Coffee & cafés in Reading
Reading has 145 listed coffee shops and cafés, from quick espresso stops to slow weekend brunches. Most popular: Breakfast (14), Sandwiches (12), Tea (6). The coffee scene spans 70 Cafes & Coffee Shops, 67 Coffee Shops, 8 Tea Houses & Bubble Tea. Dietary options are covered too: Vegetarian cafés (32), Vegan cafés (20), Gluten-free cafés (8). Price levels: Cheap coffee, Mid-range cafés. 20 landmarks and neighbourhoods have their own nearby-coffee guides.
Reading, United Kingdom, has 176 coffee venues, including 42 specialty-coffee locations. The city serves breakfast, sandwiches, and tea. Approximately 80% of these venues are independent.
By coffee:Matcha (5)
Coffee scorecard
| Metric | Reading | United Kingdom median |
|---|---|---|
| Flagged as specialty in our listings | 30% of 145 venues | 4.9% (median of 591 cities) |
| Not part of a chain we track | 77% of 145 venues | 86% (median of 591 cities) |
| Median rating | 4.5 across 85 venues with 25+ ratings | 4.6 (median of 567 cities) |
| Cheap price tier | 72% of 82 venues with a price level | 70% (median of 532 cities) |
| Mid-range price tier | 28% of 82 venues with a price level | 30% (median of 532 cities) |
| Upscale price tier | 0% of 82 venues with a price level | 0% (median of 532 cities) |
| Open late (closing 22:00 or later) | 6.1% of 115 venues with listed hours | 9.5% (median of 589 cities) |
| Open on Sundays | 78% of 115 venues with Sunday hours listed | 73% (median of 589 cities) |
| Open all 7 days | 70% of 115 venues with listed hours | 61% (median of 589 cities) |
| Most-mentioned features | Matcha (5 venues), Chai (4), Dog-Friendly (4) | — |
Computed from the cafés listed on WorldCafeMap; not a census of every café. Figures describe the cafés listed for Reading on WorldCafeMap, not every café in the city. Country figures are the median across its cities with 20 or more listed cafés.
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The Coffee Van
Trooper Potts Way, Reading RG1 8AL
★ 5.0 (39)£1–10
Outdoor seating
Unicorn Magic Brew
15 Gun St, Reading RG1 2JR
★ 5.0 (28)£1–10
Monkey's Cafe
9 Greyfriars Rd, Reading RG1 1NU
★ 5.0 (9)£1–10
Sip and Go Coffee House
1a London Rd, Reading RG1 5BJ
★ 5.0 (9)£1–10
Purple coffee van
Christchurch Brg, Reading RG1 8DG, United Kingdom
★ 5.0 (8)£1–10
Outdoor seating
Eating Hub
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading RG1 5BD
★ 5.0 (6)£
3Cs Cafe
Gosbrook Rd, Caversham, Reading RG4 8EB
★ 5.0 (3)inexpensive
Cafe at Home Bargains
Brunel Retail Park, Rose Kiln Lane, Rose Kiln Ln, Reading RG2 0HS
★ 5.0 (3)
Circle Cafe
100 Drake Way, Reading RG2 0NE
★ 5.0 (3)
Starbucks Coffee Company
Richfield Ave, Reading RG1 8BD, United Kingdom
★ 5.0 (3)
Laptop friendly
Driftwood Café
★ 5.0 (1)
Madoo - Italian Deli Cafè
10-14 Duke St, Reading RG1 4RU
★ 4.9 (449)£1–10
