 Similarly, Eva Simpson of the "Daily Mirror" wrote that the track "brought the same high-gloss sheen" as "Pure Shores" and cited it as a curtain raiser for "Saints & Sinners".A "Western Mail" reviewer viewed the two songs as "equally tremendous", while "The Guardian"s Caroline Sullivan found "Black Coffee" superior, describing it as "beguiling treatment of a domestic scenario" and "easily the most alluring depiction of a bleary-eyed morning routine ever recorded.