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The croissants are enormous and dense rather than airy \u2014 plan accordingly. Closed Mondays. Named in the Good Food Guide's 50 Best British Bakeries for 2026.","hours_source":"osm","hours_checked":null,"maps_q":"August Bakery, 4-6a Battersea Rise, SW11 1ED, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Soif","s":"soif","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":87},{"n":"Jack's at the Junction","s":"jacks-at-the-junction","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":411},{"n":"Battersea Arts Centre","s":"battersea-arts-centre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":450}],"near_same":[{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-northcote-road","m":319},{"s":"old-post-office-bakery","m":2624},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-south-kensington","m":3646},{"s":"bread-ahead-hans-town","m":3724},{"s":"poilane","m":3793},{"s":"cedric-grolet-at-the-berkeley","m":4702}]},{"slug":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-kensington","name":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred Kensington","area":"Kensington","address":"123-125 Kensington High Street, W8 5SF","station":"High Street Kensington","walk":1,"lat":51.500713,"lng":-0.192374,"hours":[[7.0,19.5],[7.0,19.5],[7.0,19.5],[7.0,19.5],[7.0,19.5],[8.0,19.5],[8.0,18.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-19:30; Sa 08:00-19:30; Su 08:00-18:30","website":"https://auxmerveilleux.com/","instagram":"auxmerveilleux_london","attrs":[],"osm":"node/391097329","types":["patisserie"],"verdict":"Meringue-and-cream merveilleux from Lille, in an arcade off the Tube station.","note":"The merveilleux is the thing: two discs of meringue sandwiched with whipped cream, rolled in shaved chocolate and left to soften for a day, which is a speciality of Lille rather than Paris and still rare here. Beside them are cramiques \u2014 an enriched brioche shot through with raisins or pearl sugar \u2014 and thick waffles filled to order. Everything is made on the premises. It sits under one of the arcades at the High Street Kensington station entrance, a few steps off the pavement and easy to walk past without seeing.","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://auxmerveilleux.com/pastries/londres/aux-merveilleux-de-fred-high-street-kensington","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","maps_q":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred Kensington, 123-125 Kensington High Street, W8 5SF, London","in_area":{"slug":"kensington","name":"Kensington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Knoops Kensington","s":"knoops-kensington","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":149},{"n":"Ezra Pound","s":"ezra-pound","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":195},{"n":"18 Stafford Terrace","s":"18-stafford-terrace","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":312}],"near_same":[{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-south-kensington","m":1363},{"s":"fabrique-bakery","m":1991},{"s":"bread-ahead-hans-town","m":2470},{"s":"cedric-grolet-at-the-berkeley","m":2514},{"s":"layla-bakery","m":2650},{"s":"poilane","m":2976}]},{"slug":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-leadenhall","name":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred Leadenhall","area":"Leadenhall Market","address":"1-3 Leadenhall Market, EC3V 1LR","station":"Monument","walk":4,"lat":51.51279,"lng":-0.08356,"hours":[[8.0,18.5],[7.0,18.5],[7.0,18.5],[7.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[9.0,18.5],[9.0,17.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo 08:00-18:30; Tu-Th 07:00-18:30; Fr 08:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:30; Su 09:00-17:30","website":"https://auxmerveilleux.com/","instagram":"auxmerveilleux_london","attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["patisserie"],"verdict":"Cream and meringue under the painted ironwork of Leadenhall Market.","note":"The merveilleux is the thing: two discs of meringue sandwiched with whipped cream, rolled in shaved chocolate and left to soften for a day, which is a speciality of Lille rather than Paris and still rare here. Beside them are cramiques \u2014 an enriched brioche shot through with raisins or pearl sugar \u2014 and thick waffles filled to order. Everything is made on the premises. Inside the Victorian covered market, under Horace Jones's glass roof and cream-and-claret ironwork. A City address, so it keeps City hours and is at its quietest at the weekend, when the market largely belongs to visitors.","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://auxmerveilleux.com/pastries/londres/leadenhall","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","maps_q":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred Leadenhall, 1-3 Leadenhall Market, EC3V 1LR, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Leadenhall Market","s":"leadenhall-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":6},{"n":"Rosslyn Coffee","s":"rosslyn-leadenhall-market","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":67},{"n":"Lloyd's of London","s":"lloyds-of-london","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":80}],"near_same":[{"s":"konditor-cullum-street","m":148},{"s":"bread-ahead","m":900},{"s":"konditor-joiner-street","m":908},{"s":"the-free-from-bakehouse","m":929},{"s":"st-john-bakery-the-borough","m":1400},{"s":"jolene-redchurch-street","m":1457}]},{"slug":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-northcote-road","name":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred Northcote Road","area":"Clapham Junction","address":"55 Northcote Road, SW11 1NP","station":"Clapham Junction","walk":8,"lat":51.459121,"lng":-0.166145,"hours":[[7.5,18.5],[7.5,18.5],[7.5,18.5],[7.5,18.5],[7.5,18.5],[7.5,18.5],[7.5,18.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 07:30-18:30","website":"https://auxmerveilleux.com/","instagram":"auxmerveilleux_london","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/3077479509","types":["patisserie"],"verdict":"A tea room and a pavement terrace, on Battersea's best shopping street.","note":"The merveilleux is the thing: two discs of meringue sandwiched with whipped cream, rolled in shaved chocolate and left to soften for a day, which is a speciality of Lille rather than Paris and still rare here. Beside them are cramiques \u2014 an enriched brioche shot through with raisins or pearl sugar \u2014 and thick waffles filled to order. Everything is made on the premises. Northcote Road still runs to fishmongers, butchers and a street market. There is a tea room inside and tables out on the pavement, so this is one to sit down in rather than carry away, and it keeps the same hours seven days a week.","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://auxmerveilleux.com/pastries/londres/clapham","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","maps_q":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred Northcote Road, 55 Northcote Road, SW11 1NP, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Soif","s":"soif","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":249},{"n":"Jack's at the Junction","s":"jacks-at-the-junction","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":541},{"n":"Battersea Arts Centre","s":"battersea-arts-centre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":747}],"near_same":[{"s":"august-bakery","m":319},{"s":"old-post-office-bakery","m":2899},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-south-kensington","m":3807},{"s":"bread-ahead-hans-town","m":3930},{"s":"poilane","m":4082},{"s":"cedric-grolet-at-the-berkeley","m":4908}]},{"slug":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-south-kensington","name":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred South Kensington","area":"Brompton","address":"88 Old Brompton Road, SW7 3LQ","station":"South Kensington","walk":5,"lat":51.492568,"lng":-0.177646,"hours":[[8.0,19.5],[8.0,19.5],[8.0,19.5],[8.0,19.5],[8.0,19.5],[8.0,19.5],[8.0,19.