s":"rosslyn-fenchurch-street","m":529},{"s":"climpson-sons-coffee-bar","m":555},{"s":"arabica-spitalfields","m":570}]},{"slug":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","name":"Department of Coffee and Social Affairs","area":"Soho","address":"3 Lowndes Court, W1F 7HD","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":5,"lat":51.513594,"lng":-0.139007,"hours":[[8,18],[8,18],[8,18],[8,18],[8,18],[9,19],[9.5,18]],"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.departmentofcoffee.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/272299415","verdict":"A Carnaby back-alley branch of a group that is not uniform.","note":"Lowndes Court is a slot off Carnaby Street, which keeps this quieter than the size of the chain suggests. The group has grown a great deal and the standard across it varies \u2014 come here for a reliable flat white and somewhere to sit, not for a brew bar.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Department of Coffee and Social Affairs, 3 Lowndes Court, W1F 7HD, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Newburgh Street","s":"newburgh-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":24},{"n":"Antidote Wine Bar","s":"antidote-wine-bar","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":24},{"n":"Venchi Great Marlborough Street","s":"venchi-great-marlborough-street","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":36}],"near_same":[{"s":"oma-coffee-roaster","m":330},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-st-james-s","m":361},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo","m":368},{"s":"kaffeine-east-marylebone","m":387},{"s":"watchhouse-hanover","m":420},{"s":"algerian-coffee-stores","m":477}]},{"slug":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-st-james-s","name":"Department Of Coffee And Social Affairs","area":"St James's","address":"15-16 Sherwood Street","station":"Piccadilly Circus","walk":3,"lat":51.510941,"lng":-0.135993,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://departmentofcoffee.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/5500534821","verdict":"A Sherwood Street branch of a chain that varies.","note":"Department of Coffee have expanded a long way from the original and the rooms differ in quality. This one is well placed for Piccadilly Circus without being on it \u2014 a reliable flat white and somewhere to sit, rather than a brew bar.","maps_q":"Department Of Coffee And Social Affairs, 15-16 Sherwood Street, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Bar Am\u00e9ricain","s":"bar-americain","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":44},{"n":"Crazy Coqs","s":"crazy-coqs","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":45},{"n":"Jolene Bridle Lane","s":"jolene-bridle-lane","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":72}],"near_same":[{"s":"redemption-roasters-st-james-s","m":281},{"s":"bija","m":301},{"s":"algerian-coffee-stores","m":342},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","m":361},{"s":"guillam-st-jamess","m":491},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-soho","m":493}]},{"slug":"door-coffee-bar","name":"Door","area":"Brixton","address":"244 Ferndale Road, SW9 8FR","station":"Brixton","walk":2,"lat":51.464105,"lng":-0.11592,"hours":[[7.5,15.5],[7.5,15.5],[7.5,15.5],[7.5,15.5],[7.5,15.5],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-15:30; Sa-Su 09:00-16:00","website":"https://doorcoffeebar.com/","instagram":"doorcoffeebarlondon","attrs":[],"verdict":"Two Brixton roasters sharing one bar, a few minutes from the tube.","note":"Volcano Coffee Works and Assembly are sister companies who had never opened a shop together until this one. Both are on the bar at once: Assembly's House Espresso, which changes with the season, and Volcano's Mount Blend, with a filter that rotates daily so the two catalogues get worked through rather than sat on. Limited lots turn up here before they go on general sale, which is the reason to ask what is open rather than order the usual. Pastries, and nothing else to eat.","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://doorcoffeebar.com/","hours_checked":"2026-09-08","maps_q":"Door, 244 Ferndale Road, SW9 8FR, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Phonox","s":"phonox","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":105},{"n":"O2 Academy Brixton","s":"o2-academy-brixton","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":122},{"n":"Pop Brixton","s":"pop-brixton","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":266}],"near_same":[{"s":"volcano-coffee-works","m":3},{"s":"federation-coffee","m":343},{"s":"brickwood-clapham","m":1591},{"s":"dudleys-clapham-park","m":1593},{"s":"moonstruck-cafe","m":1631},{"s":"nostos-coffee","m":2588}]},{"slug":"doppio","name":"Doppio","area":"Whitechapel","address":"90 Hanbury Street, E1 5JL","station":"Shoreditch High Street","walk":8,"lat":51.520058,"lng":-0.069647,"hours":[[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[10.0,17.0],[10.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa-Su 10:00-17:00; PH 10:00-17:00 open","website":"https://doppiocoffee.co.uk/","instagram":"doppiocoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"node/6195245785","verdict":"Hanbury Street, and the espresso bar attached to the equipment.","note":"The Whitechapel end of Doppio's operation: a showroom and workshop with a working espresso bar in it. Their own roast, The Duke, plus the Italian blends they distribute, and a counter of cakes and sandwiches.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Doppio, 90 Hanbury Street, E1 5JL, London","in_area":{"slug":"spitalfields-brick-lane","name":"Spitalfields & Brick Lane"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Brick Lane Jamme Masjid","s":"brick-lane-jamme-masjid","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":179},{"n":"Brick Lane Curry Festival","s":"brick-lane-curry-festival","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":184},{"n":"Museum of Immigration and Diversity","s":"museum-of-immigration-and-diversity","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":197}],"near_same":[{"s":"climpson-sons-coffee-bar","m":367},{"s":"kahaila-spitalfields","m":440},{"s":"arabica-spitalfields","m":525},{"s":"allpress-redchurch","m":580},{"s":"urban-baristas-whitechapel","m":616},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs","m":637}]},{"slug":"doppio-coffee","name":"Doppio Coffee","area":"Muswell Hill","address":"56 Fortis Green Road, N10 3HN","station":"East Finchley","walk":22,"lat":51.590134,"lng":-0.145982,"hours":[[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.5,18.0],[8.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa,Su 08:30-18:00; PH 08:30-18:00","website":null,"instagram":"doppiocoffee","attrs":["outdoor","wifi"],"osm":"way/1039675526","verdict":"The Muswell Hill room, from a wholesaler that decided to serve the public.","note":"Doppio supply machines and beans to independents across London and run their own bars in the same buildings. Their own roast goes under the name The Duke, alongside the Italian brands they distribute. Cakes and sandwiches on the counter.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Doppio Coffee, 56 Fortis Green Road, N10 3HN, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Oliver Tambo","s":"oliver-tambo","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":896},{"n":"Alexandra Palace","s":"alexandra-palace","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":1140},{"n":"Alexandra Palace: the BBC's first studios","s":"alexandra-palace-the-bbcs-first-studios","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":1140}],"near_same":[{"s":"coffee-circus","m":2066},{"s":"redemption-roasters","m":4114},{"s":"blighty","m":4165},{"s":"the-fields-beneath","m":4845},{"s":"caravan-lower-holloway","m":4892},{"s":"blighty-india-cafe","m":5172}]},{"slug":"doppio-coffee-battersea","name":"Doppio Coffee","area":"Battersea","address":"336 Battersea Park Road, SW11 3BY","station":"Clapham Junction","walk":11,"lat":51.470723,"lng":-0.17036,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://doppiocoffee.co.uk/","instagram":"doppiocoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"node/4201931262","verdict":"Half showroom, half espresso bar, and the coffee is not an afterthought.","note":"Doppio began in 2010 supplying independent caf\u00e9s with beans and machines, and each warehouse is a showroom, workshop and espresso bar at once \u2014 so you can drink a cortado surrounded by the grinders you might buy. They roast their own under the name The Duke. Cakes and sandwiches too.","maps_q":"Doppio Coffee, 336 Battersea Park Road, SW11 3BY, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Jack's at the Junction","s":"jacks-at-the-junction","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":794},{"n":"Battersea Arts Centre","s":"battersea-arts-centre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":921},{"n":"Doodle Bar","s":"doodle-bar","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":1015}],"near_same":[{"s":"nostos-coffee","m":1759},{"s":"arabica-battersea-power-station","m":2164},{"s":"brickwood-clapham","m":2455},{"s":"hagen","m":2546},{"s":"dudleys-clapham-park","m":3027},{"s":"brickwood","m":3198}]},{"slug":"dudleys","name":"Dudleys","area":"Goddington","address":"Windsor Drive, Goddington, BR6 6EZ","station":"Chelsfield","walk":4,"lat":51.356312,"lng":0.10513,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/10737147189","verdict":"A Goddington caf\u00e9 with almost no published trace.","note":"Mapped and apparently independent, with no website and nothing written about it that we can verify. We would rather say that than fill the space with atmosphere.","maps_q":"Dudleys, Windsor Drive, Goddington, BR6 6EZ, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Crofton Roman Villa","s":"crofton-roman-villa","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":2203}],"near_same":[{"s":"carnival-coffee-roasters","m":12606},{"s":"four-boroughs","m":14578},{"s":"two-spoons","m":14673},{"s":"volcano-coffee-works-cafe","m":16272},{"s":"mouse-tail-coffee-stories","m":16397},{"s":"dudleys-east-dulwich","m":17542}]},{"slug":"dudleys-clapham-park","name":"Dudleys","area":"Clapham Park","address":"Windsor Drive, Goddington, BR6 6EZ","station":"Clapham Common","walk":13,"lat":51.455425,"lng":-0.134213,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/10737147190","verdict":"A Clapham Park corner caf\u00e9 we can tell you very little about.","note":"Mapped on a residential stretch thirteen minutes from Clapham Common. No website, and nothing published about it we would stand behind \u2014 so this is a location and an honest gap rather than a recommendation.","maps_q":"Dudleys, Windsor Drive, Goddington, BR6 6EZ, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Nue Ground","s":"nue-ground","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":420},{"n":"Studio Voltaire","s":"studio-voltaire","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":740},{"n":"Brixton Windmill","s":"brixton-windmill","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":761}],"near_same":[{"s":"brickwood-clapham","m":701},{"s":"door-coffee-bar","m":1593},{"s":"volcano-coffee-works","m":1593},{"s":"brickwood","m":1681},{"s":"federation-coffee","m":1742},{"s":"nostos-coffee","m":2558}]},{"slug":"dudleys-east-dulwich","name":"Dudleys","area":"East Dulwich","address":"Windsor Drive, Goddington, BR6 6EZ","station":"East Dulwich","walk":10,"lat":51.466081,"lng":-0.076545,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/10737147191","verdict":"An East Dulwich room, and another we know little about.","note":"Listed because it is mapped and appears to be independent. There is no website and nothing published we would repeat, so the entry stops at where it is rather than inventing what it is like.","maps_q":"Dudleys, Windsor Drive, Goddington, BR6 6EZ, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Hop Burns & Black","s":"hop-burns-black","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":646},{"n":"House of Dreams Museum","s":"house-of-dreams-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":711},{"n":"Forza Wine","s":"forza-wine","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":712}],"near_same":[{"s":"ukkei-brew-bar","m":697},{"s":"old-spike-peckham","m":820},{"s":"federation-coffee","m":2470},{"s":"volcano-coffee-works","m":2734},{"s":"door-coffee-bar","m":2736},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-browning-estate","m":2797}]},{"slug":"esters","name":"Esters","area":"Hackney","address":"55 Kynaston Road, N16 0EB","station":"Rectory Road","walk":11,"lat":51.560089,"lng":-0.078056,"hours":[null,[9.0,15.5],[9.0,15.5],[9.0,15.5],[9.0,15.5],[9.0,18.0],null],"hours_raw":"Tu-Fr 09:00-15:30; Sa 09:00-18:00","website":"https://www.estersn16.com/","instagram":"estersn16","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/11274746222","verdict":"Kynaston Road, and the reason people move to Stoke Newington.","note":"Esters have run a small, exacting neighbourhood room for years without ever expanding into a brand, which is increasingly unusual. Tables outside, and a short menu done properly.","hours_source":"osm","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/esters/"}],"maps_q":"Esters, 55 Kynaston Road, N16 0EB, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"The Good Egg","s":"the-good-egg","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":223},{"n":"Oddono's Stoke Newington","s":"oddonos-stoke-newington","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":298},{"n":"The Jolly Butchers","s":"the-jolly-butchers","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":425}],"near_same":[{"s":"allpress-london-roastery-and-cafe","m":1603},{"s":"blighty","m":1770},{"s":"batch-baby","m":2349},{"s":"vagabond-n7","m":2388},{"s":"toconoco","m":2413},{"s":"dark-arts-coffee","m":2643}]},{"slug":"esters-carterhatch","name":"Esters","area":"Carterhatch","address":"Kynaston Road, Southbury, EN2 0DA","station":"Gordon Hill","walk":15,"lat":51.662316,"lng":-0.081053,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":"estersn16","attrs":[],"osm":"node/8112512536","verdict":"Has Bean on the machine and a menu rewritten every week.","note":"Esters sits on a residential side street and cooks well past the avocado-toast register \u2014 braised lamb shoulder with crushed chickpeas, French toast with toasted hay cream. Has Bean coffee, Postcard teas, house sodas and drinking vinegar. No bookings, and the garden fills between eleven and one at weekends.","maps_q":"Esters, Kynaston Road, Southbury, EN2 0DA, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Forty Hall Museum","s":"forty-hall-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":1201},{"n":"Enfield Museum","s":"enfield-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":1322},{"n":"Myddelton House Gardens","s":"myddelton-house-gardens","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":1972}],"near_same":[{"s":"wood-st-coffee","m":8367},{"s":"blighty-india-cafe","m":8539},{"s":"doppio-coffee","m":9192},{"s":"coffee-circus","m":9832},{"s":"blighty","m":11043},{"s":"esters","m":11369}]},{"slug":"fcb-coffee","name":"FCB Coffee","area":"Borough Market","address":"52 Tooley Street","station":"London Bridge","walk":1,"lat":51.505505,"lng":-0.085537,"hours":[[6.0,18.0],[6.0,18.0],[6.0,18.0],[6.0,18.0],[6.0,18.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:00-18:00; Sa,Su 07:00-19:00","website":"https://www.fcbcoffee.com/","instagram":"fcbcoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"node/9961024707","verdict":"Tooley Street, open before most of London Bridge station is.","note":"Seasonal coffees that change through the year, filter on V60 and Aeropress, and food prepared in-house each morning rather than delivered in boxes. A commuter bar that behaves like a destination one.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"FCB Coffee, 52 Tooley Street, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Konditor","s":"konditor-joiner-street","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":86},{"n":"The View from The Shard","s":"the-view-from-the-shard","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":130},{"n":"G\u014eNG","s":"gong","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":142}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-borough-market","m":281},{"s":"monmouth-borough","m":409},{"s":"rosslyn-cannon-street","m":645},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-flat-iron-square","m":697},{"s":"fuckoffee","m":748},{"s":"watchhouse","m":796}]},{"slug":"fcb-coffee-bankside","name":"FCB Coffee","area":"Bankside","address":"Hopton Street, SE1 9JH","station":"London Blackfriars","walk":4,"lat":51.508443,"lng":-0.102839,"hours":[[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.5,19.0],[8.5,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-19:00; Sa 07:30-19:00; Su 08:30-19:00","website":null,"instagram":"fcbcoffee","attrs":["stepfree"],"osm":"way/318344447","verdict":"A station kiosk that takes it far more seriously than it needs to.","note":"FCB sit at the Bankside entrance to Blackfriars and rotate their coffees seasonally, with V60 and Aeropress alongside the espresso. Deli chefs make the food each morning. Don't let the station location fool you \u2014 it is the best cup on that stretch of the river.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"FCB Coffee, Hopton Street, SE1 9JH, London","in_area":{"slug":"southwark","name":"Southwark & Bankside"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Bankside Gallery","s":"bankside-gallery","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":120},{"n":"Tate Modern","s":"tate-modern","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":264},{"n":"Lyaness","s":"lyaness","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":281}],"near_same":[{"s":"origin-scoresby","m":470},{"s":"old-spike-southwark","m":568},{"s":"alchemy","m":600},{"s":"the-wren-coffee","m":624},{"s":"ozone-coffee","m":685},{"s":"rosslyn-ludgate-circus","m":686}]},{"slug":"fcb-coffee-paddington","name":"FCB Coffee","area":"Paddington","address":"W2 1HB","station":"Paddington","walk":1,"lat":51.516196,"lng":-0.177165,"hours":[[6.0,21.0],[6.0,21.0],[6.0,21.0],[6.0,21.0],[6.0,21.0],[6.0,21.0],[7.0,21.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 06:00-21:00; Su 07:00-21:00","website":null,"instagram":"fcbcoffee","attrs":["stepfree"],"osm":"node/9861811740","verdict":"The Paddington branch, for the twenty minutes before a train.","note":"Coffees that rotate with the season, filter as well as espresso, and food made by their own kitchen team that morning rather than delivered in boxes. Useful in a station where the alternative is a chain.