I love the chill vibe of this place. It’s open, bright and airy with great coffee and bread. Their big communal benches call out for you to study, sip slowly and stay a while. As for a place to work, it’s not, mainly due to the wifi which is out half the time. I’ve had the same experience in their Hammersmith/Chiswick location — it will be down for hours at a time despite them frequently restarting the router. It’s a shame as I am a freelancer, but I don’t expect all coffee shops to cater to the Macbook-toting crowd. After all, it is about the coffee. When the wifi has held up, the staff don’t rush you. They’re friendly and welcoming and will chat to you if you’re up for it. It also seems to be a family friendly place with lots of mums and buggies.
Mike R.
Place rating: 5 London, United Kingdom
I love the coffee from here. A flat white comes out as a flat white white should, the almond croissants are incredible and the toasted sandwiches are excellent too. And the wheel of fortune game after your tenth free coffee is genius.
David C.
Place rating: 5 Leeds, United Kingdom
This is a great café and they really take pride in their coffee its top notch !!. Great atmosphere too. I’d definitely do a swerve to come back here.
Jonathan T.
Place rating: 5 Cary, NC
What a fantastic spot for breakfast! We went in with a group of five and, while seating was a bit tight for a group that size, the atmosphere, food, and tea more than made up for it. I had the french toast with raspberry compote and crème fraîche. My wife had the scrambled eggs on toast, my daughter has the french toast with maple bacon, my son had the blueberry pancake, and my niece had the yoghurt with granola. We were all extremely pleased with our meals.
Juria Y.
Place rating: 4 London, United Kingdom
Cute little café, good service, good coffee and a nice selection of baked goods. Nice window seats for people watching.
Leo V.
Place rating: 4 Ibiá, Brazil
Nice set of unique products and nice relaxed environment. Been there a couple of times and always busy(but fast). Different sandwiches all the time! Coffee is of course very good.
R J.
Place rating: 3 London, United Kingdom
Do you like writing on your laptop and drinking coffee? I don’t really care or anything but I thought I’d ask.
Peter S.
Place rating: 3 London, United Kingdom
Artisan is as friendly and trendy an Aussie café as it is a predictable mecca for Chiswick’s middle classes. We counted no less than six shiny Macbooks when we stopped by, with only a couple of brave Thinkpad owners breaking up the Apple assault. Also competing for table space were parents with young children, students and some senior citizens. I’m not really sure if it really deserves the attention though. I mean sure, it has the usual exposed brick walls, wooden tables, chairs and floors, homemade cakes, blackboard menus and free wifi so beloved of the trendy café classes. But the coffee is average at best. The flat white I had seemed watery and unexciting. My girlfriend’s mocha was similarly uninspired. Call me a heretic, but the flat white I’d just had across the road at Upsy Daisy Bakery, while flawed, was better. Artisan do sell drip coffees which I’d try if I came back. Still, my Artisan experience was less artisan, more underwhelmed.
Samuel C.
Place rating: 4 Austin, TX
Coffee solid but not extraordinary. Sandwiches and baked goods meh. (or more accurately bland beyond bland.) room light sunlit and spacious — a real pleasure. crowd — mega cool. as a location it is tremendous — and the coffee won’t kill you. for better food and coffee — fields beneath is a clear choice — but how many people are going to go from hammersmith to kentish town for coffee?
Adrian C.
Place rating: 5 London, United Kingdom
Artisan is my favorite coffee house in London. When we first moved to Chiswick, I passed by it several times on a bus and, no matter the time of day, it was always busy. That is usually a good sign, and this time was no different. Their lattes and other espresso drinks are outstanding. The espresso is smooth, roasted dark but not too much. In the summertime, they do a great iced latte as well. My wife loves their chai tea lattes, and their loose leaf teas are great as well. It’s almost always full to the point you can just find a table, so it’s a great place to hang out and people watch. We take our kids, as do many others, and they always have a baby-cino as well. I highly recommend you check it out.
Joan L.
Place rating: 4 London, United Kingdom
Really like this coffee spot. Highly quality drinks, good sweets and comfortable place to meet up or work for a bit with free wifi!
Barbara D.
Place rating: 4 London, United Kingdom
Went to Artisan this morning and really enjoyed it. Good iced coffee and muffin and the ambiance is great. I especially liked the exposed copper pipes along the ceiling and brick wall. I will definitely be back! My only wish… that they had flavoured syrup but you might expect that coming from an American! The barista didn’t seem too horrified when I asked!
Raquel R.
Place rating: 4 London, United Kingdom
I am telling you, my street has a lot of good places, it’s a shame that not many people comes for a walk here. This new coffee a proof of it. I have been a couple of times and the food is good. And the coffees are too. It is always really busy and has given that corner a nice revamp, it used to look a bit sad and just a place to pass by.
Gretchen S.
Place rating: 5 San Francisco, CA
A great little coffee shop on my road to work. I’m going to go ahead and assume that the pastries and food are as good as the lattes and give 5 stars to Artisan(I’ll be sure to update if that’s not the case ;)). Artisan makes a great soya latte and is a really cute location. It’s clear they care about presentation and the details as much as they care about serving a great cup of coffee. I can’t wait to spend a Saturday lounging by the window with a croissant and the newspaper!
Tom E.
Place rating: 4 London, United Kingdom
Artisan are an Australian coffee shop serving excellent Long Blacks and Flat Whites in the £2 to £2.50 range. This recently-opened Chiswick/Hammersmith branch has bagged the prime spot right on Young’s Corner where The Goldhawk Road meets The High Road. They’ve got huge windows looking out on the local traffic and commuters rushing to nearby Stamford Brook station. It’s a great place to watch the world go by. Inside could be described as industrial-classroom chic, with wooden surfaces, metal stools and a selection of interesting lightbulbs dangling from the ceiling. Only a few days after opening it was already packed at lunchtime with people«working» on the wifi with their obligatory silver MacBooks. Is this what unemployed people do these days? Or is this a new type of job I don’t know about? Actually… they’re probably just writing Unilocal reviews