It’s refreshing in this world of mochafrappalattes that the choice of coffee at Rainbow Cafe in Clifton Village is whether you want it served in a mug or a cup. Once you’ve chosen, you can also get refills.

Rainbow Cafe, halfway up Waterloo Street opposite the Clifton Club squash courts, feels like it’s from a bygone era. Radio Four rather than a Spotify playlist is on the stereo, and there are scones rather than cupcakes on the bar.

Rainbow Cafe reminds me of a cafe by the seaside, with green plastic table cloths, what look like hand-picked flowers on the tables, and the two ladies scurrying about making food in the small open kitchen by the front door greeting many of the customers by name while worrying about what they should do with the glut of scones.

The food includes homely favourites: soups, quiches and pate; with a tempting selection of cakes. The pudding when I visited on a Saturday afternoon a plumb and pear crumble.

In these days of corporate nondescript blandness, this break from the norm is wonderful.

Rainbow Cafe, 10 Waterloo Street, Clifton. 0117 973 8937.