Blighty Coffee

Good soya latte, the food is fresh and tasty and I love that they shop locally! They do breakfast/​brunch as well as salads (only during the week) and pastries and also sell a variety of sourdough bread. Relaxed atmosphere, a few comfy sofas, otherwise painted wooden tables and benches, wifi for working. It’s bigger than it looks from the outside, there is more seating upstairs and they have quite a big garden, too. Prices adequate for London and for the food’s quality, some of the plates are maybe a little overpriced.

Wowsers Finsbury Park really is getting a little bit more trendy. Dare I say a tad hipster. Blighty café opposite Islington Uni is primed to cater to students looking for good coffee but also hype the visual references of what Britain was built on from the war to modern day. Winston Churchill, war displayed tables to artisan coffee and sourdour. What a (cool) mix.
I do love the name Blighty. Always have always will so glad someone has finally used it and used it to full effect. I got a cappuccino which was good. Not the best I’ve ever had but it was good. I also got the ‘winston’. An epic full fry up. It has it all with sourdour and homemade beans in the side. Loved those. All the meat of grey quality and a very filling plate.
Service started ok, but gradually it only got better and better. The smiles and conversation finally came; well it was 10am on a wet Tuesday morning.
I was a bit gutted the free bubble and squeak that I had seen in a mess tin from blog reviews was not given free before the meal as I wanted to check out but TBH I doubt I could have finished. For £9.50 the Winston is such great value that it will honestly fill you up till dinner. It did with me!
Great going folks. Nice to see a creative hub upstairs with People working away on laptops. The downstairs better go eat your food though less seats. A really interesting space that has more character than your usual new café or hipster brew place.

Best fry up I’ve had in London out of many strong contenders from the Wolseley to E pellici. So happy to have this neighbourhood café in our area. English breakfast was plentiful and good value, coffee was excellent and staff were friendly. Great atmosphere on the Sunday we visited. Can’t wait to come back!

Only dropping a single star for rather «odd» service and that the adjacent table had leftover plates for ages. Other than that, this place is a great little hipster café in the middle of a chicken shop street. Not sure there *is* anything else around Finsbury Park, alas.

I can’t believe I haven’t written a review for this place yet! I’ve come three times and never left unhappy (okay, except that one time when they weren’t serving breakfast any longer — but it was about 3pm).
The food is INCREDIBLE! Do yourself a favour and order the Winston benedict — you get three different kinds of eggs benedict and they are ALL amazing. I mean, really really really amazing. Plus, they have iced coffee. That’s important for an expat like me.
Even better? Dog friendly.
Come for the food, stay for the ceramics class, workspace, or get’er done atmosphere. I love this place!

I have been many times since discovering it some months back and this review is based on all of these experiences.
My boyfriend and I often come here for brunch, it’s got a really nice vibe inside and the décor is very cool lot’s of historical stuff and WW2 facts and posters and letters and pictures which the history boffin in me loves. They look quite small from the outside but actually have a big area upstairs and a big seating area, which I have yet to take advantage of, the seats upstairs are nice but since they serve food most of the day it would be good if they had some slightly bigger tables up there, it always feels a little like playing food Jenga when your food arrives. I have never had a single complaint with the food, I am vegetarian so it’s really nice to have a veggie full english that doesn’t have a sorry looking veggie sausage on it. Last time they served avocado with it and I don’t think it’s ever really been the same twice and although we missed the free bubble and squeak (delicious FYI) this weekend the fresh rocket based side salad we received was really welcome.
The reason it gets 4 stars is because I do think their service needs some improvement, a few months back (we took a little hiatus from Blighty for this reason) we waited for an hour for a food, constantly being told that it was coming with no real explanation or apology. I understand they have the relaxed, hipster coffee shop vibe and although the staff are friendly and seem nice, I always get the feeling at least one person doesn’t really know what they are doing.

Great place on Blackstock Rd. I have been here a couple of times and always enjoyed myself! They offer plenty of seating and do have a garden area as well which is amazing!
Very cozy place with a great atmosphere! The pastries and cakes are absolutely delicious. I´m in love with the lemon drizzle cake!
This place is perfect for enjoying a drink outside in the summer, or breakfast with your friends! I can only recommend it!

Not to judge a place on the sartorial choices of its staff members but I headed past the other day and the guy serving was wearing suspenders, a bowtie and a flat cap.
I think that about sums up Blighty Coffee’s vibe — it really is like a piece of East London dumped onto Blackstock Road. If you’re okay with that kind of thing then you’ll like this place.
Due to torrential downpours we didn’t check out the garden but the main seating area is cozy and nice. We went for brunch and as I’m incapable of not ordering a full English at brunch-​time that’s what I plumped for — and it was worth it. Well cooked and nice ingredients. The free bubble and squeak was a nice surprise and a nice addition.
They also offer money off if you show up dressed in twenties garb. Honestly, it’s probably worth heading back just to see if anyone takes them up on that.

Great place with a great vibe. Massive upstairs lounge (and back garden!) which is decorated in a quirky junk store via history way. The flat white was nice, nutty coffee flavor. Most importantly not burnt.

Nice place, concept and food,
A bit disorganised in the beginning, let see how it goes.
More reviews to follow when time permits!

A very new café and collaborative workspace. The coffee here is Monmouth, the barista’s skills are equally good. My flat white was delicious. Food is basic: baguettes and croissants; they do do BBQ in the summer, which is great. The best spot for coffee in the Finsbury Park area this side of Seven Sisters Road. A quality and comfortable community café.

I love neighborhoods with a lot of cafes. There’s something so cozy about seeing your neighbors relaxing, or caffeinating, or reading the paper, or whatever it is they choose to do in a café. So I was excited when I saw that Blackstock Rd was getting a new café.
Blighty Coffee is still figuring out what it is, exactly, but I already hope that it sticks around. I want to give this place five stars, eventually. On Saturdays, they were serving BBQ pulled pork and slaw for a little while. The food always looks fantastic, though I haven’t tried it, yet. They serve Monmouth coffee, which makes it my new go-​to neighborhood coffee stop.
The employees are all very nice. The space is AMAZING and much bigger than it looks from the outside. There’s a back garden with a ping pong table, and plenty of space to socialize or to be alone with a book. I hope the neighborhood embraces this place as fully as it deserves.
The reason it’s only getting four stars at the moment is because I ordered an iced coffee on a hot day and they were out of ice. Which is an odd thing to not have on hand, even if you are a coffee shop. No worries, though — I ordered an americano instead and it was still delicious.