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 08:00-19:30","website":"https://auxmerveilleux.com/","instagram":"auxmerveilleux_london","attrs":[],"osm":"node/7899265925","types":["patisserie"],"verdict":"A tea room in the French quarter, five minutes from the museums.","note":"The merveilleux is the thing: two discs of meringue sandwiched with whipped cream, rolled in shaved chocolate and left to soften for a day, which is a speciality of Lille rather than Paris and still rare here. Beside them are cramiques \u2014 an enriched brioche shot through with raisins or pearl sugar \u2014 and thick waffles filled to order. Everything is made on the premises. Old Brompton Road sits in the middle of London's French quarter \u2014 the lyc\u00e9e is round the corner \u2014 which is the natural home for a patisserie from Lille. A room to sit in, and close enough to the Natural History and Science Museums to be the stop afterwards.","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://auxmerveilleux.com/pastries/londres/south-kensington","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","maps_q":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred South Kensington, 88 Old Brompton Road, SW7 3LQ, London","in_area":{"slug":"south-kensington","name":"South Kensington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Oddono's Gelati","s":"oddonos-gelati","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":153},{"n":"Ma\u00eetre Choux","s":"maitre-choux","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":213},{"n":"Hagen","s":"hagen","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":273}],"near_same":[{"s":"bread-ahead-hans-town","m":1316},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-kensington","m":1363},{"s":"cedric-grolet-at-the-berkeley","m":1834},{"s":"poilane","m":1861},{"s":"le-cafe-robuchon","m":2809},{"s":"arome-bakery-marylebone","m":3102}]},{"slug":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-st-pancras","name":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred St Pancras","area":"King's Cross","address":"Unit 49, St Pancras International Station, N1C 4QL","station":"King's Cross St Pancras","walk":1,"lat":51.530397,"lng":-0.125589,"hours":[[6.5,21.0],[6.5,21.0],[6.5,21.0],[6.5,21.0],[6.5,21.0],[6.5,21.0],[7.0,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 06:30-21:00; Su 07:00-19:00","website":"https://auxmerveilleux.com/","instagram":"auxmerveilleux_london","attrs":[],"osm":"node/3310091774","types":["patisserie"],"verdict":"Meringue and cream built in front of you, on the St Pancras concourse.","note":"The merveilleux is the thing: two discs of meringue sandwiched with whipped cream, rolled in shaved chocolate and left to soften for a day, which is a speciality of Lille rather than Paris and still rare here. Beside them are cramiques \u2014 an enriched brioche shot through with raisins or pearl sugar \u2014 and thick waffles filled to order. Everything is made on the premises. The counter here is open to the workroom, so the assembling and coating happens in front of you through the day. There are tables, which on that concourse is worth knowing.","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://auxmerveilleux.com/pastries/londres/aux-merveilleux-de-fred-st-pancras-international","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","maps_q":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred St Pancras, Unit 49, St Pancras International Station, N1C 4QL, London","in_area":{"slug":"kings-cross-st-pancras","name":"King's Cross & St Pancras"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"St Pancras","s":"st-pancras","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":58},{"n":"St Pancras Renaissance Hotel","s":"st-pancras-renaissance-hotel","c":"harry-potter","cn":"Harry Potter","m":58},{"n":"Origin Coffee","s":"origin-euston-road","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":153}],"near_same":[{"s":"patisserie-deux-amis","m":425},{"s":"tamini-lebanese-bakery","m":543},{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":845},{"s":"fred-bakery-holborn","m":1206},{"s":"fabrique","m":1454},{"s":"konditor-grays-inn-road","m":1524}]},{"slug":"beigel-bake","name":"Beigel Bake","area":"Spitalfields","address":"159 Brick Lane, E1 6SB","station":"Shoreditch High Street","walk":4,"lat":51.524512,"lng":-0.071752,"hours":[[0,24],[0,24],[0,24],[0,24],[0,24],[0,24],[0,24]],"hours_raw":"24/7","website":"https://www.beigelbake.co.uk/","instagram":"beigel_bake","attrs":[],"osm":"way/271641402","types":["bread"],"verdict":"Twenty-four hours a day on Brick Lane, and it has earned every one of them.","note":"The salt beef beigel at three in the morning is a London institution and the queue at that hour is half the point. Nothing here is refined and nothing needs to be. Four minutes from Shoreditch High Street.","hours_source":"osm","figure":{"src":"/img/beigel-bake.jpg?v=77011518","thumb":"/img/beigel-bake-480.jpg?v=f638d197","width":1024,"height":682,"alt":"The lit shopfront of Beigel Bake on Brick Lane, open twenty-four hours","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Oli Lynch, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beigel_Bake_DSC_0317.jpg","thumb_width":480},"maps_q":"Beigel Bake, 159 Brick Lane, E1 6SB, London","in_area":{"slug":"spitalfields-brick-lane","name":"Spitalfields & Brick Lane"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Brick Lane Market","s":"brick-lane-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":29},{"n":"Dark Sugars Chocolates","s":"dark-sugars-chocolates","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":62},{"n":"Kahaila","s":"kahaila-spitalfields","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":77}],"near_same":[{"s":"jolene-redchurch-street","m":177},{"s":"pavilion-bakery","m":543},{"s":"rinkoffs","m":573},{"s":"yeast-bakery","m":1383},{"s":"rinkoff-bakery","m":1402},{"s":"buns-from-home","m":1465}]},{"slug":"bread-ahead","name":"Bread Ahead","area":"Borough Market","address":"Cathedral Street, SE1 9DE","station":"London Bridge","walk":2,"lat":51.505968,"lng":-0.090417,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.breadahead.com/","instagram":"breadaheadbakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/9550749413","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"The Borough Market arch, and the doughnut that started all of this.","note":"Bread Ahead have been in the market since 2013 and the queue at the counter has never really gone away. The custard doughnut is the famous one and deserves to be. Three minutes from London Bridge, and best before the market itself gets going.","hours_source":null,"maps_q":"Bread Ahead, Cathedral Street, SE1 9DE, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Escape from the Golden Hinde","s":"escape-from-the-golden-hinde","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":39},{"n":"Borough Market","s":"borough-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":42},{"n":"Southwark Cathedral","s":"southwark-cathedral","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":60}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-free-from-bakehouse","m":42},{"s":"konditor-joiner-street","m":264},{"s":"st-john-bakery-the-borough","m":512},{"s":"comptoir-gourmand","m":816},{"s":"konditor-cullum-street","m":864},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-leadenhall","m":900}]},{"slug":"bread-ahead-hans-town","name":"Bread Ahead","area":"Hans Town","address":"249 Pavilion Road, SW1X 0BP","station":"Sloane Square","walk":4,"lat":51.493402,"lng":-0.158679,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.breadahead.com/","instagram":"breadaheadbakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/8345248691","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Pavilion Road, which is Chelsea pretending to be a village.","note":"The whole street is a curated parade of independents, and Bread Ahead fit it neatly. Four minutes from Sloane Square. Good for a doughnut on the way to somewhere more expensive.","hours_source":null,"maps_q":"Bread Ahead, 249 Pavilion Road, SW1X 0BP, London","in_area":{"slug":"knightsbridge","name":"Knightsbridge"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Pavilion Road","s":"pavilion-road","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":16},{"n":"David Mellor","s":"david-mellor","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":55},{"n":"Cadogan Hall","s":"cadogan-hall","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":108}],"near_same":[{"s":"poilane","m":545},{"s":"cedric-grolet-at-the-berkeley","m":994},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-south-kensington","m":1316},{"s":"le-cafe-robuchon","m":1783},{"s":"le-cafe-by-nicolas-rouzaud","m":2156},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-kensington","m":2470}]},{"slug":"bread-ahead-soho","name":"Bread Ahead","area":"Soho","address":"21 Beak Street, W1F 9RP","station":"Piccadilly Circus","walk":6,"lat":51.512172,"lng":-0.138227,"hours":[[7.5,20.0],[7.5,20.0],[7.5,20.0],[7.5,20.0],[7.5,20.0],[7.5,20.0],[10.5,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 07:30-20:00; Su 10:30-19:00","website":"https://www.breadahead.com/","instagram":"breadaheadbakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/5507577921","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Beak Street, and the doughnut that made the name.","note":"Bread Ahead began at Borough Market and the filled doughnuts \u2014 vanilla custard, salted caramel \u2014 are what the queue is for. Bread, viennoiserie and a baking school behind it. Small, central and busier than its size suggests.