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survey result

Summary

£13
    £
3
Good
3
Good
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “small, often crowded” independent coffee shop by Soho’s Berwick Street market is a pilgrimage site for caffeine junkies, as the source of Antipodean ‘third wave’ coffee culture in Britain since its 2005 opening. And yes, “the coffee’s very good”.

Summary

£12
    £
3
Good
3
Good
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

The original (back in 2005) and, say fans, still “best flat white in London” – this Antipodean-style indie in Soho’s Berwick Street Market has launched imitators on every high street in Britain.

Summary

£12
    £
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

No feedback this year on this cute indie, NZ-scene café in the middle of Berwick Street Market. We continue to include it on the basis that – in 2005 – it introduced London to the ‘Flat White’ and is worth remembering in these parts.

Summary

£14
    £
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

London’s original Flat White was served at this early-wave, Kiwi coffee stop, which first hit Soho’s Berwick Street Market in 2005; and its legendary brews and “great staff” have maintained a fair following over the last 15 years. Its brunch-friendly options include pastries, smashed avos on toast and homemade banana bread.

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17 Berwick St, London, W1F 0PT

Restaurant details

Yes
No dress code
35

Prices

Traditional European menu

Main Veggies Pudding
£6.00 £0.00 £2.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £0.00
Filter Coffee £3.60
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 10.00%
17 Berwick St, London, W1F 0PT
Opening hours
Monday8:30 am‑5 pm
Tuesday8:30 am‑5 pm
Wednesday8:30 am‑5 pm
Thursday8:30 am‑5 pm
Friday8:30 am‑5 pm
Saturday9 am‑6 pm
Sunday9 am‑5:30 pm

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