Leman Locke: Stunning London aparthotel, a stone’s throw from Spitalfields

X27th February 2017

Self-described as a “design-led aparthotel”, Leman Locke is one of a new generation of London hotels that just makes so much sense. From the street, it might not be obvious that this is even a hotel, but the coffee bar

Royal Exchange Grind: Marble coffee heaven, beside Bank tube station

London, Shoreditch & East

X30th January 2017

The Grind café group seem to be on a mission of world domination – well, London at least. With 8 locations and counting, they continue to open beautiful spaces, impeccably designed, serving fab coffee in their signature red cups, alongside

Café Miami: Cute Clapton caff, transporting you to California with coffee & pancakes | Recommended by HYHOI.com: Have You Heard Of It? | A curation of design-led hotspots around the world, tried and tasted

Café Miami: Transporting you from Clapton to California, with coffee & pancakes

London, Shoreditch & East

X21st January 2017

When Art Deco architecture, Clapton cool and Californian vibes collide, you know it’s going to be unmissable. Café Miami is a pastel-hued paradise – there’s nowhere else I’d rather wake up on a weekend, drinking Workshop Coffee, eating Nutella-stuffed pancakes

Bar Termini: Authentic all-day Italian bolthole for espressos, aperitifs & escapism

London, Soho

X11th March 2016

Pop into Bar Termini at noon or night for an authentic Italian experience. Coffee and pastries from 10am, or cocktails and cold cuts till late, with a blurred line of both caffeine and aperitifs somewhere in between! In typical Italian

Workshop Coffee: Café, restaurant & roastery in Clerkenwell

London, Shoreditch & East

X12th February 2016

I am a big fan of Workshop Coffee, and a fairly long-standing one at that. Its Fitzrovia coffee bar, bang next door to spinning favourite Psycle, is probably my favourite caffeination point in all of London, thanks to the aesthetic

Crosstown Doughnuts: Fresh gourmet doughnuts in Soho (& all over London)

London, Soho

X1st February 2016

It was National Doughnut Week last month. God forbid you missed it!? I surprised my team at work with a whopping great delivery from Soho’s gourmet doughnut dealers, and I can say with confidence that the votes for Employee of

Kioskafé: A coffee & magazine shop in Paddington, from the founders of Monocle

London, West

X2nd November 2015

Kioskafé combines three of my favourite things: coffee, magazines, and great design, so of course I loved it. It’s from the founders of Monocle, the uber hipster “global affairs, business, culture and design” magazine, and equally awesome Monocle Cafe in

Fields: Innovative brunch & top coffee, alfresco on Clapham Common

London, South

X27th October 2015

In a former sports pavilion on Clapham Common, right next to the skatepark, you’ll find Fields. Having honed the art of coffee and brunch at their original restaurant MILK in Balham, the team is bringing the same novel ingredients, quirky

Sharps Coffee & Barber Shop: A novel combination of haircuts & excellent coffee

Fitzrovia, London

X20th October 2015

Londoners are no stranger to a bike shop combined with a coffee shop – but a barbers? That’s a new one. Sharps in Fitzrovia (just off Charlotte Street) are doing just that. It’s not just any barbershop, but a beautiful

Lundenwic: Scandi spot on Aldwych for coffee, porridge & lunch

Covent Garden & Holborn, London

X16th October 2015

From the duo who brought you Scotchtails (those incredible artisan Scotch eggs – available at Borough Market and beyond) comes Lundenwic, a small café right on Aldwych. With whitewashed brick and clean subway tiles as a backdrop, the Scandinavian décor

Brickwood: Top coffee & banana bread in Clapham & Balham

London, South

X12th October 2015

If like me, you are on the hunt for the best banana bread in London, you can halt the search right now. I’m giving away all my secrets here, but… It’s at Brickwood. Fans can rejoice that there are two

Attendant: Coffee & brunch destination on Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch

London, Shoreditch & East

X7th October 2015

You’ll have heard of Attendant as the unique subterranean coffee shop housed in an ex-public toilet in Fitzrovia. Well now there’s a second Attendant outpost to the east, on Great Eastern Street. Here, they’ve forgone the porcelain interiors of the