Castle St0.2 mi from Reading centrelast reviewed October 2026
A tiny takeaway window on Castle Street pouring South Indian filter coffee, with masala chai where you can taste the individual spices. Add a fried banana bun or the savoury baked egg pie with nigella and you have the best-reviewed stop in central Reading.
Reading's South Indian filter coffee window, and the queue knows it.
Castle St0.2 mi from Reading centrelast reviewed October 2026
A tiny takeaway window on Castle Street pouring South Indian filter coffee, with masala chai where you can taste the individual spices. Add a fried banana bun or the savoury baked egg pie with nigella and you have the best-reviewed stop in central Reading.
Reading's South Indian filter coffee window, and the queue knows it.
33 Castle St, Reading RG1 7SB, UK
0.2 mi from Reading centre
The filter coffee and the flat whites get as much praise as the bagels here, and the baristas will pour you a taste before you commit to an order. A King Street stop worth making for the coffee, not just the food.
Reading's roaster-led coffee house on Oxford Road, with its own Workhouse Coffee Company beans on the shelf. Take a bag home and ask what's freshest.
A riverside van by Reading station where the barista talks you through the menu and the cappuccino comes out properly textured, never burnt. Worth a stop if you're waiting on a train and want a coffee made with some care.