Back On Track Coffee

You're in Marylebone, that quietly moneyed bit north of Oxford Street where independent cafes somehow survive the property wars. Back On Track takes its coffee seriously without the pretension – the kind of place where baristas actually want to talk about extraction times and single-origin roasts, but won't make you feel stupid if you just want a decent flat white. It's compact and unshowy, the sort of neighbourhood spot where you see the same faces most mornings, regulars who've built a genuine routine here. The coffee is properly good, the kind that makes you realise how dire most chain alternatives are.