Morningside Rd0.5 mi from Bruntsfield centrelast reviewed April 2026
Bruntsfield bistro with freshly roasted beans behind the counter and consistently balanced extraction. The coffee outperforms what the room suggests.
Freshly roasted beans in a bistro that doesn't make a fuss about it.
Ulterior Motives · 16 Jul
For three weeks every August, Edinburgh stops hosting festivals and turns into one.
Richaro's Ramblings · 14 Aug
I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.
Morningside Rd0.5 mi from Bruntsfield centrelast reviewed April 2026
Bruntsfield bistro with freshly roasted beans behind the counter and consistently balanced extraction. The coffee outperforms what the room suggests.
Freshly roasted beans in a bistro that doesn't make a fuss about it.
132 Morningside Rd, Edinburgh EH10 4BX, UK
0.5 mi from Bruntsfield centre
Ulterior Motives · 16 Jul
For three weeks every August, Edinburgh stops hosting festivals and turns into one.
Richaro's Ramblings · 14 Aug
I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.
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.
A Bruntsfield food spot that takes the coffee seriously. The cortado gets ordered by name, and a regular has ranked it among the best in Morningside.