5A

You'll find yourself on a quiet stretch of Stranmillis, pushing through the door of what feels like a proper neighbourhood café—the kind that's become integral to the local fabric rather than just another coffee chain. The vibe here is unpretentious: locals working on laptops, mates catching up over flat whites, the occasional person actually reading a newspaper. The coffee's clearly taken seriously (General Merchants does the roasting themselves), and it arrives in a cup that's meant to be drunk, not photographed. It's the sort of place you stumble into once and then keep coming back to, week after week.