Proper Coffee

BeamLenton, Nottingham

★★SpecialtyProperly excellent

Seely Rd0.6 mi from Lenton centrelast reviewed April 2026

Specialty coffee inside a working bookshop and gallery, with food from Small Food Bakery and vinyl on the turntable. The coffee holds its own against everything else the room is doing.

A bookshop, a gallery, and coffee that earns its place in all of it.

4.9★★★★½(32)
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What we love

  • •Food by Small Food Bakery; the sourcing is as deliberate as the setting
  • •Malted coffee on the menu; a signature worth ordering
  • •Local and organic produce throughout, not as an afterthought
  • •Working gallery and second-hand bookshop in the same building, vinyl on the turntable

Location

33 Seely Rd, Nottingham NG7 1NU, UK

0.6 mi from Lenton centre

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Richaro's Ramblings · 4 May

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