Comments on: Top 10 coffee shops in London

By: chris hayes

chris hayes — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:47:32 +0000

Won’t disagree with any of your choices, but my favourite shop of any kind in London is the Camden Coffee Company on Delancey St, NW1. A coffee shop as they used to be, before the word barista entered our language and we enjoyed coffee for what it is – not for the putative ‘status’ it projects on us.

By: Noel

Noel — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:59:00 +0000

Hi Daniel,

I have recently set up a coffee shop in Edinburgh. We have a good local roaster supplying our beans but I’m always on the look out for ways to improve, create something special, and keep my growing little tribe of regulars happy! Your post is very helpful in that it supplies the names of the Roasters supplying your top 10 locations. I have made contact with a couple of these guys this week and had a nice call from Union today. Hopefully I’ll be able to do some business with these guys. If you have any little tips on the key things which drove your choice in selecting the above Coffee Shops I would love to hear them.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:24:21 +0000

Sam - Caffè Vergnano hard to beat if you're in london and prefer classic italian espresso blends.

By: Sam Bessey

Sam Bessey — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:44:45 +0000

Caffe Vergano surely belongs on this list too?!

By: Little Miss Random

Little Miss Random — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:36:21 +0000

Hi there,

Love the site! I’m contemplating whether I’m brave enough to venture solo to one of your Pizza Tuesday events. Nothing to do with you, more to do with my personality!

Anyway, I have to second Kai’s suggestion. I love Wild & Wood. They use Monmouth coffee, I think their prices are really good, and Kit and Bozena are always nice and friendly. It’s a great place to just chill out. They don’t bother me even if I’ve been sitting down for the last half hour just reading, and when I do feel like chatting, they happily indulge me.

I’ve brought a couple of friends here, and we all feel that it’s London’s version of Central Perk… without the clumsy waitresses!

By: Kai

Kai — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:47:35 +0000

Really looking forward to visiting some of these places – I love and need my coffee! May I add a personal favourite? Wild & Woods is a little wood-panelled gem, tucked out of the way on New Oxford Street. Great coffee, low prices and just a great place to while away hours reading. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&q=Wild%20and%20Wood%20London%20coffee&aql=&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

By: alicejs

alicejs — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:38:04 +0000

Very pleased to see Kaffeine here without Lantana (latter is nice, but apart from slow-motion service and too-cool-for-school attitude at times, most importantly: coffee is often no longer being made properly!) – I LOVE the one-size only, properly strong coffees you get in Kaffeine. And you spell it with a K in Sweden.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:42:33 +0000

Greedy Diva - Would Scooterworks be listed among London's top 10 coffee shops if judged solely on the quality of its coffees? Maybe not. But spurred by your comment I returned to Scooterworks this morning and was reminded why I like it so much. It's someone's retro fantasy of a roadside caffè you might find in the Italian countryside if its original owner was a hoarder or some Felliniesque visionary who anticipated the advent of ebay.it back in 1948. The barista smiled not once but twice as he literally pulled a very good espresso from the creaky old Faema lever machine and I suffered no allergic reaction to the three cats (half-dead or otherwise) in residence.