Marlborough Ct0.2 mi from Soho centrelast reviewed May 2026
A Carnaby bookstore that takes its coffee as seriously as its shelves. Order the flat white; reviewers call it divine and perfectly balanced.
A London bookstore pulling shots from Open Fields Coffee, not a house blend.
Ulterior Motives · 16 Jun
London in July runs two clocks. One is the second week at the tennis and the Proms finding their opening night; the other is quieter: six wooden skiffs rowing…
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.
Marlborough Ct0.2 mi from Soho centrelast reviewed May 2026
A Carnaby bookstore that takes its coffee as seriously as its shelves. Order the flat white; reviewers call it divine and perfectly balanced.
A London bookstore pulling shots from Open Fields Coffee, not a house blend.
1 Marlborough Ct, Carnaby, London W1F 7EE, UK
0.2 mi from Soho centre
Ulterior Motives · 16 Jun
London in July runs two clocks. One is the second week at the tennis and the Proms finding their opening night; the other is quieter: six wooden skiffs rowing…
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.
Peter opened this in 2009, when there were very few places in London taking coffee seriously. He's still there, and so is the standard.
Kiss the Hippo's Richmond roastery runs this Soho counter on the same terms, not a licensed spin-off. Every coffee here, blends included, is served with printed tasting notes, and the sourcing reaches Cup of Excellence lots and rare varietals most cafes never touch.
This is a Colombian roaster's Soho outpost, not a Soho cafe that happens to sell Colombian coffee. Beans roasted at their own Southwark arch, direct-trade sourcing, and a barraquito on the menu back that up.