Ginkgo

You'll find Ginkgo tucked along King's Road, where it's become the sort of café that regulars actually defend. It's unpretentious but clearly thoughtful: the coffee tastes like they care about their beans, and the food feels properly made rather than assembled. The space itself is bright without being aggressively Instagram-y, which is harder to pull off than you'd think. You pop in whether you're after a serious caffeine fix before work or planning to actually sit for brunch, and the 4.8 rating tells you the locals aren't messing about—over 100 reviews from people who genuinely rate it.