Workshop’s Belgravia Cafe & Academy signals an assured shift for the British coffee roaster. Developed in close collaboration with London studio 3Stories, the space has been designed as both neighbourhood café and training ground; the flagship uniting specialty coffee, education and hospitality within a setting shaped by precision and craft.
Customers enter directly into the working core of the café. A solid marble counter plays a central role, with grinders, scales and hands in motion fully exposed. Seating follows the sweep of the Victorian glazing, creating quiet nooks along the perimeter while maintaining an uninterrupted line of sight to the bar.
Material choices reinforce a design language rooted in craft. Warm timber joinery and custom furniture sit against herringbone flooring, introducing a residential note without softening the discipline of the space. Glazed terracotta tiles add structure and sheen, while sculptural lighting brings focus overhead. Oversized silk pendants cast a gentle wash of light, and subtle ceiling detailing nods to classic British interiors.
3Stories also evolved Workshop’s visual identity for its first Academy-led site, extending the brand into a clear environmental graphic language. Wayfinding, signage and merchandising is sleek while patinated leather menus and debossed coasters sit atop custom tables, each detail reinforcing a culture built on process and quality.
Head downstairs to the basement, an area geared toward learning and experimentation, with warm finishes, graphic flooring and glazed tiles that create a focused yet approachable setting. Even the bar stools, formed from recycled coffee beans, speak to Workshop’s wider commitment to sustainability and thoughtful production.
The result is a space that expresses Workshop’s values in built form: disciplined, contemporary and made to last.
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Workshop Cafe & Academy Belgravia Photography, courtesy 3Stories.
