Small Street Espresso is a cafe in Old City, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: It shuts at 15:00 and all weekend; sister bar Little Victories at Wapping Wharf covers the days this room is dark.
Address: 23 Small Street, Bristol BS1 1DW
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.
Signature drink: Speciality filter during a gallery show
Tip: Check the events diary: the room flips from laptop cafe to gigs and launches, and daytime seats vanish on show days.
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.
Signature drink: House-blend flat white
Tip: The chain famously banned single-use cups; bring a reusable or drink in, and expect a weekend queue for brunch.
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.
Signature drink: Oat flat white with a vegan fry-up
Tip: Everything on the menu is vegan including the big breakfast; evening events sometimes take over the basement.
Spicer+Cole runs four Bristol coffee-and-kitchen rooms; the Queen Square Avenue original pairs Extract-roasted coffee with super-fresh seasonal plates.
Signature drink: Batch filter with a seasonal salad plate
Tip: The Clifton Village and Finzels Reach branches keep the same kitchen standards if Queen Square is rammed.
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.
Signature drink: Flat white with the smoked salmon brunch bowl
Tip: No bookings at this site; go before 10:00 on weekends or add your name and browse the street art while you wait.
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.
Signature drink: House coffee with an all-day breakfast
Tip: Card only and walk-in only; the pavement tables catch the morning sun before the Picton Street hill does.
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.
Signature drink: Speciality filter during a gallery show
Tip: Check the events diary: the room flips from laptop cafe to gigs and launches, and daytime seats vanish on show days.