Mac’s Coffee - Reading
33 Castle St, Reading RG1 7SB, United Kingdom
★ 4.9 (337)£1–10
Mon Chéri Café & Bakery
18 West St, Reading RG1 1TT
★ 4.9 (308)£1–10
Outdoor seating
The Açai Club
85 Kings Rd, Reading RG1 3DD, United Kingdom
★ 4.9 (299)£10–20
DeNata Coffee & Co
377 Oxford Road, Reading
★ 4.9 (277)£1–10
Zotta Deli
279 Basingstoke Road, Reading
★ 4.9 (218)£10–20
Outdoor seating
Lincoln Coffee House
10-12 King St, Reading RG1 2HE
★ 4.9 (201)£1–10
Laptop friendly
La Bella Cafe
33 Prospect St, Caversham, Reading RG4 8JB
★ 4.9 (168)£10–20
Laptop friendly
Cafe Local, Royal Berkshire Hospital
Level 2, Café Local Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading RG1 5AN
★ 4.9 (51)£1–10
The Coffee Van
The Coffee Van, Queens Walk, Reading RG1 7QE
★ 4.9 (17)£1–10
Outdoor seating
Monty's Cafe
41 Addington Road, Reading
★ 4.8 (706)£10–20
Outdoor seating
Fidget & Bob
Gweal Avenue, Reading
★ 4.8 (569)
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Pau Brasil
89 Mount Pleasant, Reading
★ 4.8 (459)£
Outdoor seating
Shed
8 Merchants Place, Reading
★ 4.8 (367)£10–20
Outdoor seating
YayLo
26 Cross St, Reading RG1 1SN
★ 4.8 (347)£1–10
Outdoor seating
The Museum of English Rural Life
6 Redlands Rd, Reading RG1 5EX
★ 4.8 (329)
Mj Butequim
1a Buckland Rd, Reading RG2 7SP
★ 4.8 (252)£
Outdoor seating
7 Flowers & Tea
4 Cross St, Reading RG1 1SN
★ 4.8 (225)
Little Apron
6, Crown Colonnade, Reading RG1 5BA
★ 4.8 (115)£
Outdoor seating
The Pavilion
143-145 Oxford Rd, Reading RG1 7UY
★ 4.8 (79)
3B’s Cafe
735 Oxford Rd, Reading RG30 1JA
★ 4.8 (68)£1–10
The Switch
lime square, 250 S Oak Way, Reading RG2 6UG
★ 4.8 (55)£10–20
Laptop friendly
The Flying Bean Cafe Ltd
Reading Bridge House, George St, Reading RG1 8PR
★ 4.8 (54)£1–10
Cafe Yolk
14 Wokingham Road, Reading
★ 4.8 (39)£1–10
Outdoor seating
The Nook
17-19 Valpy St, Reading RG1 1AR, United Kingdom
★ 4.8 (16)£1–10
Treatz Desserts Reading
29 Friar St, Reading RG1 1DP
★ 4.7 (3865)moderate
Nibsy's gluten-free coffee/cake trailer
Forecourt (South One, Station Hill, Reading RG1 1LY
★ 4.7 (414)£1–10
Whittington's Tea Barge
Hills Meadow, George St, Reading RG4 8DH
★ 4.7 (398)
Lincoln Coffee House
60 Kings Rd, Reading RG1 3AA
★ 4.7 (338)£1–10
Nathan's Nibbles
★ 4.7 (103)£
Outdoor seating
Accurate Hitbox
89-107 Kidmore Rd, Reading RG4 7NH, United Kingdom
★ 4.7 (7)
Black Sheep Coffee
60 Broad Street, Reading
★ 4.6 (890)£1–10
Outdoor seating
Coffee Under Pressure
53 St Mary's Butts, Reading RG1 2LG
★ 4.6 (851)inexpensive
Picnic Foods
5 Butter Market, Reading RG1 2DP
★ 4.6 (509)£1–10
Outdoor seating
The Collective Caversham
25 Church Rd, Caversham, Reading RG4 7AA
★ 4.6 (373)£10–20
Outdoor seating
Geo Café
10 Prospect Street, Reading
★ 4.6 (291)£1–10
Outdoor seating
Tutu's Ethiopian Table
Wokingham Road, Reading
★ 4.6 (255)£
Outdoor seating
Boba Bloom.
