Balmoral Terrace0.3 mi from Bishopthorpe Road centrelast reviewed April 2026
The neighbourhood local on Bishopthorpe Road where good cakes and good coffee exist in equal standing, neither overselling the other. Solid, independent, and entirely at ease with what it is.
A Bishopthorpe Road fixture where the cakes are taken as seriously as the coffee.
Ulterior Motives · 20 Jun
For one stretch of July, you can't move in York for early music or in Harrogate for livestock.
Richaro's Ramblings · 4 May
Proper Coffee surfaces three tiers. We lean on the top one because that's the obvious thing a discovery site should do, and that's mostly where this site sends…
Balmoral Terrace0.3 mi from Bishopthorpe Road centrelast reviewed April 2026
The neighbourhood local on Bishopthorpe Road where good cakes and good coffee exist in equal standing, neither overselling the other. Solid, independent, and entirely at ease with what it is.
A Bishopthorpe Road fixture where the cakes are taken as seriously as the coffee.
75 Balmoral Terrace, York YO23 1HR, UK
0.3 mi from Bishopthorpe Road centre
Ulterior Motives · 20 Jun
For one stretch of July, you can't move in York for early music or in Harrogate for livestock.
Richaro's Ramblings · 4 May
Proper Coffee surfaces three tiers. We lean on the top one because that's the obvious thing a discovery site should do, and that's mostly where this site sends…
Espresso that's been paid attention to, and pancakes that are genuinely one of York's better things. The Bishopthorpe Road call if you want both done properly.
Coffee rotates on Bishopthorpe Road, which means there's usually something different since the last visit. The baking is taken seriously and earns its own reason to stop.
A proper espresso bar on Bishopthorpe Road, one of York's better café streets. The coffee is taken seriously; the waffles are taken even more seriously.