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"FCB Coffee, W2 1HB, London","in_area":{"slug":"bayswater-paddington","name":"Bayswater & Paddington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Paddington Bear statue","s":"paddington-bear-statue","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":59},{"n":"Paddington station","s":"paddington-station","c":"science","cn":"Science & Engineering","m":100},{"n":"Market Halls Paddington","s":"market-halls-paddington","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":174}],"near_same":[{"s":"guillam-the-whiteley","m":765},{"s":"the-cafe-at-clifton-nurseries","m":813},{"s":"guillam-bayswater","m":1062},{"s":"guillam-notting-hill","m":1393},{"s":"hagen-marylebone","m":1805},{"s":"attendant-mayfair","m":1829}]},{"slug":"federation-coffee","name":"Federation Coffee","area":"Brixton","address":"77 - 78 Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8PS","station":"Brixton","walk":2,"lat":51.462455,"lng":-0.11173,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/324121456","verdict":"Brixton Village's flat white, and no wifi on purpose.","note":"Federation roast their own and the flat white is what Brixton sends people for. Ricotta and salmon on toast, toasted brioche cheese and ham, homemade granola and a cake counter with a brownie people are loyal to. Small, busy, and deliberately without wifi \u2014 people talk instead.","maps_q":"Federation Coffee, 77 - 78 Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8PS, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Brixton Village","s":"brixton-village","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":19},{"n":"The Laundry","s":"the-laundry-brixton","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":60},{"n":"Three Eight Four","s":"three-eight-four","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":109}],"near_same":[{"s":"volcano-coffee-works","m":340},{"s":"door-coffee-bar","m":343},{"s":"dudleys-clapham-park","m":1742},{"s":"brickwood-clapham","m":1853},{"s":"moonstruck-cafe","m":1908},{"s":"dudleys-east-dulwich","m":2470}]},{"slug":"fernandez-wells","name":"Fernandez & Wells","area":"St Giles","address":"1 Denmark Street, WC2H 8LP","station":"Tottenham Court Road","walk":2,"lat":51.515339,"lng":-0.129027,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/153261285","verdict":"Sandwiches with heft, and coffee roasted to their own spec.","note":"Fernandez & Wells buy single origins and have Hasbean roast them to order, changing seasonally. The sandwiches are the other half of the argument \u2014 grilled chorizo, ham cheese and piccalilli, black pudding with egg mayo, all on sourdough \u2014 and the counter carries croissants, tarts and cakes beside them.","maps_q":"Fernandez & Wells, 1 Denmark Street, WC2H 8LP, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Outernet","s":"outernet","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":63},{"n":"Centre Point","s":"centre-point","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":106},{"n":"Arcade Food Hall","s":"arcade-food-hall","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":110}],"near_same":[{"s":"monmouth-coffee-company-seven-dials","m":188},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-soho","m":202},{"s":"algerian-coffee-stores","m":347},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo-covent-garden","m":499},{"s":"arabica-covent-garden","m":532},{"s":"store-street-espresso","m":582}]},{"slug":"formative-coffee","name":"Formative Coffee","area":"Victoria","address":"4 Butler Place, SW1H 0RH","station":"St. James's Park","walk":3,"lat":51.497875,"lng":-0.135506,"hours":[[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[9,16],[9,16]],"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://formative.coffee/","instagram":"formativecoffee","attrs":["stepfree"],"osm":"way/677885020","verdict":"Run by a UK Barista Champion, and it shows in the cup.","note":"Ian Kissick won the UK Barista Championship in 2023 and placed sixth at the world final the year after. Formative is his room at Buckingham Green: dark terrazzo, pale counters and a Black Eagle doing most of the talking. Espresso, flat white and V60, largely their own roast now with guests alongside. Sprudge shortlisted it among the world's best new caf\u00e9s in its first year.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Formative Coffee, 4 Butler Place, SW1H 0RH, London","in_area":{"slug":"westminster","name":"Westminster"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"55 Broadway","s":"55-broadway","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":211},{"n":"54 Broadway","s":"54-broadway","c":"secrets","cn":"Secrets & Espionage","m":218},{"n":"Guards Museum","s":"guards-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":245}],"near_same":[{"s":"iris-june","m":127},{"s":"nostos","m":170},{"s":"coffee-geek-and-friends","m":412},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters","m":580},{"s":"guillam-st-jamess","m":1024},{"s":"redemption-roasters-st-james-s","m":1181}]},{"slug":"fortitude-bakehouse","name":"Fortitude Bakehouse","area":"Bloomsbury","address":"35 Colonnade, WC1","station":"Russell Square","walk":1,"lat":51.522839,"lng":-0.124203,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":"fortitudebakehouse","attrs":[],"osm":"node/5456244922","verdict":"A back-alley bakery that happens to take its coffee seriously.","note":"On a cobbled cut-through most people never find, which is the whole appeal. Come for the cardamom bun, stay because the flat white is better than the bakery-with-good-coffee genre usually manages.","hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Bakeries","href":"/bakeries/fortitude-bakehouse/"}],"maps_q":"Fortitude Bakehouse, 35 Colonnade, WC1, London","in_area":{"slug":"bloomsbury","name":"Bloomsbury"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Mille Patisserie Russell Square","s":"mille-patisserie-russell-square","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":147},{"n":"Faber & Faber, 24 Russell Square","s":"faber-faber-24-russell-square","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":182},{"n":"Gay's the Word","s":"gays-the-word","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":295}],"near_same":[{"s":"store-street-espresso-st-pancras","m":318},{"s":"redemption-lambs-conduit","m":396},{"s":"store-street-espresso","m":507},{"s":"half-cup-kings-cross","m":557},{"s":"origin-euston-road","m":724},{"s":"fernandez-wells","m":898}]},{"slug":"four-boroughs","name":"Four Boroughs","area":"Crystal Palace","address":"10 Church Road, SE19 2ET","station":"Crystal Palace","walk":7,"lat":51.419487,"lng":-0.078972,"hours":[[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-15:00; Sa-Su 08:00-16:00","website":"https://www.fourboroughs.co.uk/","instagram":"four_boroughs","attrs":[],"osm":"way/226373586","verdict":"A bare room in the Triangle pouring Assembly coffee, with beer and wine on the same counter.","note":"The room is deliberately plain - a counter, a handful of seats, not much on the walls - and all of it points at the coffee, which is roasted by Assembly over in Brixton. The house espresso changes with the seasons and there are filter beans to take home.\n\nPastries do the morning, and the same counter sells craft beer and wine, which is not what most coffee shops do and makes it somewhere to stop in the afternoon as well. It stands on Church Road, in the Triangle that Crystal Palace is built around.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Four Boroughs, 10 Church Road, SE19 2ET, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Camille Pissarro","s":"camille-pissarro","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":39},{"n":"Crystal Palace Terraces","s":"crystal-palace-terraces","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":294},{"n":"Crystal Palace Subway","s":"crystal-palace-subway","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":310}],"near_same":[{"s":"volcano-coffee-works-cafe","m":1860},{"s":"carnival-coffee-roasters","m":2004},{"s":"two-spoons","m":4119},{"s":"dudleys-east-dulwich","m":5183},{"s":"federation-coffee","m":5289},{"s":"dudleys-clapham-park","m":5534}]},{"slug":"fuckoffee","name":"Fuckoffee","area":"Bermondsey Village","address":"163 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3UF","station":"London Bridge","walk":11,"lat":51.499341,"lng":-0.081177,"hours":[[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-19:00; Sa,Su 08:00-19:00","website":"https://fuckoffee.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/11218596168","verdict":"Named to make you flinch, and it won best caf\u00e9 design anyway.","note":"The name does the place a disservice. It took Best Caf\u00e9 Design at the London Coffee Festival awards in 2025 for a room of Chesterfield sofas, neon and deliberately eccentric art, and the organic coffee and cake hold up underneath the joke. Seven till seven on Bermondsey Street.","hours_source":"osm","hours_checked":null,"types":["award"],"maps_q":"Fuckoffee, 163 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3UF, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"White Cube Bermondsey","s":"white-cube-bermondsey","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":80},{"n":"Comptoir Gourmand","s":"comptoir-gourmand","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":175},{"n":"Fashion and Textile Museum","s":"fashion-and-textile-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":208}],"near_same":[{"s":"watchhouse-bermondsey","m":149},{"s":"watchhouse","m":669},{"s":"fcb-coffee","m":748},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-borough-market","m":907},{"s":"monmouth-borough","m":988},{"s":"monmouth-coffee-company","m":1036}]},{"slug":"guillam-bayswater","name":"Guillam Bayswater","area":"Bayswater","address":"31 St Petersburgh Place, W2 4LA","station":"Bayswater","walk":2,"lat":51.512209,"lng":-0.191119,"hours":[[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:30; Sa-Su 07:30-18:00","website":"https://guillam.co.uk/","instagram":"guillamcoffeehouse","attrs":[],"osm":"node/9438199703","verdict":"A side-street room off Moscow Road.","note":"St Petersburgh Place is a quiet residential street between Bayswater Road and Moscow Road, and this is the neighbourhood end of Guillam: single-origin coffee, speciality tea, and enough space to sit down with either.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-05","hours_url":"https://guillam.co.uk/pages/locations","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/guillam-bayswater/"}],"maps_q":"Guillam Bayswater, 31 St Petersburgh Place, W2 4LA, London","in_area":{"slug":"bayswater-paddington","name":"Bayswater & Paddington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Richard Wagner","s":"richard-wagner","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":181},{"n":"Badiani Notting Hill","s":"badiani-notting-hill","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":404},{"n":"Diana Memorial Playground","s":"diana-memorial-playground","c":"royal","cn":"Royal London","m":405}],"near_same":[{"s":"guillam-the-whiteley","m":343},{"s":"guillam-notting-hill","m":364},{"s":"hermanos-portobello-road","m":899},{"s":"fcb-coffee-paddington","m":1062},{"s":"the-cafe-at-clifton-nurseries","m":1204},{"s":"guillam-gloucester-road","m":1553}]},{"slug":"guillam-gloucester-road","name":"Guillam Gloucester Road","area":"South Kensington","address":"24 Gloucester Road, SW7 4RB","station":"Gloucester Road","walk":6,"lat":51.498989,"lng":-0.183861,"hours":[[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:30; Sa-Su 07:30-18:00","website":"https://guillam.co.uk/","instagram":"guillamcoffeehouse","attrs":[],"osm":"node/7599300018","verdict":"Speciality coffee and tea, a minute from Gloucester Road station.","note":"A narrow room on Gloucester Road pouring single-origin beans sourced from Brazil, Ethiopia, Colombia, Rwanda, Guatemala and Peru, with a speciality tea list beside them - Darjeeling, Earl Grey, matcha - which most coffee shops treat as an afterthought.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-05","hours_url":"https://guillam.co.uk/pages/locations","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/guillam-gloucester-road/"}],"maps_q":"Guillam Gloucester Road, 24 Gloucester Road, SW7 4RB, London","in_area":{"slug":"kensington","name":"Kensington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Henry James","s":"henry-james","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":152},{"n":"Rudolf Nureyev","s":"rudolf-nureyev","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":159},{"n":"Victoria Road","s":"victoria-road","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":160}],"near_same":[{"s":"hagen","m":915},{"s":"guillam-notting-hill","m":1382},{"s":"guillam-bayswater","m":1553},{"s":"guillam-the-whiteley","m":1754},{"s":"fcb-coffee-paddington","m":1968},{"s":"hermanos-portobello-road","m":2161}]},{"slug":"guillam-mayfair","name":"Guillam Mayfair","area":"Mayfair","address":"61 Curzon Street, W1J 8PD","station":"Green Park","walk":2,"lat":51.50767,"lng":-0.144894,"hours":[[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-18:00; Sa-Su 09:00-18:00","website":"https://guillam.co.uk/","instagram":"guillamcoffeehouse","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"Curzon Street, and coffee from seven on a weekday.","note":"A Mayfair room a few doors from Shepherd Market, pouring single-origin coffee and speciality tea from early on a weekday for the people who work around it, and at a gentler hour at the weekend.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-05","hours_url":"https://guillam.co.uk/pages/locations","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/guillam-mayfair/"}],"maps_q":"Guillam Mayfair, 61 Curzon Street, W1J 8PD, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Timothy Taylor","s":"timothy-taylor","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":53},{"n":"Kennel Club Dog Art Gallery","s":"kennel-club-dog-art-gallery","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":96},{"n":"Le Caf\u00e9 Robuchon","s":"le-cafe-robuchon","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":153}],"near_same":[{"s":"guillam-st-jamess","m":435},{"s":"redemption-roasters-st-james-s","m":562},{"s":"watchhouse-hanover","m":671},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-st-james-s","m":715},{"s":"notes-mayfair","m":771},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","m":774}]},{"slug":"guillam-notting-hill","name":"Guillam Notting Hill","area":"Notting Hill","address":"26 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3HX","station":"Notting Hill Gate","walk":2,"lat":51.509591,"lng":-0.194284,"hours":[[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[8.0,18.0],[8.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:30; Sa 08:00-18:00; Su 08:30-18:00","website":"https://guillam.co.uk/","instagram":"guillamcoffeehouse","attrs":[],"osm":"node/7123959638","verdict":"Single-origin coffee on Notting Hill Gate.","note":"On the main road between the tube and Portobello, serving single-origin beans from six countries and a speciality tea list. A useful fixed point on a stretch of Notting Hill Gate where the alternatives are all national names.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-05","hours_url":"https://guillam.co.uk/pages/locations","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/guillam-notting-hill/"}],"maps_q":"Guillam Notting Hill, 26 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3HX, London","in_area":{"slug":"bayswater-paddington","name":"Bayswater & Paddington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Badiani Notting Hill","s":"badiani-notting-hill","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":47},{"n":"The Coronet Theatre","s":"the-coronet-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":291},{"n":"Richard Wagner","s":"richard-wagner","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":318}],"near_same":[{"s":"guillam-bayswater","m":364},{"s":"guillam-the-whiteley","m":707},{"s":"hermanos-portobello-road","m":818},{"s":"guillam-gloucester-road","m":1382},{"s":"fcb-coffee-paddington","m":1393},{"s":"the-cafe-at-clifton-nurseries","m":1561}]},{"slug":"guillam-st-jamess","name":"Guillam St James's","area":"St James's","address":"25 St James's Street, SW1A 1HA","station":"Green Park","walk":4,"lat":51.506865,"lng":-0.138743,"hours":[[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-18:00; Sa-Su 09:00-18:00","website":"https://guillam.co.uk/","instagram":"guillamcoffeehouse","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"Coffee in the Economist Plaza.","note":"25 St James's Street is the Economist Building, the Smithsons' 1964 group of towers around a raised plaza, and this is the coffee on it: single-origin beans, speciality tea, and one of the better places in SW1 to drink either outdoors.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-05","hours_url":"https://guillam.co.uk/pages/locations","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/guillam-st-jamess/"}],"maps_q":"Guillam St James's, 25 St James's Street, SW1A 1HA, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert","s":"hazlitt-holland-hibbert","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":16},{"n":"Colnaghi","s":"colnaghi","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":42},{"n":"James J. 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Single-origin beans - Brazil, Ethiopia, Colombia, Rwanda, Guatemala, Peru - and a speciality tea list that is taken as seriously as the coffee.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-05","hours_url":"https://guillam.co.uk/pages/locations","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/guillam-the-whiteley/"}],"maps_q":"Guillam The Whiteley, 153 Queensway, W2 4BD, London","in_area":{"slug":"bayswater-paddington","name":"Bayswater & Paddington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Tab x Tab","s":"tab-x-tab","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":188},{"n":"23 and 24 Leinster Gardens","s":"23-and-24-leinster-gardens","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":394},{"n":"Richard Wagner","s":"richard-wagner","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":452}],"near_same":[{"s":"guillam-bayswater","m":343},{"s":"guillam-notting-hill","m":707},{"s":"fcb-coffee-paddington","m":765},{"s":"the-cafe-at-clifton-nurseries","m":880},{"s":"hermanos-portobello-road","m":1102},{"s":"guillam-gloucester-road","m":1754}]},{"slug":"hagen","name":"Hagen","area":"Brompton","address":"9 Old Brompton Road, SW7 3HZ","station":"South Kensington","walk":2,"lat":51.493507,"lng":-0.173999,"hours":[[7,18],[7,18],[7,18],[7,18],[7,18],[8,18],[8,18]],"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/3730488619","verdict":"A Danish espresso bar, and a firm no to laptops.","note":"Hagen came out of Copenhagen and now runs more than twenty bars across London. Espresso-led \u2014 flat whites, cortados, straight espresso, with batch and hand-brew behind them \u2014 and rye sandwiches, cinnamon rolls and croissants on the counter.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Hagen, 9 Old Brompton Road, SW7 3HZ, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Ma\u00eetre Choux","s":"maitre-choux","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":121},{"n":"Oddono's Gelati","s":"oddonos-gelati","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":154},{"n":"Venchi Exhibition Road","s":"venchi-exhibition-road","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":161}],"near_same":[{"s":"guillam-gloucester-road","m":915},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters","m":2134},{"s":"guillam-notting-hill","m":2273},{"s":"coffee-geek-and-friends","m":2301},{"s":"guillam-bayswater","m":2393},{"s":"arabica-battersea-power-station","m":2393}]},{"slug":"hagen-east-twickenham","name":"Hagen","area":"East Twickenham","address":"Hill Street, TW9 1TW","station":"Richmond","walk":10,"lat":51.458548,"lng":-0.305559,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/4317591471","verdict":"The Danish bar a long way from the Danish part of London.","note":"Hagen's model travels well: espresso-led, batch and hand-brew alongside, rye sandwiches and cinnamon rolls on the counter, and no laptops. Useful this far out, where the alternative is usually a chain.","maps_q":"Hagen, Hill Street, TW9 1TW, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Museum of Richmond","s":"museum-of-richmond","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":74},{"n":"Virginia Woolf statue, Richmond riverside","s":"virginia-woolf-statue-richmond-riverside","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":88},{"n":"Bernardo O'Higgins","s":"bernardo-ohiggins","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":203}],"near_same":[{"s":"store-street-espresso-hammersmith","m":6979},{"s":"hermanos-portobello-road","m":9400},{"s":"doppio-coffee-battersea","m":9463},{"s":"guillam-gloucester-road","m":9568},{"s":"guillam-notting-hill","m":9577},{"s":"hagen","m":9906}]},{"slug":"hagen-marylebone","name":"Hagen Marylebone","area":"Marylebone","address":"82 Marylebone High Street","station":"Baker Street","walk":6,"lat":51.520552,"lng":-0.152029,"hours":[[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-18:00; Sa,Su 08:00-18:00","website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/6324664363","verdict":"Marylebone High Street, open seven to six, and busy throughout.","note":"This stretch is thick with places that look the part and this is one of the few that also delivers in the cup. Six minutes from Baker Street. Expect to share a table.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Hagen Marylebone, 82 Marylebone High Street, London","in_area":{"slug":"marylebone","name":"Marylebone"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Daunt Books Marylebone","s":"daunt-books-marylebone","c":"shopping","cn":"Shopping","m":20},{"n":"Pierre Marcolini","s":"pierre-marcolini","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":26},{"n":"Rococo Chocolates","s":"rococo-chocolates","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":89}],"near_same":[{"s":"workshop-coffee-co","m":611},{"s":"notes-mayfair","m":748},{"s":"attendant-mayfair","m":758},{"s":"attendant-foley","m":797},{"s":"kaffeine","m":841},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo","m":850}]},{"slug":"half-cup-kings-cross","name":"Half Cup","area":"King's Cross","address":"100-102 Judd Street, WC1H 9NT","station":"King's Cross St Pancras","walk":5,"lat":51.527834,"lng":-0.124811,"hours":[[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00; Sa,Su 09:00-16:00","website":"https://halfcup.co.uk/","instagram":"halfcup_","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/3080553851","verdict":"The civilised alternative to drinking station coffee before a train.","note":"Five minutes from the departure boards and a world away from them. Room enough to work, food that goes well beyond a pastry case, and staff who are unbothered by luggage.