I walked pretty far in search of a decent coffee shop. Had just finished a tour at the House of…read moreParliament and was in desperate need of a pick me up. This place is tiny, filled with tons of baked goods a treats. Ordered two cappuccinos & 2 mini cupcakes, a hazelnut one and red velvet. Coffees were a hair cold (-1 star) both cakes were dry (-1/2 star) they don't have any cookies whatsoever (-1/2 star) tons of brownies and cakes - didn't try them but they look good.

My daughter is studying acting in London at Shakespeare's Globe theatre. Alas, we were going to…read moremiss celebrating her milestone 21st birthday. Thanks to Yelp, I found the branch of Konditor and Cook bakery closest to the theatre. The entire staff was very helpful over the telephone and via email as well as live chat. They delivered an elaborately decorated Curly-Whirly cake to the Globe right on time. My daughter and the other members of her troupe all agreed it was one of the best tasting cakes they'd experienced I am looking forward to visiting the store next month when we visit our daughter in London. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because it was somewhat pricey with dollars vs. pounds. I would recommend this bakery for any American who has someone overseas in London and needs a cake for a special occasion.

Great mulled wine!! Not too sweet, lovely blend of spices to keep you warm on a cold day. Plus,…read morethey had seating!

Great quality, helpful service, very rich, steep price…read more This is some quality hot chocolate, quite rich and full on chocolatey flavor. They let you try the various flavors on tap, from white chocolate to dark. There's a choice of the melted chocolate as is or added to milk. I went with milk but realized it may have been even better just straight melted. Either way super rich -- I had trouble finishing it! Maybe get it to share. Also choice of some topping, I got a huge marshmallow. Super tasty melted into the hot chocolate but again maybe too sweet / rich by the end. Also it's a pretty steep price: £5.70 for one with milk and a topping. All in all this is a hot chocolate to share both richness and price-wise.

We've had breakfast numerous times at the Library at County Hall. Each experience has been…read morewonderful and worth the visit. The food offerings are diverse and service is impeccable. The view are some of the best whether you're having coffee or tea!

I rarely give a restaurant one star but this one was well deserved. We had a reservation for 1 PM…read morefor tea. We arrived about 10 minutes before our teatime to a gentleman telling us that our teatime had been moved to 2 PM because of some filming. He stated that they had attempted to reach us, but we had not gotten a call. They offered to buy us a drink at the bar outside of the restaurant for our wait time. I had never had a tea in London and I had heard this was the best so I was willing to wait, even though I was not happy with the time change. Finally, when 2 o'clock came around, we were seated at the restaurant and greeted by a server who very much made me feel like we were a nuisance. He brought out a box of tea, which was lovely. The view from our window was lovely. He then proceeded to bring out a few sandwiches, which were definitely not enough to make me feel like I had eaten. Then brought the tower of scone and desserts. The sandwiches were decent. The scones were delicious with the clotted cream. Every single dessert was awful. And I am a big fan of dessert. Once our server had brought our food over, he never checked on us once. There was even a table sitting next to us that he kept attending to and we would call him over and he would ignore us and keep walking away. Eventually, we alerted someone in the restaurant to this situation and they sent over a new server. They took a small percentage off of our bill for the inconveniences. It was still about 150 pounds per person. This was the absolute biggest disappointment of anything I ate during this 2 week trip. I will never come back here and I will never suggest anybody come here. I have had better service and better food at a chain fast food restaurant. I was still hungry after this meal and ended up going somewhere else to eat after. That is very disappointing.

Went for Dessert…read more Food - 5/5. Bilog was soft and pillowy, yet maintained its shape to hold the ice cream. The ube ice cream was creamy with strong flavors of ube and was not too sweet. The milo ice cream tasted just like the drink version, except in a frozen form with a creamier consistency. Queso had the savory flavors of cheese with a slight salty kick that balanced out the sweetness of the ice cream. The cone had a nice crunch and mildly sweet flavor. Service - 4/5. They are very busy with a consistent line yet the service was fast and courteous. Value - 5/5. The bilog is priced at £7.50 and the ice creams are between £3.8-7.5, depending on size. The black cone adds an extra £1.00. The desserts truly capture the Filipino flavor profile and their portions are solid. Parking - N/A

Delicious ube and pandan ice cream!! Order from the kiosks only, they don't accept cash. Service…read morewas very fast, there is some seating inside.

