Delicious Allpress coffee in a chill cafe with pinball and other arcade games! Didn’t try the pastries / baked goods.

Note that this review isn't of the café part of Chief Coffee - although I know from the past that it's pretty decent. My reason for visiting was to play the pinball machines, which, first thing on a Thursday, weren't turned on. They were happy to switch them on for me and as with the past few times, they were flawless - a good mix of classic machines and modern ones, all for a pound a go, or three credits for two pounds. It's one of the best places in London for pinball and is clearly well looked-after. Upstairs is something else that's unique in London, an arcade filled with Japanese arcade machines. To add to the feel, they take 100 yen coins (which are sold in a "change" machine), and the cabinets and games are in Japanese. You don't need to speak the language though to have a good time, be it on Mario Kart, a machine which involved bouncing ping-pong balls, or the other games up there. Having been to Tokyo before, it's spot on - and well worth a visit. It's clear the owners have a real passion for these arcade and pinball machines, and it's refreshing to see how well looked-after they are.

We went here as we were staying in a hotel locally. The coffee shop is really cool, the service was great, the server was really sweet. The food was good, especially the vegan sausage roll. It’s the best one I had. The pastries and coffees were also really good. The iced mocha was like a chocolate/coffee milkshake but it was nice. The arcade was amazing, quite a few different machines upstairs and then downstairs had a few pinball machines. Really cool and worth stopping in if you’re in the area.

The best coffee and matcha in Chiswick 🤍 So pleasant and friendly atmosphere and vibe! I discovered a cool spot with pinball machines downstairs (quite spot for reading before starting games) and Japanese arcades upstairs 🤩 today were amazing baristas Vanessa and Amber 🤍

Not sure where to start! Chief coffee is an amazing place to hangout with friends, my friend and I went for the first time today to try out the arcade upstairs. The different types of Japanese arcade games were amazing and machines were clean! We went specifically for the Initial D racing machines. At the start the machines for the Initial D screen went off mid race, but one of the lovely staff there offered us a credit back for the issue, we appreciated the kind gesture but politely declined as we already played about 3/4 worth of out credit we put in! ( Wasn’t sure on the persons name but she said she was fairly new! ) thanks for making my friend and I’s experience so great with the kind gesture! Will be returning soon and will give the coffee a try too! All the best. 😄 ( Attended 9th Jan 2025! )