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Bread Ahead, 21 Beak Street, W1F 9RP, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Disrepute","s":"disrepute","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":12},{"n":"Kingly Court","s":"kingly-court","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":22},{"n":"Cahoots","s":"cahoots","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":35}],"near_same":[{"s":"donutelier-carnaby-street","m":59},{"s":"le-cafe-by-nicolas-rouzaud","m":376},{"s":"fred-bakery-oxford-circus","m":532},{"s":"happy-sky-japanese-bakery","m":620},{"s":"donutelier-soho-place","m":678},{"s":"donutelier-charing-cross-road","m":693}]},{"slug":"bread-by-bike-bakery","name":"Bread By Bike Bakery","area":"Kentish Town","address":"30 Brecknock Road, N7 0DD","station":"Kentish Town","walk":10,"lat":51.549659,"lng":-0.130011,"hours":[[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 08:00-16:00","website":"https://breadbybike.com/home","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/9402952048","types":["bread"],"verdict":"Sourdough delivered across north London by bicycle.","note":"The name is the model: Bread By Bike bake on Brecknock Road and deliver by cargo bike rather than van. Sourdough loaves and a pastry counter, in a shop that doubles as the bakery.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Bread By Bike Bakery, 30 Brecknock Road, N7 0DD, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Rose & Crown","s":"rose-crown","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":214},{"n":"Caravan","s":"caravan-lower-holloway","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":564},{"n":"Mission: Breakout","s":"mission-breakout","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":971}],"near_same":[{"s":"old-post-office-bakery-chalk-farm","m":1062},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-st-pancras","m":2163},{"s":"copains-islington","m":2232},{"s":"buns-from-home-angel","m":2446},{"s":"jolene-colebrooke-row","m":2458},{"s":"sourdough-sophia","m":2475}]},{"slug":"buns-from-home","name":"Buns From Home","area":"Bethnal Green","address":"25 Broadway Market, E8 4PH","station":"Cambridge Heath","walk":9,"lat":51.536279,"lng":-0.062196,"hours":[[7.0,20.0],[7.0,20.0],[7.0,20.0],[7.0,20.0],[7.0,22.0],[7.0,21.0],[7.0,20.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Th 07:00-20:00; Fr 07:00-22:00; Sa 07:00-21:00; Su 07:00-20:00","website":"https://www.bunsfromhome.com/","instagram":"bunsfromhome","attrs":["stepfree"],"osm":"way/373401924","types":["viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Broadway Market, open from seven, and latest of the lot on a Friday.","note":"A long day's baking on a street that is chaos every Saturday. Utterly unromantic about it \u2014 get in, get a bun, get out.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Buns From Home, 25 Broadway Market, E8 4PH, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"% Arabica","s":"arabica-broadway-market","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":27},{"n":"Broadway Market","s":"broadway-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":79},{"n":"Climpson & Sons","s":"climpson-broadway","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":145}],"near_same":[{"s":"yeast-bakery","m":256},{"s":"forno-bethnal-green","m":360},{"s":"the-snapery-east","m":444},{"s":"e5-bakehouse","m":640},{"s":"pophams-bakery","m":868},{"s":"pavilion-bakery","m":935}]},{"slug":"buns-from-home-angel","name":"Buns From Home","area":"Angel","address":"12 Camden Passage, N1 8ED","station":"Angel","walk":5,"lat":51.535009,"lng":-0.10361,"hours":[[8.0,20.0],[8.0,20.0],[8.0,21.0],[8.0,21.0],[8.0,21.0],[8.0,21.0],[8.0,21.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Tu 08:00-20:00; We-Su 08:00-21:00","website":null,"instagram":"bunsfromhome","attrs":[],"osm":"node/11378228114","types":["viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Camden Passage, and still selling buns long after every other bakery has locked up.","note":"The group has grown fast enough to make you wary and the laminating has held up better than it had any right to. Thirteen hours a day means you can have a cardamom bun at eight in the evening, which is either civilised or a warning.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Buns From Home, 12 Camden Passage, N1 8ED, London","in_area":{"slug":"angel-islington","name":"Angel & Islington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Trampoline","s":"trampoline","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":15},{"n":"Brother Marcus","s":"brother-marcus-angel","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":26},{"n":"Camden Passage","s":"camden-passage","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":78}],"near_same":[{"s":"jolene-colebrooke-row","m":227},{"s":"copains-islington","m":459},{"s":"sourdough-sophia","m":600},{"s":"fred-bakery-holborn","m":1604},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-st-pancras","m":1604},{"s":"patisserie-deux-amis","m":1703}]},{"slug":"buns-from-home-crouch-end","name":"Buns From Home","area":"Crouch End","address":"47 The Broadway, N8 8DT","station":"Crouch Hill","walk":17,"lat":51.580016,"lng":-0.124028,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":"bunsfromhome","attrs":[],"osm":"node/6630183674","types":["viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Crouch End's branch, seventeen minutes uphill from anywhere.","note":"Crouch End's distance from the tube is its whole personality, and it keeps this pleasantly local. The Broadway is the centre of things; get a bun and walk back down.","hours_source":null,"maps_q":"Buns From Home, 47 The Broadway, N8 8DT, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Little Mercies","s":"little-mercies","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":143},{"n":"Coffee Circus","s":"coffee-circus","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":238},{"n":"V. K. Krishna Menon","s":"v-k-krishna-menon","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":1279}],"near_same":[{"s":"margot-bakery","m":1701},{"s":"bread-by-bike-bakery","m":3400},{"s":"old-post-office-bakery-chalk-farm","m":4372},{"s":"copains-islington","m":4786},{"s":"sourdough-sophia","m":4864},{"s":"the-dusty-knuckle","m":5027}]},{"slug":"cedric-grolet-at-the-berkeley","name":"C\u00e9dric Grolet at The Berkeley","area":"Belgravia","address":"Wilton Place, Belgravia, SW1X 7RL","station":"Hyde Park Corner","walk":2,"lat":51.502208,"lng":-0.156132,"hours":[[8.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 08:00-19:00","website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/10091714836","types":["patisserie","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Trompe-l'\u0153il fruit that costs more than lunch, and is worth seeing once.","note":"Grolet's Berkeley counter is patisserie as sculpture \u2014 apples and lemons that turn out to be pastry. Queues form before opening and the prices are Knightsbridge prices. Go for the spectacle, and do not pretend it is a bakery run.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"C\u00e9dric Grolet at The Berkeley, Wilton Place, Belgravia, SW1X 7RL, London","in_area":{"slug":"belgravia","name":"Belgravia"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Wilton Row","s":"wilton-row","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":162},{"n":"Harvey Nichols","s":"harvey-nichols","c":"shopping","cn":"Shopping","m":256},{"n":"Royal Artillery Memorial","s":"royal-artillery-memorial","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":291}],"near_same":[{"s":"le-cafe-robuchon","m":979},{"s":"bread-ahead-hans-town","m":994},{"s":"poilane","m":1003},{"s":"le-cafe-by-nicolas-rouzaud","m":1337},{"s":"arome-bakery-marylebone","m":1493},{"s":"bread-ahead-soho","m":1662}]},{"slug":"chatsworth-bakehouse","name":"Chatsworth Bakehouse","area":"Crystal Palace","address":"120a Anerley Road, SE19 2AN","station":"Crystal Palace","walk":4,"lat":51.415615,"lng":-0.072057,"hours":[null,null,[12.5,16.0],[12.5,16.0],[12.5,16.0],[11.0,16.0],null],"hours_raw":"We-Fr 12:30-16:00; Sa 11:00-16:00","website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"way/177636917","types":["award","bread","patisserie"],"verdict":"Focaccia sandwiches that sell out online in about a minute.","note":"The size and colour of a postage stamp, with one wooden bench outside and a queue that ignores both. A weekly-changing focaccia sandwich list is the draw \u2014 tuna with basil garlic aioli and balsamic shallots, that sort of thing \u2014 with grandma-style pizza slices on Saturdays and a dulce de leche basque cheesecake. Pre-orders go in seconds. Named in the Good Food Guide's 50 Best British Bakeries for 2026.","hours_source":"osm","hours_checked":null,"maps_q":"Chatsworth Bakehouse, 120a Anerley Road, SE19 2AN, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Ira Aldridge","s":"ira-aldridge","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":49},{"n":"Crystal Palace Dinosaurs","s":"crystal-palace-dinosaurs","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":438},{"n":"Dadabhai Naoroji","s":"dadabhai-naoroji","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":442}],"near_same":[{"s":"erics-bakery","m":4619},{"s":"toad-bakery","m":6468},{"s":"old-post-office-bakery","m":6703},{"s":"toad-bakery-albury-court","m":7635},{"s":"august-bakery","m":8072},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-northcote-road","m":8120}]},{"slug":"comptoir-gourmand","name":"Comptoir Gourmand","area":"Bermondsey Village","address":"96 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3UB","station":"London Bridge","walk":8,"lat":51.500833,"lng":-0.081982,"hours":[[7.5,15.0],[7.5,15.