AMAZING. PERFECT UPLIFT FOR OUR FAMILY. Want to see your child's face light up like Christmas…read moremorning? Go all in and get the candy floss. Trust me. For the gluten intolerant, unfortunately they cannot avoid cross-contamination for the ice creams and the candy floss. Strongly recommend the salted popcorn as a complement to the sweetness of this soft serve. This is worth your time. I promise. Service was friendly and took the time to explain everything clearly.

Milk Train Café is a true Instagram-worthy treat and so much more than just a photo opportunity!…read moreThe soft-serve ice cream is incredibly creamy and comes in a variety of fun flavors, with the signature cotton candy or candy floss topping adding a magical touch. Watching your ice cream float out of the train-shaped cones is half the fun. The café itself is bright, playful, and welcoming, making it perfect for a quick indulgence or a fun stop while exploring London. The portions are generous, the staff are friendly, and everything feels freshly made with care. Whether you're a local or a tourist, Milk Train Café delivers a whimsical, delicious, and unforgettable dessert experience--you'll leave smiling (and probably with a sticky sweet cotton candy mustache).

It was an enjoyable experience for Afternoon Tea. It was VERY reasonably priced compared to what I…read moresaw while looking for a place. The decor was absolutely beautiful, the staff were great and very accommodating. We were arriving late based on commute issues so I rebooted for a later time so we weren't late for our seating. We arrived about 15 minutes after our original time and 45 minutes before our new time and they let us sit right away. Most of the food was good. For me, the one issue was that I don't typically eat white bread so the first few sandwiches felt dry. The ironic part was that I don't typically like shrimp but I tried the prawn cocktail and it was one of my savory favorites along with the heritage beef. Most of the sweets were good, you just have to get past texture expectations depending on what you're used to. For example, the cheesecake had a gelatin-like texture, and we are used to cheesecake being more on the creamy side. The flavor however, was good. The star of the show, the tea. We both only tried 2 teas. Between the tower and the tea, you get full quickly. I ordered the lemongrass and ginger then the Taiwanese Four Season. My favorite was the lemongrass and ginger. I also purchased one to take home. Overall great experience and I highly recommend.

I love a great English tea and St. Ermin's delivers above and beyond. Wonderfully blended…read moretraditional teas, decadently rich sandwiches and dessert bites, and the perfect scones. This is the place to get a well needed shot of refinement. Everything was delicious!!

I'm really not a big fan of cupcakes, but I always try a store every blue moon just to see if how I…read moreenvision cupcakes tasting really exists and Lola's Cupcakes got it right! Most cupcakes are overly sweet or the cake is dry or too much icing. There has always been something off with every cupcake I've tried in my entire life. And finally this may be the first time eating a whole cupcake! It's simply sweet and you taste everything in the name of the cupcake. Brava Lola, this is how I cupcakes should taste!

What a find this was! Here we were, stumbling around an unfamiliar maze of tunnels trying to get a…read morehandle on "the tube" as our fellow British passengers were calling it. Coming from the USA where good public transport is rare and specifically Seattle where its nonexistent, let's just say I was a little overwhelmed. Enter-adorable little cupcake stand to save the day! We were on our way to the next line trying to get me to Platform 9 3/4. In a station packed with muggles I found this magical cupcake kiosk and immediately had goldfish mentality and became distracted. I told the husband I wanted to check if they had gf cupcakes and he scoffed reminding me the UK is not as gf friendly as other countries. Well he quickly shut it down when the helpful person selling said magical cupcakes waved to several individually boxed cupcakes all gf! It. Was. Like. Magic. Guys. While I wanted 1 of everything, I was cognizant of both having to get on a plane the next day and having just spent 2 weeks in Sweden blowing my diet. Double chocolate fudge cupcake with fresh raspberry on top it is then! The price was pretty consistent for what we'd been seeing in London and I happily returned to the hotel to eat my cupcake with a glass of wine in the bathtub. Just call me Marie Antoinette and Let Them Eat Cake. I was a happy gf girl that day.

