BAO Kings Cross
Restaurant · King's Cross
Unit 2, 4 Pancras Sq, London N1C 4DP, United Kingdom
Highlights
Delicious baos, bubble tea, and sweet dough treats
Delicious baos, bubble tea, and sweet dough treats
"Meeting up with colleagues who live all over London can be a pain in the arse, so choosing somewhere nice and central with plenty of transport/escape routes, like King’s Cross, is a savvy move. There are plenty of options around here, but Café Bao would be top of our minds. It’s self-service only which gives lots of ~flex~ depending on who and how many of you there are, as there are lots of seating areas around Coal Drops Yard. You can sit and chew bao sausage rolls in hand. Or you can walk-and-talk along the canal with a selection of cookie caramel, salted egg custard, and molten chocolate and cherry baos. A perfect park bench meal, if you ask us." - jake missing
"You like this person. Not enough that you want to spend hours with them, but enough that you want them to think you’re cool by taking them to this casual and adorable café in King’s Cross. Unlike Bao’s other spots, this place is less about confit pork-packed sit-down meals and more about picking up some delicious sweet stuff wrapped up in equally delicious steamed dough. Think cute peach-shaped red bean white chocolate bao, molten seasonal specials, and our personal favourite, the salted egg custard sad face bao. Pick up a box of those, a couple of their steamed dough sausage rolls, and head to the canal for a light snack and speedy catch-up." - rianne shlebak, heidi lauth beasley
"If you have the kind of father who starts hyperventilating every time they see that you bought Sensodyne (“SENSODYNE! HOW CAN YOU SAVE FOR A PENSION WHEN YOU’RE OUT BUYING THE WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE TOOTHPASTE?”) then you should know about Café Bao. A little King’s Cross spot from achingly cool London mini-chain, Bao, the price of their iconic fluffy buns start around the £5 mark and they also have a £10 meal deal at lunchtime. You can either eat in or pick it up to eat down on the canal if the weather is cooperating. Invest in the oh-so tasty peanut ice cream if you’re looking for something sweet, just don’t tell your dad it cost £4.50 or he might enter a panic spiral over whether you still have an overdraft." - heidi lauth beasley
"Unlike Bao's other London outposts, this Taiwanese spot is less about a sit-down meal and more about picking up some delicious sweet stuff wrapped up in equally delicious steamed dough. Think peach-shaped red bean and white chocolate bao, molten seasonal specials, and our personal favourite, the salted egg custard sad face bao. They’ve also got a short menu of their signature savoury baos that you can sit down and enjoy in the warm, casual dining area. " - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, sinead cranna
"Firstly, this King’s Cross cafe is adorable. Secondly, Bao makes some very tasty bubble tea. In the classic bubble milk tea you’ll find a generous scoop of chewy tapioca at the bottom of a sundae glass filled with milk tea, topped with some milk foam so perfectly shaped it looks like it’s out of a cartoon." - Rianne Shlebak
