Hackney Rd0.2 mi from Shoreditch centrelast reviewed May 2026
A corner cafe on Hackney Road where the pain au kimchi is the draw and the flat whites earn their keep. Columbia Road Flower Market is a short walk, and Sunday mornings are when this works best.
The pastry menu is doing more work than the coffee, which is still doing its job.
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.
Hackney Rd0.2 mi from Shoreditch centrelast reviewed May 2026
A corner cafe on Hackney Road where the pain au kimchi is the draw and the flat whites earn their keep. Columbia Road Flower Market is a short walk, and Sunday mornings are when this works best.
The pastry menu is doing more work than the coffee, which is still doing its job.
28 Hackney Rd, London E2 7DZ, UK
0.2 mi from Shoreditch 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.
The room looks borrowed from the tattoo parlour next door, and the espresso is just as committed to the bit, extracted with real precision.
Kiss the Hippo's own roastery pours named-producer microlots and Cup of Excellence coffees here, with tasting notes on every bag.
Flying Horse roasts their own beans in Hackney and pours them in Shoreditch, which is as close to the source as you'll get in this corner of the city. Come for the single origins.