Cafe Vergnano – Coffee Redemption

Never again will you have to put up with a milky latte when you really wanted a cappuccino, or experience third-degree burns to your tongue when you take a sip from a takeaway cup.

Cosily housed in a refurbished spot in the railway arches of Hungerford Bridge, Cafe Vergnano 1882 is a comfortable mix of dark wood, deep red walls and creamy leather armchairs, perfect to sink into on a lazy Sunday, or before or after an evening performance at the Royal Festival Hall next-door.

The centrepiece of the entire restaurant will wink at you in the sunlight as you walk past the glass frontage; it’s the Elektra Q1C coffee machine, yeah!  A domed barrel of gleaming chrome with all manner of pipes feeding into it.  I swear it looks like something out of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but whatever’s inside, be it an Oompa Loompa or just genius Italian engineering, it looks cool.  Toys for boys I guess!

Now I shouldn’t forget the the good stuff; a cappucino which is perfectly presented at the right temperature with the ‘1882′ insignia stencilled with chocolate in the froth, or try one of the several types of espresso that I was never previously aware of.  The food menu is extensive, and I couldn’t possibly do it justice here so either visit the website here, or just go have a great cup of coffee.

Oh, check out what they have to say about certain other coffee outlets here,

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Cafe Vergnano | Coffee & tea | (great) coffee from £ 1.70
Festival Terrace, Belvedere Road | Central | +442079219339
Mon – Fri 08:00 – 00:00, Sat 09:00 – 00:00, Sun 10:00 – 22:00