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London's best coffee shops

London's best coffee shops

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Created by Time Out London • Updated On: April 18, 2012

Time Out sips its way across town, testing every kind of coffee, from cappuccino to ristretto, to compile the definitive list of where to find London’s finest brews, cafés and coffee shops.

Bea's of Bloomsbury is one of London's best coffee shops.

1. Bea's of Bloomsbury

44 Theobald's Rd (Jockey's Fields), London, Greater London
Cupcake Shop · Holborn and Covent Garden · 74 tips and reviews
TAP Coffee No. 26 is one of London's best coffee shops.

2. TAP Coffee No. 26

26 Rathbone Pl (Percy St), Fitzrovia, Greater London
Coffee Shop · Fitzrovia · 157 tips and reviews
The Espresso Room is one of London's best coffee shops.

3. The Espresso Room

8.2
31-35 Great Ormond St, London, Greater London
Coffee Shop · Holborn and Covent Garden · 60 tips and reviews
Lantana Cafe is one of London's best coffee shops.

4. Lantana Cafe

8.5
13 Charlotte Pl (at Goodge St), Fitzrovia, Greater London
Coffee Shop · Fitzrovia · 221 tips and reviews
Fernandez & Wells is one of London's best coffee shops.

5. Fernandez & Wells

16 St. Anne's Ct (Wardour St.), Soho, Greater London
Wine Bar · 26 tips and reviews
Milkbar is one of London's best coffee shops.

6. Milkbar

3-5 Bateman St (Greek St), Soho, Greater London
Coffee Shop · 107 tips and reviews
Kaffeine is one of London's best coffee shops.

7. Kaffeine

9.0
66 Great Titchfield St (Riding House St), London, Greater London
Coffee Shop · West End · 311 tips and reviews
Ginger and White is one of London's best coffee shops.

8. Ginger and White

8.2
5 Perrin's Ct (Off Hampstead High St), Hampstead, Greater London
Café · 81 tips and reviews
Lanka is one of London's best coffee shops.

9. Lanka

71 Regents Park Rd, Camden Town, Greater London
Cupcake Shop · 19 tips and reviews
Flat White is one of London's best coffee shops.

10. Flat White

8.5
17 Berwick St (near Broadwick St), London, Greater London
Coffee Shop · Soho · 214 tips and reviews
Nice Green Café is one of London's best coffee shops.

11. Nice Green Café

at Cecil Sharp House (2 Regent's Park Rd), London, Greater London
Café · Chalk Farm · 3 tips and reviews
Melrose & Morgan is one of London's best coffee shops.

12. Melrose & Morgan

8.2
42 Gloucester Av (Primrose Hill), London, Greater London
Grocery Store · Primrose Hill · 17 tips and reviews
Mouse & De Lotz is one of London's best coffee shops.

13. Mouse & De Lotz

103 Shacklewell Ln, London, Greater London
Coffee Shop · Dalston · 21 tips and reviews
The Deptford Project is one of London's best coffee shops.

14. The Deptford Project

121-123 Deptford High St, Deptford, Greater London
Coffee Shop · 14 tips and reviews
St David Coffee House is one of London's best coffee shops.

15. St David Coffee House

8.9
5 David's Rd, Forest Hill, Greater London
Café · 28 tips and reviews

16. No. 67

67 Peckham Rd, Peckham, Greater London
Coffee Shop · Camberwell · 42 tips and reviews

17. Monmouth Coffee Company

9.2
27 Monmouth St, Covent Garden, Greater London
Coffee Shop · Holborn and Covent Garden · 486 tips and reviews

18. The London Particular

399 New Cross Rd, New Cross, Greater London
Café · 64 tips and reviews
A Little Of What You Fancy is one of London's best coffee shops.

19. A Little Of What You Fancy

464 Kingsland Rd, Hackney, Greater London
French Restaurant · 21 tips and reviews
Ca Phe Vn's Saigon Street Cafe is one of London's best coffee shops.

20. Ca Phe Vn's Saigon Street Cafe

8.1
Broadway Market (Benjamin Cl.), Hackney, Greater London
Coffee Shop · 8 tips and reviews
Prufrock Coffee is one of London's best coffee shops.

21. Prufrock Coffee

Present (140 Shoreditch High St.), Shoreditch, Greater London
Coffee Shop · 8 tips and reviews
Pavilion Cafe is one of London's best coffee shops.

22. Pavilion Cafe

8.9
Victoria Park (Old Ford Rd), Bow, Greater London
Café · Old Ford · 171 tips and reviews
Coffee Plant is one of London's best coffee shops.

23. Coffee Plant

7.0
180 Portobello Rd, London, Greater London
Coffee Shop · Kensington and Chelsea · 66 tips and reviews
Daylesford Organic is one of London's best coffee shops.

24. Daylesford Organic

8.4
208-212 Westbourne Grove, London, Greater London
Gourmet Store · Kensington and Chelsea · 67 tips and reviews
William Curley is one of London's best coffee shops.

25. William Curley

10 Paved Court, Richmond, Greater London
Chocolate Store · 3 tips and reviews