5 neighbourhoods·36 cafés·last updated April 2026
200 Degrees runs a roastery and barista school from the city centre, and Cosmos is the espresso bar where the ratio is the point; Omnia, Stewarts of Trent Bridge, and Cartwheel in Beeston all roast their own beans.
Our top picks4 picks
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Beeston
“Own-blend espresso behind the best flat white in Beeston.”
Cartwheel runs an own-blend espresso programme and the milk work to back it up. The best flat white in Beeston.
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Sneinton
Sneinton's working roastery, where the espresso is evidence and the retail shelf is the point.
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City Centre
The only espresso bar in Nottingham where the ratio is the point.
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Beeston
Beeston's working roastery, where the pour-over confirms the name.
5 neighbourhoods
200 Degrees runs its barista school from the city centre; Cosmos Coffee, nearby, does stripped-back espresso with nothing else on the menu.
A roastery brand with an in-house barista school, where the coffee training is the point, not the footnote.
A national chain with a working Nottingham roastery, which is rarer than it sounds.
Roasts its own beans, and you can taste it in the Spanish latte.
A brunch-first room where the Spanish latte earns the coffee menu its credibility.
Two on-site roasters in one suburb: Cartwheel has been doing serious espresso in Beeston for years; Omnia adds pour-over from beans roasted on-site.
Beeston's working roastery, where the pour-over confirms the name.
The Beeston independent that took its espresso blend seriously.
The waffles are the draw, but someone behind the counter is measuring the espresso.
Solid Illy espresso in a Beeston Scandi room where the cinnamon rolls are the real headline.
Beam brings specialty coffee into a working bookshop and gallery and sets the standard for Lenton; Chapter Café and Whitebird are the everyday stops.
The best coffee attached to Lenton's most wholesome kitchen.
Lenton's neighbourhood cafe where coffee is taken seriously rather than tolerated.
Better espresso than a food truck on Leen Gate has any right to pour.
200 Degrees beans in a part of Nottingham where the alternative is instant.
The Norwegian room in West Bridgford that brought La Cabra to Nottingham.
Their roastery credential is real, and the park-facing window is a good place to confirm it.
Treats its coffee machine with more respect than most sandwich bars manage.
200 Degrees runs a roastery and barista school from the city centre, and Cosmos is the espresso bar where the ratio is the point; Omnia, Stewarts of Trent Bridge, and Cartwheel in Beeston all roast their own beans.
Last updated April 2026
Beeston
Cartwheel runs an own-blend espresso programme and the milk work to back it up. The best flat white in Beeston.
Sneinton
Stewarts is a working coffee roastery, not a café that roasts on the side. Come for the espresso, leave with a bag of whatever they're pulling shots from.