Penny N.
Yelp
I highly recommend this cafe to anyone visiting London, even if you have just a short amount of time. Admittedly, my family and I only ordered off the dessert display as we were going out for dinner later (yes I know, we did dinner before dessert, fantastic parenting) but it was easily the best things I ate out of all the places I went to during my stay in London.
I myself had the violet macaroon cake. The filling has raspberries and passionfruit-vanilla cream. If you are scared of the flavor "violet" (which I think is the same as lavender), don't worry - the cream is most of the flavor anyways. The macaroon was perfect and crumbled perfectly, you can tell these people know what they're doing as macaroons are extremely hard to master. I couldn't have been happier as I'm a big macaroon fan. My sister had the rose one and 2 she preferred it over mine. However, I preferred mine over hers, so I guess it's just preference really as the difference between the two cakes wasn't a lot.
My brother ordered a strawberry tart (not pictured) which he loved, but I noticed he wasn't eating the base of it. When I asked him why, he said it was because there was an underlying flavor in it which he could not place. I tried it too, and I could tell it was some kind of nut. It drove me crazy (or nuts, you could say ) so we asked the waitress: pistachio! Even if you don't like pistachio the flavor is not even distinct enough to place but sensitive nut allergens beware I guess??
My parents ordered the coconut vanilla ice cream cake (this is not actually ice cream, it is made to be flavored like it) and were not very impressed with it. When the waitress came by to collect their plate and saw it was uneaten, she looked so upset that I wanted to say "we LOVED it" when she questioned us about it. Speaking of the waitresses, they were extremely kind and friendly towards us and easy to talk with.
As for time, it took a surprisingly long amount for just plating our desserts (as we didn't order any actual meals that needed to be prepared). However this could've been due to the fact that they were busy since the place was full when we went in.
10/10 service and 9/10 for desserts! Highly recommend you check this place out.