Cafe 51

You'll find yourself on Beresford Terrace with a decent flat white in hand, watching locals drift in for breakfast or lunch without pretence. Café 51 does the essentials brilliantly—good coffee, fresh food, honest pricing around the £5-8 mark for mains. The room's unfussy, with exposed brick and simple wooden tables that encourage you to linger over a second cup or settle in with the papers. It's the kind of place that works equally well for a solo coffee or meeting a mate for brunch.