Botanica Coffee Kitchen

You'll find yourself driving past the business parks on Alstone Lane more often than you'd like, but Botanica makes the journey worthwhile. It's the kind of place that takes its coffee seriously without being insufferable about it—the sort where staff can actually tell you about their roasts rather than just pulling shots. The brunch menu leans into proper comfort food done right: think eggs Benedict that don't arrive looking like they've been sitting under a heat lamp, sourdough that's actually been fermented properly, and the kind of flat whites that remind you why you bothered leaving the house. The industrial-meets-botanical aesthetic works better than it probably should, and there's enough space that you won't feel squeezed in even when it's busy.