91, 93 Erleigh Rd, Reading RG1 5NN
★ 4.6 (193)
The bite cafe
6 Cavendish Rd, Caversham, Reading RG4 8XU
★ 4.6 (155)£1–10
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
AMT Coffee, Royal Berkshire Hospital
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading RG1 5AN
★ 4.6 (130)£1–10
Honesty Thames Quarter
2 Napier Rd, Reading RG1 8FT
★ 4.6 (78)£1–10
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
SOUL CHILL CAFE
67 London St, Reading RG1 4QA
★ 4.6 (73)£
Morrisons Cafe
Off Basingstoke Rd, Reading RG2 0HB
★ 4.6 (62)£
The Climbing Hangar Cafe Reading
Unit 8 Stadium Way, Reading RG30 6BX
★ 4.6 (18)£1–10
Laptop friendly
Café YOLK
44 Erleigh Road, Reading
★ 4.5 (2002)moderate
Outdoor seating
Fluffy Fluffy Reading
Unit 10, Kings Walk, 19-23 King St, Reading RG1 2HG
★ 4.5 (756)£10–20
Ding Tea
King Street, Reading
★ 4.5 (471)£1–10
Reading Biscuit Factory
1 Queens Walk, Reading RG1 7QE
★ 4.5 (468)
Coffee Under Pressure
7 Blagrave St, Reading RG1 1PJ
★ 4.5 (328)£1–10
The Atrium
Friar Street, Reading
★ 4.5 (178)£1–10
Laptop friendly
Parkside Cafe
★ 4.5 (123)£1–10
Outdoor seating
Esquires Reading
★ 4.5 (115)£10–20
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Whitley Social Club & Cafe
★ 4.5 (113)£1–10
Laptop friendly
Caffè Nero
R6 The Riverside, The Oracle Shopping Centre, Reading
★ 4.5 (60)£1–10
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Oannas Café
London Rd, Reading RG1 5BJ
★ 4.5 (58)£
Elle's Baguettes
Units J K L & M Portman Road Portman Trading Estate, Little John's Ln, Reading RG30 1EA
★ 4.5 (41)
The Gorge Cafe
227 Caversham Road, Reading
★ 4.4 (698)£1–10
Outdoor seating
Pret A Manger
Holy Brook Walk, The Oracle, 39 Broad St, Reading RG1 2AQ
★ 4.4 (449)moderate
Karak Chai Wokingham road
146A Wokingham Rd, Reading RG6 1JL
★ 4.4 (296)
Workhouse Coffee
335 Oxford Road, Reading
★ 4.4 (176)££
Hey Coffee
Liebenrood Road, Reading
★ 4.4 (116)£1–10
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Boswells Cafe
Broad Street Mall, Oxford Rd, Reading RG1 7QE
★ 4.3 (584)£10–20
Black Sheep Coffee - Queen Victoria Street
1-3 Queen Victoria St, Reading RG1 1SY
★ 4.3 (575)£1–10
Muffin Break
15-17, Reading
★ 4.3 (397)£1–10
Costa Coffee
4 Butter Market, Reading RG1 2DP
★ 4.3 (292)moderate
Caffe Ritazza Reading
Station, Reading RG1 1LG
★ 4.3 (145)£1–10
Ori Caffe
Minster St, Broad St, Reading RG1 2BB
★ 4.3 (140)£1–10
Marks and Spencer
Broad Street High Street, B376, Reading RG1 2BH
★ 4.2 (2671)moderate
Outdoor seating
Caffè Nero
Reading
★ 4.2 (1269)£1–10
Caffè Nero
Forbury Road, Reading
★ 4.2 (356)moderate
Costa Coffee
99 Broad St, Reading RG1 2AX
★ 4.2 (306)£1–10
Friends Coffee House
Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Rd, Reading RG1 5AN
★ 4.2 (76)£1–10
Laptop friendly
Notes Coffee Roasters & Bar
1 Station Hill, Reading RG1 1NR, United Kingdom
★ 4.2 (56)£1–10
Outdoor seatingLaptop friendly
Starbucks Coffee
1 Butter Market, Reading RG1 2BH
★ 4.1 (752)moderate
Costa Coffee
Reading Gate Retail Park, Reading RG2 0QG
★ 4.1 (477)moderate
GAIL's Bakery Reading
134 Broad St, Reading RG1 2BD
★ 4.1 (314)££
Rafina
45 West Street, Reading
★ 4.1 (188)£1–10
Costa Coffee
43 Church St, Reading RG4 8BA
