Giddy Up Coffee — Restaurant in London

Giddy Up is a coffee cart concession located in the middle of beautiful Fortune Park, just off Whitecross Street. It's owned and operated by Lee Harte, who has plenty of quality experience, having previously worked at the old Pitch 42 in Whitecross St Market and Flat Cap coffee cart in Victoria, and this comes through crystal clear in both the quality of his coffee and the friendly service he offers.

On any given day, you can find all sorts of people frequenting the cart, ranging from City professionals to local residents to little kids and older folk, all of whom are friendly and chatty.

In addition to the coffee, sweet snacks such as home-made muffins and banana bread can be found here, as well as crumpets, and an assortment of spreads including jam, Marmite and peanut butter.

Unusually, for a cart, Giddy Up also has toilet facilities. Should you find yourself in need of such facilities, simply ask whomever's at the cart for the key to the park toilet.

Giddy Up uses Square Mile and Has Bean coffee beans, and occasionally has guest beans from other lands brought back by loyal customers. These "guest stars" are advertised on Giddy Up's Twitter feed (@GiddyUpCoffee).

Giddy Up has just recently expanded, having opened up in Floripa (the old favela Chic, now under new management) Great Eastern Street. I have yet to go there, but having seen the care Lee has put into setting everything up and his attention to detail and quality, I have no doubt it will be just as good...

TL;DR: Great coffee in an oasis of calm.

I used to work in the area in a relatively stressful environment, and would always look forward to a coffee break at Giddy Up. 3 reasons: (1) First, the coffee itself is delicious; I love the chocolatey, nutty flavours that come up with Square Mile's Red Brick blend. Try the 5-ouncer. (2) Second, Giddy up is located in Fortune Park, a lovely green space hidden amidst grey surroundings. (3) Third, the baristas are good fun and always up for chat. Lee's (the owner's) Melbournian charm breaks through many...

Lovely little caffee in a shed in a small local park with great coffee. They have a few cakes to eat and a couple of tables to sit down. There are also tables from the park that you can use.

Bear in mind that there is a playground right opposite which gets very busy after school and on the weekends. Plan you visit around this if you want to have a quiet...