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Duck & DoughBrynmill, Swansea

★★SpecialtyProperly excellent

Marlborough Rd0.0 mi from Brynmill centrelast reviewed August 2026

A Brynmill bakery-cafe that pulled off something rarer: a spot on the Wales Indy Coffee Guide 2025, one of just 113 venues in Wales picked specifically for its coffee.

Swansea's pick among just 113 Welsh cafes chosen for coffee, not pastries.

4.8★★★★½(102)
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What we love

  • •Selected for the Wales Indy Coffee Guide 2025, one of only 113 venues chosen across Wales for its coffee.
  • •Customers single out the espresso as "perfectly pulled," a quality note the guide selection backs up.
  • •Still known locally as a bakery first, with its pastel de natas drawing regulars alongside the coffee crowd.

Location

37 Marlborough Rd, Brynmill, Swansea SA2 0DZ, UK

0.0 mi from Brynmill centre

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From the Journal

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Richaro's Ramblings · 14 Aug

The wrong island

I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.

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