I was drawn in by their "Best Espresso in London" sign. It may or may not be true, but I can say…read morethat the Iced Gusto with hazelnut is sweet and delicious, and packs a gorgeously strong caffeine kick. You can't come here and not get dessert, though. The Tiramisu is the best I've had anywhere and it airs perfectly with their espresso. Seeing as it is in a very vibrant touristy part of London, situated near Big Ben and the ever famous London Eye, it is on the pricier side. A cup f coffee and dessert will set you back almost as much as a regular meal might elsewhere. Believe me, though, it's worth it. FYI: The later it gets, the more packed it's likely to become, as people are always hankering to see the city come alive with bright lights after sundown.

I would give this place 3 1/2 stars. A friend and I stumbled upon Caffe Vergnano the afternoon we…read morearrived in London from the U.S. after searching for Wagamama, which we never found. It looks like more of a coffee shop, but we weren't really interested in anyplace else we came across at the time. I ordered the gnocchi w/ gorgonzola and radicchio, which was pretty good, but a tad on the sweet side. Service was okay - nothing spectacular, but not bad either. Not bad for our very first meal in London, but the other meals we had surpassed this one.

We've passed by this place several times when passing through the Graffiti Tunnel, and from the…read morename alone, we thought it was a pub bar. It was our 7th and last night in London, and the other bars near us were showing the England Futbol game & was packed with tons of people. This was the only one that seemed calm, so we walked in. I was surprised at how nice it was inside: wooden bookcases with games. People at the tables actually playing board games! How cool was that. Unfortunately, we were there mainly to feed our 5.5 year old son & get something to eat ourselves, so we turned down the $9 fee per person to play games. I ordered Nachos Grande with pulled pork. The pork was great, and I think it would have been delicious in a sandwich. My husband ordered the Ribsteak double cheeseburger, which he liked. There was a kids' menu, and my kid had their cheeseburger, fries, and ice cream. Everything was devoured. For dessert, I asked for the Sticky Toffee Pudding, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The server was amazing; he gave us some kid friendly games to try "on the house." He took the time to explain how each game is played. I would probably never buy these games in the future, but it was fun trying them out!

Staff was amazingly friendly with quick service, the location was awesome and the library of games…read moreextensive. There was no way to just order water when ordering other things (i had one beer and wanted to add it). The staff did bring some after asking but didn't offer to refill. The games themselves really need some love and care. All games were missing some piece or another and 2 out of the 3 games we played were missing instructions. One game had duplicate cards making it hard to complete rounds. We only came for the board game space to which we had to prepay so it was a little disappointing. This place has so many awesome things going for it so I hope the shop can take the time to give the board games the love they need.

Great place for a cup of coffee. I ordered the cortado and it was a nice flavor. Wish it was a bit…read moremore as it's what I'm used to. Service, fast. Didn't wait long for my cup of cortado. Ambiance was nice, bit of a small place but ample seating. I sat outside. FYI though, they don't have a bathroom so you'll need to find another place if you're dining in and needing to use a restroom. That's the only downfall to this place.

Yummilicious pastries. Not a huge selection, but enough to have something for everyone. Cinnamon…read moreswirl,black current crumble cake, and guest pastry were all good. Also offered a couple of sandwiches but we did not try them. Had a nice selection of can drinks (OJ, Red Bull, etc.). The iced latte was amazing. The service was not friendly, but it was a quick in and out (express location). Which also means that there is no seating except for 4 chairs outside. They appear to have a back room, but it was not open. All and all it was a good stop for a coffee and pastry on the go. Not a good stop for a lingering morning breakfast.