
Cafes / Reviews
Little Victories – cafe review
Little Victories will mean different things for different people. Enjoy your own little victory as it were, over the course of a day.
Grab a takeaway coffee in the morning, a sandwich at lunchtime and a beer after work in a prime spot on one of the tables outside as the sun goes down over the Floating Harbour.
Not just any coffee either; this new cafe and bar is from the same team as Small Street Espresso who make some of the finest speciality coffee in town, so expect the same house blend from Clifton Coffee, a rotating guest espresso, and two filter options.
is needed now More than ever
Want a sandwich? Like at Small Street, the options are made on Hart’s Bakery sourdough, with frittatas, salads and cakes also all on display on the counter.
In the evening when Little Victories opens until 9pm, enjoy olives, bread, cheese from The Bristol Cheesemonger and charcuterie from Source.
Beer did you say? Only the best here. Try the Keller Pills from new Brislington brewery Lost & Grounded, a pale ale from Left Handed Giant in St Phillip’s, or a Flat White – a collaboration brew between LHG and Arbor with an added shot of coffee.
If wine’s more your thing, the selection has been hand-picked by Dan Briggs of wine importers and retailers Billings & Briggs, including a selection of biodynamic and organic bottles.
There is also a cider on draught, and for something stronger try an espresso martini, a cold brew negroni or a Psychopomp gin and tonic.
Space is a luxury that Small Street Espresso don’t have, so the size of their second home in a corner unit at Whapping Wharf has enabled co-owners Chris Chubb and John Drysdale to offer far more than just exceptional coffee.
Work continues a few yards away on the converted shipping containers that will soon be home to new restaurants, takeaways, and food and drink shops as part of Cargo, with Little Victories the first to confirm and now just the latest new business to open in Wapping Wharf following Mokoko, Better Food and Wild Beer.
This could be the best of the lot so far; its nearest equivalent Hunter & Sons at Milson Place in Bath and a smaller version of Caravan on Granary Square in London’s Kings Cross.
The latter roast their own beans on-site, and this is something that Little Victories might think about in the future with space in this high-ceilinged room for a mezzanine level to be installed at a later date.
For now, stretch your neck to take in all of the menu, look out for the small clouds made from wool hanging above your head, sit back and enjoy this mighty fine addition to this swiftly changing corner of town – whatever it might mean to you.
Little Victories, 7 Gaol Ferry Steps, Wapping Wharf, Bristol, BS1 6WE
Read more: Mokoko opens in Wapping Wharf