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Half Cup, 100-102 Judd Street, WC1H 9NT, London","in_area":{"slug":"bloomsbury","name":"Bloomsbury"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"P\u00e2tisserie Deux Amis","s":"patisserie-deux-amis","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":135},{"n":"St Pancras Renaissance Hotel","s":"st-pancras-renaissance-hotel","c":"harry-potter","cn":"Harry Potter","m":232},{"n":"St Pancras","s":"st-pancras","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":232}],"near_same":[{"s":"origin-euston-road","m":194},{"s":"store-street-espresso-st-pancras","m":242},{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":557},{"s":"notes","m":587},{"s":"redemption-lambs-conduit","m":736},{"s":"store-street-espresso","m":905}]},{"slug":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters","name":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters","area":"Victoria","address":"21 Terminus Place, SW1V 1JR","station":"Victoria","walk":1,"lat":51.496267,"lng":-0.143481,"hours":[[6.0,19.0],[6.0,19.0],[6.0,19.0],[6.0,19.0],[6.0,19.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:00-19:00; Sa-Su 07:30-18:00","website":null,"instagram":"hermanoscolombiancoffee","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/13078288056","verdict":"Terminus Place, a minute from the concourse, open six till seven.","note":"Colombian beans from the family's own farms, sold directly beside one of the busiest station entrances in London. Thirteen hours a day, seven days. Outside tables if you want to watch the chaos. Hermanos took Multiple Operator of the Year at the 2025 London Coffee Festival awards.","hours_source":"osm","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters, 21 Terminus Place, SW1V 1JR, London","in_area":{"slug":"pimlico","name":"Pimlico"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Market Halls Victoria","s":"market-halls-victoria","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":34},{"n":"Badiani Victoria","s":"badiani-victoria","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":56},{"n":"Westminster Cathedral","s":"westminster-cathedral","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":278}],"near_same":[{"s":"coffee-geek-and-friends","m":213},{"s":"iris-june","m":519},{"s":"formative-coffee","m":580},{"s":"nostos","m":749},{"s":"guillam-st-jamess","m":1223},{"s":"guillam-mayfair","m":1271}]},{"slug":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-browning-estate","name":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters","area":"Browning Estate","address":"Angel Lane, Elephant and Castle, SE17 3FE","station":"Kennington","walk":10,"lat":51.487773,"lng":-0.097017,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://hermanoscoffeeroasters.com/","instagram":"hermanoscolombiancoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"node/9382082112","verdict":"Colombian beans, Colombian family, no intermediaries in the story.","note":"Hermanos import from their own relatives' farms and roast here, which gives the bar a directness that most single-origin talk lacks. Ten minutes from Kennington and worth the walk from the tube. Hermanos took Multiple Operator of the Year at the 2025 London Coffee Festival awards.","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters, Angel Lane, Elephant and Castle, SE17 3FE, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Orbit Beers Taproom","s":"orbit-beers-taproom","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":306},{"n":"Michael Faraday Memorial","s":"michael-faraday-memorial","c":"science","cn":"Science & Engineering","m":316},{"n":"Diogenes the Dog","s":"diogenes-the-dog","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":585}],"near_same":[{"s":"old-spike-elephant-and-castle","m":1030},{"s":"watchhouse-bermondsey","m":1576},{"s":"fuckoffee","m":1690},{"s":"old-spike-southwark","m":1765},{"s":"scootercaffe","m":1821},{"s":"calico-coffee","m":1825}]},{"slug":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-shoreditch","name":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters","area":"Shoreditch","address":"124 Columbia Road","station":"Hoxton","walk":8,"lat":51.529105,"lng":-0.069653,"hours":[[7,17],[7,17],[7,17],[7,17],[7,17],[8,17.5],[8,17.5]],"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://hermanoscoffeeroasters.com/","instagram":"hermanoscolombiancoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"node/10056572728","verdict":"Colombian single origins on Columbia Road, and a crush every Sunday.","note":"Hermanos buy direct from Colombian growers and name the coffees after them \u2014 Do\u00f1a Delfina, Don Daniel, Siberia \u2014 with notes running to rose water and passionfruit rather than chocolate. Six days a week a calm bar; on flower-market Sunday, a scrum. Cakes and slices alongside. Hermanos took Multiple Operator of the Year at the 2025 London Coffee Festival awards.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters, 124 Columbia Road, London","in_area":{"slug":"shoreditch-old-street","name":"Shoreditch & Old Street"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Pavilion Bakery","s":"pavilion-bakery","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":14},{"n":"Lily Vanilli","s":"lily-vanilli","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":31},{"n":"Atsuko's Kitchen","s":"atsukos-kitchen","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":34}],"near_same":[{"s":"kahaila-spitalfields","m":602},{"s":"allpress-redchurch","m":609},{"s":"ozone-coffee-roasters","m":701},{"s":"urban-baristas-whitechapel","m":749},{"s":"dark-arts-coffee-shoreditch","m":811},{"s":"origin-shoreditch","m":852}]},{"slug":"hermanos-portobello-road","name":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters","area":"Notting Hill","address":"127 Portobello Road, W11 2DY","station":"Ladbroke Grove","walk":10,"lat":51.513939,"lng":-0.203819,"hours":[[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 07:00-19:00; Su 08:00-19:00","website":"https://hermanoscoffeeroasters.com/pages/portobello-road","instagram":"hermanoscolombiancoffee","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"The branch that was named London's independent coffee shop of the year.","note":"Hermanos took Independent Coffee Shop of the Year at the 2025 London Coffee Festival awards for this room, and Multiple Operator on the same night. Colombian single origins bought direct and named after the growers \u2014 Do\u00f1a Delfina, Don Daniel \u2014 with notes closer to rose water and passionfruit than chocolate. Seven in the morning, seven days.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-01","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters, 127 Portobello Road, W11 2DY, London","in_area":{"slug":"notting-hill-holland-park","name":"Notting Hill & Holland Park"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Portobello Road","s":"portobello-road","c":"shopping","cn":"Shopping","m":78},{"n":"Trailer Happiness","s":"trailer-happiness","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":130},{"n":"Opera Holland Park sings in Notting Hill","s":"opera-holland-park-sings-in-notting-hill","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":157}],"near_same":[{"s":"guillam-notting-hill","m":818},{"s":"guillam-bayswater","m":899},{"s":"guillam-the-whiteley","m":1102},{"s":"the-cafe-at-clifton-nurseries","m":1641},{"s":"fcb-coffee-paddington","m":1861},{"s":"guillam-gloucester-road","m":2161}]},{"slug":"iris-june","name":"Iris & June","area":"Victoria","address":"1 Howick Place, SW1P 1WG","station":"St. James's Park","walk":5,"lat":51.496777,"lng":-0.136024,"hours":[[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[8.5,16],null],"hours_raw":null,"website":"http://www.irisandjune.com/","instagram":"irisandjune","attrs":["stepfree"],"osm":"node/3224182244","verdict":"A New Zealand caf\u00e9 in Victoria, which the area badly needed.","note":"Ozone beans, V60 as well as espresso, and a counter of stuffed milk bread sandwiches, banana bread toasted with butter, and cakes including gluten-free. A lofty white room off Victoria Street that works as well for a meeting as for a flat white.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Iris & June, 1 Howick Place, SW1P 1WG, London","in_area":{"slug":"westminster","name":"Westminster"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Luminiscence","s":"luminiscence","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":257},{"n":"Westminster Cathedral","s":"westminster-cathedral","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":264},{"n":"55 Broadway","s":"55-broadway","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":333}],"near_same":[{"s":"formative-coffee","m":127},{"s":"nostos","m":271},{"s":"coffee-geek-and-friends","m":389},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters","m":519},{"s":"guillam-st-jamess","m":1137},{"s":"redemption-roasters-st-james-s","m":1301}]},{"slug":"kaffeine","name":"Kaffeine","area":"Fitzrovia","address":"66 Great Titchfield Street, W1W 7QJ","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":6,"lat":51.518452,"lng":-0.140344,"hours":[[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[8.5,17.0],[9.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:00; Sa 08:30-17:00; Su 09:00-17:00","website":"https://kaffeine.co.uk/","instagram":"kaffeinelondon","attrs":[],"osm":"node/13664659101","verdict":"Fitzrovia's Antipodean bar, holding the same standard since 2009.","note":"Square Mile on espresso, loose-leaf tea, and a kitchen that rewrites its menu weekly \u2014 Wildfarmed sourdough toast with cultured butter, quiches, pastries, plated brunch rather than a shelf of wrapped things. Small and bright, two minutes from Oxford Circus, and open seven days a week, which almost none of its equals manage.","hours_source":"osm","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/kaffeine/"}],"maps_q":"Kaffeine, 66 Great Titchfield Street, W1W 7QJ, London","in_area":{"slug":"fitzrovia","name":"Fitzrovia"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"XO Chocolate","s":"xo-chocolate","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":26},{"n":"The Social","s":"the-social","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":130},{"n":"Fitzrovia Chapel","s":"fitzrovia-chapel","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":154}],"near_same":[{"s":"attendant-foley","m":88},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo-east-marylebone","m":199},{"s":"oma-coffee-roaster","m":231},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo","m":236},{"s":"kaffeine-east-marylebone","m":281},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","m":548}]},{"slug":"kaffeine-east-marylebone","name":"Kaffeine","area":"East Marylebone","address":"15 Eastcastle Street, W1T 3AY","station":"Tottenham Court Road","walk":6,"lat":51.516879,"lng":-0.137156,"hours":[[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[8.5,17.0],[9.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:00; Sa 08:30-17:00; Su 09:00-17:00","website":"https://kaffeine.co.uk/","instagram":"kaffeinelondon","attrs":["outdoor","stepfree"],"osm":"node/3822812080","verdict":"The Eastcastle Street Kaffeine, step-free with tables on the pavement.","note":"Square Mile on espresso, loose-leaf tea and a kitchen that rewrites its menu weekly, held to the same standard Kaffeine has kept since 2009. This room is step-free, has tables outside, and opens seven days a week, which almost none of its equals manage.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Kaffeine, 15 Eastcastle Street, W1T 3AY, London","in_area":{"slug":"fitzrovia","name":"Fitzrovia"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"The Punch Room","s":"the-punch-room","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":76},{"n":"Cartoon Museum","s":"cartoon-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":125},{"n":"Crosstown Fitzrovia","s":"crosstown-fitzrovia","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":143}],"near_same":[{"s":"oma-coffee-roaster","m":126},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo-east-marylebone","m":191},{"s":"kaffeine","m":281},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo","m":312},{"s":"attendant-foley","m":357},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","m":387}]},{"slug":"kahaila","name":"Kahaila","area":"Hackney Wick","address":"95a Eastway, E9 5JA","station":"Hackney Wick","walk":8,"lat":51.545544,"lng":-0.030899,"hours":[[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"09:00-16:00","website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"way/1414836996","verdict":"The Hackney Wick arm of a caf\u00e9 whose profits fund its charity.","note":"Kahaila is a registered charity: the coffee and cake pay for community work, including training for women leaving trafficking and a baking scheme for homeless Londoners. Cake is the thing to order \u2014 the carrot cake and the banana blondie especially.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Kahaila, 95a Eastway, E9 5JA, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Beer Merchants Tap","s":"beer-merchants-tap","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":476},{"n":"The Yard Theatre","s":"the-yard-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":615},{"n":"Howling Hops Tank Bar","s":"howling-hops-tank-bar","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":616}],"near_same":[{"s":"dark-arts-coffee","m":1049},{"s":"caravan","m":1600},{"s":"climpson-broadway","m":2287},{"s":"arabica-broadway-market","m":2375},{"s":"ozone-coffee-roasters","m":2542},{"s":"allpress-london-roastery-and-cafe","m":2744}]},{"slug":"kahaila-spitalfields","name":"Kahaila","area":"Spitalfields","address":"135 Brick Lane, E1 6SB","station":"Shoreditch High Street","walk":3,"lat":51.523824,"lng":-0.071624,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["stepfree"],"osm":"way/271645800","verdict":"A Brick Lane caf\u00e9 whose profits go to the charity that runs it.","note":"Kahaila is a registered charity, and the coffee and cake fund its work \u2014 including training for women leaving trafficking and a baking scheme for homeless Londoners. The carrot cake and the banana blondie are what people come back for. Free wifi, and calmer than the street outside.","maps_q":"Kahaila, 135 Brick Lane, E1 6SB, London","in_area":{"slug":"spitalfields-brick-lane","name":"Spitalfields & Brick Lane"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Dark Sugars Chocolates","s":"dark-sugars-chocolates","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":14},{"n":"Brick Lane Market","s":"brick-lane-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":50},{"n":"Crosstown","s":"crosstown","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":70}],"near_same":[{"s":"allpress-redchurch","m":193},{"s":"dark-arts-coffee-shoreditch","m":428},{"s":"doppio","m":440},{"s":"climpson-sons-coffee-bar","m":506},{"s":"attendant","m":579},{"s":"urban-baristas-whitechapel","m":595}]},{"slug":"kiss-the-hippo","name":"Kiss the Hippo","area":"East Marylebone","address":"51 Margaret Street, W1W 8SG","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":2,"lat":51.516483,"lng":-0.14162,"hours":[[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.5,17.0],[9.5,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa 08:30-17:00; Su 09:30-17:00","website":"https://kissthehippo.com/","instagram":"kissthehippo","attrs":["wifi"],"osm":"node/3637713284","verdict":"Margaret Street, two minutes from Oxford Circus and a world calmer.","note":"The trick of this one is proximity: you are barely off Regent Street and the noise simply stops. Small, so expect to stand at peak. The filter list is worth asking about rather than defaulting to milk.","hours_source":"osm","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Kiss the Hippo, 51 Margaret Street, W1W 8SG, London","in_area":{"slug":"marylebone","name":"Marylebone"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Fred Bakery","s":"fred-bakery-oxford-circus","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":7},{"n":"The Social","s":"the-social","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":108},{"n":"Artesian","s":"artesian","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":187}],"near_same":[{"s":"oma-coffee-roaster","m":187},{"s":"kaffeine","m":236},{"s":"attendant-foley","m":310},{"s":"kaffeine-east-marylebone","m":312},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","m":368},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo-east-marylebone","m":370}]},{"slug":"kiss-the-hippo-covent-garden","name":"Kiss the Hippo","area":"Covent Garden","address":"24 New Row, WC2N 4LA","station":"Leicester Square","walk":2,"lat":51.511125,"lng":-0.126511,"hours":[[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; Su 10:00-18:00","website":null,"instagram":"kissthehippo","attrs":["outdoor","wifi","stepfree"],"osm":"node/6029728185","verdict":"Carbon-negative coffee, three UK Barista Championships behind it.","note":"Kiss the Hippo roast organic and certified carbon negative on a Loring, pay growers at least half again above Fair Trade, and have won the UK Barista Championship three times. New Row is small; the coffee is the reason to stop.","hours_source":"osm","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Kiss the Hippo, 24 New Row, WC2N 4LA, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"WA Caf\u00e9","s":"wa-cafe","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":15},{"n":"Knoops Covent Garden","s":"knoops-covent-garden","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":15},{"n":"La Gelatiera","s":"la-gelatiera","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":18}],"near_same":[{"s":"arabica-covent-garden","m":183},{"s":"monmouth-coffee-company-seven-dials","m":360},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-soho","m":401},{"s":"algerian-coffee-stores","m":440},{"s":"fernandez-wells","m":499},{"s":"bija","m":519}]},{"slug":"kiss-the-hippo-east-marylebone","name":"Kiss The Hippo","area":"East Marylebone","address":"36 Berners Street, W1T 3LY","station":"Goodge Street","walk":5,"lat":51.518593,"lng":-0.137469,"hours":[[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[8.5,17.0],[9.5,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:30; Sa 08:30-17:00; Su 09:30-17:00","website":"https://kissthehippo.com/","instagram":"kissthehippo","attrs":["outdoor","stepfree"],"osm":"node/6109165288","verdict":"Berners Street, and one of the most carefully sourced cups in Fitzrovia.","note":"Every coffee organic and certified carbon negative, roasted on a Loring in London, with reforestation projects behind each bag. Three UK Barista Championship wins in the company's history, which shows in how the espresso is dialled.","hours_source":"osm","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Kiss The Hippo, 36 Berners Street, W1T 3LY, London","in_area":{"slug":"fitzrovia","name":"Fitzrovia"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Fitzrovia Chapel","s":"fitzrovia-chapel","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":69},{"n":"Charlotte Place","s":"charlotte-place","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":105},{"n":"Fabrique","s":"fabrique","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":107}],"near_same":[{"s":"kaffeine-east-marylebone","m":191},{"s":"kaffeine","m":199},{"s":"attendant-foley","m":234},{"s":"oma-coffee-roaster","m":246},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo","m":370},{"s":"store-street-espresso","m":526}]},{"slug":"monmouth-borough","name":"Monmouth Coffee","area":"Borough","address":"2 Park Street, SE1 9AB","station":"London Bridge","walk":3,"lat":51.505509,"lng":-0.09146,"hours":[[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 07:30-18:00","website":"https://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/","instagram":"monmouthcoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"way/82770825","verdict":"The bar that taught London what a single origin tastes like.","note":"It is busy, it is cramped, and the queue spills onto Park Street on a Saturday. Go anyway, and go early \u2014 the room before nine on a weekday is one of the quieter pleasures in the borough. Order at the counter, drink standing at the long shared table.