Bromley Cafes and Coffee Shops: Where to Go

Most people looking for a café in Bromley borough end up at Carnival Coffee Roasters in Penge, which roasts its own beans; Melk on Royal Parade in Chislehurst, which opens every day; the Orpington, a café, restaurant and record store on Orpington High Street; or Fee & Brown in Beckenham. We checked every entry against the café’s own website or social page on 26 October 2026.

We have not visited these cafés for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry sets out what the café publishes: what it says it does, its prices where it shows them, its opening hours and its rules on dogs and bookings. Hygiene ratings come from the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Hours change with the seasons, so check before a special trip.

Bromley town centre

Roastar Coffee, East Street

Roastar is a coffee shop on East Street, off the High Street. Its Instagram account, which is where it posts its news, says it was “founded in 2019” and “brings Vietnamese café culture to Bromley”. Its posts this year show Vietnamese salted coffee, salted matcha, rice bowls and bánh mì, alongside the usual coffees and pastries. The café has no website and posts its opening hours on Instagram, including changes for bank holidays. Hygiene rating 4 (FSA, 3 March 2026). 8 East Street, BR1 1QX.

Beckenham

Fee & Brown, High Street

Fee & Brown is a coffee shop on Beckenham High Street, listed with the FSA at number 50. The website address it used to use now shows unrelated content, so the café’s Instagram account is the place to check it. There it calls its coffee artisan and shows its cakes: lemon tart, pecan tart and raspberry Bakewell. It also sells loose leaf tea to take home, in bags it says are “seasonally hand painted”. Its most recent post was in July 2026. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 2 May 2025). 50 High Street, BR3 1AY.

Blowing Dandelion, Manor House, High Street

Blowing Dandelion is a chocolate shop and café. Michaela, “former accountant now self-taught chocolatier”, has made chocolate since 2011, according to the company’s story page. She started on a market stall and opened the first café, on the Triangle in Crystal Palace, in 2016. The Beckenham shop is in the Manor House. Truffle selection boxes start at £18. Published hours are Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 6pm. The Crystal Palace café, at 3 Belvedere Road, SE19 2HJ, is also in Bromley borough and opens 10am to 6pm every day. Beckenham hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 12 December 2024). 71A High Street, BR3 1AW. Contact page.

Penge

Carnival Coffee Roasters, Central Parade

Carnival is a roastery with a coffee shop on the front. Jayne and Juan run it; Juan’s family has grown coffee outside Medellín, Colombia, since his grandfather won a mountainside there “in a game of cards”, its story page says. The shop offers “a seasonal changing menu of single origin espresso drinks, curiosity flat whites and an experimental pour over menu”, and runs free tastings and workshops. Bags of beans start at £13.95. The bike deliveries cover BR1 to BR4. Open Monday 8am to 3pm, Tuesday to Thursday 8am to 2pm, Friday 8am to 3pm, and Saturday and Sunday 9am to 3pm. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 26 August 2026). 9 Central Parade, High Street, SE20 7TN. Our listing.

Rule19 Coffee at SE20 Cycles, High Street

SE20 Cycles calls itself “your local bike shop, workshop and coffee garden”, with “a quick slice of advice (or cake)” on offer. Its website says the shop has been going since 2008, and the café is listed with the FSA as Rule19 Coffee. Open Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 5pm, and Sunday 10am to 3pm for coffee only; closed Mondays. Call 020 8659 2060. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 7 May 2026). 78 High Street, SE20 7HB.

Alexandra Nurseries, Parish Lane

Alexandra Nurseries is a small independent garden centre, “founded in 2012 by landscape gardener John Parker” and now run by his son Owen, its own site says. The café serves toasted sandwiches, homemade seasonal soups and bread and cakes from local bakers, with coffee from Carnival up the road. “Well-behaved dogs are welcome.” There is wheelchair access, but the nursery warns about its “higgledy-piggledy layout”. Parking is on the street. The site does not publish opening hours; call 020 8778 4145. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 18 September 2025). Estate House, Parish Lane, SE20 7LJ.

Chislehurst and Petts Wood

Melk Coffee Co, Royal Parade

Melk is an “independent and dog-friendly” coffee shop, its own site says, with a sister shop in Sidcup. It opened on Royal Parade on 3 February 2025, Visit Chislehurst reported. It serves three blends at a time, with banana bread, cinnamon buns, toasties, bagels and morning pastries. There is a “dog wall” for visiting dogs and baby changing, and students and local business owners get 10% off. A run club meets at the shop every other Sunday. Open 8am to 4pm, seven days a week. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 13 May 2026). 17 Royal Parade, BR7 6NR.

Caffe di Bosco, Station Square, Petts Wood

Caffe di Bosco describes itself as “a premium cafe and eatery nestled in the heart of Petts Wood Village”, serving coffee, teas and “freshly cooked homemade food”. Its own site says it is dog-friendly (“a wagging tail by your side”) and takes table reservations and private hire. It is a few steps from Petts Wood station. Open Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm, and Saturday and Sunday 8am to 5pm. Call 07777 115383. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 22 July 2026). 20 Station Square, BR5 1NA.

