You can't really go wrong with banana bread and peanut butter and fancy looking lattes…read more This cute cafe reminded me of LA hipster cafes that are there purely for Instagram, but that's okay! They're known for their vegan banana bread and had the option of topping it with peanut butter or a greek yogurt topping. I loved that the bread was toasted, and it was so comforting and sweet to eat with a spoon. The peanut butter isn't the disgusting Skippy consistency, but more like natural, dripping peanut butter that has a stronger flavor. It was a nice bite. I got the blue majik latte and thought it just tasted like a sweet latte that looked pretty. Kind of pricey too.

So updated review after eating brunch here today (4 Feb) with a friend:…read more Yes the pink background and palm frond wallpaper (and palm from baskets hanging from the ceiling) is still cute as ever and the desserts were again lovely. The waitress was also very cheerful this Sunday AM. The food menu is slightly changed from when I swung by six months ago. I got the Palm Buddha Bowel, which has an incredibly tasty blend of tabbouleh, roasted veggies, beetroot hummus, baba ganoush, massaged kale with seeds, pickled candy radishes (absolutely delicious) and thick sweet potato falafels bursting with flavour (the waitress kindly had the cucumber removed from the dish as I requested). It's a hefty bowl and I finished it feeling satisfied; I ended up being full the whole afternoon! I also got the Green Goddess juice (sans cucumber) and I liked how large and frothy it was. Sadly my friend didn't seem to like her Persian porridge and admittingly it looked pretty gluey and unpleasant. I got one of the vegan cookies and a coconut, chocolate and passion fruit macaroon for takeaway. The cookie was both sweet and salty but a bit too sugary for my taste. It was thin and lightly crispy with a decent amount of chocolate chunks. The macaron was very light and crumbly with a smattering of that coco/chocolate/passion fruit ingredient inside.

Charming bakery with delicious pastries and coffees! A real gem on High Street! Great for sitting…read moredown for breakfast or afternoon snack. I even came away with some housewares (and a few sweets to go).

The carrot cake is the best carrot cake ever And the staff…read moreand manager are so helpful and professional Great place

This bakery was wonderful! Their website made it very easy to customize and order our cake. When we…read morehad questions, they were very quick with corresponding. Tight squeeze in the shop but the owner was an absolute delight! The cake was superb, we had ordered their chocolate cake. Super fudgey, fluffy and moist. Highly recommend

I ordered a cake for my sons birthday which cost £125 now for that price I expect good quality…read moreinstead we reviewed a dry and badly decorated cake which no one ate and ended up in the bin. when I complained to the store they told me the usual person who makes them was on holiday and they had past my details on to the manager to this day which is 7 months on I am still waiting on a refund and the manager to call me about my complaint. Very bad customer service would not recommend you having a cake designed from this shop as it's not worth the money

My search for the perfect working-from-home lunch trip continues, and this week marched me a mere…read morehop skip and jump from my front door to Golden Loaf - what appears from the outside to be a temple devoted to the praise of cream cakes. Once I looked a little further inside though I noticed that they've got quite an extensive sandwich menu hidden behind the array of pastries. You can get the standard semi-Italian fare of filled sangers, rolls, paninis and baguettes - you know, chicken, bacon, mozzarella, pesto, tomato - that kind of thing. Prices are pretty good - from £2 to about £3.50 for the most laden bready stick you can get. The interior of the shop is a little tired, but the owner is cheery enough and seems happy with his days inside with his mistuned telly. There's a small suntrap garden out the back. My lunch was good and filling. It was fine, really. I probably shan't become a regular, but it's a good little place to have around the corner. Or, it's a bad place to have around the corner as from now on I'll walk past to look at cakes, and will end up going back for a doughnut with sprinkles. UPDATE I have already been back, but to buy bread. It was a very good loaf indeed. Bouncing up a point for good bread action.

This is my local coffee cafe and I love it. My daughter says it should be called "The doughnut…read morecafe". Friendly staff and good food and coffee, a nice tiny patio garden out back.

This Millie's Cookies isn't really a shop, and more of a little kiosk, but they do serve really…read moredelicious cookies, with a big range available for such a small counter. Their cookie shakes are amazing- milkshakes with any flavour cookie crushed into them, and though they cost a tiny bit more than a Frappuccino, they are worth it. My only complaint is that over the years, their cookies have gotten smaller and their prices have risen- it is not about £1 per cookie, which is a bit expensive, but they are really good. Also a good place to get a gift- they do personalised "cookie cakes ", which are essentially giant iced cookies, although this kiosk in particular doesn't provide the best icing service, as they often misspell things. Overall, delicious!

I think Sweet Couture makes wonderful cupcakes! The red velvet cake and chocolate are sublime; they…read moredo need to work on the German Chocolate it's really more chocolate with coconut rather than the traditional coconut pecan frosting that makes this particular dessert so unique. Fortunately for us, who love all things sweet and tasty, that is their only shortcoming. The presentation is lovely and I often find myself salivating while eagerly waiting to pick my cupcake and make my dash back to my desk to devour the sinful delight. The frosting and sponge are equally delicious; I have had many a cupcake where the one or the other is out of balance. But with Sweet Couture every bite is a delight! My only bone of contention is that they never seem to have the mini cupcakes! I think it is dishonest to advertise but only offer the treats by the box and rarely individually. I love cupcakes, my waistline does not. Sometimes I don't want a full sugar filled confection, just a taste. So please Sweet Couture either stop advertising that you have mini-cupcakes or make them regularly available for individual purchase. Personally I'd prefer the latter because then I could eat a mini cupcake everyday with no feelings of guilty rather than a big cupcake every once in a while.

Sweet Couture has just opened near my work and I have to walk past it at least twice a day, every…read moreday and it's so tempting to buy a cake (or two... or three...!). So far I've only stopped twice and managed to try out their cupcakes and bought a medium chocolate cake for a birthday. The cupcakes are light and airy, and there is a wide variety of flavours (my personal favourite is peanut butter...!). The chocolate cake was just right - not too rich and just enough chocolate. Given the prices, it's definitely a treat, but that's OK since I'm not sure I want cake more often than occasionally anyway.

Not the friendliest staff, kinda rude actually…read more Though the macarons looked delicious, it appears that is their main seller. They do not have many other French goodies, and they especially do NOT have caneles.

Food: macarons. I had pistachio (always a favorite), hubby had chocolate, salted caramel, almond,…read moreand coffee (he liked salted caramel best). DD had chocolate and raspberry and said the raspberry was the best. The macarons were very soft and fresh. I love pistachio because it is not overly sweet. Service: quick and efficient. Ambiance: we entered the door just for the macarons but I believe there was another door to eat at their cafe.

Awesome bakery! I grabbed a few pastries to go. The kouign amann was the best thing, followed by…read morethe peach and custard danish. Hackney cinnamon bun was also solid. Note that the bakery is now located at Unit 1, Canal Place, 1-3 Sheep Ln. Google Maps has the accurate location.

Amazing pastries…read more Stumbled across this place leaving Neil Market and nibbled on a Kouign Amman, a delicious little sweet made from compressed croissant dough? I think? Anyway, it was wonderful, so I came back with my wife and mother-in-law and had a coconut version of the aforementioned Amman as well as a Strawberry Rhubarb tartlet and another delicious thing that now escapes my mind. All of them were delicious; I don't think you can go wrong here. Just don't expect anything other than bread and pastry, as it's basically a market stall set up at the front of their bakery operation under an arch. I don't even think they have coffee, but you can grab that around the corner in Netil Market. And they're only open on Saturday. But if you can thread the needle of these constraints, their pastries are totally worth it.