Notes Coffee Roasters & Bar | Reading

You walk into Notes and immediately get why people rate it: it's the kind of place where the staff care about how your coffee tastes, not just that you've bought one. The space itself sits nicely on Station Hill, close enough to the station that it works for travellers but feels properly embedded in Reading's independent café scene. Whether you're after a flat white that's been thought through or something more adventurous, they've got the roasting credentials to back it up. It's become the sort of spot where you bump into the same faces, regulars who've decided this is their place—and honestly, once you've had a decent cup there, you understand why.