Zealand Cafe

Zealand is the cutest neighborhood cafe - we are so blessed to have them here! We make it over at least twice a month for weekend brunch. Yummiest food that feels so healthy and the nicest staff. Highly recommend the shakshouka, shish taouk, and chicken wrap. And oh their chai is delicious! You cant go wrong with these guys!

Great food! Very beautiful. Not super fast service but the taste and cozy experience makes up for it. 🩷The owners are super sweet and friendly!! Such a cool place!

A wonderful little café with a warm, welcoming atmosphere. The coffee is rich and perfectly brewed, and you can tell real care goes into every cup. The pastries are fresh, flavorful, and pair beautifully with the drinks. The staff are friendly, attentive, and make you feel right at home. It’s the perfect spot to relax, catch up with friends, or get some work done. Highly recommend stopping by if you’re in the area!

Sleek design, great vibes, and even better coffee. This café nails the modern aesthetic with clean interiors and a relaxed atmosphere that’s perfect for working or hanging out. The coffee is smooth and well-crafted, and the menu is thoughtfully curated with quality ingredients. Friendly staff, fast service, and a place you’ll definitely want to come back to.

This café offers a pleasant and well-maintained environment with a comfortable atmosphere. The coffee was of excellent quality, and the food was fresh and well presented. Service was professional, attentive, and efficient throughout the visit. Overall, it is a reliable choice for both casual meetings and quiet breaks, and I would confidently recommend it.

This charming little cafe is perfect for brunch. I appreciate the effort they put into their dishes. I tried the Eggs Royale, which came nicely presented with a bit of fruit and a colourful plate to brighten your day. The coffee was good. The red velvet cake was a bit too sweet and dense, it needed cream cheese in the frosting. Overall the entire meal was good value for money. They clearly put a lot of effort into making sure you have a good experience. They also have a selection of pastries. The berry smoothies looked delicious and I’ll definitely try one next time. The other customers all seemed happy and content so I’ll definitely be back when I’m in the area again. Thanks!

I was just going to have lunch by myself aftershock and the server who was with me made me feel so comfortable and was ontop of everything and so kind. The meal itself was great, the kofte wrap was delicious and I took a smoothie to go. The entire process was quick service but I wasn't rushed and I got to enjoy a nice lunch cause of it.

Zealand is one of the most underrated spots in east london. Personally, their chicken wrap is the best chicken wrap in east london. The coffee and chai here hits every time! I’ve brought friends over from all over including the states, India and Europe - they’ve left happy and wanting to come back. Which many have! Highlights for them were the breakfast platters and the shakshuka The quality of food at Zealand is incredibly high and the prices are very affordable. It’s a real labour of love!

This is a quaint little coffee shop off of the infamous Roman Road Market. It's simple and sweet. The staff is friendly and has all the basic elements to do some work on your own and meet up with a friend to catch up on life. And who doesn't love some free wifi? Zealand definitely has their local regular visitors. Do try a flat white coffee here, it's rather good.

A wonderful traditional cappuccino fresh squeezed orange juice and great baked goods!

A cute little corner coffee shop with a couple of street-side tables and a couple more inside. If you can get a table there: great, otherwise a good place to get a takeaway to drink along the canals or in Victoria park. Possibly the best coffee in the Mile End/Roman road area. And consistently good. When it's hot they make a mean, light iced coffee. Food offering is simple, mainly due to space. There's sandwiches, open sandwiches and muesli. This is all served until 4pm. My favourite is the smashed av with salmon and chilli flakes that give quite a kick. If chilli is not your thing get this without. Their pressed sandwiches also look good with things like bacon, lettuce, avocado, pesto or aubergine, spiced chicken and yoghurt. The interior is reminiscent of a Melbourne coffee shop with white New York subway style tiling on the counter bench, white walls and simple mixed wood furniture. All the menu is written up on the boards at the back and there is a nice selection of pastries and cakes at the till. Also they have excellent mint and lime water in a help yourself station out of a large glass dispenser. It's the small things right..?

Nothing not to like about this sweet little spot in a fairly dubious part of my local area. When the sun's shining, you could convince yourself you were in Cali. Sleek lines, white paint and lovely healthy-ish food. Good prices too and tasty sandwiches (I'm yet to wander in at brekky time). I wanted to veganise one of the sandwiches and they allowed me to switch avocado in without any questions ;) Boosted! Will become a regular here no doubt! x

I rarely come here despite living really close by. It must be because it doesn't seem worth it to spend money on sandwiches and coffee when I could just pop back home. At any rate, there are plenty of coffee places in and around the park with better scenery, however, this place is still a lovely little cafe to sit at to watch the world go by. It can be very busy as it's the first nice cafe to have opened up along this stretch of Roman Road (Boulangerie further east is a new addition.) When the weather is bright you'll see lots of young local residents sitting at the outdoor tables, enjoying a coffee and a rollie. It's popular with the Chisenhale Art Gallery crowd so you can probably get a pretty good idea of the kind of customers who frequent this place :) Coffee and food are fairly standard. I've never had a bad coffee here but it's never been amazing and it's pretty hard to get avocado on toast wrong. All in all I'd say this place is nice to spend some time at if you're in the area as this area can be rather scarce in cafés but I'd rather pop over to Victoria Park or its village and visit the numerous cafés there.

I came here this morning while walking the mile journey to Magri's pet shop (see previous review), and was in serious need of food after the night I'd just had (see 2 previous reviews!). My order took what felt like an eternity to arrive and I was getting slightly annoyed, but then, as I discovered, the wait was so worth it! Really great soft bread, and dreamy bacon in my bacon sandwich. Mmmmm. Definitely coming back.

Great coffee shop, probably the best in the area, really enjoy their mochas which are light and creamy; the avocado on toast is superb.

Glad to see a nice cafe open up on this side of Victoria Park. However when it is -2 out they really need to get some heat turned on. After an hour in there with a friend my feet were going numb, that with my coat, scarf and hat left on.

Not a fancy place by any stretch, but I find it exceptionally vital for my hangover-coffee. Extremely small and the epitome of local business, it is great for the times when you have absolutely no idea where to go for a decent cup of coffee. The cake selection is not one to brag about but the service comes with a smile.

Awesome cafe! The atmosphere is very soothing, bright and smelling of gorgeous coffee. What a pleasant place to work, read or daydream.