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Brill
(Now Closed)Coffee Shop and Record Store££££
Clerkenwell
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DunjaJanuary 24, 2018Lovely & dog-friendly place ❤️ Great coffee + a good selection of non-dairy milks. Nice view of Exmouth market too. The staff is so kind and cheerful 💐
PDT BlogNovember 16, 2016Delicious coffee, yummy brownies and scrumptious bagel sandwiches! Good music selection and chill atmosphere. I like very much 😋😋
Mashael ✨September 28, 2017Small coffee shop in Exmouth market with great coffee and chill atmosphere💕
PauNovember 12, 2015Great coffee, bagels and brownies. Outstanding music selection and warm atmosphere. I think I found heaven on earth.
Katy ZackFebruary 3, 2017My go to coffee spot in Exmouth Market. Plus they carry bagels from the good bagel shop on brick Lane!
Superb Flat White! As good as any flat White you'll have in Australia (the birth place of the flat White) cool music. An excellent coffee shop, better than nasty horrible Starbucks
JoycieNovember 1, 2016Amazing bagels and the staff and honestly so lovely. It's your go to place in Clerkenwell.
Андрей Тимофеев яблокоDecember 5, 2012Lost my phone in this cofe shop, was saved by a kind girl working in it. And yes, all other tips are true. Good music, coffee, atmosphere!
lovely speciality coffee shop with passionate baristas and amazing music 🎶
Fantastic coffee shop - nicely made. Limited food, but it is good what they do have. Flapjacks are recomended - I had brazil nut and apricot - whole dried apricots and whole brazils. Was just plain
Best coffee on Exmouth Market and the salmon and cream cheese bagel is fabulous, but even better with a dill pickle.
Kukkii KoppeeFebruary 18, 2018I love the old school music but the brownie is far too sweet and the flat white too bitter and was certainly not flat...
DAZED AND CONFUSEDNovember 15, 2010Brill does exactly what it says on the tin. Good coffee, good music = good times. Just noticed the deal on the top right corner of this page. Brill, you're brill.
No one has recommended this until now, so I feel like I should say it: get the granola with yogurt, honey and fruits!!! Yum!
If you love a good bagel, these are the best - slightly crispy, a little chewy (in a fresh way!)
Sarah KadarJuly 18, 2019Decent enough bagels by European standards. Seats are hella uncomfortable though. “Everything Bagel” is not what you think (it’s a plain bagel with a lot of toppings)
Antoine AdamNovember 5, 2013Pretty little place, good drinks & food, good music, good service. Just go in ! :)
Record cookies for Record Store Day . Brill now has a garden too - gets better
- Tastiest most reasonably priced sarnies in Exmouth - houmous on granary with salad and gherkin is spot on
As the staff what music they're into at the moment, they seldom hesitate to respond positively.
Best soy coffees and yummy fudgey brownies. Bring your own cup you'll save 10p
This may be sacrilege to the Exmouth Marketers but I think Brill's coffee tastes better than Caravan's.
- Great place. And their coffee lids are bio-degradable rather than plastic, taking a small bit of guilt away from drinking all that coffee
The toasted bagels are awesome. Cheese, ham, tomato and rocket is my fave combo.
Best flat white in all of London. They also do vegemite bagels if your taste is decidedly antipodean
Tonic MusicMarch 11, 2011Free coffee with your CD purchases over £10. Look out for the hand-written staff picks stuck on with sellotape...
- Ask Jeremy or one of the staff what their album of the week is
- Breakfast or lunch, this place kills it with the awesome. Kills. It.
Pieter LevelsSeptember 28, 2018Coffee is reaaaally good here. Nice little tiny shop in Exmouth Market. Service is a bit slow but I think that might just be a London thing. 8/10
One of my Exmouth Market favourites. They sell bagels, coffee, and music, and all with impeccable taste. Place is small, but nice space to sit down w/ laptop or book to enjoy your quiet time.
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Music, Coffee, Bagels (and free WiFi)
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- Mon–Fri
- 7:30 AM–6:00 PM
- Sat
- 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
- Sun
- 10:30 AM–4:30 PM
+44 20 7833 9757
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"GREAT COFFE. Also plenty of choice between pastries & paninis. Love it."
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