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Monmouth Coffee, 2 Park Street, SE1 9AB, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Park Street","s":"park-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":21},{"n":"The Leaky Cauldron, Stoney Street","s":"the-leaky-cauldron-stoney-street","c":"harry-potter","cn":"Harry Potter","m":34},{"n":"The Rake","s":"the-rake","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":75}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-borough-market","m":129},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-flat-iron-square","m":308},{"s":"fcb-coffee","m":409},{"s":"old-spike-southwark","m":716},{"s":"rosslyn-cannon-street","m":717},{"s":"the-wren-coffee","m":825}]},{"slug":"monmouth-coffee-company","name":"Monmouth Coffee Company","area":"Bermondsey","address":"3 Discovery Estate, St James Road, SE16 4RA","station":"Bermondsey","walk":5,"lat":51.495803,"lng":-0.067331,"hours":[null,null,null,null,[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],null],"hours_raw":"Fr-Sa 09:00-16:00","website":"https://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/shops/","instagram":"monmouthcoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"node/11684923470","verdict":"The Bermondsey works, where the roasting actually happens.","note":"This is the industrial end of Monmouth rather than the shopfront \u2014 a yard off St James's Road, open nine to four, and quieter than Borough by an order of magnitude. Go to see the roasting itself, and to buy beans at the source.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Monmouth Coffee Company, 3 Discovery Estate, St James Road, SE16 4RA, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"The Kernel Taproom","s":"the-kernel-taproom","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":74},{"n":"Spa Terminus","s":"spa-terminus","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":86},{"n":"Little Bread Pedlar","s":"little-bread-pedlar-bermondsey","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":110}],"near_same":[{"s":"watchhouse-bermondsey","m":993},{"s":"watchhouse","m":1001},{"s":"fuckoffee","m":1036},{"s":"mouse-tail-coffee-stories-canada-water","m":1357},{"s":"fcb-coffee","m":1658},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-borough-market","m":1887}]},{"slug":"monmouth-coffee-company-seven-dials","name":"Monmouth Coffee Company","area":"Seven Dials","address":"27 Monmouth Street, WC2H 9EU","station":"Covent Garden","walk":4,"lat":51.514366,"lng":-0.1268,"hours":[[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 08:00-18:30","website":"https://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/","instagram":"monmouthcoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"node/12920922057","verdict":"Where Monmouth started in 1978, and nobody has redesigned it since.","note":"Narrow, worn and entirely unrenovated: wooden benches, a queue along the wall and beans in sacks behind the counter, in the shop Monmouth has occupied since 1978. Open till half six. Buy beans as well as a cup.","hours_source":"osm","figure":{"src":"/img/monmouth-coffee-company-seven-dials.jpg?v=b7a624c5","thumb":"/img/monmouth-coffee-company-seven-dials-480.jpg?v=c14b330f","width":768,"height":1024,"alt":"Monmouth Street, Covent Garden","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Edward Hands, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monmouth_Coffee_Company,_Monmouth_Street,_Covent_Garden_03.jpg","thumb_width":360},"maps_q":"Monmouth Coffee Company, 27 Monmouth Street, WC2H 9EU, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Seven Dials & Monmouth Street","s":"seven-dials-monmouth-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":11},{"n":"Neal's Yard","s":"neals-yard","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":27},{"n":"Neal's Yard Dairy","s":"neals-yard-dairy","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":41}],"near_same":[{"s":"fernandez-wells","m":188},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-soho","m":263},{"s":"arabica-covent-garden","m":352},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo-covent-garden","m":360},{"s":"algerian-coffee-stores","m":406},{"s":"store-street-espresso","m":728}]},{"slug":"moonstruck-cafe","name":"Moonstruck Cafe","area":"Stockwell","address":"153 South Lambeth Road, SW8 1XN","station":"Nine Elms","walk":8,"lat":51.478041,"lng":-0.123286,"hours":[[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 08:00-16:00","website":"https://moonstruck.cafe/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/11697659984","verdict":"Eighteenth best coffee shop in Europe, on the South Lambeth Road.","note":"Ranked 18th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops for 2026 \u2014 the highest-placed London room after Rosslyn. A spare, light space midway between Vauxhall and Stockwell, with benches out front and a house filter people sit over. Order the flight if you want to taste one bean as pourover, espresso and piccolo side by side; the cardamom buns are the other reason to come.","hours_source":"osm","hours_checked":null,"types":["award"],"maps_q":"Moonstruck Cafe, 153 South Lambeth Road, SW8 1XN, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"SENSAS","s":"sensas","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":569},{"n":"Van Gogh House","s":"vincent-van-gogh","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":680},{"n":"Bonnington Square","s":"bonnington-square","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":731}],"near_same":[{"s":"arabica-battersea-power-station","m":1558},{"s":"door-coffee-bar","m":1631},{"s":"volcano-coffee-works","m":1634},{"s":"nostos-coffee","m":1649},{"s":"federation-coffee","m":1908},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-browning-estate","m":2116}]},{"slug":"mouse-tail-coffee-stories","name":"Mouse Tail Coffee Stories","area":"Albury Court","address":"Deptford High Street, SE8 4NS","station":"Deptford","walk":1,"lat":51.478825,"lng":-0.026483,"hours":[[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[9.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-16:00; Sa-Su 09:00-17:00","website":"https://www.mousetailcoffee.com/","instagram":"mousetailcoffee","attrs":["outdoor","wifi","stepfree"],"osm":"node/5843824188","verdict":"A Deptford railway arch, open at seven, seven days.","note":"Tables out on the pavement and a step-free room behind them \u2014 a combination this stretch of Deptford High Street had been short of. Deptford has changed fast and not always well; this is one of the additions that earned its place.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Mouse Tail Coffee Stories, Deptford High Street, SE8 4NS, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Toad Bakery","s":"toad-bakery-albury-court","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":85},{"n":"Villages Brewery Taproom","s":"villages-brewery-taproom","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":143},{"n":"Deptford Literature Festival","s":"deptford-literature-festival","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":176}],"near_same":[{"s":"mouse-tail-coffee-stories-canada-water","m":2585},{"s":"old-spike-peckham","m":3021},{"s":"ukkei-brew-bar","m":3148},{"s":"monmouth-coffee-company","m":3400},{"s":"two-spoons","m":3475},{"s":"dudleys-east-dulwich","m":3745}]},{"slug":"mouse-tail-coffee-stories-canada-water","name":"Mouse Tail Coffee Stories","area":"Canada Water","address":"13 Maritime Street, SE16 7FU","station":"Canada Water","walk":2,"lat":51.497831,"lng":-0.047995,"hours":[[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-We 07:30-17:00; Th,Fr 07:30-18:00; Sa,Su 08:00-18:00","website":null,"instagram":"mousetailcoffee","attrs":["outdoor","wifi","stepfree"],"osm":"node/7049906551","verdict":"Maritime Street, and one of the few reasons to stop in Canada Water.","note":"The same early hours as the Deptford arch, with outside tables, wifi and step-free access \u2014 which around here matters, since the alternative is the shopping centre. Open seven days.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Mouse Tail Coffee Stories, 13 Maritime Street, SE16 7FU, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Renforth Pump House","s":"renforth-pump-house","c":"science","cn":"Science & Engineering","m":267},{"n":"Brunel Museum","s":"brunel-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":541},{"n":"Southwark Park","s":"southwark-park","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":571}],"near_same":[{"s":"monmouth-coffee-company","m":1357},{"s":"watchhouse","m":1940},{"s":"watchhouse-bermondsey","m":2301},{"s":"fuckoffee","m":2303},{"s":"mouse-tail-coffee-stories","m":2585},{"s":"fcb-coffee","m":2735}]},{"slug":"nostos","name":"Nostos","area":"Westminster","address":"Orchard Place, Millbank, SW1H 0BF","station":"St. James's Park","walk":2,"lat":51.498524,"lng":-0.133279,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/12959439348","verdict":"Greek for homecoming, and a rare good cup by St James's Park.","note":"Espresso rotates through roasters \u2014 Kiss the Hippo, Ue and others \u2014 with filter poured by hand beside it. The flat white is made on freeze-distilled milk, which is milk with some of its water frozen out: thicker and sweeter, and it changes the drink more than it sounds. A small, quick room in an area where the alternative is a chain.","maps_q":"Nostos, Orchard Place, Millbank, SW1H 0BF, London","in_area":{"slug":"westminster","name":"Westminster"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"55 Broadway","s":"55-broadway","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":101},{"n":"54 Broadway","s":"54-broadway","c":"secrets","cn":"Secrets & Espionage","m":129},{"n":"Guards Museum","s":"guards-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":259}],"near_same":[{"s":"formative-coffee","m":170},{"s":"iris-june","m":271},{"s":"coffee-geek-and-friends","m":572},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters","m":749},{"s":"guillam-st-jamess","m":1001},{"s":"redemption-roasters-st-james-s","m":1133}]},{"slug":"nostos-coffee","name":"Nostos Coffee","area":"Nine Elms","address":"10a Battersea Park Rd, SW8 4FF","station":"Battersea Park","walk":1,"lat":51.476999,"lng":-0.147039,"hours":[[7.0,16.5],[7.0,16.5],[7.0,16.5],[7.0,16.5],[7.0,16.5],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-16:30; Sa-Su 08:00-17:00","website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["wifi"],"osm":"node/11119491490","verdict":"A trapezium of a room by Battersea Park, and a flat white on freeze-distilled milk.","note":"The name means homecoming and the L-shaped counter and communal table are built for it. Espresso rotates through roasters \u2014 Kiss the Hippo, Ue and others \u2014 with hand-poured filter beside it and a flask of batch brew if you are in a hurry. Cakes from local bakers, a pocket garden at the back, and laptops tolerated.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Nostos Coffee, 10a Battersea Park Rd, SW8 4FF, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Single Form","s":"single-form","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":401},{"n":"Bounce","s":"bounce","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":515},{"n":"Arcade Battersea","s":"arcade-battersea","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":548}],"near_same":[{"s":"arabica-battersea-power-station","m":575},{"s":"moonstruck-cafe","m":1649},{"s":"doppio-coffee-battersea","m":1759},{"s":"brickwood-clapham","m":1859},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters","m":2230},{"s":"coffee-geek-and-friends","m":2428}]},{"slug":"notes","name":"Notes","area":"Somers Town","address":"1 Pancras Square, N1C 4AG","station":"London St. Pancras International","walk":2,"lat":51.53311,"lng":-0.125119,"hours":[[7.5,21.0],[7.5,21.0],[7.5,22.0],[7.5,22.0],[7.5,22.0],[9.0,22.0],[9.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-We 07:30-21:00; We-Fr 07:30-22:00; Sa 09:00-22:00; Su 09:00-18:00","website":"http://notes-uk.co.uk/","instagram":"notescoffee","attrs":["outdoor","wifi","stepfree"],"osm":"node/3811097649","verdict":"The Pancras Square room, which turns into a wine bar after dark.","note":"Single origins roasted at Notes' own east London roastery, an all-day brunch menu, then craft beer, well-chosen wine and cocktails once the office crowd leaves. One of the more useful rooms around King's Cross for that reason.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Notes, 1 Pancras Square, N1C 4AG, London","in_area":{"slug":"kings-cross-st-pancras","name":"King's Cross & St Pancras"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Lafayette","s":"lafayette","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":129},{"n":"Platform 9\u00be, King's Cross","s":"platform-934-kings-cross","c":"harry-potter","cn":"Harry Potter","m":132},{"n":"St Pancras train shed","s":"st-pancras-train-shed","c":"science","cn":"Science & Engineering","m":162}],"near_same":[{"s":"origin-euston-road","m":449},{"s":"half-cup-kings-cross","m":587},{"s":"store-street-espresso-st-pancras","m":828},{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":1143},{"s":"redemption-lambs-conduit","m":1265},{"s":"store-street-espresso","m":1450}]},{"slug":"notes-canary-wharf","name":"Notes","area":"Canary Wharf","address":"1 Crossrail Place, E14 5AR","station":"Canary Wharf","walk":1,"lat":51.506125,"lng":-0.018713,"hours":[[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,21.0],[8.0,21.0],[8.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0],[10.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Tu 08:00-16:00; We-Fr 08:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 10:00-18:00","website":"https://notescoffee.com/","instagram":"notescoffee","attrs":["outdoor","wifi","stepfree"],"osm":"node/6019685656","verdict":"Open until nine in Crossrail Place, which nothing else here manages.","note":"Canary Wharf shuts down hard after the offices empty, and Notes staying open into the evening under the roof garden is genuinely useful. Step-free, outside seating, and the same beans as the Covent Garden rooms.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Notes, 1 Crossrail Place, E14 5AR, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"ARC","s":"arc","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":78},{"n":"Market Halls Cargo","s":"market-halls-canary-wharf","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":81},{"n":"Badiani Canary Wharf","s":"badiani-canary-wharf","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":179}],"near_same":[{"s":"old-spike-canary-wharf","m":375},{"s":"perky-blenders-x-goodvibes","m":2409},{"s":"urban-baristas","m":2572},{"s":"caravan","m":3535},{"s":"urban-baristas-whitechapel","m":3640},{"s":"mouse-tail-coffee-stories","m":3781}]},{"slug":"notes-mayfair","name":"Notes","area":"Mayfair","address":"391 Oxford Street, W1C 2JS","station":"Bond Street","walk":1,"lat":51.514036,"lng":-0.149337,"hours":[[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-19:00; Sa-Su 10:00-18:00","website":"http://notes-uk.co.uk/","instagram":"notescoffee","attrs":["wifi"],"osm":"node/5111050924","verdict":"Coffee by day, wine by night, on the wrong end of Oxford Street.","note":"Notes roast small batches at their east London roastery, and this pours it to Oxford Street foot traffic from early. Brunch runs all day \u2014 avocado on sourdough, chia pots, filled croissants \u2014 and in the evening the lights drop and it becomes a wine bar.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Notes, 391 Oxford Street, W1C 2JS, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Grays Antiques","s":"grays-antiques","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":79},{"n":"Marylebone Lane","s":"marylebone-lane","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":124},{"n":"John Adams","s":"john-adams","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":179}],"near_same":[{"s":"attendant-mayfair","m":120},{"s":"workshop-coffee-co","m":137},{"s":"watchhouse-hanover","m":297},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo","m":599},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","m":716},{"s":"hagen-marylebone","m":748}]},{"slug":"old-spike","name":"Old Spike","area":"Temple","address":"5 Great New Street, EC4A 3BN","station":"Chancery Lane","walk":5,"lat":51.516036,"lng":-0.108396,"hours":[[10.75,17.0],[10.75,17.0],[10.75,17.0],[10.75,17.0],[10.75,17.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 10:45-17:00","website":null,"instagram":"oldspikeroast","attrs":[],"osm":"node/4683826098","verdict":"Great New Street, and a late starter by City standards.","note":"Opening at a quarter to eleven on weekdays only makes this the most relaxed entry in EC4 by some way. Tucked off Fetter Lane, five minutes from Chancery Lane, and serving the Peckham roast.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Old Spike, 5 Great New Street, EC4A 3BN, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Statue of John Wilkes","s":"statue-of-john-wilkes","c":"politics","cn":"Power & Politics","m":61},{"n":"Gough Square","s":"gough-square","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":122},{"n":"Dr Johnson's House","s":"dr-johnsons-house","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":126}],"near_same":[{"s":"rosslyn-ludgate-circus","m":318},{"s":"ozone-coffee","m":424},{"s":"prufrock","m":442},{"s":"alchemy","m":497},{"s":"the-wren-coffee","m":903},{"s":"fcb-coffee-bankside","m":930}]},{"slug":"old-spike-canary-wharf","name":"Old Spike","area":"Canary Wharf","address":"25 Cabot Square, E14 4QA","station":"Canary Wharf","walk":3,"lat":51.504928,"lng":-0.023782,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":"oldspikeroast","attrs":[],"osm":"node/8004435293","verdict":"The social-mission roastery, on Cabot Square of all places.","note":"Old Spike train and employ people coming out of homelessness, and putting a branch in the middle of Canary Wharf is either irony or strategy. Either way the coffee is the Peckham roast and it is very good.","maps_q":"Old Spike, 25 Cabot Square, E14 4QA, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Draped Seated Woman","s":"draped-seated-woman","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":65},{"n":"Badiani Cabot Square","s":"badiani-cabot-square","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":148},{"n":"Market Halls Cargo","s":"market-halls-canary-wharf","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":293}],"near_same":[{"s":"notes-canary-wharf","m":375},{"s":"urban-baristas","m":2216},{"s":"perky-blenders-x-goodvibes","m":2763},{"s":"urban-baristas-whitechapel","m":3429},{"s":"doppio","m":3592},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs","m":3612}]},{"slug":"old-spike-elephant-and-castle","name":"Old Spike","area":"Elephant and Castle","address":"251 Southwark Bridge Road, Elephant and Castle, SE1 6FN","station":"Elephant & Castle","walk":4,"lat":51.496879,"lng":-0.099819,"hours":[[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[8.5,15],[8.5,15]],"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://oldspikeroastery.com/","instagram":"oldspikeroast","attrs":[],"osm":"node/11028458953","verdict":"Coffee roasted by a company built to get people off the street.","note":"Old Spike started in Peckham in 2015 to train and employ people out of homelessness; they have put more than 350 through the barista programme and put 65% of profits back into the work. Seasonal green coffee bought direct, and a tree planted with every bag sold.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Old Spike, 251 Southwark Bridge Road, Elephant and Castle, SE1 6FN, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Ministry of Sound","s":"ministry-of-sound","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":101},{"n":"Southwark Playhouse Borough","s":"southwark-playhouse-borough","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":126},{"n":"Mercato Metropolitano","s":"mercato-metropolitano","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":199}],"near_same":[{"s":"old-spike-southwark","m":735},{"s":"origin-scoresby","m":859},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-flat-iron-square","m":871},{"s":"calico-coffee","m":977},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-browning-estate","m":1030},{"s":"scootercaffe","m":1045}]},{"slug":"old-spike-peckham","name":"Old Spike Roastery","area":"Peckham","address":"54 Peckham Rye, SE15","station":"Peckham Rye","walk":5,"lat":51.4715,"lng":-0.0685,"hours":[[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[7.5,17],[8.5,17],[8.5,17]],"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"Roasts on site, trains people who need the work, makes a serious cup.","note":"The social mission would be reason enough to send you; the coffee means you would go regardless. Small front room, roaster visible at the back, park across the road for when you want to take it outside.