Page Common Coffee House

You're ducking into St Martin's Place, that quiet corner just off the main Covent Garden drag, and suddenly you've found somewhere that feels like it actually belongs to locals. Page Common Coffee House sits on the ground floor with a no-nonsense approach to coffee—the kind of place where they've clearly thought about their beans and their technique. It's unpretentious but not trying to be, with decent pastries to go with your flat white and enough seating to actually sit for a bit without feeling rushed. The fact that it's part of the Page Hotels group means there's a certain polish to it, but it doesn't come across as sterile. This is the kind of coffee shop Covent Garden desperately needed.