Coldblow Coffee runs the house roast, a Kent specialty operation doing small-batch single origins from direct-trade green. Grant built Nutmeg seven years before launching Coldblow; the same conviction, a different address.

Italian product throughout, espresso included. Order it short and it arrives strong and properly crema'd, in the tradition this kind of room is built around.

A chocolate shop that sources from Monmouth. A flat white alongside a truffle is a better combination than it has any right to be.

Serious pastry from two chefs with proper kitchen credentials, and coffee the Good Food Guide called out specifically. The food is the draw; the coffee keeps up.