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[8.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Tu 07:30-15:00; We-Th 07:30-16:00; Fr-Sa 07:30-17:00; Su 08:00-16:00","website":"https://www.comptoirbakery.co.uk/pages/bermondsey","instagram":"comptoir_bakery_school","attrs":[],"osm":"node/6432527385","types":["viennoiserie","patisserie"],"verdict":"French pastry on Bermondsey Street, with an unusually long Saturday.","note":"Open till five on a Friday and Saturday, which is late for a bakery and useful on a street that fills up in the afternoon. Viennoiserie is the strength; the savoury counter is a fair lunch if the queue at the market has beaten you.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Comptoir Gourmand, 96 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3UB, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Fashion and Textile Museum","s":"fashion-and-textile-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":45},{"n":"World Press Photo Exhibition 2026","s":"world-press-photo-exhibition-2026","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":147},{"n":"White Cube Bermondsey","s":"white-cube-bermondsey","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":155}],"near_same":[{"s":"st-john-bakery","m":456},{"s":"konditor-joiner-street","m":596},{"s":"st-john-bakery-the-borough","m":770},{"s":"the-free-from-bakehouse","m":782},{"s":"bread-ahead","m":816},{"s":"little-bread-pedlar-bermondsey","m":1055}]},{"slug":"copains-covent-garden","name":"Copains Covent Garden","area":"Seven Dials","address":"54 Neal Street, Seven Dials, WC2H 9PA","station":"Covent Garden","walk":3,"lat":51.514652,"lng":-0.125841,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.copains-paris.com/en/","instagram":"copains.paris","attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["patisserie","glutenfree"],"verdict":"Parisian gluten-free viennoiserie, and croissants that actually flake.","note":"Copains bakes without wheat at all, which puts the weight on the viennoiserie: lamination is a gluten trick, and layers that shatter rather than crumble are the problem most gluten-free bakeries never take on. Croissants, brioche and babka, then tarts, cookies, loaf cakes and cold-pressed juice, and filled focaccia and baguettes to take away \u2014 a sandwich being the thing a coeliac usually cannot buy.\n\nIt is a small shop on Neal Street, in the middle of Seven Dials.\n\nThe same bakery has a shop in Islington, and it began in Paris.","hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_checked":null,"gf_source":"Copains describes its range as \"100 % sans gluten\" \u2014 entirely gluten-free \u2014 across both London shops.","hours_extra":"The bakery does not publish its hours; check before a long journey.","note_links":[{"phrase":"a shop in Islington","name":"Copains Islington","href":"/bakeries/copains-islington/"}],"maps_q":"Copains Covent Garden, 54 Neal Street, Seven Dials, WC2H 9PA, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Neal's Yard","s":"neals-yard","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":46},{"n":"Neal's Yard Dairy","s":"neals-yard-dairy","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":53},{"n":"Seven Dials Market","s":"seven-dials-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":70}],"near_same":[{"s":"arome-bakery","m":185},{"s":"fabrique-seven-dials","m":221},{"s":"donutelier-charing-cross-road","m":343},{"s":"donutelier-soho-place","m":347},{"s":"o-craquelin","m":489},{"s":"sakurado-covent-garden","m":506}]},{"slug":"copains-islington","name":"Copains Islington","area":"Islington","address":"133 Upper Street, N1 1QP","station":"Essex Road","walk":6,"lat":51.539091,"lng":-0.102556,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.copains-paris.com/en/","instagram":"copains.paris","attrs":[],"osm":"node/349098329","types":["patisserie","glutenfree"],"verdict":"Gluten-free croissants, babka and brioche on Upper Street, from a bakery that makes nothing else.","note":"Copains bakes without wheat at all, which puts the weight on the viennoiserie: lamination is a gluten trick, and layers that shatter rather than crumble are the problem most gluten-free bakeries never take on. That is the counter to judge it by. Beside it, babka, brioche, loaf cakes, tarts and cookies, and a savoury side \u2014 filled focaccia and baguettes \u2014 which matters more than it sounds, because a sandwich is the thing a coeliac usually cannot buy.\n\nThe same bakery has a shop in Covent Garden, and it began in Paris.","hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_checked":null,"gf_source":"Copains describes its range as \"100 % sans gluten\" \u2014 entirely gluten-free \u2014 across both London shops.","hours_extra":"The bakery does not publish its hours; check before a long journey.","note_links":[{"phrase":"a shop in Covent Garden","name":"Copains Covent Garden","href":"/bakeries/copains-covent-garden/"}],"maps_q":"Copains Islington, 133 Upper Street, N1 1QP, London","in_area":{"slug":"angel-islington","name":"Angel & Islington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Almeida Theatre","s":"almeida-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":52},{"n":"Ottolenghi","s":"ottolenghi","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":76},{"n":"Islington Assembly Hall","s":"islington-assembly-hall","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":273}],"near_same":[{"s":"sourdough-sophia","m":293},{"s":"jolene-colebrooke-row","m":295},{"s":"buns-from-home-angel","m":459},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-st-pancras","m":1863},{"s":"patisserie-deux-amis","m":2040},{"s":"fred-bakery-holborn","m":2046}]},{"slug":"dont-tell-dad","name":"Don't Tell Dad","area":"Queen\u2019s Park","address":"10-14 Lonsdale Road, NW6 6RD","station":"Queen's Park","walk":7,"lat":51.537285,"lng":-0.203413,"hours":[[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 08:00-15:00","website":"https://www.donttelldad.co.uk/","instagram":"donttelldad_qp","attrs":[],"osm":"node/12638482101","types":["award","bread","patisserie","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"A bakery by day at the front of a very good restaurant.","note":"Keren Sternberg, previously head baker at Layla, runs the bakery counter; the dining room behind it opens in the evening under a chef out of Noble Rot and Spring. Pastries, bread and coffee from eight until three, madeleines baked to order, and a Michelin Guide entry for the restaurant half. Ten minutes from Queen's Park. Named in the Good Food Guide's 50 Best British Bakeries for 2026.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-01","maps_q":"Don't Tell Dad, 10-14 Lonsdale Road, NW6 6RD, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Kiln Theatre","s":"kiln-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":685},{"n":"Cable co.","s":"cable-co-brondesbury-park","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":1140},{"n":"Le Choux","s":"le-choux","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":1501}],"near_same":[{"s":"layla-bakery","m":1801},{"s":"fabrique-bakery","m":2295},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-kensington","m":4137},{"s":"arome-bakery-marylebone","m":4321},{"s":"old-post-office-bakery-chalk-farm","m":4506},{"s":"happy-sky","m":4688}]},{"slug":"donutelier-carnaby-street","name":"Donutelier Carnaby Street","area":"Soho","address":"50 Carnaby Street, W1F 9QA","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":5,"lat":51.51268,"lng":-0.13848,"hours":[[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0],[10.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 10:00-18:00","website":"https://donutelier.co.uk/","instagram":"donutelier","attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["patisserie","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Nine or ten doughnuts at a time, each one decorated by hand, on Carnaby Street.","note":"A small counter for the same pastry-kitchen approach to a doughnut: a ganache or Chantilly filling and then a sabl\u00e9 disc, a macaron ring or toasted meringue placed on top one at a time, \u00a36 to \u00a36.50 each. Pistachio, Berry Macaron and Rochers Gianduja are the ones to look for. Croissants, pain au chocolat and a pistachio and raspberry swirl sit alongside, and the dough is fried three times a day rather than baked off in one go.