Open Grounds Cafe

You'll find Open Grounds down by the Millmead area, where the Wey runs past and the tourist crowds thin out properly. It's the kind of place where your flat white arrives with actual care, and the brunch menu reads like someone's genuinely thought about what people want to eat at 11am on a Saturday. The riverside setting means you can actually hear yourself think, watch the water move, and feel like you've stumbled onto something the guidebooks haven't picked over yet. It's become a proper local anchor—the sort of café where people camp out with laptops or linger over coffee with friends.