HR Higgins

still talking about where to go when you actually want good coffee in london, duke street keeps coming up. hr higgins sits on a quiet stretch of mayfair, which is not exactly where you'd expect to find somewhere this focused on the cup rather than the postcode. mayfair has a reputation for a certain kind of expensive indifference, and hr higgins is a useful correction to that. the shop has been well regarded locally for a reason that's hard to argue with: consistency matters more than novelty, and this place seems to understand that. if you're in the w1k area on a weekday morning, it's worth building your route around duke street rather than treating it as a detour.