Dareshack is a cafe in Old City, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Check the events diary: the room flips from laptop cafe to gigs and launches, and daytime seats vanish on show days.
Address: Vintry Building, Wine Street, Bristol BS1 2BD
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.
Signature drink: Weekly-changing single-origin espresso
Tip: The menu changes weekly and the roastery coffee bar on Oxford Street pours weekday mornings if Broad Street is full.
Little Victories is the Small Street Espresso team's harbourside bar at Wapping Wharf, Bristol, pouring espresso, cakes and toasties beside Cargo's cranes.
Signature drink: Espresso by day, craft beer and coffee cocktails by evening
Tip: It keeps weekend hours its Old City sibling does not, which makes it the Saturday home for Bristol coffee people.
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.
Signature drink: Coffee on the terrace above the bike workshop
Tip: Cyclists get their machines serviced downstairs while eating upstairs; the terrace is the harbour's quietest suntrap.
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.
Signature drink: Weekly-changing single-origin espresso
Tip: The menu changes weekly and the roastery coffee bar on Oxford Street pours weekday mornings if Broad Street is full.
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.
Signature drink: Rainbow latte with a plant-based toastie
Tip: It shares the arch with a gift shop and welcomes dogs; the courtyard outside is Clifton Village's calmest coffee spot.
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.
Signature drink: Nordic-style filter of a rare varietal
Tip: Releases are limited and sell out; ask what is on filter that day rather than defaulting to espresso.
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.
Signature drink: Flaked 72% dark hot chocolate
Tip: The seasonal specials menu changes monthly; a city with Fry's chocolate history deserves the dark 72% at least once.