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_url":"https://donutelier.co.uk/contact/","maps_q":"Donutelier Carnaby Street, 50 Carnaby Street, W1F 9QA, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Cahoots","s":"cahoots","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":27},{"n":"Kingly Court","s":"kingly-court","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":39},{"n":"Carnaby Street","s":"carnaby-street","c":"shopping","cn":"Shopping","m":40}],"near_same":[{"s":"bread-ahead-soho","m":59},{"s":"le-cafe-by-nicolas-rouzaud","m":424},{"s":"fred-bakery-oxford-circus","m":473},{"s":"happy-sky-japanese-bakery","m":589},{"s":"donutelier-soho-place","m":660},{"s":"fabrique-seven-dials","m":703}]},{"slug":"donutelier-charing-cross-road","name":"Donutelier Charing Cross Road","area":"Covent Garden","address":"48-50 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0BB","station":"Leicester Square","walk":1,"lat":51.511942,"lng":-0.12821,"hours":[[8.5,22.0],[8.5,22.0],[8.5,22.0],[8.5,22.0],[8.5,22.0],[8.5,22.0],[8.5,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 08:30-22:00","website":"https://donutelier.co.uk/","instagram":"donutelier","attrs":[],"osm":"node/4821896129","types":["patisserie","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Doughnuts finished by hand behind a window, in a room lit by chandeliers shaped like piping bags.","note":"Doughnuts built like p\u00e2tisserie rather than like doughnuts: a ganache or Chantilly filling piped in, then a sabl\u00e9 disc, a macaron ring, toasted meringue or crisp raspberries set on top by hand. Rochers Gianduja, Dulcey Pecan, Berry Macaron, Lemon Meringue and a Vanilla Cookie Cream built on an Oreo, \u00a36 to \u00a36.50 each. The dough is made on the premises and fried three times a day. This is the shop with the decoration theatre: a glazed workroom you can watch from the pavement while the doughnuts are piped, glazed and decorated, and the chandeliers inside are modelled on a p\u00e2tissier's piping bag.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_url":"https://donutelier.co.uk/contact/","maps_q":"Donutelier Charing Cross Road, 48-50 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0BB, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Kova Patisserie Chinatown","s":"kova-patisserie-chinatown","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":48},{"n":"Agatha Christie memorial","s":"agatha-christie-memorial","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":61},{"n":"Dishoom Covent Garden","s":"dishoom-covent-garden","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":111}],"near_same":[{"s":"fabrique-seven-dials","m":166},{"s":"arome-bakery","m":184},{"s":"copains-covent-garden","m":343},{"s":"donutelier-strand","m":397},{"s":"sakurado-covent-garden","m":447},{"s":"donutelier-soho-place","m":465}]},{"slug":"donutelier-soho-place","name":"Donutelier Soho Place","area":"St Giles","address":"4 Soho Place, 1 Oxford Street, W1D 3BG","station":"Tottenham Court Road","walk":1,"lat":51.515893,"lng":-0.130453,"hours":[[9.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0],[9.0,21.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 09:00-21:00","website":"https://donutelier.co.uk/","instagram":"donutelier","attrs":[],"osm":"node/13580397167","types":["patisserie","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"A doughnut counter run like a pastry kitchen, on the ground floor of Soho Place.","note":"The doughnuts are the point and they are made like pastry: ganache and Chantilly fillings, then sabl\u00e9 biscuit, macaron, meringue or freeze-dried fruit set on top by hand, at \u00a36 to \u00a36.50. Strawberry Matcha, Pistachio, Fraisier and Dulcey Pecan are the standing flavours, and limited collections change through the year. There is real viennoiserie beside them \u2014 plain, almond and strawberry-cream croissants, pain au chocolat, a pistachio and raspberry swirl \u2014 and a few sourdough sandwiches. This branch sits in the Soho Place development that went up over the Elizabeth line works, sharing the building with the theatre of the same name.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_url":"https://donutelier.co.uk/contact/","maps_q":"Donutelier Soho Place, 4 Soho Place, 1 Oxford Street, W1D 3BG, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Outernet","s":"outernet","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":53},{"n":"Centre Point","s":"centre-point","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":59},{"n":"Arcade Food Hall","s":"arcade-food-hall","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":76}],"near_same":[{"s":"happy-sky-japanese-bakery","m":169},{"s":"fabrique-seven-dials","m":308},{"s":"copains-covent-garden","m":347},{"s":"arome-bakery","m":439},{"s":"donutelier-charing-cross-road","m":465},{"s":"fabrique","m":528}]},{"slug":"donutelier-strand","name":"Donutelier Strand","area":"Covent Garden","address":"442 Strand, WC2R 0QU","station":"Charing Cross","walk":2,"lat":51.508858,"lng":-0.125296,"hours":[[8.5,18.5],[8.5,18.5],[8.5,18.5],[8.5,18.5],[8.5,18.5],[8.5,18.5],[8.5,18.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 08:30-18:30","website":"https://donutelier.co.uk/","instagram":"donutelier","attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["patisserie","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Croissants and hand-decorated doughnuts at the Aldwych end of the Strand.","note":"Doughnuts made with p\u00e2tisserie technique \u2014 ganache or Chantilly piped in, a sabl\u00e9 biscuit or a macaron ring set on top by hand, \u00a36 to \u00a36.50 \u2014 alongside a proper viennoiserie counter: plain, almond and strawberry-cream croissants, pain au chocolat, a pain suisse Danish with wild berries. Everything is made on the premises, the dough is fried three times a day, and there are sourdough sandwiches if you want something that is not sugar.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_url":"https://donutelier.co.uk/contact/","maps_q":"Donutelier Strand, 442 Strand, WC2R 0QU, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"A Conversation with Oscar Wilde","s":"a-conversation-with-oscar-wilde","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":41},{"n":"Eleanor Cross","s":"eleanor-cross","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":46},{"n":"St Martin-in-the-Fields","s":"st-martin-in-the-fields","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":95}],"near_same":[{"s":"sakurado-covent-garden","m":309},{"s":"donutelier-charing-cross-road","m":397},{"s":"arome-bakery","m":463},{"s":"o-craquelin","m":532},{"s":"fabrique-seven-dials","m":552},{"s":"copains-covent-garden","m":645}]},{"slug":"e5-bakehouse","name":"E5 Bakehouse","area":"Hackney","address":"395 Mentmore Terrace, E8 3PH","station":"London Fields","walk":1,"lat":51.541244,"lng":-0.057515,"hours":[[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[7.5,17.5],[8.0,17.5],[8.0,17.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:30; Sa-Su 08:00-17:30","website":"https://e5bakehouse.com/","instagram":"e5bakehouse","attrs":["outdoor","wifi","stepfree"],"osm":"node/2699676449","types":["award","bread"],"verdict":"Two railway arches by London Fields, and three hundred loaves a day.","note":"E5 mill and bake with heritage cereals from their own off-grid farm; Hackney Wild has been the signature loaf since 2010, alongside Russian rye and spelt. Part shop, part bakery, part caf\u00e9 \u2014 doughnuts, babka, kefir pancakes, pizzetta and halloumi fried egg buns, eaten among freelancers who have colonised the tables. E5 made the Good Food Guide's 50 Best British Bakeries for 2026.","hours_source":"osm","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/e5-bakehouse/"}],"maps_q":"E5 Bakehouse, 395 Mentmore Terrace, E8 3PH, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Helgi's","s":"helgis","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":164},{"n":"Rasputin's","s":"rasputins","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":166},{"n":"Easy 8","s":"easy-8","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":190}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-snapery-east","m":207},{"s":"pophams-bakery","m":257},{"s":"buns-from-home","m":640},{"s":"forno-bethnal-green","m":749},{"s":"yeast-bakery","m":766},{"s":"pophams-victoria-park","m":906}]},{"slug":"erics-bakery","name":"Eric's","area":"East Dulwich","address":"20 Upland Road, SE22 9EF","station":"East Dulwich","walk":15,"lat":51.457116,"lng":-0.069173,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.ericslondon.com/","instagram":"ericslondon","attrs":[],"osm":"way/62451466","types":["award","bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Fridays