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51.51° NCoffee house & night bar · Soho

Umbra — Coffee for the quiet hours.

A late-hours coffee house in the heart of Soho. Single-origin espresso by day, candlelight and coffee cocktails until midnight.

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Est. 2019 — 27 Greek Mews, W1D Scroll Open daily · 07:00 – late

01The House

Not just coffee. A slow room in a fast city — for early rituals, late conversations and cups made with unreasonable care.

Two hands cradling a flat white with rosetta latte art
Fig. 01 — The first flat white07:04

Umbra is a coffee house built around the hours most cafés ignore — open from first light until midnight, seven days a week.

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17hrs

Open every day, from the first pour at seven until midnight.

12

Partner farms in Ethiopia, Colombia and Guatemala.

48

Seats, one long walnut bar and a back room for twelve.

02Signature

Three cups worth crossing the city for.

Developed at our slow bar over five winters. Each is built around a single idea — and served exactly the same way, every time.

A cup of black espresso on a dark table, steam rising, coffee beans scattered around it
Huila · Sidamo

House espresso

The Umbra

Our house blend, roasted dark but never bitter. Pulled short, rested for thirty seconds, then served on warm Portland stone with a glass of sparkling water.

Origin
Huila, Colombia & Sidamo, Ethiopia
Notes
Dark cacao · Molasses · Black cherry
Recipe
18g in · 36g out · 28 seconds

£3.80

Espresso menu
A barista's hand pouring steamed milk into a cortado, forming latte art in low light
After 18:00

The evening cup

Smoked Honey Cortado

Equal parts espresso and silky Somerset milk, finished with wildflower honey cold-smoked over oak. Our most-ordered cup after six.

Origin
Guji, Ethiopia — natural process
Notes
Oak smoke · Wild honey · Toffee
Served
Four-ounce glass, never too hot

£4.60

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A dark coffee cocktail being poured over a single large ice cube in a heavy glass
Until last call

After dark

Cold Brew Old Fashioned

Eighteen-hour cold brew reduced to a syrup, stirred with bourbon, orange oil and bitters over a single clear cube. Coffee, after dark.

Base
Colombian cold brew, steeped 18 hours
Notes
Orange peel · Molasses · Charred oak
Served
From 18:00 until last orders

£13

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Come for the coffee. Stay for the night.

A day at Umbra

04Our Story

Built for the hours in between.

Umbra began in 2019 as six stools and a borrowed espresso machine beneath a Soho print shop — a place for the hours the city forgets.

We roast every Tuesday in small batches, buy directly from twelve farms we know by name and pay well above market for every lot. Our milk comes from a single herd in Somerset; our croissants are laminated downstairs at four in the morning.

The room is kept deliberately low-lit — stone, walnut, brass and candlelight. No music louder than a conversation. No rush, ever.

  • 01

    Sourcing

    Direct trade with twelve growers. Every lot traceable to the farm.

  • 02

    Roasting

    In-house, every Tuesday. Never served older than 21 days.

  • 03

    Craft

    Every shot weighed and timed. Every jug of milk steamed to 62°C.

  • 04

    The Room

    Designed for staying: soft light, deep chairs, no timers on tables.

A barista in a canvas apron pouring milk behind the bar
The slow bar
A latte with delicate art, served on a round slab of dark wood
House cup
Freshly roasted coffee beans spilling from a hessian sack
Guji, lot 14
Beans turning in the cooling tray of a drum roaster
Roast day

“Good coffee asks you to slow down. We simply built a room that lets you.”

Elena Marek — Founder & Head Roaster

05The Experience

A day at Umbra.

From the first extraction at seven to the last candle at midnight, the room changes character five times a day. This is how the hours unfold.

07:00
A hand lifting a steaming cup of coffee in soft morning light

Morning

First Light

Doors open to the smell of butter and the first extraction of the day. Espresso at the bar, croissants still warm from downstairs.

11:00
A French press, hand grinder and scale laid out on a dark wooden counter

Late morning

The Slow Bar

Guided pour-over flights at the long bar: three origins, one barista, twenty unhurried minutes. Walk-ins always welcome.

15:00
A window table with a notebook, glasses and a cup of coffee in afternoon light

Afternoon

Quiet Hours

The room belongs to readers, writers and long conversations. Pots of tea refilled, phones face down.

18:30
Candles glowing beside a glass of tea as the evening begins

Evening

Golden Hour

Lights dim, candles are lit and the evening menu arrives — smoked honey cortados, natural wine and small plates.

21:00
Two espresso martinis on the bar, lit low for the evening

Night

After Dark

Coffee cocktails, vinyl on Thursdays and a back room for twelve. Last orders at half past eleven.

07Reservations

Your table is waiting.

Book up to two weeks ahead. We always keep the long bar free for walk-ins — and a candle lit for whoever arrives last.

Where
27 Greek Mews, Soho, London W1D 4DX
Tables
Held for 15 minutes · two hours to linger
Groups
Nine or more, or the back room — events@umbrasoho.com
ADateNext 14 days
BTimeSeatings

CGuests

2Guests

Nine or more? We’d love to host you in the back room.

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