Bad Moon Cafe
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- Open late
London · South Bank, Borough & Bermondsey
Cafés in South Bank, Borough & Bermondsey
Monmouth at Borough Market, riverside cafés by the Royal Festival Hall, and Bermondsey Street's leather-trade lanes.
Photo: Gawon Lee, Pexels License
Along the south bank of the Thames, the arts strip called the South Bank runs from County Hall to the Oxo Tower in Lambeth; east of it come Bankside, Borough and Bermondsey.1 Borough Market, at the southern end of London Bridge, dates back to at least the 12th century, and its present halls were designed by Henry Rose in 1851.2
The coffee centers on the market. Monmouth Coffee opened a stall in Borough Market in 1999 and a shop in a former fruit and vegetable warehouse there in 2001; in 2007 its roastery moved to three railway arches on Maltby Street in Bermondsey, and an arch selling coffee on Saturdays from 2009 started what became Maltby Street Market.3
Local tip: Borough Market's stalls are closed on Mondays except in December, but Monmouth's Park Street shop opens at 07:30 Monday to Saturday.2
At a glance
142Cafés listed
25With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
23:00Latest closing
- Opens earliest: Bankside Cafe, from 06:00 (Mon–Fri 06:00–17:00 · Sat 06:00–15:00).
- Closes latest: Bad Moon Cafe, until 23:00 (Mon–Sat 08:00–23:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00).
- Most listed streets: Lower Marsh (9), Tower Bridge Road (6), Westminster Bridge Road (6).
- Most common features: outdoor seating (18%), indoor seating (18%), card payment (10%).
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- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Air-con
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Vegetarian options
- Partial wheelchair access
- Bakery café
- Brunch
Bankside Cafe
- Toilets
- Open by 6am
Beeyond
Caffe Paradiso
Corner Cafe
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Vegetarian options
- Wheelchair access
- Bakery café
- Open late
- Brunch
Eatalia
- Wheelchair access
Fuckoffee
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
Hayward Gallery Cafe
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Smoke-free indoors
Low Line Louie
NoNo
- Outdoor seating
- Vegetarian options
Science Gallery Café
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair access
The Bus Cafe
The Cat & Cucumber
Tokyo Bagel
Bridge Cafe
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
ila Desserts Café
- Takeaway
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Vegetarian options
Imax Cafe
- Power outlets
- Takeaway
- Card payment
Latitude on the Wheels
- Takeaway
munchies
- Open by 6am
Nelson's
2 Love
- Outdoor seating
- Smoke-free indoors
80 Stone Cafe
Al's Cafe
Alma De Cuba
Art Cafe
Bankside Coffee
Bartons
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
Bermondsey Corner
BFI Café
- Wi-Fi
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Vegetarian options
- Wheelchair access
- Toilets
- Smoke-free indoors
- Bakery café
Bird Hill
Black Cowboy Coffee
Blue Print Café
Boiler And Company
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
Cacao
Cafe del Marsh
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Partial wheelchair access
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Coffee chains in South Bank, Borough & Bermondsey
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Starbucks
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- South Bank, Borough & Bermondsey
- 143 Blackfriars Road
- 223-237 Borough High Street
- 24 New Globe WalkMon–Fri 07:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 08:30–20:30
- 3C-3D Belvedere RoadMon–Fri 06:30–21:30 · Sat 07:30–21:30 · Sun 07:30–21:00
- 49 Shad Thames Tower Bridge Piazza
- 54 Tooley StreetMon–Sat 07:00–19:00 · Sun 07:30–20:00
- 67 The Cut
- 7-15 Borough High Street
- Station Approach
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Costa Coffee
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- South Bank, Borough & BermondseyMon–Sat 06:00–21:00 · Sun 06:30–21:00
- South Bank, Borough & Bermondsey
- 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk
- 103 - 107 Waterloo Road
- 118 Westminster Bridge Road Waterloo Station
- 118-120 Westminster Bridge Road
- 127 Tooley Street
- 134-138 Borough High StreetMon–Fri 07:00–17:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–17:00
- 160 Blackfriars RoadMon–Fri 06:00–19:00 · Sun 07:00–18:00
- 3 Southwark StreetMon–Fri 06:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–20:00
- 36 The Cut
- Tooley StreetMon–Sat 06:30–20:30 · Sun 08:00–20:00
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Caffè Nero
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- Nero Express, 1 Joiner Street, London Bridge Station, London, Greater London, SE1 9SPMon–Fri 06:00–19:00 · Sat–Sun 07:30–18:30
- 127-143 Borough High StreetMon–Fri 06:30–18:00 · Sat 07:30–18:30 · Sun 08:00–17:30
- 3 Cathedral StreetMon–Fri 06:30–20:30 · Sat–Sun 07:30–21:00
- 65A-67 The Cut
- Unit SU39, Bridge Station, 39 St Thomas StMon–Fri 06:00–19:30 · Sat 06:30–19:30 · Sun 07:00–19:30
- Cafe Nero Express, Waterloo Station, London, Greater London, SE1 7LYMon–Fri 06:00–21:00 · Sat 06:30–19:00 · Sun 07:30–18:00
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Joe & The Juice
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Black Sheep Coffee
- 81 Southwark StreetMon–Fri 06:30–19:00 · Sun 07:00–19:00
- HatfieldsMon 07:00–17:00 · Tue 07:00–23:00 · Wed 07:00–19:00 · Thu–Fri 07:00–21:00 · Sat 08:30–17:00 · Sun 10:00–17:00
- Unit Ug12, Upper Ground Level, The Sidings, Waterloo StationMon–Tue 06:00–21:00 · Wed–Fri 06:00–22:00 · Sat 07:00–22:00 · Sun 07:30–20:00
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Pret A Manger
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Blank Street Coffee
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Benugo
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WatchHouse
