Cafe Lucca

You'll find yourself queuing out onto Bartlett Street most mornings—that's how you know a café's got it right. Cafe Lucca isn't trying to be anything other than what it is: a proper Italian spot where the espresso tastes like it's been pulled in Milan, not microwaved in Milton Keynes. The space is compact and unpretentious, all exposed brick and warm lighting, the kind of place where regulars have their usual order memorised by staff. It's become the beating heart of this little pocket of the city, a refuge for anyone who takes their coffee seriously and doesn't mind sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with Bath's creative types.