Small Street Espresso
Order Espresso on the Clifton Coffee house roast
Small Street Espresso has poured Bristol's benchmark flat whites in a slim Old City room since 2012, rotating guest roasters past its house Clifton beans.
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Boston Tea Party Park Street
Order House-blend flat white
Boston Tea Party's Park Street original is where the Bristol-born cafe chain began, still doing all-day brunch on the slope it calls the BTP OG.
Cafe Kino
- ★ 4.1
- Vegan
- £
- Stokes Croft & Montpelier
Order Oat flat white with a vegan fry-up
Cafe Kino is Stokes Croft's worker-owned vegan co-op, feeding Bristol burgers, fry-ups and coffee in a room that doubles as a community events space.
Cafés: tours, tastings and classes in Bristol
Guided tour · 2 hours
Bristol: Crocodile Swimming Experience coffee and cake
Enjoy an unforgettable experience swimming with a crocodile in a pool. Savor a coffee and cake at the Croc Cafe.
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2.5 hours
Bristol: Tea Blending Workshop at Bird & Blend Tea Co.
Join a Tea Blending & Tasting Workshop in Bristol. Learn about the history of tea, sample nine unique blends, and create your own custom blends to take home.
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Private tour · 2 hours
Bristol: Swimming with Crocodiles coffee and cake
Swim with a crocodile in a Bristol pool in season. Handle and feed crocodiles, take a guided wildlife tour to see them and venomous snakes, and get a printed photo of ...
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Spicer+Cole
Order Batch filter with a seasonal salad plate
Spicer+Cole runs four Bristol coffee-and-kitchen rooms; the Queen Square Avenue original pairs Extract-roasted coffee with super-fresh seasonal plates.
The Crafty Egg
Order Flat white with the smoked salmon brunch bowl
The Crafty Egg cooks Stokes Croft's neighbourhood brunch, from pancakes with bacon to salmon bowls, in a walk-in-only room on Bristol's muralled mile.
The Bristolian
Order House coffee with an all-day breakfast
The Bristolian is Montpelier's corner caff on Picton Street, an all-day Bristol breakfast room that swings from fry-ups to cocktails by late afternoon.
Dareshack
Order Speciality filter during a gallery show
Dareshack folds a speciality coffee bar into a 4,000 square foot studio and gallery on Wine Street, giving central Bristol its arts-crowd living room.
Little Victories
Order Espresso by day, craft beer and coffee cocktails by evening
Little Victories is the Small Street Espresso team's harbourside bar at Wapping Wharf, Bristol, pouring espresso, cakes and toasties beside Cargo's cranes.
Mud Dock Cafe
Order Coffee on the terrace above the bike workshop
Mud Dock has stacked a cafe above a bike shop on Bristol's harbourside for over 30 years, serving brunch and harbour views from its top-floor terrace.
Full Court Press
- ★ 4.4
- Coffee roaster
- £
- Old City & St Nicholas Market
Order Weekly-changing single-origin espresso
Full Court Press rotates a weekly-changing line-up of small-lot coffees through its Broad Street bar, Bristol's most studious cup of filter since 2014.
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East Village Cafe
Order Rainbow latte with a plant-based toastie
East Village Cafe hides a plant-based counter under the arches of Boyces Avenue in Clifton Village, pouring Triple Co Roast coffee and rainbow lattes.
Sweven Coffee
- ★ 4.4
- Coffee roaster
- ££
- Bedminster & North Street
Order Nordic-style filter of a rare varietal
Sweven Coffee roasts rare, Nordic-style lots and pours them at 12 North Street, giving Bedminster in Bristol one of the UK's most rarefied brew bars.
Mrs Potts Chocolate House
Order Flaked 72% dark hot chocolate
Mrs Potts melts real flaked chocolate into Bristol's best hot chocolate on Park Street, from a classic 58% cup to brownies, sundaes and monthly specials.
Watershed Cafe & Bar
Order Pre-film coffee or a local ale upstairs
Watershed's first-floor cafe bar feeds Bristol's independent cinema crowd above the harbour inlet, all local beers, coffee and pre-screening plates.
Mokoko Coffee & Bakery
Mokoko bakes pastries in full view at the foot of Gaol Ferry Steps, pairing an open bakery bench with single-estate coffees on Bristol's harbourside.
Bakesmiths
Bakesmiths fills a double-height Whiteladies Road room with cakes, breakfast rolls and coffee, the bakery-cafe flagship of Bristol's Bakehouse team.
Hart's Bakery
Hart's Bakery laminates and bakes everything inside a Victorian railway arch under Bristol Temple Meads, the send-off pastry stop before any train.
Bakehouse
Bakehouse bakes its 48-hour sourdough in an open-plan room inside Cakesmiths' St Philips works, Bristol's bread counter with the mixer in view.
Hobbs House Bakery
Hobbs House brings a fifth-generation Cotswolds family bakery to Gloucester Road, selling its century-honed breads and cakes with Extract coffee.
Pinkmans Bakery
Pinkmans bakes Bristol's cult sourdough doughnuts and focaccia across five cafes; the Stokes Croft unit keeps the croft in brunch bakes and toasties.
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