Monte Bianco
Independent Italian-style coffee shop on Brighton Road, opened October 2024, serving its own-brand Monte Bianco coffee alongside a daily-changing pastry selection, sandwiches, and soft drinks.
Why we love it
An independent Surbiton newcomer serving its own Monte Bianco coffee — named after Mont Blanc — in an Italian-inflected house style brought by owner Alastair Roberts and his Italian wife.
Monte Bianco is an independent Italian-style coffee shop on Brighton Road, opened in October 2024 by Alastair Roberts — a Kingston local whose Italian wife is the reason the place leans the way it does. It took over the site of the old Polish Deli, sitting next door to Renas, the Turkish bar and restaurant, in a stretch of Surbiton that’s quietly become worth a wander.
The draw here is the coffee, which is Monte Bianco’s own: a house-branded blend, named after Mont Blanc, sold under their own label as beans and subscriptions online as well as across the counter. Alongside it you’ll find pastries, sandwiches, and soft drinks. The pastry selection changes day to day, though they keep the best-sellers in stock — the cinnamon buns have their own small following.
Doors open at 7:30am, which makes it a proper early-start spot rather than a leisurely-brunch-only affair — useful if you want a flat white before the rest of Surbiton has surfaced.
Local’s Tip: It opens at 7:30am, so it’s the one to know if you’re after a decent coffee and a cinnamon bun before the day properly starts — and if they’re sold out, you can take the beans home and make it yourself.
What to order
- cinnamon buns
- monte bianco coffee
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