Lantana Shoreditch

You'll walk into Oliver's Yard off City Road and immediately clock the stripped-back aesthetic—exposed brick, natural light flooding in, the kind of place that makes you want to linger with your coffee. Lantana does that Australian cafe thing properly: exceptional espresso, the kind of sourdough that actually has flavour, and breakfast dishes that go beyond the obvious. The smashed avocado is genuinely excellent, but it's the small details—proper buttering, quality ingredients, actual technique—that separate this from the brunch noise. Lunch moves into more substantial territory without losing the thread. It's busy, naturally, but the team moves with purpose rather than chaos.