Queen Square Ave0.2 mi from Old City centrelast reviewed May 2026
Extract on the house espresso, with guest hoppers from The Barn, Workshop and Crankhouse. It reads as a brunch room; the coffee list says otherwise.
The Old City room where the coffee list is chosen with more care than the brunch crowd notices.
Queen Square Ave0.2 mi from Old City centrelast reviewed May 2026
Extract on the house espresso, with guest hoppers from The Barn, Workshop and Crankhouse. It reads as a brunch room; the coffee list says otherwise.
The Old City room where the coffee list is chosen with more care than the brunch crowd notices.
1 Queen Square Ave, Bristol BS1 4JA, UK
0.2 mi from Old City centre
Full Court Press roasts its own coffee in Old City and publishes exactly what it pays its producers, a transparency most roasters keep to themselves. The programme is run by a Q-Grader and SCA-certified roaster, which shows in the cup.
Old City gets the full Origin programme: named single origins with tasting notes printed on the menu, poured by staff hired specifically for their coffee knowledge.
Clifton Coffee anchors the espresso here, backed by a genuine rotation of guest roasters pulled from Bristol and further afield. The programme reads sharper than the modest Old City counter suggests.