Cafe Zee

What Cafe Zee does

Cafe Zee is a privately-held, for-profit coffee shop founded in 2012 and based in Ealing, United Kingdom. The business operates from a single physical retail location where it sells cakes, food, drinks, and a range of coffee products to local walk-in customers. The company has a stated workforce of 11-50 employees, consistent with a small neighborhood cafe employing baristas, kitchen staff, and front-of-house personnel.

No proprietary technology platform, digital product, mobile application, or e-commerce channel is disclosed in the available data. Marketing, distribution, partnership, and pricing information are likewise not reported. The associated third-party source material describes specialty coffee brewing methods and is not attributable to Cafe Zee's operations, products, or commercial strategy.

Cafe Zee's revenue mechanics follow the standard independent-cafe model: in-person sales of beverages and food items, with no disclosed subscription, delivery-led, B2B, or wholesale revenue streams. The business has no disclosed investors, parent company, subsidiaries, management team, patents, awards, or regulatory actions in the input data, leaving ownership structure and operational details unverified beyond the firmographic record.

Name

Cafe Zee

Website

https://coffeezee.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cafe Zee is a privately-held, single-location coffee shop in Ealing, United Kingdom, founded in 2012, serving local walk-in customers with cakes, food, drinks, and coffee products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Coffee Shop / Cafe

NAICS

Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Neighborhood Cafes (THAFADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cafe-Bakeries (Bakery + Coffee/Foodservice) (THAFAFAG)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee shop
• Cafe food service
• Coffee and pastries
• Artisan coffee drinks
• Light cafe meals

Headquarters

HQ city

Ealing

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Cafe Zee operates a neighborhood coffee shop in Ealing, United Kingdom, selling brewed coffee products, other drinks, cakes, and food to walk-in customers. As a brick-and-mortar cafe, it provides on-premise beverage and food service centered on coffee alongside complementary bakery and light food items.

Product overview

No product information available for Cafe Zee in the provided source data. The content originates from a third-party coffee information website (dot-cafe.org) discussing specialty coffee brewing methods and techniques rather than Cafe Zee's own product offerings or services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coffee products Brewed coffee beverages sold to walk-in customers at the Ealing cafe.
• Cakes Cakes served at the cafe alongside coffee and drinks for walk-in customers.
• Food Light food items sold at the cafe to walk-in customers.
• Drinks Non-coffee beverages sold at the cafe to walk-in customers.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Notes Coffee: London-based independent specialty coffee operator with neighborhood cafés serving coffee and light food. Directly comparable to Cafe Zee as an independent London café competing in the same specialty coffee and casual food segment.
• Origin Coffee: UK specialty coffee roaster with café locations. Comparable to Cafe Zee as a UK-based independent coffee-focused operator with a physical café presence and specialty positioning.
• Caravan Coffee Roasters: London-based independent specialty coffee roaster and café group with all-day food menus. Directly comparable to Cafe Zee as an independent London café combining specialty coffee with a full food offering.
• The Watch House: Independent London specialty coffee and food café group. Directly comparable to Cafe Zee as an independent multi-site London café operator selling specialty coffee alongside a broader food menu.
• Gail's Bakery: UK bakery-café chain selling coffee, cakes, and light food. Directly comparable to Cafe Zee because both operate the bakery-café format combining coffee with cakes and casual food in urban UK locations.
• Monmouth Coffee: Iconic London independent coffee roaster and café operator. Comparable to Cafe Zee as a London-based independent coffee-led venue with a focus on quality coffee and a curated food offer.

Broad incumbents

• Caffè Nero: One of the largest UK coffee chains with a broad café estate. Comparable to Cafe Zee as a competing coffee-led offering in the same UK high-street and neighborhood locations, though operating at much greater scale.
• Costa Coffee: UK's largest coffee chain with extensive high-street and retail-park presence. Competes with Cafe Zee for the same commuter and neighborhood coffee occasions, but at significantly larger scale and with broader menu reach.
• Pret a Manger: Major UK high-street chain selling coffee, sandwiches, and baked goods. Competes with Cafe Zee for grab-and-go coffee and light food occasions across London commuter and high-street locations.

Regional players

• Black Sheep Coffee: UK-origin specialty coffee chain with growing presence. Comparable to Cafe Zee in the specialty coffee category, though operating as a multi-site chain rather than a single independent unit.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cafe_zee

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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