Forbes & Hamilton Coffee House

London's Best Coffee Shop at the 2014 London Lifestyle Awards. We serve Monmouth Coffee, food from Clarke's of Kensington and Cocomaya plus wonderful juices from Devon orchards.

8 / 10
348
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Address

47 London Wall London Greater London EC2M 5TE United Kingdom

Credit Cards Yes (incl. NFC Payments & MasterCard)
Wi-Fi No
Outdoor Seating Yes
Wheelchair Accessible Yes

Comments / 107


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coffee espresso drinks pastries cake nooks tiniest trendy hot chocolate casual brownies quiet muffins cheesecake sandwiches jazz music good for a quick meal restaurants coconut truffles city
Antigone

Everything is good here. Actually everything is awesome here. Fantastic environment, awesome service and good quality of products provided. Cronut is a must

Carlos Montoya

One of the best coffee places at the City of London. Quick service and perfect coffee . I usually take Macciato or Flat With, sporadically I go for and almond apple tart , delicious

T Stone

An oasis in the midst of all the crappy chain cafes . Beautiful, friendly , tons of great cake and noticeably good coffee . They do now take credit cards too.

Cam_in_Bris

Incredible pastries and cakes sourced from a local bakery (the granola bars are ridiculously good). Also - they do a fab, strong iced latte ! A very homely cafe .

Irina

Their crodoughnuts are delicious: the texture is very smooth and the cream/frosting has right amount of sweetness. Flat white is ok. However service is rubbish, better take away and save some money.

Matt Boothman

DO: grab a seat in the Nook if you can. It's cosy! DON'T: take the first seat in the Nook (back to the counter). You'll get joggled every time someone else in the Nook receives their order.

Sam Lucas

Very good coffee at a very very good price for the quality. Inside is charming but very tight; don't come here to get work done!

Harald B.

Fine espresso for £1,40; pastries for 3,60 to eat in (soft and sweet carrot orange cake ); hipster style coffee shop , quite loud inside when coffee mill 's working

Dominic Smith

Incredible coffee that blows the chains around here out of the water. Lovely little cakes and snacks too.

Alan Morton

Still the second best coffee shop in London ! 9.5/10 price is amazing and service is always quick...

Pedro Henriques

Fantastic coffee . Just a cool place to hang quietly , alone or whatever. Great cakes , donuts and sandwiches .

Steven Hassall

Tiny coffee shop but lovely coffee and a tempting selection of cakes

Sarah SG.

Tiniest place you'll ever have coffee in. Besides that, truffles are delicious, so is the hot chocolate .

Phil Kench

Damn good avo/tomato/mozzarella in onion focaccia sandwich . Good booths for a chat. Flat white slightly thin and weak.

Thodoris T

The Coffee is simply fantastic and can be enjoyed in a wonderful atmosphere of jazz music

Brett DeWoody

Fits about a dozen people max. Kitchen and dining area blend into one. Awesome little place.

Dimitris Amvrazis

One of the best coffee shops in London , great place, atmosphere vandalism pastry

【 @tin_fish 】

Easily one of the best coffee shops in London . The cakes are near pornography

Ben Robra

Great little coffee shop . Top notch coffee & great cakes . Chocolate cheesecake .

annette helliwell

Great coffee and amazing looking cakes . Super strong flat white

nik

Fantastic tasting coffee , albeit a bit expensive . Super friendly staff .

Ruth

Cosy wooden retreat from the world in a cup of yummy hot chocolate

Whimsical Voyages

The quaintest coffee shoo you can find in the City of London! "No WiFi . Talk to people"

Mona

Still one of my favourite coffee shops in London . I love their hot chocolate :)

eda b

one of the tiniest coffee shops in london with an excellent americano

Joost Schuur

Sign at the till reads 'No wifi , talk to each other!'. A fair arrangement given the cozy (in a good way) space.

Phil Kench

Poppyseed pastry is heaven. Usefully sell Monmouth coffee beans.

Whimsical Voyages

Very good piccolo. One of the best I've had.

Federica De santis

Make sure you take the mocha here - the best you can have.

Anton K

Cronuts/doughs get there at ~11, be quick if you want your daily calorie intake done in one go

Marcus Mitchell

Flat white and a Pineapple & Coconut muffin is my mid-afternoon treat today.

Jonny Schneider

It gets weird if you want to sit down. Been lotsfor takeout and thought the folks were nice enough, but on a quiet morning sat with a friend, it wasn't okay to order only 1 coffee . Pretty awkward.

Sandra R.

They make one of the best coffees :) sharing table policy! :)

M Z

Excellent flat white and proper cakes . Worth a visit.

Photini

The coffee is alright but the crodoughnats are a m a z I n g.

David Graham

Monmouth Coffee , Jersey milk , great pastries . Best value coffee in the area.

Vaughan Evans

Hidden gem . Great espresso . Awesome ambiance. Yes.

Wendy Burrows

Nice coffee but cash only and paid £9 for a coffee and two doughnuts ! #rippedoff

Andrew Smallwood

Consistently voted one of the best coffee shops in London

Matthew Ng

Lovely place, where coffees are double shots as standard.

Esin Sezer Kanko

Try carrot&orange cake , coffee is great..cosy and sweet place

Jocelyn Le Trionnaire

Get there around 11h and you might get your hands on some cronuts !

Alan Morton

Lovely coffee will be missed as they are closing

Lisa Talia Moretti

Great coffee ! So cosy but no wifi .

Rumana Siddiky

The coffee is fab, though the Jersey milk is almost too rich. I guess that isn't really a complaint!

Kukkii Koppee

Not much fruit flavour in their tart , it tasted mostly of v.sugary almond paste. Flat white was too hot. Cash only . No toilets .

Nazli A.

So overrated. Probably because it's a hipster place (non of the furniture matches, a quirky waitress and so on). Many chain coffee shops offer better food and coffee than this place does

Stavroula Konidari

Here's the thing: Great (but expensive ) macchiato BUT even though the treats look appealing, they are uncovered and saw flies over them. Too bad, guys. I'd never eat here.

Little Ms Random

Have a delicious flat white at this wonderful coffee shop furnished with recycled pews from a church . The proprietors are amazingly friendly , and the brownies are fantastic.

Katerina H-D

Really good coffee and pastries . Nice little place.

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