London Cafés Perfect For A Coffee Date

We’ve surveyed the office singletons and have devised a directory of London’s best cafés to have that perfunctory first coffee date in. There’s a cute nook to be found in every London postcode, so no excuses; make the effort to meet up with your prospective right swipe. May temperatures heat up over a cold press and hearts flutter because of chemistry (and not an espresso overdose).

Here’s to you finding love (or lust) over a hot cup o’ Jo.

East

Albion, Shoreditch
2-4 Boundary Street, E2 7DD

Allpress Espresso, Dalston
55 Dalston Lane, E8 2NG

Attendant, Shoreditch
74 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3JL

Caravan, King’s Cross
1 Granary Square, N1C 4AA

Climpson & Sons
67 Broadway Market, E8 4PH

Lantana, Old Street
Unit 2, 1 Oliver’s Yard, 55 City Road, EC1Y 1HQ

Lily Vanilli
6, The Courtyard, Ezra Street, E2 7RH

Prufrock Coffee
23-25 Leather Lane, EC1N 7TE

Shoreditch Grind, Old Street
213 Old St, London EC1V 9NR

Violet Cakes
47 Wilton Way, E8 3ED

White Mulberries
D3 Ivory House, St Katharine Docks, E1W 1AT

Workshop Coffee, Clerkenwell
27 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5RN

West

Daisy Green, Little Venice
Unit 6C, 4 Sheldon Square, W2 6EZ

Farm Girl Café
59A Portobello Road, W11 3DB

Hally’s
60 New King’s Road, SW6 4LS

Kaffeine
66 Great Titchfield Street, W1W 7QJ

Monocle Café
18 Chiltern Street, W1U 7QA

Tap Coffee
26 Rathbone Place, W1T 1JD

The Black Penny
34 Great Queen Street, WC2B 5AA

North

Fink’s Salt and Sweet
70 Mountgrove Road, N5 2LT

Ginger & White
4a-5a Perrins Court, NW3 1QS

Melrose & Morgan
42 Gloucester Avenue, NW1 8JD

Vagabond, Finsbury Park
20 Charter Court, Stroud Green Road, N4 3SG

South

Ben’s Canteen, Battersea
140 St John’s Hill, SW11 1SL

Chapters
43-45 Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Village, SE3 OTJ

Federation Coffee
Unit 77-78, Brixton Village, Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8PS

Milk
18-20 Bedford Hill, SW12 9RG

Monmouth Coffee Company, Borough Market
34 Maltby Street, SE1 3PA