The Mokapot House

"A proper neighbourhood café on Essex Road that gets the basics right: good coffee, great food, and the kind of atmosphere that makes it easy to lose a whole morning there."

What we love

• •Independent café with no corporate ties, run with genuine care
• •Coffee is consistently well-executed, rich and smooth without being fussy
• •Hot drink menu goes beyond espresso, with a well-regarded chai latte
• •Food is the real draw here, strong enough to be a reason on its own