Café W, Waterstones

You know that feeling when you're browsing books and fancy a decent cup without leaving the building? This is it. Café W sits right in the Waterstones on French Gate—that stretch near the town centre where you've probably wandered past a hundred times. It's the kind of place where you can legitimately spend an afternoon with a flat white and a novel, without feeling guilty about nursing one drink. The coffee's solid, the pastries hit the mark, and there's enough space to actually spread out. It's become a proper little refuge for the browsing-and-caffeinating crowd, which says something about how decent it actually is.