Raffles

Walk down Craven Road towards Tyburnia and you'll find yourself in proper local territory, where Raffles sits doing what it does best: feeding hungry people without any fuss. This is the sort of place where regulars know the staff's names and the espresso machine gets a proper workout from opening till close. The vibe is refreshingly unstuffed—stripped-back interiors, the kind of soundtrack that doesn't make you want to leave after ten minutes, and a menu that changes with what's actually good that day. You're getting proper café culture here, the kind that still exists in pockets of west London if you know where to look.