-167 Dalry Rd0.5 mi from Bruntsfield centrelast reviewed April 2026
The name is the brief. On Dalry Road rather than the Bruntsfield strip, with quieter footfall and coffee that earns the top billing.
The name means what it says, which is rarer than it should be.
Ulterior Motives · 31 May
June is Edinburgh's own month, the one before August hands the city over to the Fringe.
Richaro's Ramblings · 4 May
Proper Coffee surfaces three tiers. We lean on the top one because that's the obvious thing a discovery site should do, and that's mostly where this site sends…
-167 Dalry Rd0.5 mi from Bruntsfield centrelast reviewed April 2026
The name is the brief. On Dalry Road rather than the Bruntsfield strip, with quieter footfall and coffee that earns the top billing.
The name means what it says, which is rarer than it should be.
165-167 Dalry Rd, Edinburgh EH11 2EA, UK
0.5 mi from Bruntsfield centre
Ulterior Motives · 31 May
June is Edinburgh's own month, the one before August hands the city over to the Fringe.
Richaro's Ramblings · 4 May
Proper Coffee surfaces three tiers. We lean on the top one because that's the obvious thing a discovery site should do, and that's mostly where this site sends…
Own-brand beans from rotating Latin American and African single origins, brewed across the full spectrum from pour-over to cold brew. The team has been here long enough to run it properly.
A hole-in-the-wall Bruntsfield indie running five rotating Black Dog Coffee Co single-origins, each traced to farm level. The room doesn't prepare you for the sourcing detail.
The brew bar runs single origins from the house roastery, rotated regularly enough that there's always something worth asking about. Staff understand extraction, and the room is built around coffee rather than the kitchen.