Hotel coffee · London and Scotland
Coffee partner for hotels: from breakfast to the bar
We supply some of the UK's best-known five-star hotels, from St James's and Covent Garden to Edinburgh, Perthshire and the Highlands. Speciality coffee, our own tea, machines, barista training and servicing, all from one team.
One partner for every cup your guests drink
Hotels serve coffee in more places than almost any other business: breakfast, the lobby, the bar, meeting rooms, room service and guest rooms. Every one of those cups is part of the guest experience, and every one needs to be right.
We look after all of them. Our coffee is roasted to order at our roastery in Glenrothes, Fife. Our London team works from our Coffee Studio on Clink Street, our Scotland team covers Edinburgh, Perthshire and beyond, and our sister company, Modern Standard Service, installs and services the machines.
One partner for the coffee, the tea, the equipment, the training and the repairs, with no third-party service agents in the middle.
Every coffee moment in your hotel
Breakfast service
Fresh filter coffee at volume
Batch brew set-ups that keep fresh, properly made coffee on every table through the busiest breakfast service, freshly ground for every batch.
Lobby, lounge and café
Espresso worth stopping for
Café-quality espresso for your lobby, lounge or all-day café, on machines like the Victoria Arduino Eagle One, with a team trained to make it properly.
The bar
Espresso martinis and after-dinner coffee
Coffee that stands up in cocktails and finishes a dinner well, with training for your bar team on both.
Meetings, conferences and events
Coffee for hundreds, not just a few
We already supply the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, where delegates drink more than 200,000 cups of our coffee a year. We can provide baristas for events too, subject to availability.
Guest rooms
In-room coffee and tea
Coffee and tea for guest rooms and room service, including our own tea range, with the name of each tea printed on every tag rather than a generic label.
Your own blend
House blends and branded packaging
For larger hotels and groups, we can develop a bespoke house blend and branded packaging, so the coffee is as much yours as the rest of the guest experience.
From Mayfair to the Highlands
Trusted by leading hotels
Many of our hotel partners prefer not to be named, so we describe them here by type and area.
London · St James's and Park Lane
Five-star hotels
Coffee for five-star hotels in St James's and on Park Lane, from breakfast service to afternoon coffee.
London · Covent Garden
Luxury hotels
Speciality coffee for luxury hotels in the heart of Covent Garden.
London · South Kensington
A boutique hotel
Coffee for a boutique hotel in South Kensington.
Edinburgh
A luxury city-centre hotel
Coffee for a luxury hotel in the centre of Edinburgh, roasted to order less than an hour away in Glenrothes.
Scottish Highlands
A castle hotel
Coffee for a luxury castle hotel in the Scottish Highlands.
Muthill, Perthshire
Coorie Inn Restaurant and Rooms
The restaurant with rooms near Crieff serves our coffee to diners and overnight guests.
Why hotels choose Modern Standard
Roasted to order
We roast five days a week, to order, so your coffee arrives fresh, not after weeks in a warehouse.
Free barista training
Hotel teams change often. Our trainers in London and Scotland train new starters on site, free for wholesale accounts, with SCA certification available.
Machines that keep working
Modern Standard Service supplies, installs and services your equipment. It's the same team that looks after more than 250 coffee machines for GAIL's.
Help with your sustainability goals
We're a certified B Corp. We buy directly from farmers and pay on average 40% over the Fairtrade minimum, can supply Fairtrade coffee on request, and our bags go in kerbside recycling.
How it works
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Tell us about your hotel
Your outlets, covers, equipment and how you serve coffee now. We reply within one working day.
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Taste with us
At our London Coffee Studio on Clink Street, at our Glenrothes roastery, or in your own hotel.
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A proposal for every outlet
Coffee, tea, equipment and service planned outlet by outlet, from breakfast to the bar.
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Launch, train and support
We install, train your teams and stay involved with visits, coffee audits and servicing.
Hotel coffee: FAQs
Do you supply coffee to hotels in London?
Yes. We supply five-star and boutique hotels in St James's, Park Lane, Covent Garden and South Kensington. Our London team works from our Coffee Studio at 6 Clink Street, SE1, where we also host tastings and training.
Do you supply hotels in Edinburgh, Perthshire and the Highlands?
Yes. We supply a luxury hotel in Edinburgh city centre, outlets within a five-star Perthshire resort, a castle hotel in the Scottish Highlands and Coorie Inn Restaurant and Rooms in Muthill. We roast in Glenrothes, Fife, and our Scotland team visits in person.
Can you supply in-room coffee and tea?
Yes. We supply coffee and tea for guest rooms and room service, including our own tea range, with the name of each tea printed on every tag.
Can you create a house blend for our hotel?
Yes. For larger hotels and hotel groups we can develop a bespoke house blend and branded packaging. Tell us about your hotel and we'll talk you through it.
Do you train hotel staff?
Yes. Barista training is free for our wholesale accounts, on site in London and across Scotland, with SCA certification available. We can train new starters as your team changes.
Who installs and services the coffee machines?
Our sister company, Modern Standard Service. You can buy, rent or lease espresso, filter and bean-to-cup equipment, with leasing through Premier Leasing, and Modern Standard Service provides planned maintenance and reactive repairs.
Can you supply Fairtrade coffee?
Yes, on request. Our preferred way to buy is direct trade, paying on average 40% over the Fairtrade minimum, but we can supply Fairtrade coffee for hotels that need it.
Can you provide baristas for events?
Yes, subject to availability. Tell us about your event and we'll let you know what we can do.
Do you offer decaf?
Yes. Mellow Decaf is decaffeinated with the CO₂ method, with no chemical solvents, and makes a proper espresso.
Is there a minimum order?
Wholesale accounts start from two cases of coffee (24kg) a month.
Talk to our hotels team
Tell us about your hotel, your outlets and how you serve coffee now. We'll come back with a proposal for coffee, tea, equipment, training and support.