and Saturdays only, and a queue from the moment it opens.","note":"Helen Evans left the head baker's job at Flor to open this in 2023, and bakes on UK-grown organic wheat: white sourdough, porridge bread, focaccia, croissants and doughnuts. The pain au chocolat gets called the best in London more often than any other. Cupboard-sized, open two days a week, and there is always a line. Named in the Good Food Guide's 50 Best British Bakeries for 2026.","hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"maps_q":"Eric's, 20 Upland Road, SE22 9EF, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Hop Burns & Black","s":"hop-burns-black","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":554},{"n":"House of Dreams Museum","s":"house-of-dreams-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":768},{"n":"Dudleys","s":"dudleys-east-dulwich","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":1120}],"near_same":[{"s":"toad-bakery","m":2002},{"s":"toad-bakery-albury-court","m":3776},{"s":"the-snapery-bakery","m":3783},{"s":"old-post-office-bakery","m":4031},{"s":"little-bread-pedlar-bermondsey","m":4317},{"s":"chatsworth-bakehouse","m":4619}]},{"slug":"fabrique","name":"Fabrique","area":"East Marylebone","address":"53 Goodge Street, W1T 1TG","station":"Goodge Street","walk":3,"lat":51.519075,"lng":-0.136125,"hours":[[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[9.0,18.0],[9.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-18:30; Sa-Su 09:00-18:00","website":"http://fabrique.co.uk/","instagram":"fabriquebakery","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"way/345389726","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"A Swedish stone-oven bakery, and the cardamom bun London measures others against.","note":"Fabrique came from Stockholm and led the Nordic wave here. The cardamom bun is the order: drizzled with syrup, dusted with pearl sugar, firm outside and flaky within. Cinnamon and vanilla buns beside it, bread and sandwiches too, and coffee from the Swedish roaster Johan & Nystr\u00f6m.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Fabrique, 53 Goodge Street, W1T 1TG, London","in_area":{"slug":"fitzrovia","name":"Fitzrovia"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Lantana","s":"lantana-fitzrovia","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":16},{"n":"Charlotte Place","s":"charlotte-place","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":17},{"n":"Kiss The Hippo","s":"kiss-the-hippo-east-marylebone","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":107}],"near_same":[{"s":"happy-sky-japanese-bakery","m":368},{"s":"fred-bakery-oxford-circus","m":470},{"s":"donutelier-soho-place","m":528},{"s":"donutelier-carnaby-street","m":729},{"s":"bread-ahead-soho","m":781},{"s":"fabrique-seven-dials","m":824}]},{"slug":"fabrique-bakery","name":"Fabrique Bakery","area":"North Kensington","address":"212 Portobello Road, W11 1LA","station":"Ladbroke Grove","walk":6,"lat":51.51668,"lng":-0.205419,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"http://fabrique.co.uk/","instagram":"fabriquebakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/7204156291","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Portobello Road, and the wood-fired oven doing the work.","note":"The Portobello branch is the one to visit on a market Saturday, when the whole street is impassable and a cardamom bun is the only sensible objective. Six minutes from Ladbroke Grove.","hours_source":null,"maps_q":"Fabrique Bakery, 212 Portobello Road, W11 1LA, London","in_area":{"slug":"notting-hill-holland-park","name":"Notting Hill & Holland Park"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Portobello Road Market","s":"portobello-road-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":69},{"n":"Knoops Notting Hill","s":"knoops-notting-hill","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":80},{"n":"The Distillery","s":"the-distillery","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":82}],"near_same":[{"s":"layla-bakery","m":661},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-kensington","m":1991},{"s":"dont-tell-dad","m":2295},{"s":"happy-sky","m":3025},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-south-kensington","m":3299},{"s":"arome-bakery-marylebone","m":3711}]},{"slug":"fabrique-seven-dials","name":"Fabrique","area":"Seven Dials","address":"8 Earlham Street, WC2H 9RY","station":"Leicester Square","walk":4,"lat":51.513437,"lng":-0.12838,"hours":[[8.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0],[8.0,19.0],[9.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-19:00; Sa 08:00-19:00; Su 09:00-18:00","website":"http://fabrique.co.uk/","instagram":"fabriquebakery","attrs":[],"osm":"way/349913639","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"The Earlham Street branch, for the same cardamom bun in the middle of town.","note":"Swedish stone-oven baking: cardamom, cinnamon and vanilla buns, bread and sandwiches, and Johan & Nystr\u00f6m coffee. Small and usually busy, with most people buying to take away rather than finding a seat.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Fabrique, 8 Earlham Street, WC2H 9RY, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"84 Charing Cross Road","s":"84-charing-cross-road","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":21},{"n":"Cambridge Circus: le Carr\u00e9's Circus","s":"cambridge-circus-le-carres-circus","c":"secrets","cn":"Secrets & Espionage","m":55},{"n":"Charing Cross Road","s":"charing-cross-road","c":"shopping","cn":"Shopping","m":69}],"near_same":[{"s":"arome-bakery","m":162},{"s":"donutelier-charing-cross-road","m":166},{"s":"copains-covent-garden","m":221},{"s":"donutelier-soho-place","m":308},{"s":"happy-sky-japanese-bakery","m":455},{"s":"sakurado-covent-garden","m":530}]},{"slug":"forno","name":"FORNO","area":"Leytonstone","address":"47 Church Lane, E11 1HE","station":"Leytonstone","walk":1,"lat":51.568514,"lng":0.009246,"hours":[[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-16:00; Sa 08:00-17:00; Su 08:00-16:00","website":"https://forno.london/home","instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"way/194280538","types":["bread"],"verdict":"A Leytonstone bakery on a street that had nothing like it.","note":"Church Lane is residential and this is the reason to walk down it. Bread and pastry made on site. Little has been published about it beyond its own following, so the entry stops there rather than inventing the rest.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"FORNO, 47 Church Lane, E11 1HE, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Perky Blenders","s":"perky-blenders","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":106},{"n":"Filly Brook","s":"filly-brook","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":446},{"n":"Gravity Well Taproom","s":"gravity-well-taproom","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":1181}],"near_same":[{"s":"suba-bakery","m":2249},{"s":"lucky-yu-bakery","m":3984},{"s":"pophams-victoria-park","m":5045},{"s":"pophams-bakery","m":5392},{"s":"e5-bakehouse","m":5522},{"s":"the-snapery-east","m":5678}]},{"slug":"forno-bethnal-green","name":"Forno","area":"Bethnal Green","address":"322 Andrews Road, E8 4RP","station":"Cambridge Heath","walk":5,"lat":51.534507,"lng":-0.057838,"hours":[[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-16:00; Sa-Su 08:00-17:00","website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor","stepfree"],"osm":"node/10882805054","types":["bread"],"verdict":"A canalside bakery that treats bread as the main event.","note":"Andrews Road sits on the towpath above Broadway Market, which makes this a good first or last stop on a walk along the Regent's Canal. Half seven to five, seven days, and a loaf worth carrying home.