FCB coffee Waterloo

Doors open at 6:30 AM on weekdays and stay open until 9 PM every day — uncommonly long hours that set this FCB outpost apart from the typical neighbourhood café. The group behind it describes itself as part of the 'fifth wave' of coffee, bringing speciality beans to the travel sector, with coffees rotated seasonally to showcase different flavour profiles and in-store deli chefs preparing the day's food from early morning. Reviews are decidedly mixed, but for an early start or a late caffeine fix near Waterloo, the schedule alone makes it worth knowing about.