★ 4.0 (645)moderate
Outdoor seating
Costa Coffee
The Portman Centre, Reading RG30 1AH
★ 4.0 (316)moderate
Jamaica Blue Royal Berkshire Hospital
Second Floor, Royal Berkshire Hospital South Block, Reading RG1 4AN
★ 4.0 (165)£
The Place to Eat at John Lewis
108-113 Broad St, Reading RG1 2BB
★ 4.0 (165)££
The Pantry. Café & Kitchen
Blagrave St, Reading RG1 1QH
★ 4.0 (83)£1–10
Henley Business School Cafe
Henley Business School, Reading RG6 6BL
★ 4.0 (4)
Open late
Bakers + Baristas
Unit L1, The Oracle, Bridge St, Reading RG1 2AG
★ 3.9 (525)£1–10
Tesco Cafe
Napier Rd, Reading RG1 8DF
★ 3.7 (69)£
Compound Coffee
Unit 1a Oxford Rd, Reading RG1 7QE, United Kingdom
★ 3.7 (32)
Caffè Nero
4-5 Broad Street, Reading
★ 3.5 (31)
Waite & Rose Café
980 Oxford Rd, Reading RG30 6WR
★ 3.4 (23)£
Starbucks, Reading Station
13, Reading RG1 1NB
★ 2.4 (72)
Fuller's Coffee
Station Rd, Reading RG1 1LG, United Kingdom
★ 1.0 (1)
AMT Coffee
Brunel Arcade, Reading
Black Sheep Coffee
148 Friar Street, Reading
Boswells
Broad Street, Reading
Cafe Maison Carree
13 West St, Reading RG1
ChaayèPaani
Moulsford Mews, Reading
Cocoa Lounge Cafe Ltd
14-16 Oxford Rd, Reading RG1 7LA
Coffee & Craft
233 Kings Rd, Reading RG1 4LS
Coffee Under Pressure
7 Blagrave Street
Outdoor seating
Costa
99 Broad Street, Reading
Costa
Brunel Arcade, Reading
Costa
Costa
Costa
43 Church Street
Outdoor seating
Costa
4 Butter Market
Creperie Doux Sourire
The Oracle, Reading
Elle's Baguettes
200 Oxford Road, Reading
Fluffy Fluffy
19-23 King Street, Reading
Forbury Kitchen
GAIL's
134 Broad Street, Reading
Outdoor seating
Global Cafe
35-39 London Street, Reading
Outdoor seating
HBS Cafe
Julia's Medow
97 King's Road, Reading
Karak Chaii
254 Oxford Road, Reading
Laptop friendly
Kaspa's
120 London Road, Reading
Lincoln Coffee House
Roasts on-site
Madoo
10-12 Duke Street, Reading
MERL Cafe
6 Redlands Road, Reading
Outdoor seating
Mon Cheri
18 West Street, Reading
Outdoor seating
Mooboo
39-41 Oxford Road, Reading
Morrisons Cafe
Basingstoke Road, Reading
Namak Mirch
251 London Road, Reading
Nathan's Nibbles
44 London Street, Reading
Notes
3, Reading
Outdoor seating
Paul
70-72 Broad Street, Reading
Outdoor seating
Piazza Cafe
1 Harris Arcade, Reading
Picnic
Butter Market, Reading
Outdoor seating
Starbucks
Starbucks
The Oracle, Reading
Starbucks
6 King Street, Reading
Starbucks
18-20 Station Road, Reading
T4 Tea For U
4 Chain Street, Reading
The Bite
Reading
Val's Cafe
Wolseley Street Bakery
Unit 12 Britten Road, Reading
Outdoor seating
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Reading coffee — FAQs
How many coffee shops are there in Reading?
There are 145 coffee shops, cafés and roasteries listed in Reading on WorldCafeMap, with addresses, opening hours, photos and ratings.
Where is the best coffee in Reading?
Top-rated coffee shops in Reading include Marks and Spencer, Café YOLK, Caffè Nero. See our ranked list of the best coffee shops in Reading.
Are there coffee shops open late in Reading?
Yes — 1 venues stay open late in Reading. Use the "Open late" filter to find them.
Are there coffee shops with outdoor seating in Reading?
40 venues in Reading have outdoor seating, terraces or gardens.