Example cafe · Yemeni coffee house
Qamar Coffee House
112 Whitechapel Road, London E1
- Open today 09:00–00:00
- Meetings at the window table
- Female photographer available
Partner cafes
Every shofa happens at a partner cafe. Staff take your photos there. You check in at its counter and meet at its named shofa table. The first partner cafes haven't been announced yet. Leave your town and we'll tell you when one opens near you.
What a partner cafe could look like
Every partner cafe is drawn onto this street. Yours could be next.
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Locals Cafe Al Andalus, Jeddah
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Marchesi 1824 Mayfair, London
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Siblings Al Rawdah, Jeddah
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bonbon Kensington, London
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GOODHOOD Ash Shati, Jeddah
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Beam Notting Hill, London
Whitechapel Road, E1 Example high street
These five cafes show what a street of partner cafes looks like on shofa.social. They're examples, so you can't have your photos taken at them. Walk the example street
Example cafe · Chai and karak house
Saffron Chai House
41 New Road, London E1
- Open today 07:00–23:00
- Meetings at the corner booth
- Female photographer available
Example cafe · Dessert lounge
Dar Dessert Lounge
189 Whitechapel Road, London E1
- Open today 12:00–01:00
- Meetings at the long table by the counter
- No female photographer yet
Example cafe · Bakery and cafe
Bayt Bakehouse
7 Vallance Road, London E1
- Open today 08:00–17:00
- Meetings at the big round table
- Female photographer available
Example cafe · Specialty coffee
Nour Coffee
256 Whitechapel Road, London E1
- Open today 09:00–22:00
- Meetings at the bench under the window
- No female photographer yet
What every partner cafe offers
Each cafe sets up the same four things.
- A named shofa table for meetings, in public.
- Photoshoots by staff at the cafe's photo spot, paid at its own till.
- A check-in code on the counter that changes every 30 seconds.
- House rules that staff enforce, including banning people who aren't serious.
Run a cafe? See how the partner cafe programme works.