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Old Spike Roastery, 54 Peckham Rye, SE15, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Peckham Levels","s":"peckham-levels","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":124},{"n":"Frank's Cafe","s":"franks-cafe","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":137},{"n":"Forza Wine","s":"forza-wine","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":189}],"near_same":[{"s":"ukkei-brew-bar","m":130},{"s":"dudleys-east-dulwich","m":820},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-browning-estate","m":2678},{"s":"monmouth-coffee-company","m":2703},{"s":"two-spoons","m":2948},{"s":"mouse-tail-coffee-stories","m":3021}]},{"slug":"old-spike-southwark","name":"Old Spike","area":"Southwark","address":"Harling House, 47-51 Great Suffolk Street, SE1 0BS","station":"Southwark","walk":3,"lat":51.50343,"lng":-0.101254,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_checked":null,"website":"https://oldspikeroastery.com/","instagram":"oldspikeroast","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"The roaster that trains people out of homelessness, newly on Great Suffolk Street.","note":"Old Spike roasts coffee to train and employ people coming out of homelessness, and has since 2015: seasonal green coffee bought direct, roasted at their own roastery in Loughborough Junction, and most of the profit put back into the programme. The Great Suffolk Street counter is the newest of their sites and not yet on their own locations page, so hours are not published.","maps_q":"Old Spike, Harling House, 47-51 Great Suffolk Street, SE1 0BS, London","in_area":{"slug":"southwark","name":"Southwark & Bankside"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Bala Baya","s":"bala-baya","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":44},{"n":"The Table Cafe","s":"the-table-cafe","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":249},{"n":"Kirkaldy Testing Museum","s":"kirkaldy-testing-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":282}],"near_same":[{"s":"origin-scoresby","m":186},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-flat-iron-square","m":414},{"s":"fcb-coffee-bankside","m":568},{"s":"monmouth-borough","m":716},{"s":"old-spike-elephant-and-castle","m":735},{"s":"calico-coffee","m":786}]},{"slug":"oma-coffee-roaster","name":"Oma Coffee Roaster","area":"East Marylebone","address":"34-35 Eastcastle Street, W1W 8DW","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":4,"lat":51.516569,"lng":-0.13892,"hours":[[8.5,18.0],[8.5,18.0],[8.5,18.0],[8.5,18.0],[8.5,18.0],[8.5,18.0],[8.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 08:30-18:00","website":"https://omacoffeeroaster.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"A Hong Kong roaster's first London room, and 94th in Europe.","note":"Oma opened in Hong Kong in 2020 and crossed to London in 2025, landing on Eastcastle Street behind Oxford Street. They buy seasonally and widely, from competition lots down to everyday coffee, and the list changes with what they have. In Europe's 100 Best for 2026 within a year of opening.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","types":["award"],"hours_url":"https://omacoffeeroaster.com/pages/contact","maps_q":"Oma Coffee Roaster, 34-35 Eastcastle Street, W1W 8DW, London","in_area":{"slug":"fitzrovia","name":"Fitzrovia"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Cartoon Museum","s":"cartoon-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":114},{"n":"The Social","s":"the-social","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":155},{"n":"Fred Bakery","s":"fred-bakery-oxford-circus","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":180}],"near_same":[{"s":"kaffeine-east-marylebone","m":126},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo","m":187},{"s":"kaffeine","m":231},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo-east-marylebone","m":246},{"s":"attendant-foley","m":319},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","m":330}]},{"slug":"origin-euston-road","name":"Origin Coffee","area":"King's Cross","address":"65 Euston Road, NW1 2DB","station":"King's Cross St Pancras","walk":4,"lat":51.529177,"lng":-0.126613,"hours":[[8,16.5],[8,16.5],[8,16.5],[8,16.5],[8,16.5],[8,16.5],[10,16]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 08:00-16:30; Su 10:00-16:00","website":"https://www.origincoffee.co.uk","instagram":"origincoffeeroasters","attrs":["outdoor","stepfree"],"osm":"node/4929337118","verdict":"Cornwall's best-known roaster, on the Euston Road.","note":"Origin have roasted in Porthleven for over twenty years, pay growers well above production cost, and have taken Europe's best speciality roaster award. Espresso blends and single origins that change with the season, in a room built for a street that never stops.","hours_source":"osm","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Origin Coffee, 65 Euston Road, NW1 2DB, London","in_area":{"slug":"kings-cross-st-pancras","name":"King's Cross & St Pancras"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Newton after Blake","s":"newton-after-blake","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":68},{"n":"St Pancras","s":"st-pancras","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":108},{"n":"St Pancras Renaissance Hotel","s":"st-pancras-renaissance-hotel","c":"harry-potter","cn":"Harry Potter","m":109}],"near_same":[{"s":"half-cup-kings-cross","m":194},{"s":"store-street-espresso-st-pancras","m":406},{"s":"notes","m":449},{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":724},{"s":"redemption-lambs-conduit","m":930},{"s":"store-street-espresso","m":1001}]},{"slug":"origin-scoresby","name":"Origin Coffee","area":"Southwark","address":"84 Scoresby Street, SE1 0XN","station":"Southwark","walk":2,"lat":51.504235,"lng":-0.10361,"hours":[[8,16.5],[8,16.5],[8,16.5],[8,16.5],[8,16.5],[9,17],[9,17]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-16:30; Sa,Su 09:00-17:00","website":"https://www.origincoffee.co.uk/pages/origin-coffee-scoresby-street","instagram":"origincoffeeroasters","attrs":["outdoor","wifi"],"osm":"node/10237785509","verdict":"A Network Rail arch behind Blackfriars, and the fourth Origin in London.","note":"Origin roast in Cornwall and run this out of a railway arch \u2014 breakfast, lunch and all-day brunch alongside the espresso blends and rotating single origins. B Corp accredited, and serious about what the farmers get paid. Origin have taken Europe's best speciality coffee roaster award.","hours_source":"osm","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Origin Coffee, 84 Scoresby Street, SE1 0XN, London","in_area":{"slug":"southwark","name":"Southwark & Bankside"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Bala Baya","s":"bala-baya","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":171},{"n":"Seabird","s":"seabird","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":195},{"n":"Kirkaldy Testing Museum","s":"kirkaldy-testing-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":239}],"near_same":[{"s":"old-spike-southwark","m":186},{"s":"fcb-coffee-bankside","m":470},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-flat-iron-square","m":568},{"s":"calico-coffee","m":672},{"s":"scootercaffe","m":829},{"s":"monmouth-borough","m":852}]},{"slug":"origin-shoreditch","name":"Origin Coffee","area":"Shoreditch","address":"65 Charlotte Road, EC2A 3PE","station":"Old Street","walk":7,"lat":51.526348,"lng":-0.08115,"hours":[[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa-Su 08:00-16:00","website":"https://origincoffee.co.uk","instagram":"origincoffeeroasters","attrs":["wifi"],"osm":"node/13687915701","verdict":"Cornish roaster, London room, exacting about both.","note":"Tucked off Great Eastern Street on a street that still feels slightly residential. White tile, low noise, a filter list that changes often enough to be worth asking about. Origin have taken Europe's best speciality coffee roaster award.","hours_source":"osm","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Origin Coffee, 65 Charlotte Road, EC2A 3PE, London","in_area":{"slug":"shoreditch-old-street","name":"Shoreditch & Old Street"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Float Hub","s":"float-hub","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":43},{"n":"Rivington Place","s":"rivington-place","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":121},{"n":"bookartbookshop","s":"bookartbookshop","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":190}],"near_same":[{"s":"dark-arts-coffee-shoreditch","m":360},{"s":"alchemy-coffee","m":361},{"s":"ozone-leonard","m":427},{"s":"allpress-redchurch","m":523},{"s":"attendant","m":585},{"s":"kahaila-spitalfields","m":716}]},{"slug":"ozone-coffee","name":"Ozone Coffee","area":"Blackfriars","address":"56 Ludgate Hill, EC4M 7AW","station":"City Thameslink","walk":2,"lat":51.514262,"lng":-0.102968,"hours":[[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:00","website":"https://ozonecoffee.co.uk/","instagram":"ozonecoffeeuk","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"way/815099776","verdict":"Ozone on Ludgate Hill, built for the nine-to-five.","note":"The smallest and most transactional of the Ozone rooms, which is not a criticism when it sits this close to City Thameslink. Weekdays only, tables outside, and the same beans as the roastery in Bethnal Green.","hours_source":"osm","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/ozone-coffee/"}],"maps_q":"Ozone Coffee, 56 Ludgate Hill, EC4M 7AW, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Old Bailey","s":"old-bailey","c":"politics","cn":"Power & Politics","m":160},{"n":"Stationers' Hall","s":"stationers-hall","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":161},{"n":"St Bride Foundation","s":"st-bride-foundation","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":167}],"near_same":[{"s":"alchemy","m":98},{"s":"rosslyn-ludgate-circus","m":119},{"s":"old-spike","m":424},{"s":"the-wren-coffee","m":479},{"s":"rosslyn-cheapside","m":625},{"s":"rosslyn-city","m":685}]},{"slug":"ozone-coffee-roasters","name":"Ozone Coffee Roasters","area":"Bethnal Green","address":"8 Pritchard's Road, E2 9AP","station":"Cambridge Heath","walk":4,"lat":51.532589,"lng":-0.06119,"hours":[[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[8.5,17.0],[8.5,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-16:00; Sa-Su 08:30-17:00","website":"https://ozonecoffee.co.uk/","instagram":"ozonecoffeeuk","attrs":["outdoor","wifi"],"osm":"way/216592541","verdict":"The Bethnal Green roastery, and the calmer half of Ozone.","note":"Pritchard's Road has none of Leonard Street's crush and most of its ambition. Tables outside by the canal end, a room that stays workable past nine on a weekday, and the roaster on site to remind you what the operation is for.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Ozone Coffee Roasters, 8 Pritchard's Road, E2 9AP, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Yeast Bakery","s":"yeast-bakery","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":232},{"n":"Forno","s":"forno-bethnal-green","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":315},{"n":"The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History","s":"the-viktor-wynd-museum-of-curiosities-fine-art-natural-history","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":339}],"near_same":[{"s":"arabica-broadway-market","m":438},{"s":"climpson-broadway","m":542},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-shoreditch","m":701},{"s":"urban-baristas-whitechapel","m":988},{"s":"kahaila-spitalfields","m":1212},{"s":"allpress-redchurch","m":1280}]},{"slug":"ozone-leonard","name":"Ozone Coffee Roasters","area":"Shoreditch","address":"11 Leonard Street, EC2A 4AQ","station":"Old Street","walk":2,"lat":51.524704,"lng":-0.086738,"hours":[[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[8.5,17.0],[8.5,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:00; Sa-Su 08:30-17:00","website":"https://www.ozonecoffee.co.uk/","instagram":"ozonecoffeeuk","attrs":["wifi"],"osm":"way/630379321","verdict":"A New Zealand roastery on Leonard Street, and brunch worth queueing for.","note":"Ozone have roasted here since 2012 and the room is loud and busy in a way that feels closer to Melbourne than London. Sit at the counter and watch the kitchen: the scrambled eggs are what people come back for, with chilli eggs, banana bread and bubble and squeak behind them.","hours_source":"osm","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/ozone-leonard/"}],"maps_q":"Ozone Coffee Roasters, 11 Leonard Street, EC2A 4AQ, London","in_area":{"slug":"shoreditch-old-street","name":"Shoreditch & Old Street"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Lantana Shoreditch","s":"lantana-shoreditch","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":54},{"n":"XOYO","s":"xoyo","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":106},{"n":"Wesley's Chapel, Museum of Methodism and John Wesley's House","s":"wesleys-chapel-museum-of-methodism-and-john-wesleys-house","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":107}],"near_same":[{"s":"alchemy-coffee","m":212},{"s":"origin-shoreditch","m":427},{"s":"dark-arts-coffee-shoreditch","m":624},{"s":"redemption-roasters-broadgate","m":650},{"s":"attendant","m":661},{"s":"rosslyn","m":795}]},{"slug":"perky-blenders","name":"Perky Blenders","area":"Leytonstone","address":"Leytonstone Station ticket hall, E11 4QN","station":"Leytonstone","walk":2,"lat":51.56804,"lng":0.007915,"hours":[[6.0,16.0],[6.0,16.0],[6.0,16.0],[6.0,16.0],[6.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:00-16:00; Sa 07:00-16:00; Su 08:00-16:00","website":"https://perkyblenders.com/","instagram":"perkyblenders","attrs":[],"osm":"node/9794453717","verdict":"Six in the morning in Leytonstone, seven days a week.","note":"Perky Blenders roast in Walthamstow and have spread east along the Central line without losing the plot. Opening at six is a commuter play and it works. Two minutes from the station.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Perky Blenders, Leytonstone Station ticket hall, E11 4QN, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"FORNO","s":"forno","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":106},{"n":"Filly Brook","s":"filly-brook","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":340},{"n":"Gravity Well Taproom","s":"gravity-well-taproom","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":1097}],"near_same":[{"s":"caravan","m":3641},{"s":"kahaila","m":3668},{"s":"wood-st-coffee","m":4176},{"s":"dark-arts-coffee","m":4371},{"s":"perky-blenders-little-ilford","m":4401},{"s":"blighty-india-cafe","m":5827}]},{"slug":"perky-blenders-little-ilford","name":"Perky Blenders","area":"Little Ilford","address":"Cranbrook Road","station":"Ilford","walk":2,"lat":51.559757,"lng":0.070187,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://perkyblenders.com/","instagram":"perkyblenders","attrs":[],"osm":"node/10582631418","verdict":"Perky Blenders on Cranbrook Road, further out than most guides go.","note":"Ilford is not on anyone's coffee itinerary, which is exactly why this is worth listing. The same roast as Leytonstone and Walthamstow, two minutes from the station.","maps_q":"Perky Blenders, Cranbrook Road, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Valentines Mansion","s":"valentines-mansion","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":1400},{"n":"Barking Abbey and the Curfew Tower","s":"barking-abbey-and-the-curfew-tower","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":2670},{"n":"Eastbury Manor House","s":"eastbury-manor-house","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":3478}],"near_same":[{"s":"perky-blenders","m":4401},{"s":"caravan","m":6167},{"s":"perky-blenders-x-goodvibes","m":7040},{"s":"kahaila","m":7165},{"s":"dark-arts-coffee","m":8138},{"s":"wood-st-coffee","m":8340}]},{"slug":"perky-blenders-x-goodvibes","name":"Perky Blenders x Goodvibes","area":"Silvertown","address":"1 Dock Road, E16 1AH","station":"Royal Victoria","walk":6,"lat":51.506125,"lng":0.016097,"hours":[[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[10.0,16.0],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00; Sa 10:00-16:00","website":"https://perkyblenders.com/","instagram":"perkyblenders","attrs":[],"osm":"node/7856895414","verdict":"An east London roaster sharing a room in Silvertown.","note":"Perky Blenders roast in Walthamstow and this is a joint site with Goodvibes at Dock Road \u2014 an area with very little else. Espresso and batch.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Perky Blenders x Goodvibes, 1 Dock Road, E16 1AH, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"The London Book Fair","s":"the-london-book-fair","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":726},{"n":"FOLD","s":"fold","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":1668},{"n":"Balfron Tower","s":"balfron-tower","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":1912}],"near_same":[{"s":"notes-canary-wharf","m":2409},{"s":"old-spike-canary-wharf","m":2763},{"s":"caravan","m":3991},{"s":"mouse-tail-coffee-stories","m":4303},{"s":"urban-baristas","m":4979},{"s":"kahaila","m":5457}]},{"slug":"pophams","name":"Pophams","area":"Islington","address":"19 Popham Road, Islington, N1 8PF","station":"Essex Road","walk":7,"lat":51.536851,"lng":-0.096338,"hours":[[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[7.5,16],[8,16],[8.5,16]],"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/9083718817","verdict":"A bakery first, but the coffee is not an afterthought.","note":"Pophams built their name on laminated pastry and could easily have coasted on the espresso. They did not. Islington's branch is seven minutes from Essex Road and busy from opening.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Pophams, 19 Popham Road, Islington, N1 8PF, London","in_area":{"slug":"angel-islington","name":"Angel & Islington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"The Bill Murray","s":"the-bill-murray","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":184},{"n":"Homeboy","s":"homeboy","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":271},{"n":"Sourdough Sophia","s":"sourdough-sophia","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":304}],"near_same":[{"s":"trampoline","m":558},{"s":"batch-baby","m":1061},{"s":"toconoco","m":1265},{"s":"vagabond-n7","m":1444},{"s":"ozone-leonard","m":1505},{"s":"origin-shoreditch","m":1570}]},{"slug":"prufrock","name":"Prufrock Coffee","area":"Farringdon","address":"23-25 Leather Lane, EC1N 7TE","station":"Chancery Lane","walk":4,"lat":51.51995,"lng":-0.10952,"hours":[[7.5,16.5],[7.5,16.5],[7.5,16.5],[7.5,16.5],[7.5,16.5],[8.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-16:30; Sa 08:00-17:00; Su 09:00-17:00","website":"https://prufrockcoffee.com/cafe/","instagram":"prufrockcoffee","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/4185611903","verdict":"The training room that became a neighbourhood fixture.","note":"Leather Lane at lunchtime is chaos and Prufrock sits calmly in the middle of it. Wide bar, serious kit, staff who will happily talk you through what is on filter without making you feel tested on it.","hours_source":"osm","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/prufrock/"}],"maps_q":"Prufrock Coffee, 23-25 Leather Lane, EC1N 7TE, London","in_area":{"slug":"farringdon-clerkenwell","name":"Farringdon & Clerkenwell"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Leather Lane Market","s":"leather-lane-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":57},{"n":"Hatton Garden","s":"hatton-garden","c":"shopping","cn":"Shopping","m":86},{"n":"Konditor","s":"konditor-grays-inn-road","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":167}],"near_same":[{"s":"old-spike","m":442},{"s":"redemption-lambs-conduit","m":682},{"s":"rosslyn-ludgate-circus","m":707},{"s":"ozone-coffee","m":778},{"s":"alchemy","m":871},{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":1065}]},{"slug":"redemption-lambs-conduit","name":"Redemption Roasters","area":"Bloomsbury","address":"84 Lamb's Conduit Street, WC1","station":"Russell Square","walk":5,"lat":51.5225,"lng":-0.1185,"hours":[[7,17],[7,17],[7,17],[7,17],[7,17],[8,17],[8,17]],"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"Coffee roasted by a company that trains prisoners to make it.","note":"Redemption began roasting inside a young offenders' institution and now runs a barista academy for prison leavers; a quarter of their shop staff have come through it. Seasonal single origins, cakes and brunch, on one of London's better shopping streets.