We’re delighted that the Sunday Times have chosen London thru Cafes to be in their ’500 Best Apps in the World’ list.

We’ve just issued a new version of the App through iTunes following a read through of our 120+ cafe entries and 380+ things to do nearby. We’ll release those updates for ‘in App’ download in the next few days, but the best and fastest way of getting them is to download the new App now via iTunes here.

The Sunday Times says, ‘This charming guide to the best coffee shops in the capital will appeal to tourists, coffee-enthusiasts and anyone who enjoys people-watching in the city’s cafes. You can plot coffee shops on a map, look at a list of the ones nearest to you or select a Tube station or tourist attraction and see cafes around them. Reviews are detailed, offering information about the architecture and character of the cafe, as well as the range of food and drink on offer – and, in many cases, the model of espresso machine used to make the coffee.’

Our App includes access details for the 90 cafes or so that we feature and we’d like to highlight three that have particularly good access for wheelchair users.

Firstly, Store Street Espresso, just off the mania of Tottenham Court Road in central London, is a roomy, airy and white-walled cafe, with beautiful wooden tables and benches. We suggest you have your coffee with some delicious toasted rye bread – big buttered slices, organic honey and beautiful jams that aren’t too sweet. They also do a wide selection of teas and gourmet sandwiches, with juicy flap-jacks, super croissants, pains au chocolat and the hot chocolate is made from one of those swirling machines full of indecently good, hot rich gloop. Decor-wise, this lovely cafe is minimalist yes, sterile no. It has a restful feel – big industrial lights hang throughout, picking out a small selection of gentle black and white photos and artful geometrical patterns painted on the walls. There’s a book-swap shelf to peruse too.

Store Street Espresso 40 Store Street, London WC1E 7DB Tel 00 44 20 7637 2623 Opening Times Monday-Friday 7.30am-7pm; Saturday 9am-6pm; Sunday 10am-4pm Coffee Square Mile; Machine La Marzocco Access Level access, spacious cafe with a very roomy adapted ground floor toilet.

Next is bike-repair shop and cafe, Look Mum No Hands on Old Street (east of central London). Apart from the great access, the coffee and food here are fantastic. Choose from free-range homemade meat pies, stews and rice, baked potatoes, homemade soups, salads, organic bread and cakes and pastries. There’s WiFi, wine, beers including Kernel, Bath Ales and Aspall Suffolk cider, high-seats for tots, seats outside for when it’s warm and baby-changing facilities. When events such as the Tour de France are on, footage is projected live on the screen at the back – making for a great atmosphere with the bunting and kooky bike-cog mobiles all around.

Look Mum No Hands 49 Old Street, London EC1V 9HX Tel 00 44 20 7253 1025 Opening Times Monday-Friday 7.30am-10.00pm; Saturday 9am-10pm; Sunday 10am-10pm Coffee Square Mile; Machine La Marzocco Access Level access into this cafe, and two very roomy adapted ground floor toilets.

Last but not least is Australian outfit Workshop Coffee, formerly St Ali, near Farringdon, (central London but slightly east), with its warm almost holiday atmosphere. Workshop has soothing wood furnishings, not too bright lighting and a high back wall of tropical greenery (not at all your typical London cafe furnishings). In case the big coffee roaster doesn’t give you the message, this is a serious coffee house, first established in Melbourne in 1999. Our lunch at Workshop was really great value and delicious – a filling salad of grilled Spanish sardines, borlotti beans, goat’s cheese, avocado and lettuce with mint leaves and fresh coriander in a perfect, gently sweet dressing. The food is tasty with a ‘healthy-twang’ being the constant theme. They do wine and international beers including London Brewery Kernel again and Australian Coopers Ale.

Workshop Coffee 27 Clerkenwell Road EC1M 5RN Tel 00 44 20 7253 5754 Opening Times Monday-Sunday 7am-6pm Access Request ramped access up one step into this spacious cafe, which also has an adapted ground floor toilet Coffee Workshop Coffee

InclusiveLondon is a great site for access information (an App exists too), then there’s MyAccessLondon and Action for Access helps you chart how accessible your high street is. If you’re a cafe-owner reading this and want to know more about how to improve your cafe’s access, contact the Centre for Accessible Environments. There’s also very useful DisabledGo.

All of the above cafes are listed in our City Guide App London thru Cafes which includes 90 London coffee houses and cafes, 350+ great places to visit and has regular updates. Much more than just a list of cafes, there are reviews, photos, area guides, a London survival guide, offline maps and lots of fantastic photos. The App also works offline so you can use it when you´re out and about and avoid roaming charges.

We’ve just published this short film of our London thru Cafes App for iPhone, iPad and Ipod Touch so that you can see something of what it can do.

It’s available now in the App Store for the price of a freshly squeezed orange juice!

We’re pleased to announce that the London thru Cafes iPhone App has gone live across the globe.  The App is available for download from Apple’s App Store now. Please give it a shot!

The App is the culmination of over a year’s work and is a guide to London’s best independent cafes as well as great places to visit nearby. Karola’s been writing-up reviews for over 60 cafes and hundreds of really cool places with Chris building the App and supporting infrastructure.  We’ve learned so much!

Nick Dawson has helped us to create a great series of photographs that bring the App to life and we’d like to say a special thank you to the creative and social networking guys over at Qubeseven for their help with the branding, websites and getting all that Facebook and Twitter type stuff joined up and doing what it needs to. And of course, we have not forgotten our team of patient test pilots who gave us really valuable feedback.

The App is fantastic for tourists and handy for cafe-loving Londoners. This is a personal App based on a long time in the capital (and lots of cups of coffee). We have hand-picked all the cafes so that you make the most of your time in the city, and don’t disappoint your flat-white loving taste-buds. OK it’s our opinion, but believe us, we’re fussy!

The places to visit include classics such as Tate Modern and the Globe Theatre, to the best fish and chip shops, cinemas, markets and hidden away art galleries, theatres, restaurants and pubs.

The maps are off-line so you can browse as you tube and we’ve included opening hours, nearby tube stations, access details, wifi details, coffee and cake details, where does gluten free, entry prices where relevant – plus write-ups of London’s areas so your head doesn’t get in a spin!

There’s a mini survival guide including information on health and emergencies, how to travel around the city, bike hire, more details on disabled access around London, there’s even information on tube station loos and where to change a baby! We’ve also included a calendar of annual events and you can also tell your friends where you are via email, SMS, Facebook and Twitter. Send us feedback via the App and your cool photos via our site – hurray!

Best of all, the App’s built in such a way that you can see what’s close. No more flicking through books, indexes and maps. Sculpt out an itinerary based on what’s near, roaming from place to place in the App. Or browse through another area, looking at what’s under one of the fifteen categories: art, architecture, attractions, museums, markets, shopping, food and drink, music, theatre, comedy, film, fitness, churches, historical and open spaces.

Updates will be available on a regular basis until mid 2012 when it’s the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (and a certain large sporting event) so the guide isn’t static. And remember, the app works offline too, so it’s great if you’re travelling or don’t have a connection.

We hope our App helps you enjoy our fabulous capital as much as we do.