Orpington

The Orpington, High Street

The Orpington is “an independent café / restaurant & record store”, open every day for breakfast, brunch and lunch and on Friday nights for dinner, its own site says. It has used Workshop Coffee “since we opened in 2018”. It is run by its owner, Scott Buckle. The site says it has won a Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice award for five years running. The breakfast menu has avocado on toast at £13.60, pancakes at £12.20 and a Classic English at £15.30; Friday dinner is £24.50 for two courses or £28 for three. Open Monday to Thursday 7am to 5pm, Friday 7am to 11pm, Saturday 8am to 5pm, Sunday 9am to 4pm. Call 01689 666 900. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 24 June 2025). 161 High Street, BR6 0LW.

Farms, parks and museums

Holwood Farm, Keston

Holwood Farm is a family-owned farm shop run by Sarah and Gary, “housed in a beautifully restored barn” between Keston and Downe, its own site says. The mezzanine café serves breakfasts, hot plates, sandwiches, salads and homemade cakes, with CoffeeReal coffee and Birchall teas. Its Sunday roast uses meat from the farm’s butchery. The café does not take bookings, except for afternoon tea, which needs 48 hours’ notice and starts from 2pm. Open Tuesday to Friday 9am to 4pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm; closed Mondays. The FSA lists the café as Cafe Nico, rated 5 (FSA, 5 March 2025). Yellow Barn, New Road Hill, BR2 6AB.

Down House Tearoom, Downe

The café at Charles Darwin’s home is in the old kitchen “where all the Darwin family’s meals were prepared”, English Heritage’s facilities page says, with more seating in the Butler’s Pantry and on the patio where Darwin took his “water cures”. It serves hot and cold drinks, cakes and ice creams, with homemade soups from November to March and baguettes from April to October, using kitchen garden produce in season. There are three highchairs. Dogs are not allowed, apart from assistance dogs, as the grounds are protected for wildlife. English Heritage publishes opening days and prices on its booking page; check before you go. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 2 July 2026). Luxted Road, BR6 7JT. Our listing.

Green Roof Cafe, High Elms Country Park

The Green Roof Cafe is in BEECHE, the Bromley Environmental Education Centre at High Elms, a Local Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest with woodland, chalk meadows and formal gardens. Bromley Council’s High Elms page gives the café’s hours as Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm, and Saturday and Sunday 9.30am to 5pm. The park has two car parks off High Elms Road and public toilets. The café has no website of its own; call 01689 855439. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 18 November 2025). Shire Lane, Farnborough, BR6 7JH.

The Nightingale Café, RAF Biggin Hill Museum

The museum’s café is free to enter and “boasts a wonderful view of Biggin Hill Airport’s runway”, the museum’s visit page says. You only need a ticket for the exhibition. From 1 November to 31 March it opens Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm, with lunch served 12pm to 2pm and drinks and cakes at other times. From April to October it stays open until 5pm, with lunch until 2.30pm. It is closed on Mondays. Call 01959 422414. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 2 September 2026). Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3EJ.

How we chose

These are the cafés people look for in Bromley borough. We chose them on the public record, not on taste: speciality roasting, how long a café has been trading, places linked to a landmark or a park, and the FSA hygiene rating. Every café here is rated 4 or 5. We left out cafés we could not check against a website or social page of their own on the day. For now, that ruled out several cafés in Bromley town centre and Petts Wood. Chains are not listed, because the borough has plenty of independents. Prices and hours are as published on 26 October 2026; check before you go, especially at Christmas.

Run a place that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@bromleyonline.co.uk.

For more, see our guides to Bromley restaurants, Sunday roast in Bromley, Bromley pubs, Bromley playgrounds, things to do in Bromley and what’s on in Bromley this month, and the cafés in our Bromley business directory.

Frequently asked questions

Which cafes in Bromley borough are dog-friendly?

Melk Coffee Co on Royal Parade in Chislehurst calls itself independent and dog-friendly, and has a “dog wall” for visiting dogs. Caffe di Bosco in Petts Wood says it is dog-friendly, and Alexandra Nurseries in Penge says well-behaved dogs are welcome in its café. Down House in Downe does not allow dogs, apart from assistance dogs, because the site is protected for its wildlife.

Which Bromley cafes are open on a Monday?

On their own published hours: Melk in Chislehurst opens 8am to 4pm every day, Caffe di Bosco in Petts Wood from 7am, the Orpington on Orpington High Street from 7am, Carnival Coffee Roasters in Penge 8am to 3pm, Blowing Dandelion in Beckenham from 10am, and the Green Roof Cafe at High Elms from 10am. Holwood Farm, SE20 Cycles and the Nightingale Café at the Biggin Hill museum are closed on Mondays.

Where can I get speciality coffee in Bromley borough?

Carnival Coffee Roasters in Penge roasts its own beans and serves single origin espresso and pour-over. Melk in Chislehurst serves three blends at a time. The Orpington uses Workshop Coffee, and Fee & Brown in Beckenham describes itself as artisan. Roastar on East Street in Bromley town centre serves Vietnamese coffee.