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Redemption Roasters, 84 Lamb's Conduit Street, WC1, London","in_area":{"slug":"bloomsbury","name":"Bloomsbury"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Noble Rot","s":"noble-rot","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":70},{"n":"Lamb's Conduit Street","s":"lambs-conduit-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":106},{"n":"Charles Dickens Museum","s":"charles-dickens-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":193}],"near_same":[{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":396},{"s":"store-street-espresso-st-pancras","m":571},{"s":"prufrock","m":682},{"s":"half-cup-kings-cross","m":736},{"s":"store-street-espresso","m":859},{"s":"origin-euston-road","m":930}]},{"slug":"redemption-roasters","name":"Redemption Roasters","area":"South End Green","address":"53 South End Road, NW3 2RR","station":"Hampstead Heath","walk":2,"lat":51.555451,"lng":-0.166738,"hours":[[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-18:00; Sa-Su 07:30-18:00","website":"https://www.redemptionroasters.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor","wifi"],"osm":"way/67555383","verdict":"South End Green, at the bottom of the Heath.","note":"The prison-training roaster in a proper neighbourhood setting rather than a City one, which suits it better. Seven till six, seven days, outside tables. Two minutes from Hampstead Heath station and the walk up afterwards.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Redemption Roasters, 53 South End Road, NW3 2RR, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Badiani Hampstead Heath","s":"badiani-hampstead-heath","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":7},{"n":"Keats House","s":"keats-house","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":101},{"n":"2 Willow Road","s":"2-willow-road","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":255}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-fields-beneath","m":1703},{"s":"caravan-lower-holloway","m":3182},{"s":"notes","m":3801},{"s":"coffee-circus","m":3895},{"s":"the-cafe-at-clifton-nurseries","m":3895},{"s":"hagen-marylebone","m":4011}]},{"slug":"redemption-roasters-broadgate","name":"Redemption Roasters","area":"Broadgate","address":"3 Broadgate, EC2M 2QS","station":"Liverpool Street","walk":3,"lat":51.51912,"lng":-0.083923,"hours":[[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00; Sa,Su off","website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor","stepfree"],"osm":"node/6458147951","verdict":"A Broadgate counter funding a barista academy for prison leavers.","note":"Redemption started as the world's first prison-based coffee roastery and still train inside, with employment afterwards across their London shops. The coffee stands on its own \u2014 seasonal single origins, well pulled \u2014 and it needs to, because the whole model depends on people coming back for it.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Redemption Roasters, 3 Broadgate, EC2M 2QS, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Rush Hour","s":"rush-hour","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":55},{"n":"Fulcrum","s":"fulcrum","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":94},{"n":"Broadgate Venus","s":"broadgate-venus","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":248}],"near_same":[{"s":"rosslyn-liverpool-street","m":206},{"s":"store-street-espresso-broadgate","m":324},{"s":"rosslyn","m":384},{"s":"attendant","m":420},{"s":"rosslyn-tower-42","m":435},{"s":"arabica-spitalfields","m":467}]},{"slug":"redemption-roasters-st-james-s","name":"Redemption Roasters","area":"St James's","address":"35 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6DT","station":"Piccadilly Circus","walk":4,"lat":51.508468,"lng":-0.136869,"hours":[[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[9.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-18:00; Sa,Su 09:00-18:00","website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/675866067","verdict":"Jermyn Street, which is a pointed address for this business.","note":"Shirtmakers on one side, a prison-training coffee roaster in the middle. Half seven to six, tables outside, four minutes from Piccadilly Circus. The contrast is the most interesting thing about it.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Redemption Roasters, 35 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6DT, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Paxton & Whitfield","s":"paxton-whitfield","c":"shopping","cn":"Shopping","m":21},{"n":"St James's Piccadilly","s":"st-jamess-piccadilly","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":26},{"n":"Crockett & Jones","s":"crockett-jones","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":27}],"near_same":[{"s":"guillam-st-jamess","m":220},{"s":"bija","m":264},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-st-james-s","m":281},{"s":"guillam-mayfair","m":562},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","m":588},{"s":"algerian-coffee-stores","m":590}]},{"slug":"rosslyn","name":"Rosslyn Coffee","area":"Moorgate","address":"118 London Wall, EC2Y 5JA","station":"Moorgate","walk":1,"lat":51.517687,"lng":-0.088974,"hours":[[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:30-17:00; Sa-Su off","website":"https://www.rosslyncoffee.com/","instagram":"rosslyncoffee","attrs":["outdoor","stepfree"],"osm":"node/9990988898","verdict":"Half six on London Wall, and sweetness rather than acidity.","note":"Two Australians out of Caravan started Rosslyn in 2018 and it roasts its own now. The range leans warm and nutty \u2014 hazelnut, milk chocolate, raisin \u2014 rather than the fruit-forward style most of its peers chase. High volume, quick, and pouring from half six for people who start early. Rosslyn placed 12th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops for 2026, the highest-ranked room in London.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Rosslyn Coffee, 118 London Wall, EC2Y 5JA, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Hidden London: Moorgate \u2014 Metropolitan maze","s":"hidden-london-moorgate-metropolitan-maze","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":63},{"n":"Uncorked","s":"uncorked","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":146},{"n":"British Red Cross Museum and Archives","s":"british-red-cross-museum-and-archives","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":175}],"near_same":[{"s":"redemption-roasters-broadgate","m":384},{"s":"rosslyn-liverpool-street","m":415},{"s":"rosslyn-tower-42","m":445},{"s":"rosslyn-bank","m":449},{"s":"rosslyn-cheapside","m":541},{"s":"rosslyn-city","m":646}]},{"slug":"rosslyn-bank","name":"Rosslyn Coffee","area":"Bank","address":"21 Royal Exchange, EC3V 3LP","station":"Bank","walk":3,"lat":51.513896,"lng":-0.086732,"hours":[[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:30-17:00; Sa-Su off","website":"https://www.rosslyncoffee.com/","instagram":"rosslyncoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"node/2642857235","verdict":"Under the Royal Exchange colonnade, and quicker than the address suggests.","note":"Rosslyn roast their own now and the range leans warm \u2014 hazelnut, milk chocolate, raisin \u2014 rather than the bright fruit most of their peers chase. Small, fast, and busy with people who have somewhere to be. Weekdays only, from half six. Rosslyn placed 12th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops for 2026, the highest-ranked room in London.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Rosslyn Coffee, 21 Royal Exchange, EC3V 3LP, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Fortnum & Mason Royal Exchange","s":"fortnum-mason-royal-exchange","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":28},{"n":"Royal Exchange","s":"royal-exchange","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":41},{"n":"Bank of England Museum","s":"bank-of-england-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":73}],"near_same":[{"s":"rosslyn-tower-42","m":242},{"s":"rosslyn-leadenhall-market","m":301},{"s":"rosslyn-cannon-street","m":327},{"s":"curators-coffee","m":355},{"s":"rosslyn","m":449},{"s":"rosslyn-liverpool-street","m":462}]},{"slug":"rosslyn-cannon-street","name":"Rosslyn Coffee","area":"Monument","address":"116 Cannon Street, EC4N 6AS","station":"Monument","walk":2,"lat":51.510984,"lng":-0.087454,"hours":[[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:30-17:00; Sa-Su off","website":"https://www.rosslyncoffee.com/","instagram":"rosslyncoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"node/4621862206","verdict":"The Cannon Street counter, for the coffee before the train rather than after.","note":"A warm, nutty house roast built for milk. Small and quick \u2014 a counter to stand at rather than a room to settle into. Rosslyn placed 12th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops for 2026, the highest-ranked room in London.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Rosslyn Coffee, 116 Cannon Street, EC4N 6AS, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Crosstown Cannon Street","s":"crosstown-cannon-street","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":127},{"n":"The Monument","s":"the-monument","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":140},{"n":"London Stone","s":"london-stone","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":152}],"near_same":[{"s":"rosslyn-leadenhall-market","m":315},{"s":"rosslyn-bank","m":327},{"s":"curators-coffee","m":363},{"s":"rosslyn-city","m":450},{"s":"rosslyn-tower-42","m":528},{"s":"rosslyn-fenchurch-street","m":550}]},{"slug":"rosslyn-cheapside","name":"Rosslyn Coffee","area":"Cheapside","address":"Unit 1A, 49 Cheapside, EC2V 6AT","station":"Mansion House","walk":4,"lat":51.51393,"lng":-0.09395,"hours":[[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[8.0,16.0],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:30-17:00; Sa 08:00-16:00; Su off","website":"https://www.rosslyncoffee.com/","instagram":"rosslyncoffee","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"Cheapside, in sight of St Paul's, and open at the weekend.","note":"The City's shopping street keeps some weekend footfall and this opens for it. A house roast of hazelnut and milk chocolate, built for milk. Rosslyn placed 12th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops for 2026, the highest-ranked room in London.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Rosslyn Coffee, Unit 1A, 49 Cheapside, EC2V 6AT, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"St Mary-le-Bow","s":"st-mary-le-bow","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":34},{"n":"One New Change Roof Terrace","s":"one-new-change-roof-terrace","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":76},{"n":"Bow Lane","s":"bow-lane","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":90}],"near_same":[{"s":"rosslyn-city","m":154},{"s":"the-wren-coffee","m":292},{"s":"rosslyn-bank","m":499},{"s":"rosslyn","m":541},{"s":"rosslyn-cannon-street","m":556},{"s":"alchemy","m":599}]},{"slug":"rosslyn-city","name":"Rosslyn Coffee","area":"St Paul's","address":"78 Queen Victoria Street, EC4N 4SJ","station":"Mansion House","walk":2,"lat":51.512579,"lng":-0.093437,"hours":[[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[8.0,16.0],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:30-17:00; Sa 08:00-16:00; Su off","website":"https://www.rosslyncoffee.com/","instagram":"rosslyncoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"way/155419720","verdict":"Queen Victoria Street, and the one Rosslyn that opens on a Saturday morning.","note":"The espresso is their own roast, built for milk and sweetness rather than acidity \u2014 hazelnut and milk chocolate through the range. High volume and briskly run. Rosslyn placed 12th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops for 2026, the highest-ranked room in London.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Rosslyn Coffee, 78 Queen Victoria Street, EC4N 4SJ, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Bow Lane","s":"bow-lane","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":66},{"n":"Merchant House","s":"merchant-house","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":92},{"n":"St Mary-le-Bow","s":"st-mary-le-bow","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":130}],"near_same":[{"s":"rosslyn-cheapside","m":154},{"s":"the-wren-coffee","m":250},{"s":"rosslyn-cannon-street","m":450},{"s":"rosslyn-bank","m":486},{"s":"alchemy","m":639},{"s":"rosslyn","m":646}]},{"slug":"rosslyn-fenchurch-street","name":"Rosslyn Coffee","area":"Fenchurch Street","address":"60 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4AD","station":"London Fenchurch Street","walk":3,"lat":51.51207,"lng":-0.0797,"hours":[[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:30-17:00; Sa-Su off","website":"https://www.rosslyncoffee.com/","instagram":"rosslyncoffee","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"Deep in insurance country, and better than the postcode suggests.","note":"Fenchurch Street is offices end to end, which makes Rosslyn's own roast \u2014 hazelnut, milk chocolate, caramel \u2014 worth more here than it would be elsewhere. Half six to five, weekdays, shut the moment the week is. Rosslyn placed 12th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops for 2026, the highest-ranked room in London.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Rosslyn Coffee, 60 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4AD, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"All Hallows Staining","s":"all-hallows-staining","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":76},{"n":"The Garden at 120","s":"the-garden-at-120","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":80},{"n":"St Olave Hart Street","s":"st-olave-hart-street","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":131}],"near_same":[{"s":"association-coffee","m":178},{"s":"curators-coffee","m":194},{"s":"rosslyn-leadenhall-market","m":251},{"s":"watchhouse-bishopsgate","m":376},{"s":"rosslyn-tower-42","m":455},{"s":"urban-baristas-aldgate","m":509}]},{"slug":"rosslyn-leadenhall-market","name":"Rosslyn Coffee","area":"Leadenhall Market","address":"Leadenhall Market, 15-18 Lime Street, EC3M 7AN","station":"Monument","walk":4,"lat":51.512197,"lng":-0.083334,"hours":[[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:30-17:00; Sa-Su off","website":"https://www.rosslyncoffee.com/","instagram":"rosslyncoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"way/330474860","verdict":"Under the painted ironwork of Leadenhall Market.","note":"The setting does a lot of the work here: cream and maroon Victorian arcade, cobbles, and a Rosslyn counter under it. Weekdays only, half six to five, which is the market's rhythm too. Four minutes from Monument. Rosslyn placed 12th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops for 2026, the highest-ranked room in London.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Rosslyn Coffee, Leadenhall Market, 15-18 Lime Street, EC3M 7AN, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Leadenhall Market","s":"leadenhall-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":61},{"n":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred Leadenhall","s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-leadenhall","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":67},{"n":"Tour for Muggles","s":"tour-for-muggles","c":"harry-potter","cn":"Harry Potter","m":69}],"near_same":[{"s":"curators-coffee","m":58},{"s":"rosslyn-fenchurch-street","m":251},{"s":"rosslyn-bank","m":301},{"s":"rosslyn-cannon-street","m":315},{"s":"association-coffee","m":334},{"s":"rosslyn-tower-42","m":336}]},{"slug":"rosslyn-liverpool-street","name":"Rosslyn Coffee","area":"Liverpool Street","address":"74-75 Old Broad Street, EC2M 1QT","station":"Liverpool Street","walk":1,"lat":51.51735,"lng":-0.083,"hours":[[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[8.0,16.0],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:30-17:00; Sa 08:00-16:00; Su off","website":"https://www.rosslyncoffee.com/","instagram":"rosslyncoffee","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"A minute from the Liverpool Street barriers, open before the commute.","note":"The one to know if you arrive at Liverpool Street, a minute from the barriers. Their own roast on espresso, and a queue that builds through the morning rush. Rosslyn placed 12th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops for 2026, the highest-ranked room in London.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Rosslyn Coffee, 74-75 Old Broad Street, EC2M 1QT, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Longboys Liverpool Street","s":"longboys-liverpool-street","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":85},{"n":"Fulcrum","s":"fulcrum","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":117},{"n":"Duck & Waffle","s":"duck-waffle","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":185}],"near_same":[{"s":"redemption-roasters-broadgate","m":206},{"s":"rosslyn-tower-42","m":247},{"s":"store-street-espresso-broadgate","m":286},{"s":"watchhouse-bishopsgate","m":344},{"s":"rosslyn","m":415},{"s":"urban-baristas-aldgate","m":447}]},{"slug":"rosslyn-ludgate-circus","name":"Rosslyn Coffee","area":"Ludgate Circus","address":"2-9 Ludgate Circus, EC4A 2AF","station":"City Thameslink","walk":2,"lat":51.514339,"lng":-0.104696,"hours":[[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[8.0,16.0],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:30-17:00; Sa 08:00-16:00; Su off","website":"https://www.rosslyncoffee.com/","instagram":"rosslyncoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"way/220255010","verdict":"The western edge of the City, and open on a Saturday.","note":"Where Fleet Street becomes Ludgate Hill: one of the few City corners with weekend life. Their own roast on espresso, sweet and nutty rather than sharp. Rosslyn placed 12th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops for 2026, the highest-ranked room in London.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Rosslyn Coffee, 2-9 Ludgate Circus, EC4A 2AF, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"St Bride's Fleet Street","s":"st-brides-fleet-street","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":83},{"n":"Daily Express Building","s":"daily-express-building","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":84},{"n":"St Bride Foundation","s":"st-bride-foundation","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":104}],"near_same":[{"s":"ozone-coffee","m":119},{"s":"alchemy","m":179},{"s":"old-spike","m":318},{"s":"the-wren-coffee","m":589},{"s":"fcb-coffee-bankside","m":686},{"s":"prufrock","m":707}]},{"slug":"rosslyn-tower-42","name":"Rosslyn Coffee","area":"Bishopsgate","address":"Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, EC2N 1HQ","station":"Liverpool Street","walk":5,"lat":51.515204,"lng":-0.083929,"hours":[[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],[6.5,17.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 06:30-17:00; Sa-Su off","website":"https://www.rosslyncoffee.com/","instagram":"rosslyncoffee","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"In the foot of Tower 42, which is not where you expect to find it.","note":"A serious coffee counter in the base of a 1980s skyscraper, surrounded by the lobby traffic of a building that empties at six. Half six to five, weekdays only. Five minutes from Liverpool Street. Rosslyn placed 12th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops for 2026, the highest-ranked room in London.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Rosslyn Coffee, Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, EC2N 1HQ, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Horizon 22","s":"horizon-22","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":104},{"n":"The Lookout at 8 Bishopsgate","s":"the-lookout-at-8-bishopsgate","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":157},{"n":"Duck & Waffle","s":"duck-waffle","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":228}],"near_same":[{"s":"rosslyn-bank","m":242},{"s":"rosslyn-liverpool-street","m":247},{"s":"watchhouse-bishopsgate","m":335},{"s":"rosslyn-leadenhall-market","m":336},{"s":"curators-coffee","m":361},{"s":"association-coffee","m":378}]},{"slug":"scootercaffe","name":"Scootercaffe","area":"Waterloo","address":"133A Lower Marsh, Waterloo, SE1 7AE","station":"Lambeth North","walk":3,"lat":51.500366,"lng":-0.113852,"hours":[[10.0,22.0],[10.0,22.0],[10.0,22.0],[10.0,22.0],[10.0,22.0],[10.0,23.0],[10.0,23.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 10:00-22:00; Sa-Su 10:00-23:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://scootercaffe.com/","hours_checked":"2026-09-04","website":"https://scootercaffe.