Roaster
Covent Garden
Monmouth Coffee
Covent Garden
A coffee-focused stop on Monmouth Street, with beans to take home and a choice of coffees to sample.
WC2H 9EUGet to know it
9 COFFEE SHOPS · ONE PART OF LONDON
Independent coffee
in Central London.
Independent coffee in central London is often just one turn away from the main shopping or office streets. Start with the two Kaffeine addresses in Fitzrovia, choose Monmouth around Seven Dials or compare coffee stops around Leather Lane and Gray’s Inn Road. The City has a different rhythm, with more weekday-led openings.
MAKE A MORNING OF IT
A little local direction.
Keep your visit local: Fitzrovia for a shopping-day break, Holborn and Clerkenwell for nearby coffee options, or the City for an early weekday cup. They are distinct pockets rather than a single short walk.
GOOD TO KNOW
Check weekends carefully in the Square Mile. Rosslyn London Wall and Story Devonshire Square have more limited opening patterns than many West End cafés.
The Central London coffee list
9 researched locationsCoffee & food
Clerkenwell
Prufrock Coffee
Leather Lane
Coffee, food made from scratch and a coffee shop that has called Leather Lane home since 2011.
EC1N 7TEGet to know it
Coffee & food
Fitzrovia
Kaffeine
Great Titchfield Street
An independently owned espresso bar inspired by Australian and New Zealand coffee culture.
W1W 7QJGet to know it
Coffee & food
Fitzrovia
Kaffeine
Eastcastle Street
Kaffeine’s second Fitzrovia address, for an espresso-bar pause just north of Oxford Street.
W1T 3AYGet to know it
Espresso bar
City of London
Rosslyn Coffee
Queen Victoria Street
A City coffee bar on Queen Victoria Street, with Saturday service as well as the weekday routine.
EC4N 4SJGet to know it
Espresso bar
City of London
Rosslyn Coffee
London Wall
A weekday coffee bar for the northern side of the Square Mile.
EC2Y 5JAGet to know it
Roaster
City of London
Story Coffee
Devonshire Square
Story’s City address, with indoor and outdoor seating and beans for home.
EC2M 4YHGet to know it
Espresso bar
Soho
Flat White
Soho
A walk-in coffee shop on Berwick Street for a pause in the middle of Soho.
W1F 0PTGet to know it
Roaster
Holborn
Catalyst Coffee
Gray’s Inn Road
A Holborn café and coffee roaster with a speciality blend-led approach.
WC1X 8LTGet to know it
Online research checked 25 October 2026. Follow each shop’s official website for current menus and opening hours.
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