13 cafés·last updated July 2026
Osoto pours Dark Arts Coffee between the vinyl at a Guildhall Square record store, while Mettricks roasts its own at Ascapart Roastery in Portswood. Naked Coffee runs carbon-free convection roasting in-store, and Make & Brew pours Monmouth Coffee Company in Shirley.
Osoto pours Dark Arts Coffee between the vinyl at a Guildhall Square record store, while Mettricks roasts its own at Ascapart Roastery in Portswood. Naked Coffee runs carbon-free convection roasting in-store, and Make & Brew pours Monmouth Coffee Company in Shirley.
Last updated July 2026
A small independent shop, and one of the few counters in Southampton where whoever's pulling your coffee can actually tell you what's in it.
Mettricks Portswood roasts its own beans on-site at Ascapart Roastery, with filter coffee served in-café alongside the espresso menu.
This is where Mettricks began, the group's self-described spiritual home, sat right on Guildhall Square in the city centre.
By day it's a speciality coffee house pouring Taith Coffee's Lewes single origins as espresso and filter; by night the same room turns into a hi-fi listening bar. Get there before the turntables take over.
A Netley village cafe pouring beans from Broadway Coffee Roasters of Southsea, with a single origin on the V60 alongside the house espresso and decaf.
Barraquito is known for its matcha, but the house espresso comes from Deveroast in Botley, with tasting notes of chocolate, brown sugar, stone fruit and honey printed right on the menu.
A single-origin pour-over from Dark Arts Coffee, poured inside a record store by baristas who'll talk you through why this particular bean tastes the way it does.
Naked Coffee roasts its own beans in-store using carbon-free convection roasting, pouring three named house blends alongside food and frappes on St Mary Street.
Shirley's community cafe pours Monmouth Coffee Company's espresso alongside fresh food, cakes, and local craft workshops.
Staff here settle scores in blind latte-art competitions and pull naked-portafilter shots with real technique, no small thing on a menu otherwise built around doughnuts. Order the Greek Freddo Espresso and bring your own cup for the discount.
Expect a queue for the pastries and a wait for a seat, but the espresso earns its own following, finished with latte art worth waiting around for.
A Bedford Place neighbourhood spot for espresso that's properly pulled, alongside a vegan and gluten-free menu that doesn't feel bolted on.
A book-lined Woolston local where the espresso comes with an extra shot as standard, confident enough to hold its own against the vegan donuts and toasties on the side.