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/566152754","verdict":"A Lower Marsh caf\u00e9 that roasts its own, and stays open like a bar.","note":"Began as Scooter Works, a Vespa repair shop with an espresso machine in the corner, and the caf\u00e9 outlived the workshop. The coffee is their own: Cable Coffee, roasted on an old machine the owners found in a French flea market, now chugging through about two hundred kilos a week at their Kennington bakery, fair-trade and organic, usually South American. Cakes and bread come from the same bakery. Open until ten on weekdays and eleven at weekends, so it does evenings as well as mornings.","maps_q":"Scootercaffe, 133A Lower Marsh, Waterloo, SE1 7AE, London","in_area":{"slug":"waterloo","name":"Waterloo"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Little Bread Pedlar","s":"little-bread-pedlar","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":62},{"n":"Lower","s":"lower","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":63},{"n":"Lower Marsh Market","s":"lower-marsh-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":108}],"near_same":[{"s":"calico-coffee","m":157},{"s":"origin-scoresby","m":829},{"s":"old-spike-southwark","m":936},{"s":"old-spike-elephant-and-castle","m":1045},{"s":"fcb-coffee-bankside","m":1177},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-flat-iron-square","m":1347}]},{"slug":"store-street-espresso","name":"Store Street Espresso","area":"Bloomsbury","address":"40 Store Street, WC1","station":"Goodge Street","walk":3,"lat":51.5205,"lng":-0.1305,"hours":[[7.5,18],[7.5,18],[7.5,18],[7.5,18],[7.5,18],[9,17.5],[9.5,17]],"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":"storestreetespresso","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"The one place in Bloomsbury where the laptops are actually welcome.","note":"White walls, rotating art, big communal table, and a tolerance for people who sit down at ten and are still there at one. Close enough to UCL that term time changes the character entirely.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Store Street Espresso, 40 Store Street, WC1, London","in_area":{"slug":"bloomsbury","name":"Bloomsbury"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Senate House","s":"senate-house","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":132},{"n":"The Building Centre","s":"the-building-centre","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":132},{"n":"SOAS Gallery","s":"soas-gallery","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":184}],"near_same":[{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":507},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo-east-marylebone","m":526},{"s":"fernandez-wells","m":582},{"s":"kaffeine-east-marylebone","m":611},{"s":"store-street-espresso-st-pancras","m":687},{"s":"kaffeine","m":718}]},{"slug":"store-street-espresso-broadgate","name":"Store Street Espresso","area":"Broadgate","address":"222 Bishopsgate, EC2M 4QD","station":"London Liverpool Street","walk":2,"lat":51.518535,"lng":-0.079325,"hours":[[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0],[10.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 10:00-17:00","website":"https://www.storestespresso.co.uk/","instagram":"storestreetespresso","attrs":[],"osm":"node/10031773417","verdict":"Red Brick espresso, served at Liverpool Street pace.","note":"Square Mile's Red Brick on the machine and a rotating guest beside it, the same as the Bloomsbury original but poured for people with a train to catch. House-made cakes, bagels and soup if you have five minutes rather than two.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Store Street Espresso, 222 Bishopsgate, EC2M 4QD, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Bishopsgate Institute","s":"bishopsgate-institute","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":21},{"n":"Darlish Spitalfields","s":"darlish-spitalfields","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":46},{"n":"Eataly","s":"eataly","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":59}],"near_same":[{"s":"arabica-spitalfields","m":179},{"s":"rosslyn-liverpool-street","m":286},{"s":"attendant","m":305},{"s":"urban-baristas-aldgate","m":307},{"s":"redemption-roasters-broadgate","m":324},{"s":"climpson-sons-coffee-bar","m":333}]},{"slug":"store-street-espresso-hammersmith","name":"Store Street Espresso","area":"Hammersmith","address":"245 Hammersmith Road, W6 8PW","station":"Hammersmith (District and Piccadilly lines)","walk":3,"lat":51.492577,"lng":-0.220871,"hours":[[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 09:00-16:00","website":"https://www.storestespresso.co.uk/","instagram":"storestreetespresso","attrs":[],"osm":"node/9726551989","verdict":"The western outpost of a Bloomsbury institution.","note":"Store Street were among the first in London to run guest roasters beside a house espresso, and still do: Square Mile's Red Brick, with something rotating alongside. Cakes made in-house, bagels and soup.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Store Street Espresso, 245 Hammersmith Road, W6 8PW, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Truth Cafe","s":"truth-cafe","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":284},{"n":"Eventim Apollo","s":"eventim-apollo","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":324},{"n":"Lyric Hammersmith Theatre","s":"lyric-hammersmith-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":389}],"near_same":[{"s":"guillam-notting-hill","m":2639},{"s":"hermanos-portobello-road","m":2652},{"s":"guillam-gloucester-road","m":2659},{"s":"guillam-bayswater","m":3001},{"s":"hagen","m":3246},{"s":"guillam-the-whiteley","m":3343}]},{"slug":"store-street-espresso-st-pancras","name":"Store Street Espresso","area":"St Pancras","address":"54 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9RG","station":"Russell Square","walk":5,"lat":51.525661,"lng":-0.125019,"hours":[[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00; Sa-Su 09:00-16:00","website":"https://www.storestespresso.co.uk/","instagram":"storestreetespresso","attrs":["outdoor","wifi"],"osm":"way/257090286","verdict":"Square Mile's Red Brick, plus whichever guest roaster is up.","note":"Store Street were among the first in London to put guest roasters beside the house espresso, and still do: Red Brick on the machine, something rotating next to it. House-made cakes, bagels and soup. Tavistock Place is the calmer room of the group.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Store Street Espresso, 54 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9RG, London","in_area":{"slug":"bloomsbury","name":"Bloomsbury"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Ta'mini Lebanese Bakery","s":"tamini-lebanese-bakery","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":26},{"n":"Gay's the Word","s":"gays-the-word","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":29},{"n":"P\u00e2tisserie Deux Amis","s":"patisserie-deux-amis","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":123}],"near_same":[{"s":"half-cup-kings-cross","m":242},{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":318},{"s":"origin-euston-road","m":406},{"s":"redemption-lambs-conduit","m":571},{"s":"store-street-espresso","m":687},{"s":"notes","m":828}]},{"slug":"the-cafe-at-clifton-nurseries","name":"The Caf\u00e9 at Clifton Nurseries","area":"Maida Vale","address":"5A Clifton Villas, W9 2PH","station":"Warwick Avenue","walk":1,"lat":51.522114,"lng":-0.184071,"hours":[[9.0,17.5],[9.0,17.5],[9.0,17.5],[9.0,17.5],[9.0,17.5],[9.0,17.5],[10.5,16.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 10:30-16:30","website":"https://www.clifton.co.uk/london-nursery-garden-centre/cafe","instagram":"cliftonnurseries","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"way/242819424","verdict":"Coffee in a glasshouse at the back of London's oldest garden centre, behind a pair of gates in Maida Vale.","note":"Clifton Nurseries has sold plants on this ground since 1851, when the houses of Clifton Villas were built around what the lease called an ornamental garden and nursery ground. Nothing of it shows from the street - a pair of gates, and behind them a walled acre of glasshouses, trees in pots and gravel paths. The caf\u00e9 is in one of the glasshouses, with a terrace among the plants: coffee, a long list of teas, morning bakes and cakes, and wine or beer if the afternoon is going that way. The award-winning shop beside it was designed by Jeremy Dixon in 1986, a decade before he rebuilt the Royal Opera House; in the 1880s the same ground carried the largest palm house in London after Kew's.","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.clifton.co.uk/london-nursery-garden-centre/cafe","hours_checked":"2026-09-07","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/the-cafe-at-clifton-nurseries/"}],"maps_q":"The Caf\u00e9 at Clifton Nurseries, 5A Clifton Villas, W9 2PH, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Alan Turing's birthplace, Warrington Crescent","s":"alan-turings-birthplace-warrington-crescent","c":"science","cn":"Science & Engineering","m":246},{"n":"Alexander Herzen","s":"alexander-herzen","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":472},{"n":"David Ben-Gurion","s":"david-ben-gurion","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":506}],"near_same":[{"s":"fcb-coffee-paddington","m":813},{"s":"guillam-the-whiteley","m":880},{"s":"guillam-bayswater","m":1204},{"s":"guillam-notting-hill","m":1561},{"s":"hermanos-portobello-road","m":1641},{"s":"hagen-marylebone","m":2223}]},{"slug":"the-colombian-coffee-company-borough-market","name":"The Colombian Coffee Company","area":"Borough Market","address":"Green Market, Borough Market, SE1 9AL","station":"London Bridge","walk":4,"lat":51.5056,"lng":-0.0896,"hours":[null,[9.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Tu-Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 09:00-16:00; Mo off","website":"https://www.thecolombiancoffeeco.org/","instagram":"ethicalcaffeine","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"A Borough Market stall pouring Colombian coffee the Colombian way.","note":"A stall in the covered Green Market, loud and quick, pouring single-origin Colombian to a crowd mostly passing through. Alongside the flat whites: tinto, the small black coffee drunk all day in Colombia, and agua de panela, hot unrefined cane sugar dissolved in water. Closed Mondays, with much of the market.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","maps_q":"The Colombian Coffee Company, Green Market, Borough Market, SE1 9AL, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"The Free From Bakehouse","s":"the-free-from-bakehouse","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":49},{"n":"Borough Market","s":"borough-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":49},{"n":"Southwark Cathedral","s":"southwark-cathedral","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":58}],"near_same":[{"s":"monmouth-borough","m":129},{"s":"fcb-coffee","m":281},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-flat-iron-square","m":429},{"s":"rosslyn-cannon-street","m":632},{"s":"old-spike-southwark","m":841},{"s":"rosslyn-leadenhall-market","m":852}]},{"slug":"the-colombian-coffee-company-flat-iron-square","name":"The Colombian Coffee Company","area":"The Borough","address":"Arch 34, Flat Iron Square, 87 Southwark Bridge Road, SE1 0AB","station":"Borough","walk":6,"lat":51.50422,"lng":-0.0954,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.thecolombiancoffeeco.org/","instagram":"ethicalcaffeine","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"The roastery itself, under a railway arch at Flat Iron Square.","note":"Arch 34 is where the roasting happens and the counter is attached to it, so the beans have not travelled far to reach the cup. The same single-origin Colombian varieties as Greek Street, and the same tinto and agua de panela sitting on the menu beside the flat whites. Six minutes from Borough, and considerably calmer than Borough Market on a Saturday.","hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"maps_q":"The Colombian Coffee Company, Arch 34, Flat Iron Square, 87 Southwark Bridge Road, SE1 0AB, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Flat Iron Square","s":"flat-iron-square","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":10},{"n":"Where The Pancakes Are","s":"where-the-pancakes-are","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":13},{"n":"Omeara","s":"omeara","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":55}],"near_same":[{"s":"monmouth-borough","m":308},{"s":"old-spike-southwark","m":414},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-borough-market","m":429},{"s":"origin-scoresby","m":568},{"s":"fcb-coffee-bankside","m":696},{"s":"fcb-coffee","m":697}]},{"slug":"the-colombian-coffee-company-soho","name":"The Colombian Coffee Company","area":"Soho","address":"22 Greek Street, W1D 4DY","station":"Tottenham Court Road","walk":4,"lat":51.513759,"lng":-0.130487,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.thecolombiancoffeeco.org/","instagram":"ethicalcaffeine","attrs":[],"osm":"way/279322558","verdict":"Single-origin Colombian, served the way Colombians actually drink it.","note":"A Greek Street counter from a roaster that buys direct from Colombian growers and puts the profits back into the farming communities - a social enterprise rather than a line on a bag. The varieties are named the way wine is: Caturra, Borb\u00f3n, Tabi, Gesha. Ask for the tinto or a caf\u00e9 de olleta sweetened with panela if you want the version poured in the mountains rather than the one adapted for Europe. Four minutes from Tottenham Court Road.","hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"maps_q":"The Colombian Coffee Company, 22 Greek Street, W1D 4DY, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Swift","s":"swift","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":34},{"n":"Bar Termini","s":"bar-termini","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":49},{"n":"Foyles","s":"foyles","c":"shopping","cn":"Shopping","m":64}],"near_same":[{"s":"algerian-coffee-stores","m":150},{"s":"fernandez-wells","m":202},{"s":"monmouth-coffee-company-seven-dials","m":263},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo-covent-garden","m":401},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-st-james-s","m":493},{"s":"arabica-covent-garden","m":502}]},{"slug":"the-fields-beneath","name":"The Fields Beneath","area":"West Kentish Town","address":"52A Prince of Wales Road, NW5 3LN","station":"Kentish Town West","walk":1,"lat":51.546562,"lng":-0.14668,"hours":[[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[8.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-16:00; Sa 08:00-17:00; Su 09:00-17:00","website":"https://www.thefieldsbeneath.com","instagram":"fieldsbeneath","attrs":["stepfree"],"osm":"way/972694800","verdict":"All-vegan since 2018, with a single origin always on filter.","note":"Opened in 2012 as a speciality coffee shop beside the Kentish Town West line and went fully vegan six years later. Scratch cooking \u2014 scrambled tofu bagels, pesto croissants, dhal, cakes baked by the owner's mother \u2014 natural wine later on, and always a single origin on filter.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"The Fields Beneath, 52A Prince of Wales Road, NW5 3LN, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Camden Beer Hall","s":"camden-beer-hall","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":101},{"n":"Mission: Breakout","s":"mission-breakout","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":380},{"n":"Camden Market","s":"camden-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":466}],"near_same":[{"s":"redemption-roasters","m":1703},{"s":"caravan-lower-holloway","m":1724},{"s":"notes","m":2112},{"s":"origin-euston-road","m":2379},{"s":"half-cup-kings-cross","m":2573},{"s":"store-street-espresso-st-pancras","m":2765}]},{"slug":"the-wren-coffee","name":"The Wren Coffee","area":"St Paul's","address":"114 Queen Victoria Street, EC4V 4BJ","station":"Mansion House","walk":2,"lat":51.512091,"lng":-0.096978,"hours":[[7.0,16.5],[7.0,16.5],[7.0,16.5],[7.0,16.5],[7.0,16.5],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-We, Fr 07:00-16:30; Th 07:00-10:00, 11:00-12:45, 14:00-16:30","website":"http://www.thewrencoffee.com/","instagram":"thewrencoffee","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/5305357622","verdict":"Coffee inside a Christopher Wren church, a minute from St Paul's.","note":"St Nicholas Cole Abbey was rebuilt by Wren after the Great Fire and now holds a caf\u00e9: high windows, plenty of light, indoor and outdoor seating. Workshop supply the coffee \u2014 the Cult of Done blend on espresso, rotating single origins on V60 \u2014 with Brew Tea Co loose leaf and a good cake counter.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"The Wren Coffee, 114 Queen Victoria Street, EC4V 4BJ, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Tower of St Mary Somerset","s":"tower-of-st-mary-somerset","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":76},{"n":"College of Arms","s":"college-of-arms","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":122},{"n":"St Paul's Cathedral","s":"st-pauls-cathedral","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":213}],"near_same":[{"s":"rosslyn-city","m":250},{"s":"rosslyn-cheapside","m":292},{"s":"alchemy","m":414},{"s":"ozone-coffee","m":479},{"s":"rosslyn-ludgate-circus","m":589},{"s":"fcb-coffee-bankside","m":624}]},{"slug":"toconoco","name":"Toconoco","area":"De Beauvoir Town","address":"28 Hertford Road","station":"Haggerston","walk":3,"lat":51.538382,"lng":-0.07821,"hours":[[9.0,17.5],null,[9.0,17.5],[9.0,17.5],[9.0,17.5],[9.0,17.5],[9.0,17.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo,We-Su 09:00-17:30; Tu off","website":"https://www.toconoco.com/","instagram":"toconoco","attrs":["wifi"],"osm":"node/8082069829","verdict":"Japanese home cooking by the canal, with a play room full of children.","note":"The name means 'kids on the floor' and there is a play room to prove it, so this is a family caf\u00e9 rather than the contemplative stop the frontage suggests. Onigiri with changing fillings, udon and soba hot or cold, ochazuke and miso, and lattes built on black sesame, matcha, hojicha or genmaicha. Nine to half five on the Kingsland Basin.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Toconoco, 28 Hertford Road, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"58 and Co Gin School","s":"58-and-co-gin-school","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":170},{"n":"Signature Brew Haggerston","s":"signature-brew-haggerston","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":230},{"n":"De Beauvoir Square","s":"de-beauvoir-square","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":321}],"near_same":[{"s":"batch-baby","m":233},{"s":"allpress-london-roastery-and-cafe","m":1040},{"s":"arabica-broadway-market","m":1139},{"s":"climpson-broadway","m":1173},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-shoreditch","m":1189},{"s":"pophams","m":1265}]},{"slug":"trampoline","name":"Trampoline","area":"Angel","address":"27 Camden Passage, N1 8EA","station":"Angel","walk":4,"lat":51.534966,"lng":-0.103826,"hours":[[12.0,18.0],[12.0,18.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Tu 12:00-18:00; We-Fr 12:00-21:00; Sa-Su 09:00-21:00","website":"https://trampolinecafe.com/cafe/","instagram":"trampoline.uk","attrs":[],"osm":"node/11378228129","verdict":"A Camden Passage cafe that trains and employs refugees, and then helps them leave for something better.","note":"Trampoline runs the Changing Journeys programme: refugees are taken on here, put through a barista qualification with the Bloom Coffee Academy, and then handed to employment partners who move them into work elsewhere - the point being that people bounce off it rather than stay. It also gives counter space to businesses started by refugees, among them Yogi's Kitchen, whose Sri Lankan food is what most people end up eating.\n\nThe coffee is roasted in London in small batches, the tea is NEMI's, which is another refugee employer, and the food changes with the season. Tables outside on the passage, among the antique shops.