Between the big shopfronts are coffee bars with very different personalities. Keep it tiny and bean-focused on Hysan Avenue, or settle in at Urban’s current Cleveland Street address.
Project C’s narrow concrete coffee bar, grinders and a customer by the Hysan Avenue entrance.Archive photograph · source published October 2024.Photo: 何宗昇 / 鏡週刊 Mirror Media
A circular serving window and a bean-focused menu make this an appealing short stop. Tatler highlights its filter, espresso and cold-brew selection, with tasting information accompanying the coffee.
OUR ORDER
A filter coffee; read the tasting notes as it cools.
Copper walls, leather chairs and black metal dividers at Urban Coffee Roaster on Cleveland Street.Photograph date not supplied.Photo: Urban Coffee Roaster
The current official address is Cleveland Street. A useful alternative to the area’s compact counters when you want food alongside a specialty coffee menu.
Two photographs show Artista Perfetto’s Causeway Bay storefront and coffee beside its window.Photograph date not supplied.Photo: Artista Perfetto
A specialty coffee corner for a break from Causeway Bay’s shopping circuit. Start with a simple coffee and ask the team about the beans instead of rushing through on autopilot.
OUR ORDER
A milk coffee, or ask for the current black-coffee options.