The Monocle Cafe

How beautiful is this café! It’s like living a day in a monocle magazine.
The place is a mix of Japanese contemporary architecture and modern beech wood benches. The staff even got into the whole look and feel of the place.
Coffee is pretty good, tea is even better and you can get matcha lattes here: yum.
If you are into pastries go no further than the cinnamon scrolls. They are zesty, cardamom, sticky amazingness.
The Swedish and the Japanese breakfasts are beautiful and light, but substantial making them a nice healthy start to the day.
Biggest highlight of all: the heated toilet seat. Wow.

I really like this place. The coffee is good but more so than most it has a very unique character about it because of its style and décor. Very minimal and light. Think Japan meets Scandinavia.
I had a great winter mulled wine there but they also do (pricey) food options. If anything get the cake to go with your drink. Just opposite chiltern firehouse which is cool, and on a very nice, almost quintessential English street.

Their Japanese breakfast is cute, healthy and filling and their coffee is great. The hip crowd makes it too crowded and a bit slow, but still worth it.

Finally a good coffee! £3 for Allpress beans from New Zealand, two shots by default, milk steamed to delicious creaminess (and not too bloody hot like everywhere else), just lovely. Forgot the chocolate on my cappuccino but still 5 stars since I don’t really care about that and it was take away. Hopefully the next ones are as good!

Despite being situated just off Marylebone high street, Monocle café lacks any pretension you may expect for the area.
The coffee is above decent and the presentation on little airplane style trays, which really they could do without, is kind of sweet. Speaking of sweet, if you are in the market for a mind-​blowing chelsea bun, despite this being a Japanese themed café, they are pretty brilliant here.

Adorable café with a small and quiet downstairs space, comfortable seating, and nice finishing touches on everything from the place’s design, the friendly service, and the small chocolate given with each beverage. Strong brews too.

Best cup of coffee near Baker Street.
And let me tell you, Baker Street pours a crap lot of shit coffee, ok? Pret, Costa, Paul, Starbucks, Eat, Pret, Pure, Pret, Pret, Pret, Pret — that’s about the bar for Baker Street.
If you’re looking for an «indie» spot to grab your jolt, The Monocle Café will hit you where it counts.
I’m not much for the whole «brand» or «lifestyle» of «Monocle» (cool if you are though) but they serve very good coffee and that is all I needed them for in this lifetime. The flat white, double espresso and iced americano x 20 powered me through many an afternoon. Anytime someone queried at the office «where can I actually get good coffee?» they were immediately sent here without hesitation with a warning on the price tag.
Yes, it’s overpriced. The coffee is great but it is expensive. £4 for an iced americano?! It is mostly water chappies! Oh well, clearly I sacrificed the coin to get the goods. Just be prepared for the sticker shock on some of the items.
*not worker bee friendly (no wifi) — not encouraged.
*a few outside tables will allow you to people watch the who’s who of London trotting in and out of Chiltern Firehouse.
*there is more seating downstairs.
*small Japanese café menu on offer (I’ve never tried)
If you are reading this, you need coffee (good coffee) in the sea of dreaded chain coffeeland, here’s your solve. You’re welcome. Buzzzzzz.

My husband and I were craving for a traditional Japanese breakfast and we were not disappointed by Monocle’s breakfast (REAL miso soup, tofu, pickles, omelette and sesame onigiri). The location is super cosy and quiet, and the food was delicious. A real taste of Japan in London for 8£.
The shop is quite small so seated places are limited, but if you go there on a week morning, the place is pretty empty (we got the back room with sofa and armchair for ourselves).

Tucked away opposite on the Chiltern Firehouse, off of Baker street, this place is a real gem. It’s what you’d want a quiet café to be – secluded, with friendly staff, lovely food, and baked goods.
The best thing on the menu, undoubtedly, is the cardamom bun – a lesser known cousin of the now famous cinnamon bun. It was so good that I got one, took a bite when I left the shop, and then went right back in to get another one because my wife and I knew that our love wasn’t strong enough to withstand sharing this piece of heaven.
They have some unusual flavors in macaroons. My favorite would definitely be the black sesame and matcha.
They have cakes from Lanka which I intend to go back for – especially the matcha variety. Expect me again soon, Monocle.

Nice coffee and great for a lazy Sunday go-​to. Small so can be difficult to get seating but has been designed well. Haven’t had a meal there but great pastries. Super helpful staff.

Love this cozy little spot! their flat white is pretty stellar and probably one of the best I’ve had here. Can’t wait to head back to try their lunch menu!

Monocle coffee is a London standard. A friend told me it’s not about the coffee or the magazine. It’s about the lifestyle.
That’s says it.

Very nice and quirky café, it might look a bit crammed but the design & ambiance make it look quite cozy. They have a lovely sofa room, couple of tables downstairs & outside so you can pick what bests suits your visit.
They do an amazing coffee but a bit on the pricey side (£3 for flat white, £3,5 mocha). They also get extra brownie points since i saw the barista discarding a great looking americano & making an excellent looking americano instead before serving it.
Their sandwiches & pastries are delicious! But the rest of the food options even though they are nice they are a bit small, which is ok for breakfast but not so great if you are going for lunch. It is worth noting that they from the few shops which serve karma cola if you want a decent soft drink.
Finally, they don’t have wifi which is pretty normal considering that they don’t have that many seats.

Very very good coffee. Sandwiches and pastries delicious ! The room at the back is cosy with sofas ! Nice modern interior.

Cool vibe. Great place to get a decent coffee and meet people. I do my casual business meetings here. Quiet loungy elegance.

How cool is it that your favorite magazine has it’s own stores and cafes? I love how Monocle designed this little and very cute café right on the cozy Chiltern Street.
A large variety of different coffees and teas are available, while the menu is very international. An assortment of pastries are also available. Coffee here is good, you can read the magazine for free or buy their bargain: The newest magazine and a cup of coffee at only 6 GBP.
I love the design. Light, little and very cozy. Everything with a japanese twist of course.

Good coffee, small place and yummy morning pastries as the Cardamom puffed roll.

Very cute and quirky café, and is apparently associated with the magazine of the same name.
The coffee here is really good, personally on par with Monmouth here. The americano was clean and not too acidic. Once you incorporate the design of the café and all the fancy packaging, I would probably rate Monocle as one of the best in the city.
Seating is a bit cramped and limited, and they don’t have wifi (!!!)

This is a quirky café that does decent coffee with a japanese inspired lunch menu. Also a bit of gift shop selling interesting things like hand made chocolates and nick nacks.
Nice ambiance, relaxing downstairs area to sit and enjoy.
The food is nice but portions are small, after lunch I had to buy more food as I left hungry!

Reallyyy good food and fun place to sit and read or work,
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Un rêve qui devient réalité ! Jusqu’ici, le seule fois ou j’ai pu apercevoir le Monocle Café, ben c’est dans le Monocle justement ! Et bien voilà, aujourd’hui, mercredi 16 octobre, je suis entré, tout relax, comme si de rien n’était, commander un latte, natrurellement pour ensuite continuer ma route ! Je né sais pas si c’est le fait d’avoir le logo d’un de mes magazines favoris sur mon gobelet en carton, mais ce café était juste délicieux !
Pour le reste, l’adresse est à la hauteur du magazine. C’est beaux, c’est en bois, c’est du «muji» style comme je l’aime ! Les serveurs, trop «cool» mais le sourire n’était apparemment pas inclus dans les 3 Livres du latte.