The Gentlemen Baristas

Your friendly neighbourhood coffee house and roastery.

We roast and brew exceptional well-mannered coffee.

Why hats you say? Well it’s an interesting story.

The bowler hat is said to have been designed in 1849 by the London hat-makers Bowler & Bowler, right around the corner from our first coffee house in Southwark and across the road there was a top hat-maker. So, because we like to do things a little differently, the idea of naming our coffees after hats was born. And hats the way we like it!

We’ll  treat you the way we want you to treat our customers:

Positive, friendly environment

Extensive barista training program

Opportunity to grow within the business

Monthly team events

Opportunity to get involved with our events

Paid 30 minute lunch break

A free meal every day

Mental and wellbeing platform access 24/7

Cycle to work scheme

Free coffees all day long - even on your days off!

Our story started in 1698, when the London coffee house cemented itself as the quintessential melting pot of political, philosophical, and creative debate. Fast forward 316 years to 2014 to Union Street, just around the corner from the factory where the Bowler hat was invented, where we opened our very first coffee house, inspired by, and determined to recreate, those age-old traditions of serving a superb cup of coffee in creative and inspiring surroundings and providing a meeting point and thinking space for London’s modern-day visionaries.

Since then we’ve expanded to ten sites, have our own roastery in the heart of East London, and also, through our fearless leader (one of - Hi Ed) Henry and his team, we supply a plethora of businesses of all sizes with customised wholesale coffee packages that suit them (and bagfuls of free advice and coffee chat).

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