A creative market town with real coffee ambition. Loud Mouth leads the way, but there's more depth than you'd expect.
Last updated April 2026
The best coffee you'll find
Worth going out of your way
A proper specialty coffee stop inside a working classic car restoration yard, which makes it one of the more memorable places you'll drink an espresso in Somerset. Round Hill Roastery beans in a setting this good is a combination worth seeking out.
Round Hill Roasters on the bar and a filter coffee that's genuinely fruity and expressive. For a Somerset market town, that's a proper find.
The River House roasts its own coffee under the Loud Mouth Coffee label, which you can buy to take home. A neighbourhood café with genuine charm, it's worth a visit to see how that roastery translates into the cup.
Good if you're nearby
A café inside a bike shop is exactly as good as it sounds. Castelli pulls coffee from a local Clifton roastery and pairs it with homemade food in one of Frome's most characterful spots.
A proper neighbourhood café on Frome's cobbled Cheap Street, where the food is genuinely homemade and the welcome is real. Go for lunch and stay longer than you planned.
A proper neighbourhood shop in Frome where coffee comes in generous, well-presented mugs and the surrounding vintage homeware and handmade goods give you plenty of reason to linger.
A food-forward neighbourhood spot where the kitchen takes centre stage, but the coffee is serious enough that people leave with beans to brew at home.
One of Britain's best bakeries, set inside a converted church. The morning buns and focaccia are the draw, and the coffee holds its own.
Tool & Gauge is the kind of neighbourhood spot Frome does well: independent, relaxed, and genuinely good at feeding people. The coffee holds its own, but the food is the real reason to clear your morning.
Come for the Spanish almond cake and stay longer than you planned. The food is the main event here, backed by consistent Illy espresso and the kind of unhurried service that's increasingly hard to find.
The Grain Cafe Bar sits inside Frome's Cheese and Grain, one of those genuinely loved community venues that gives a place its character. Come for a well-made latte and homemade cake in a room that actually has something to say.