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- 199 Bermondsey StreetMon–Fri 07:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–18:00
- 21 Borough High Street
- 36 Maltby StreetMon–Fri 07:30–16:30 · Sat–Sun 08:30–17:30
- 37 Shad ThamesMon–Fri 07:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 07:30–18:00
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Hagen
Chain
Grind
- 1 The Sidings
- London Grind, 2 London BridgeMon–Thu 07:00–00:00 · Fri 07:00–01:00 · Sat 08:00–01:00 · Sun 09:00–19:00
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Harris + Hoole
- 125 Tooley StreetMon–Fri 07:00–18:00 · Sat 09:00–17:00 · Sun 10:00–16:00
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Change Please
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illy Caffè
- EspressamenteDaily 06:30–18:00
- Park Plaza Waterloo, 6 Hercules Road, Waterloo
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The Gentlemen Baristas
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AMT Coffee
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Monmouth Coffee
- 2 Park StreetMon–Sat 07:30–18:00
- 3 Discovery Estate, St James RoadFri–Sat 09:00–16:00
- 3-4 Dockley RoadMon–Fri 08:00–15:00 · Sat 08:00–16:00
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% Arabica
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Roasting Plant Coffee
- The Roasting Plant Coffeeshop, 4 Borough High StreetMon–Fri 09:00–19:00 · Sat 08:00–19:30 · Sun 08:00–18:30
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Beany Green
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Old Spike
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Origin Coffee
- 84 Scoresby StreetMon–Fri 08:00–16:30 · Sat–Sun 09:00–17:00
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The Black Penny
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Caffè Ritazza
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Crol & Co
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FCB Coffee
- 52 Tooley StreetMon–Fri 06:30–19:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–19:00
- Hopton StreetMon–Fri 07:00–19:00 · Sat 07:30–19:00 · Sun 08:30–19:00
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Extract Coffee Roasters
Borough Market and Park Street
The retail market opens six days a week and closes on Mondays, except in December.2 From 1996 it let spare space to wholesalers, among them Monmouth, Neal's Yard Dairy and Brindisa, and its South Portico, moved from Covent Garden, was put back up in 2004.2 Borough station on the Northern line is a short walk south.2
Monmouth's market shop at 2 Park Street opens 07:30–18:00, Monday to Saturday. The Gentlemen Baristas is at 11 Park Street and 92° at No. 185, and Saint Nine Coffee at 67–69 Southwark Street.
Bermondsey's arches and Bermondsey Street
Monmouth moved its headquarters to five railway arches at Spa Terminus in 2018.3 That site, Arch 3 of the Discovery Estate on St James's Road, opens on Friday and Saturday, 09:00–16:00, and the arches at 3–4 Dockley Road open 08:00–15:00 on weekdays and until 16:00 on Saturday.
Bermondsey Street was the center of London's leather trade, with Tanner Street, Morocco Street and Leathermarket Street; the Leather Market opened in 1833.4 Fuckoffee at No. 163 opens 07:00–19:00 on weekdays, and Eatalia at No. 94 opens at 07:00. By the river, on Shad Thames, whose name is a corruption of St John at Thames, Caffe Paradiso at No. 45 opens at 07:00 on weekdays.4
The South Bank and Lower Marsh
The name South Bank caught on during the 1951 Festival of Britain, and the Royal Festival Hall stayed when the festival closed.1 The Southbank Centre also takes in the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Hayward Gallery, with the National Theatre, the IMAX and BFI Southbank to the east; the London Eye opened in 2000.1
The Hayward Gallery Cafe on Belvedere Road is closed on Mondays and open until 20:00 on Saturday. BFI Café opens daily 11:00–20:00, and the Imax Cafe on Charlie Chaplin Walk, where there are power outlets, until 21:00. Behind Waterloo station, Lower Marsh has Balance at Nos. 42–43, open from 07:30 on weekdays, and Little Bread Pedlar at No. 20.
Early and late cafés south of the river
Bankside Cafe at 4 Hatfields opens at 06:00 Monday to Saturday, and munchies at 22 Marshalsea Road at 06:00 on weekdays. The Cat & Cucumber at 182 Tower Bridge Road opens at 06:30. At the other end of the day, Corner Cafe at 53 Bankside and Bad Moon Cafe at 159A Great Dover Street stay open until 23:00.
Sources
- South Bank, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Borough Market, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Monmouth Coffee Company, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Bermondsey, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ
South Bank, Borough & Bermondsey cafés: questions
When did Monmouth Coffee open at Borough Market in London?
Monmouth Coffee opened a stall in Borough Market in 1999 and a shop in a former fruit and vegetable warehouse in the market in 2001. The Park Street shop opens 07:30–18:00, Monday to Saturday. Monmouth's roastery moved to Maltby Street in Bermondsey in 2007, and its headquarters to Spa Terminus in 2018.
Is Borough Market in London open on Mondays?
Borough Market's retail market opens six days a week and is closed on Mondays, except in December. It sits at the southern end of London Bridge, and Borough station on the Northern line is nearby. Monmouth Coffee's shop at 2 Park Street opens from 07:30, Monday to Saturday.
Where are the cafés near the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank?
The Southbank Centre and its neighbors have their own cafés: the Hayward Gallery Cafe on Belvedere Road, closed on Mondays and open until 20:00 on Saturday; BFI Café, open daily 11:00–20:00; and the Imax Cafe on Charlie Chaplin Walk, open until 21:00. Lower Marsh, behind Waterloo station, has Balance and Little Bread Pedlar.
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