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Forno, 322 Andrews Road, E8 4RP, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History","s":"the-viktor-wynd-museum-of-curiosities-fine-art-natural-history","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":25},{"n":"Five Points Taproom & Courtyard","s":"five-points-taproom-courtyard","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":203},{"n":"Ozone Coffee Roasters","s":"ozone-coffee-roasters","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":315}],"near_same":[{"s":"yeast-bakery","m":137},{"s":"buns-from-home","m":360},{"s":"the-snapery-east","m":548},{"s":"e5-bakehouse","m":749},{"s":"pophams-victoria-park","m":969},{"s":"pavilion-bakery","m":999}]},{"slug":"fortitude-bakehouse","name":"Fortitude Bakehouse","area":"Bloomsbury","address":"35 Colonnade, WC1","station":"Russell Square","walk":1,"lat":51.522839,"lng":-0.124203,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.fortitudebakehouse.com/","instagram":"fortitudebakehouse","attrs":[],"osm":"node/5456244922","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"A cobbled back-alley bakery most people walk past the end of.","note":"Colonnade is a short cobbled cut-through behind Russell Square and Fortitude have been quietly baking at the end of it for years: sourdough, cardamom buns, morning buns, a few loaf cakes. A minute from the station and still somehow easy to miss.","hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":"It shuts in the early afternoon and does not open on Sundays.","also_in":[{"name":"Coffee","href":"/coffee/fortitude-bakehouse/"}],"maps_q":"Fortitude Bakehouse, 35 Colonnade, WC1, London","in_area":{"slug":"bloomsbury","name":"Bloomsbury"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Mille Patisserie Russell Square","s":"mille-patisserie-russell-square","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":147},{"n":"Faber & Faber, 24 Russell Square","s":"faber-faber-24-russell-square","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":182},{"n":"Gay's the Word","s":"gays-the-word","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":295}],"near_same":[{"s":"tamini-lebanese-bakery","m":306},{"s":"patisserie-deux-amis","m":425},{"s":"fred-bakery-holborn","m":695},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-st-pancras","m":845},{"s":"donutelier-soho-place","m":885},{"s":"happy-sky-japanese-bakery","m":911}]},{"slug":"fred-bakery-holborn","name":"Fred Bakery","area":"Holborn","address":"1 Northington Street, WC1N 2JE","station":"Chancery Lane","walk":8,"lat":51.522173,"lng":-0.114202,"hours":[[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[7.5,17.0],[8.5,17.0],[8.5,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-17:00; Sa-Su 08:30-17:00","website":"https://fredbakery.com/","instagram":"fredbakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/14116457511","types":["bread","viennoiserie","patisserie"],"verdict":"Pistachio rolls, tiramisu rolls, and a tiramisu latte that went viral.","note":"The original Fred, on a quiet Holborn street. The pistachio roll \u2014 pistachio cream and mixed berry compote \u2014 is the one people come for, with a tiramisu version of coffee cake and mascarpone behind it. Ham and cheese croissants, danishes and orange-pistachio brioche too, and focaccia and Italian sandwiches at lunch. Dogs welcome.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-01","maps_q":"Fred Bakery, 1 Northington Street, WC1N 2JE, London","in_area":{"slug":"bloomsbury","name":"Bloomsbury"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Charles Dickens Museum","s":"charles-dickens-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":215},{"n":"Hollybush Gardens","s":"hollybush-gardens","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":241},{"n":"Postal Museum","s":"postal-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":284}],"near_same":[{"s":"konditor-grays-inn-road","m":322},{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":695},{"s":"tamini-lebanese-bakery","m":853},{"s":"patisserie-deux-amis","m":856},{"s":"copains-covent-garden","m":1161},{"s":"o-craquelin","m":1169}]},{"slug":"fred-bakery-oxford-circus","name":"Fred Bakery","area":"East Marylebone","address":"52-53 Margaret Street, W1W 8SQ","station":"Oxford Circus","walk":2,"lat":51.516497,"lng":-0.141519,"hours":[[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[7.5,18.0],[8.5,18.0],[8.5,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-18:00; Sa-Su 08:30-18:00","website":"https://fredbakery.com/","instagram":"fredbakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/12437054636","types":["award","bread","patisserie","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"A split-level room two minutes from Oxford Circus, and the same pistachio roll.","note":"Fred's second and larger site, spread over two floors just off Oxford Circus. The same counter as Holborn \u2014 pistachio and tiramisu rolls, pistachio frangipane brioche, cruffins filled with bechamel, mashed potato and parmesan \u2014 plus the iced tiramisu latte that made the place an internet destination. Open until six, later than Holborn. Named in the Good Food Guide's 50 Best British Bakeries for 2026.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-01","maps_q":"Fred Bakery, 52-53 Margaret Street, W1W 8SQ, London","in_area":{"slug":"marylebone","name":"Marylebone"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Kiss the Hippo","s":"kiss-the-hippo","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":7},{"n":"The Social","s":"the-social","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":103},{"n":"Oma Coffee Roaster","s":"oma-coffee-roaster","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":180}],"near_same":[{"s":"fabrique","m":470},{"s":"donutelier-carnaby-street","m":473},{"s":"bread-ahead-soho","m":532},{"s":"happy-sky-japanese-bakery","m":612},{"s":"arome-bakery-marylebone","m":723},{"s":"donutelier-soho-place","m":768}]},{"slug":"happy-sky","name":"Happy Sky","area":"White City Estate","address":"94 Askew Road","station":"Stamford Brook","walk":15,"lat":51.503279,"lng":-0.243472,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.happyskylondon.com/","instagram":"happyskybakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/8863440378","types":["viennoiserie"],"verdict":"A tiny Japanese bakery with nowhere at all to sit.","note":"Japanese bakers, no preservatives, and a counter of matcha cinnamon rolls, yuzu pastries, mochi, Tokyo honey toast and very light doughnuts. The display is on the right, a small coffee station on the left, the bakery itself visible at the back \u2014 and no seating anywhere, so buy and keep walking. Far west, which is all that keeps the queue down.","hours_source":null,"maps_q":"Happy Sky, 94 Askew Road, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Sri Aurobindo","s":"sri-aurobindo","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":820},{"n":"Bush Hall","s":"bush-hall","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":893},{"n":"Chiswick Book Festival","s":"chiswick-book-festival","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":1126}],"near_same":[{"s":"fabrique-bakery","m":3025},{"s":"layla-bakery","m":3063},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-kensington","m":3548},{"s":"dont-tell-dad","m":4688},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-south-kensington","m":4709},{"s":"bread-ahead-hans-town","m":5971}]},{"slug":"happy-sky-japanese-bakery","name":"Happy Sky Japanese Bakery","area":"St Giles","address":"40 Hanway Street, W1T 1UT","station":"Tottenham Court Road","walk":2,"lat":51.516552,"lng":-0.132663,"hours":[null,null,null,[11.0,16.0],[11.0,16.0],[11.0,16.0],[11.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Th-Su 11:00-16:00","website":"https://www.happyskylondon.com/","instagram":"happyskybakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/13253762166","types":["viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Japanese baking on Hanway Street, four days a week.","note":"Milk bread, curry buns and a great deal of care, on one of the strangest little streets in the West End. A short week and a short day, which is the timetable of somewhere that sells out.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Happy Sky Japanese Bakery, 40 Hanway Street, W1T 1UT, London","in_area":{"slug":"fitzrovia","name":"Fitzrovia"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Mary Seacole","s":"mary-seacole","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":89},{"n":"The Wheatsheaf","s":"the-wheatsheaf","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":163},{"n":"Mr Fogg's","s":"mr-foggs","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":170}],"near_same":[{"s":"donutelier-soho-place","m":169},{"s":"fabrique","m":368},{"s":"fabrique-seven-dials","m":455},{"s":"copains-covent-garden","m":517},{"s":"donutelier-carnaby-street","m":589},{"s":"donutelier-charing-cross-road","m":598}]},{"slug":"jolene-colebrooke-row","name":"Jolene Colebrooke Row","area":"Islington","address":"Colebrooke Row, N1 8AA","station":"Angel","walk":9,"lat":51.536531,"lng":-0.101402,"hours":[[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 08:00-15:00","website":"http://www.bigjobakery.com","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/12464879801","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Stone-ground flour, own farm, and a shop that shuts at three.","note":"Jolene mill their own and it shows in a loaf that tastes of something. Colebrooke Row is one of the prettier stretches of Islington. Eight till three, seven days \u2014 this is a morning proposition and they mean it.