{"id":13029,"date":"2013-09-13T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T10:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=13029"},"modified":"2013-09-13T01:14:57","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T00:14:57","slug":"tap-at-193-wardour-street-w1-saves-the-day-with-a-five-star-cup-of-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tap-at-193-wardour-street-w1-saves-the-day-with-a-five-star-cup-of-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Tap Coffee at 193 Wardour Street, Soho, London saves the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-1.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a rather disastrous coffee at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/speakeasy-espresso-and-brew-bar-soho-loud-and-disappointing\/\">Speakeasy Espresso and Brew Bar<\/a>, our quest for a good, strong brew in a pleasant atmosphere had reached critical levels, so we were pleased to come across\u00a0Tap at 193 Wardour Street, W1.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-10.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"381\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The third branch of the slowly growing coffee house empire formerly known as Tapped &amp; Packed (the other two are on\u00a0<a title=\"Rathbone Place\" href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tapped-packed-coffee-house-fitzrovia-serves-up-the-goods\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rathbone Place<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Tottenham Court Road\" href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tapped-packed-coffee-shop-review-tottenham-court-road-london\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham Court Road<\/a>), the mini chain now goes under the name of Tap Coffee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tap-at-193-wardour-street-w1-saves-the-day-with-a-five-star-cup-of-coffee\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-8.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-8.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13033\" alt=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-8.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-8.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-8-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve drunk their coffee before so knew that we&#8217;d be in safe hands, and two very decent cups were served up, complete with the now requisite fancy pattern on the froth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tap-at-193-wardour-street-w1-saves-the-day-with-a-five-star-cup-of-coffee\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-7.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,393\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-7.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13034\" alt=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-7.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-7.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-7-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same quirky teaspoons were in attendance too. It&#8217;s a nice homely touch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tap-at-193-wardour-street-w1-saves-the-day-with-a-five-star-cup-of-coffee\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-6.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,378\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-6.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13035\" alt=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-6.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-6.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-6-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Wardour Street branch is quite large, and takes the form of a long narrow building with a fair bit of seating at the back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13036\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tap-at-193-wardour-street-w1-saves-the-day-with-a-five-star-cup-of-coffee\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-5.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,373\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-5.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13036\" alt=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-5.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-5.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-5-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sorry, I just liked the little hammer graphic on the light bulb above our table.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13037\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tap-at-193-wardour-street-w1-saves-the-day-with-a-five-star-cup-of-coffee\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,386\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-4.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13037\" alt=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-4.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-4.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-4-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some blurb left on our table.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13038\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tap-at-193-wardour-street-w1-saves-the-day-with-a-five-star-cup-of-coffee\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,349\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-3.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13038\" alt=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-3.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-3-195x110.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking towards the rear of the shop.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13039\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tap-at-193-wardour-street-w1-saves-the-day-with-a-five-star-cup-of-coffee\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,349\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13039\" alt=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-2.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-2-195x110.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a good selection of snacks&#8217;n&#8217;cakes&#8217;n&#8217;bakes on offer. We scoffed a large biscuit between us that was rather tasty indeed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tap at 193 Wardour Street W1 saves the day with a five star cup of coffee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-11.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tap Coffee,<br \/>\n93 Wardour StreetW1F 8ZF<br \/>\nOpening hours:<br \/>\nMon-Fri: 8am-7pm | Sat: 10am-6pm<br \/>\nSun: 12pm-6pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tapcoffee.co.uk\/shops.html\">http:\/\/www.tapcoffee.co.uk\/shops.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a rather disastrous coffee at the\u00a0Speakeasy Espresso and Brew Bar, our quest for a good, strong brew in a pleasant atmosphere had reached critical levels, so we were pleased &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,17,193],"tags":[102,246,10,123,190,654,655],"class_list":["post-13029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-features","category-photos","category-places","tag-cafe","tag-coffee","tag-london","tag-review","tag-soho","tag-tapped-and-packed","tag-wardour-street"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/193-tap-coffee-wardour-st-london-11.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-3o9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13029"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13267,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13029\/revisions\/13267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}