Proper Coffee

Smoak CoffeeChorlton, Manchester

★EverydayThe everyday answer

Manchester Rd0.4 mi from Chorlton centrelast reviewed April 2026

One of the few places in Chorlton doing filter coffee properly. The neighbourhood has worked this out.

The filter coffee address for a neighbourhood that didn't have one.

4.7★★★★½(217)
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What we love

  • •Filter coffee on the menu, one of the few places locally that bothers
  • •Strong enough that customers order a second cup
  • •Independent neighbourhood cafe with a local following built around the coffee itself

Location

105 Manchester Rd, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 9GA, UK

0.4 mi from Chorlton centre

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Richaro's Ramblings · 4 May

The case for Everyday

Proper Coffee surfaces three tiers. We lean on the top one because that's the obvious thing a discovery site should do, and that's mostly where this site sends…

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