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-10","maps_q":"Trampoline, 27 Camden Passage, N1 8EA, London","in_area":{"slug":"angel-islington","name":"Angel & Islington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Buns From Home","s":"buns-from-home-angel","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":15},{"n":"Badiani Angel","s":"badiani-angel","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":19},{"n":"Brother Marcus","s":"brother-marcus-angel","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":35}],"near_same":[{"s":"pophams","m":558},{"s":"vagabond-n7","m":1476},{"s":"notes","m":1487},{"s":"batch-baby","m":1615},{"s":"ozone-leonard","m":1642},{"s":"half-cup-kings-cross","m":1654}]},{"slug":"two-spoons","name":"Two Spoons","area":"Honor Oak","address":"72 Honor Oak Park, SE23 1DY","station":"Honor Oak Park","walk":2,"lat":51.449634,"lng":-0.04442,"hours":[[9,17],[9,23],[9,23],[9,23],[9,23],[9,23],[9,17]],"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/1789910699","verdict":"Honor Oak Park, two minutes from the station, tables on the pavement.","note":"The kind of local that anchors a street \u2014 you can tell how much of the neighbourhood passes through by how many people say hello at the counter. Worth the overground trip if you are exploring south-east.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Two Spoons, 72 Honor Oak Park, SE23 1DY, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"The Ivy House","s":"the-ivy-house","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":1090},{"n":"Horniman Museum and Gardens","s":"horniman-museum-and-gardens","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":1454},{"n":"Nunhead Cemetery","s":"nunhead-cemetery","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":1510}],"near_same":[{"s":"dudleys-east-dulwich","m":2880},{"s":"old-spike-peckham","m":2948},{"s":"ukkei-brew-bar","m":2962},{"s":"mouse-tail-coffee-stories","m":3475},{"s":"volcano-coffee-works-cafe","m":3925},{"s":"carnival-coffee-roasters","m":4042}]},{"slug":"ukkei-brew-bar","name":"Ukkei Brew Bar","area":"Peckham","address":"Unit 30, Rye Lane Market, 48 Rye Lane, SE15 5BY","station":"Peckham Rye","walk":2,"lat":51.470918,"lng":-0.070135,"hours":[null,null,null,[10.0,18.0],[10.0,19.0],[10.0,19.0],[10.0,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Th 10:00-18:00; Fr-Su 10:00-19:00; Mo-We off","website":null,"instagram":"ukkei.coffee","attrs":[],"osm":null,"verdict":"A small roastery's own brew bar, four days a week inside Rye Lane Market.","note":"Ukkei roast in small quantities and pour the results from Unit 30 of Rye Lane Market, which is about as far from a chain espresso counter as Peckham gets. Thursday to Sunday only, opening at ten \u2014 the market's rhythm rather than the commuter's. Two minutes from Peckham Rye. The hours are posted as summer hours, so worth a look at their feed before making a special trip.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","maps_q":"Ukkei Brew Bar, Unit 30, Rye Lane Market, 48 Rye Lane, SE15 5BY, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Forza Wine","s":"forza-wine","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":183},{"n":"Peckham Levels","s":"peckham-levels","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":217},{"n":"Frank's Cafe","s":"franks-cafe","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":232}],"near_same":[{"s":"old-spike-peckham","m":130},{"s":"dudleys-east-dulwich","m":697},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-browning-estate","m":2641},{"s":"monmouth-coffee-company","m":2773},{"s":"two-spoons","m":2962},{"s":"federation-coffee","m":3031}]},{"slug":"urban-baristas","name":"Urban Baristas","area":"Wapping","address":"138 Wapping High Street, E1W 3PA","station":"Wapping","walk":1,"lat":51.504557,"lng":-0.055797,"hours":[[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-18:00, Sa,Su 08:00-18:00","website":"https://www.urbanbaristas.co.uk/","instagram":"urbanbaristas","attrs":["wifi","stepfree"],"osm":"node/4729170623","verdict":"The Wapping room, with the coffee lab attached.","note":"The London Dock site is where Urban Baristas do their development work as well as the trade. The usual Australian counter \u2014 lamingtons, brekkie pots, filled croissants and bagels \u2014 plus turmeric, beetroot and matcha lattes for anyone going off-piste.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Urban Baristas, 138 Wapping High Street, E1W 3PA, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Wapping: ride through the Thames Tunnel","s":"wapping-ride-through-the-thames-tunnel","c":"science","cn":"Science & Engineering","m":22},{"n":"Wapping Hydraulic Power Station","s":"wapping-hydraulic-power-station","c":"science","cn":"Science & Engineering","m":423},{"n":"E1","s":"e1","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":609}],"near_same":[{"s":"watchhouse","m":1589},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs","m":1676},{"s":"rosslyn-fenchurch-street","m":1853},{"s":"association-coffee","m":1901},{"s":"urban-baristas-aldgate","m":1950},{"s":"doppio","m":1972}]},{"slug":"urban-baristas-aldgate","name":"Urban Baristas","area":"Aldgate","address":"95 Middlesex Street, E1 7DA","station":"Aldgate","walk":4,"lat":51.516273,"lng":-0.076776,"hours":[[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:00; Sa-Su 08:00-16:00","website":null,"instagram":"urbanbaristas","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"way/204000356","verdict":"Australian habits at Aldgate speed.","note":"Urban Baristas started as a north London kiosk in 2016 and built the rest on Sydney caf\u00e9 culture: flat whites made quickly, lamingtons, brekkie pots, filled croissants and focaccia. Middlesex Street is a fast one \u2014 order, take it, go.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Urban Baristas, 95 Middlesex Street, E1 7DA, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Discount Suit Company","s":"discount-suit-company","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":107},{"n":"Petticoat Lane Market","s":"petticoat-lane-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":241},{"n":"Bevis Marks Synagogue","s":"bevis-marks-synagogue","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":248}],"near_same":[{"s":"watchhouse-bishopsgate","m":185},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs","m":277},{"s":"store-street-espresso-broadgate","m":307},{"s":"association-coffee","m":334},{"s":"arabica-spitalfields","m":352},{"s":"climpson-sons-coffee-bar","m":408}]},{"slug":"urban-baristas-whitechapel","name":"Urban Baristas","area":"Whitechapel","address":"Dunbridge Street, E2 6JG","station":"Bethnal Green","walk":4,"lat":51.523771,"lng":-0.06302,"hours":[null,[7.25,15.25],[7.25,15.25],[7.25,15.25],[7.25,15.25],[8.25,16.25],[8.25,16.25]],"hours_raw":"Mo off; Tu-Fr 07:15-15:15; Sa-Su 08:15-16:15","website":"https://www.urbanbaristas.co.uk/","instagram":"urbanbaristas","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/11782185931","verdict":"Sydney caf\u00e9 habits on a Bethnal Green backstreet.","note":"The quiet end of the Urban Baristas operation, on Dunbridge Street rather than a commuter route. The usual Australian counter \u2014 lamingtons, brekkie pots, filled croissants, bagels \u2014 plus turmeric, beetroot and matcha lattes for anyone going off-piste.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Urban Baristas, Dunbridge Street, E2 6JG, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Rinkoff's","s":"rinkoffs","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":224},{"n":"E. Pellicci","s":"e-pellicci","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":304},{"n":"Spitalfields City Farm","s":"spitalfields-city-farm","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":308}],"near_same":[{"s":"kahaila-spitalfields","m":595},{"s":"doppio","m":616},{"s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-shoreditch","m":749},{"s":"allpress-redchurch","m":779},{"s":"climpson-sons-coffee-bar","m":937},{"s":"ozone-coffee-roasters","m":988}]},{"slug":"vagabond-n7","name":"Vagabond N7","area":"Highbury","address":"105 Holloway Road, N7 8LT","station":"Highbury & Islington","walk":5,"lat":51.54812,"lng":-0.10674,"hours":[[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[9.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-16:00; Sa,Su 09:00-17:00","website":"http://www.vagabond.london/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/348116257","verdict":"Holloway Road, from one of north London's own roasters.","note":"Vagabond roast in London and run a handful of rooms across the north and east of the city. Espresso-led with filter alongside, on a stretch of the Holloway Road that does not offer many alternatives.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Vagabond N7, 105 Holloway Road, N7 8LT, London","in_area":{"slug":"angel-islington","name":"Angel & Islington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"House of Hammerton","s":"house-of-hammerton","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":18},{"n":"The Garage","s":"the-garage","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":244},{"n":"Hen and Chickens Theatre","s":"hen-and-chickens-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":405}],"near_same":[{"s":"caravan-lower-holloway","m":1056},{"s":"pophams","m":1444},{"s":"trampoline","m":1476},{"s":"blighty","m":1777},{"s":"batch-baby","m":2020},{"s":"notes","m":2097}]},{"slug":"volcano-coffee-works","name":"Volcano Coffee Works","area":"Brixton","address":"Ferndale Road, Brixton, SW9 8BA","station":"Brixton","walk":3,"lat":51.464082,"lng":-0.115891,"hours":[[7.5,15.5],[7.5,15.5],[7.5,15.5],[7.5,15.5],[7.5,15.5],[9,16],[9,16]],"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/11948028764","verdict":"Brixton outpost of a roaster that has been quietly good for years.","note":"Volcano roast in West Norwood and have never made much noise about it, which is why they turn up on other people's bars more often than their own name gets said. Two minutes from the tube.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-21","maps_q":"Volcano Coffee Works, Ferndale Road, Brixton, SW9 8BA, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Phonox","s":"phonox","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":104},{"n":"O2 Academy Brixton","s":"o2-academy-brixton","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":123},{"n":"Pop Brixton","s":"pop-brixton","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":263}],"near_same":[{"s":"door-coffee-bar","m":3},{"s":"federation-coffee","m":340},{"s":"brickwood-clapham","m":1592},{"s":"dudleys-clapham-park","m":1593},{"s":"moonstruck-cafe","m":1634},{"s":"nostos-coffee","m":2591}]},{"slug":"volcano-coffee-works-cafe","name":"Volcano Coffee Works Caf\u00e9","area":"West Dulwich","address":"40 Martell Road, SE21 8EN","station":"West Norwood","walk":10,"lat":51.433137,"lng":-0.094496,"hours":[[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[9.0,15.0],[10.0,14.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-15:30; Sa 09:00-15:00; Su 10:00-14:00","website":"https://volcanocoffeeworks.com/","instagram":"volcanocoffeeworks","attrs":[],"osm":"node/9963740919","verdict":"Where a three-wheeled coffee cart turned into a B Corp roastery.","note":"Kurt Stewart started Volcano in 2010 selling espresso off a Piaggio Ape on Rosendale Road. It is now a roastery with five Great Taste wins and B Corp status, and this is where you drink what they roast \u2014 including the Mount Blend that took three stars.","hours_source":"osm","types":["award"],"maps_q":"Volcano Coffee Works Caf\u00e9, 40 Martell Road, SE21 8EN, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"West Norwood Cemetery","s":"west-norwood-cemetery","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":260},{"n":"Dulwich Picture Gallery","s":"dulwich-picture-gallery","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":1534},{"n":"Crystal Palace Subway","s":"crystal-palace-subway","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":1718}],"near_same":[{"s":"four-boroughs","m":1860},{"s":"federation-coffee","m":3471},{"s":"carnival-coffee-roasters","m":3681},{"s":"dudleys-clapham-park","m":3703},{"s":"volcano-coffee-works","m":3746},{"s":"door-coffee-bar","m":3749}]},{"slug":"watchhouse","name":"WatchHouse","area":"Butler's Wharf","address":"37 Shad Thames, SE1 2NJ","station":"Tower Hill","walk":11,"lat":51.503651,"lng":-0.074418,"hours":[[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.0,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-18:00; Sa-Su 07:30-18:00","website":"https://www.thewatchhouse.com/","instagram":"watchhouse","attrs":["wifi"],"osm":"node/4784656735","verdict":"The Shad Thames room, a few minutes from the roastery that supplies it.","note":"Their coffee is developed and roasted in a Maltby Street arch just up the road \u2014 the 1829 espresso for milk drinks, single origins on pour-over. Pastries held to the same standard, and bags of beans to take away. WatchHouse was named Europe's best coffee shop chain at the 2024 European Coffee & Hospitality Awards.","hours_source":"osm","types":["award"],"maps_q":"WatchHouse, 37 Shad Thames, SE1 2NJ, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Shad Thames","s":"shad-thames","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":67},{"n":"Bridge Theatre","s":"bridge-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":206},{"n":"Tower Bridge","s":"tower-bridge","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":217}],"near_same":[{"s":"fuckoffee","m":669},{"s":"watchhouse-bermondsey","m":786},{"s":"fcb-coffee","m":796},{"s":"monmouth-coffee-company","m":1001},{"s":"rosslyn-fenchurch-street","m":1005},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-borough-market","m":1072}]},{"slug":"watchhouse-bermondsey","name":"WatchHouse","area":"Bermondsey","address":"199 Bermondsey Street, SE1","station":"London Bridge","walk":13,"lat":51.497999,"lng":-0.081241,"hours":[[7,18],[7,18],[7,18],[7,18],[7,18],[8,18],[8,18]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-18:00; Sa-Su 08:00-18:00","website":null,"instagram":"watchhouse","attrs":[],"osm":"way/305276866","verdict":"A nineteenth-century watchman's hut, now the neatest bar on the street.","note":"Tiny footprint, immaculate execution, and a couple of tables outside that are the best seats on Bermondsey Street when the weather holds. The chain has grown a lot; this is still the one to visit. WatchHouse was named Europe's best coffee shop chain at the 2024 European Coffee & Hospitality Awards.","hours_source":"osm","types":["award"],"figure":{"src":"/img/watchhouse-bermondsey.jpg?v=a513eb18","thumb":"/img/watchhouse-bermondsey-480.jpg?v=1cd876f2","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"The Bermondsey Watch House","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Bermondsey_Watch_House_(geograph_3291032).jpg","thumb_width":500},"maps_q":"WatchHouse, 199 Bermondsey Street, SE1, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Bermondsey Street","s":"bermondsey-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":71},{"n":"White Cube Bermondsey","s":"white-cube-bermondsey","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":177},{"n":"M. Manze","s":"m-manze","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":212}],"near_same":[{"s":"fuckoffee","m":149},{"s":"watchhouse","m":786},{"s":"fcb-coffee","m":886},{"s":"monmouth-coffee-company","m":993},{"s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-borough-market","m":1024},{"s":"monmouth-borough","m":1094}]},{"slug":"watchhouse-bishopsgate","name":"WatchHouse","area":"Bishopsgate","address":"70 St Mary Axe, EC3A 8BA","station":"Aldgate","walk":4,"lat":51.515436,"lng":-0.079088,"hours":[[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,16.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Th 07:30-17:00; Fr 07:30-16:00; Sa-Su,PH off","website":"https://watchhouse.com","instagram":"watchhouse","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/8832692378","verdict":"City WatchHouse: precise, quick, and shut by Saturday.","note":"WatchHouse roast in a railway arch on Maltby Street and named Europe's best coffee shop chain in 2024; the 1829 espresso is built for milk, with a single origin alongside on pour-over. Neat, fast and entirely uninterested in your weekend. Tables outside under the towers.","hours_source":"osm","types":["award"],"maps_q":"WatchHouse, 70 St Mary Axe, EC3A 8BA, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Bevis Marks Synagogue","s":"bevis-marks-synagogue","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":105},{"n":"30 St Mary Axe","s":"30-st-mary-axe","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":137},{"n":"Duck & Waffle","s":"duck-waffle","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":160}],"near_same":[{"s":"urban-baristas-aldgate","m":185},{"s":"association-coffee","m":200},{"s":"rosslyn-tower-42","m":335},{"s":"rosslyn-liverpool-street","m":344},{"s":"store-street-espresso-broadgate","m":344},{"s":"rosslyn-fenchurch-street","m":376}]},{"slug":"watchhouse-hanover","name":"WatchHouse Hanover","area":"Mayfair","address":"2-3 Medici Courtyard, W1S 1BR","station":"Bond Street","walk":2,"lat":51.513708,"lng":-0.145077,"hours":[[7.5,19.0],[7.5,19.0],[7.5,19.0],[7.5,19.0],[7.5,19.0],[9.0,19.0],[10.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-19:00; Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 10:00-18:00","website":"https://watchhouse.com/","instagram":"watchhouse","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/9966313529","verdict":"WatchHouse in a Mayfair courtyard, doing the same thing more quietly.","note":"Medici Courtyard is tucked off Hanover Square, which makes this the calmer end of the group. 1829 on espresso, a rotating single origin on pour-over, and the pastry counter kept to the same standard as the coffee. WatchHouse was named Europe's best coffee shop chain at the 2024 European Coffee & Hospitality Awards.","hours_source":"osm","types":["award"],"maps_q":"WatchHouse Hanover, 2-3 Medici Courtyard, W1S 1BR, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Talleyrand","s":"talleyrand","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":59},{"n":"Annely Juda Fine Art","s":"annely-juda-fine-art","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":86},{"n":"Jimi Hendrix","s":"jimi-hendrix","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":90}],"near_same":[{"s":"notes-mayfair","m":297},{"s":"workshop-coffee-co","m":378},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo","m":390},{"s":"attendant-mayfair","m":411},{"s":"department-of-coffee-and-social-affairs-soho","m":420},{"s":"oma-coffee-roaster","m":531}]},{"slug":"wood-st-coffee","name":"Wood St. Coffee","area":"Higham Hill","address":"Sutherland Path Road, E17 6BX","station":"Blackhorse Road","walk":10,"lat":51.591737,"lng":-0.038988,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor","wifi"],"osm":"node/6539558443","verdict":"Walthamstow's own roaster, ten minutes off Blackhorse Road.","note":"Wood Street built a following in E17 before the rest of London noticed the area, and they roast for a good number of other people's bars now. Outside tables, and a walk from the tube that filters out the casual.","maps_q":"Wood St. Coffee, Sutherland Path Road, E17 6BX, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Signature Brew Blackhorse Road","s":"signature-brew-blackhorse-road","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":317},{"n":"Forest Wines","s":"forest-wines","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":474},{"n":"Renegade Urban Winery","s":"renegade-urban-winery","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":478}],"near_same":[{"s":"blighty-india-cafe","m":2339},{"s":"perky-blenders","m":4176},{"s":"esters","m":4435},{"s":"dark-arts-coffee","m":4961},{"s":"kahaila","m":5166},{"s":"blighty","m":5391}]},{"slug":"workshop-coffee-co","name":"Workshop Coffee Co","area":"Marylebone","address":"1 Barrett Street","station":"Bond Street","walk":2,"lat":51.515204,"lng":-0.149984,"hours":[[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[7.0,19.0],[9.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-19:00; Sa-Su 09:00-18:00","website":"https://workshopcoffee.com/","instagram":"workshopcoffee","attrs":[],"osm":"node/4103049892","verdict":"Workshop's Barrett Street counter, and a seasonal single origin on filter.","note":"Workshop have roasted since 2011 and rotate a seasonal range of single origins bought direct from farms, so the espresso changes through the year. This is mostly a grab-and-go counter off St Christopher's Place \u2014 order the filter if you have a minute to stand still.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Workshop Coffee Co, 1 Barrett Street, London","in_area":{"slug":"marylebone","name":"Marylebone"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"St Christopher's Place","s":"st-christophers-place","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":50},{"n":"Marylebone Lane","s":"marylebone-lane","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":113},{"n":"Arome Bakery","s":"arome-bakery-marylebone","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":128}],"near_same":[{"s":"notes-mayfair","m":137},{"s":"attendant-mayfair","m":176},{"s":"watchhouse-hanover","m":378},{"s":"kiss-the-hippo","m":595},{"s":"hagen-marylebone","m":611},{"s":"kaffeine","m":758}]}]}