Toklas Bakery
Bakery · Temple
9 Surrey St, Temple, London WC2R 2ND, United Kingdom
Highlights
Bitter honey chocolate biscuits, strecci, spacious seating
Bitter honey chocolate biscuits, strecci, spacious seating
"Operating with gallery-level precision, this refined bakery turns out pastries that look as artful as they taste; while the menu rotates, you can generally expect a gorgeous croissant, a slice of chocolate-and-hazelnut cake, or a bouncy brioche." - Stacey Leasca
"Breaking up with someone at Toklas Bakery tells them a few things. Firstly, they no longer qualify for the primetime weekend slot, which is why they’re being broken up with on a Tuesday at 3pm. Secondly, you look extremely sexy eating a tahini cookie. And thirdly, you’ve got excellent taste, so they’re definitely the problem. At this bakery and cafe on the Strand, you’ll pay before you sit, there’s plenty of spacious seating inside, and it’s filled with the glorious smell of pastry and cinnamon which automatically makes everything better." - jake missing, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak
"A limited collaboration between Toklas Bakery and Ikoyi, this Christmas sandwich aims to be a cut above the rest. Turkey is done away with in favour of roast chicken and it’s topped with candied bacon, a cheddar omelette, scotch bonnet emulsion, and a marmalade made from ‘a rare citrus’ that will presumably be a storyline in Paddington 4." - jake missing
"For: Strecci The downfall of many bakeries in London is the poky seating. But not at Toklas. This Aldwych bakery is spacious and calming, with a display of sweet and savoury pastries—pistachio cream laminated brioche, ham and cheese pain suisse, and classic pain au chocolat. But our favourite thing is the strecci. A Roman-style pizza slice topped with combinations like leek and crème fraîche, or potato and olive tapenade. Take a seat in their cafe to eat it and stick around to get one of their hefty sourdough sandwiches for lunch." - rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, daisy meager
"Pride-goers are directed to exit the parade via Whitehall Place, so at this point you can either loop back to the main celebrations at Trafalgar Square, or you could continue along Embankment to Toklas Bakery before heading home from Temple station. This Aldwych bakery has sweet and savoury pastries, but one of our favourite things is the strecci. It’s a Roman-style pizza slice topped with excellent combinations like leek and crème fraîche, or potato and olive tapenade." - heidi lauth beasley, sinead cranna
