Great Russell St0.4 mi from Fitzrovia centrelast reviewed May 2026
No laptops, no WiFi, and enough in the cup to justify both. A Fitzrovia stop where the coffee is the point, not the backdrop.
Calls itself real nice coffee, bans the laptops, and means it.
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.
Great Russell St0.4 mi from Fitzrovia centrelast reviewed May 2026
No laptops, no WiFi, and enough in the cup to justify both. A Fitzrovia stop where the coffee is the point, not the backdrop.
Calls itself real nice coffee, bans the laptops, and means it.
13 Great Russell St, London WC1B 3NH, UK
0.4 mi from Fitzrovia 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.
Order a V60 from the printed single-origin list, tasting notes and farm name included, and take a bag of Kiss the Hippo's own-roasted beans home from this Fitzrovia counter.
WatchHouse roasts its own coffee at a dedicated Coffee Lab in South London, and this Fitzrovia counter pours the results. Single origins carry tasting notes, with the Roaster's Spotlight rotating in something new to try.
Attendant roasts its own and pours named single origins as V60, AeroPress, or espresso. The Roasters in the name is their own operation, not a supplier's.