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Jolene Colebrooke Row, Colebrooke Row, N1 8AA, London","in_area":{"slug":"angel-islington","name":"Angel & Islington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"69 Colebrooke Row","s":"69-colebrooke-row","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":25},{"n":"Camden Passage","s":"camden-passage","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":151},{"n":"The Bill Murray","s":"the-bill-murray","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":181}],"near_same":[{"s":"buns-from-home-angel","m":227},{"s":"copains-islington","m":295},{"s":"sourdough-sophia","m":373},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-st-pancras","m":1806},{"s":"fred-bakery-holborn","m":1825},{"s":"patisserie-deux-amis","m":1924}]},{"slug":"jolene-redchurch-street","name":"Jolene Redchurch Street","area":"Shoreditch","address":"67 Redchurch Street, E2 7DJ","station":"Shoreditch High Street","walk":2,"lat":51.524571,"lng":-0.07431,"hours":[[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00; Sa-Su 09:00-16:00","website":"https://jolenebakery.com","instagram":"clareshilland","attrs":[],"osm":"way/373118133","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Jolene on Redchurch Street, milling its own flour.","note":"Redchurch Street has turned over completely around it and Jolene has stayed exactly as it was \u2014 bare, busy, and serious about the loaf. Two minutes from Shoreditch High Street. Eight till four.","hours_source":"osm","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/jolene-redchurch-street/"}],"maps_q":"Jolene Redchurch Street, 67 Redchurch Street, E2 7DJ, London","in_area":{"slug":"shoreditch-old-street","name":"Shoreditch & Old Street"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Allpress Espresso","s":"allpress-redchurch","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":17},{"n":"Escape Plan","s":"escape-plan","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":69},{"n":"Labour and Wait","s":"labour-and-wait","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":69}],"near_same":[{"s":"beigel-bake","m":177},{"s":"pavilion-bakery","m":612},{"s":"rinkoffs","m":735},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-leadenhall","m":1457},{"s":"yeast-bakery","m":1491},{"s":"konditor-cullum-street","m":1520}]},{"slug":"konditor-cornwall-road","name":"Konditor","area":"Waterloo","address":"22 Cornwall Road, SE1 8TW","station":"Waterloo East","walk":2,"lat":51.504162,"lng":-0.110284,"hours":[[7.5,19.0],[7.5,19.0],[7.5,19.0],[7.5,19.0],[7.5,19.0],[8.0,18.0],[10.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-19:00; Sa 08:00-18:00; Su 10:00-17:00","website":"https://konditor.co.uk/pages/cornwall-road","instagram":"konditorcakes","attrs":[],"osm":"way/940728861","types":["patisserie"],"verdict":"The original Konditor, still on the Waterloo side street where it started.","note":"Gerhard Jenne took on a small bakery on Cornwall Road in 1993 and this is still that shop, a few minutes behind the station and largely indifferent to it. Half seven to seven on weekdays, which makes it one of the few places near Waterloo where cake is a plausible thing to buy on the way home. Two minutes from Waterloo East. Not a bread proposition \u2014 the draw is the iced squares and the brownies.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","maps_q":"Konditor, 22 Cornwall Road, SE1 8TW, London","in_area":{"slug":"waterloo","name":"Waterloo"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Tonight Josephine","s":"tonight-josephine","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":151},{"n":"Roupell Street","s":"roupell-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":172},{"n":"Young Vic","s":"young-vic","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":227}],"near_same":[{"s":"little-bread-pedlar","m":437},{"s":"toklas","m":1039},{"s":"sakurado-covent-garden","m":1102},{"s":"o-craquelin","m":1131},{"s":"donutelier-strand","m":1175},{"s":"st-john-bakery-the-borough","m":1226}]},{"slug":"konditor-cullum-street","name":"Konditor","area":"Leadenhall Market","address":"15 Cullum Street, EC3M 7JJ","station":"Monument","walk":5,"lat":51.511789,"lng":-0.082132,"hours":[[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[8.0,18.5],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-18:30; Sa-Su off","website":"https://konditor.co.uk/pages/cullum-street","instagram":"konditorcakes","attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["patisserie"],"verdict":"A City lunch-hour stop that has packed up before the weekend begins.","note":"Cullum Street is a narrow lane off Fenchurch Street, glass canopy over one end, and the shop keeps City hours to match: eight until half six, Monday to Friday, nothing at all on Saturday or Sunday. Five minutes from Monument. It is a cake counter and behaves like one.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","maps_q":"Konditor, 15 Cullum Street, EC3M 7JJ, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Curators Coffee","s":"curators-coffee","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":41},{"n":"Rosslyn Coffee","s":"rosslyn-leadenhall-market","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":94},{"n":"The Garden at 120","s":"the-garden-at-120","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":104}],"near_same":[{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-leadenhall","m":148},{"s":"bread-ahead","m":864},{"s":"konditor-joiner-street","m":872},{"s":"the-free-from-bakehouse","m":893},{"s":"st-john-bakery-the-borough","m":1364},{"s":"comptoir-gourmand","m":1454}]},{"slug":"konditor-grays-inn-road","name":"Konditor","area":"Holborn","address":"46 Gray's Inn Road, WC1X 8LR","station":"Chancery Lane","walk":3,"lat":51.519653,"lng":-0.11189,"hours":[[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa-Su off","website":"https://konditor.co.uk/pages/grays-inn-road","instagram":"konditorcakes","attrs":[],"osm":"node/4880158822","types":["patisserie"],"verdict":"Eight to six on weekdays, and shut precisely when the offices are.","note":"Gray's Inn Road empties at the weekend and this branch empties with it: Monday to Friday only, eight until six. It reopened in September 2026 after a refurbishment. Three minutes from Chancery Lane. Cake and brownies, as everywhere in the group.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","maps_q":"Konditor, 46 Gray's Inn Road, WC1X 8LR, London","in_area":{"slug":"farringdon-clerkenwell","name":"Farringdon & Clerkenwell"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Gray's Inn","s":"grays-inn","c":"politics","cn":"Power & Politics","m":67},{"n":"Prufrock Coffee","s":"prufrock","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":167},{"n":"Leather Lane Market","s":"leather-lane-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":177}],"near_same":[{"s":"fred-bakery-holborn","m":322},{"s":"toklas","m":919},{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":922},{"s":"o-craquelin","m":990},{"s":"copains-covent-garden","m":1114},{"s":"tamini-lebanese-bakery","m":1134}]},{"slug":"konditor-joiner-street","name":"Konditor","area":"London Bridge","address":"26 Joiner Street, SE1 9BZ","station":"London Bridge","walk":2,"lat":51.5053,"lng":-0.08675,"hours":[[7.5,19.5],[7.5,19.5],[7.5,19.5],[7.5,19.5],[7.5,19.5],[9.0,19.0],[10.0,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-19:30; Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 10:00-19:00","website":"https://konditor.co.uk/pages/26-joiner-street","instagram":"konditorcakes","attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["patisserie"],"verdict":"In the tiled passage under London Bridge, built for people with a train to catch.","note":"Joiner Street runs beneath the station and this counter is sized for the commute rather than for lingering. It keeps the longest hours of any Konditor \u2014 half seven to half seven on weekdays \u2014 and is the only one open all seven days. Two minutes from the platforms. Slices and brownies, not loaves.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-08-31","maps_q":"Konditor, 26 Joiner Street, SE1 9BZ, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"FCB Coffee","s":"fcb-coffee","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":86},{"n":"The View from The Shard","s":"the-view-from-the-shard","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":90},{"n":"G\u014eNG","s":"gong","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":105}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-free-from-bakehouse","m":248},{"s":"bread-ahead","m":264},{"s":"st-john-bakery-the-borough","m":594},{"s":"comptoir-gourmand","m":596},{"s":"konditor-cullum-street","m":872},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-leadenhall","m":908}]},{"slug":"layla-bakery","name":"Layla bakery","area":"North Kensington","address":"332 Portobello Road, W10 5RU","station":"Ladbroke Grove","walk":8,"lat":51.521698,"lng":-0.210542,"hours":[null,[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[9.0,15.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo off; Tu-Sa 08:00-15:30; Su 09:00-15:00","website":"https://www.laylabakery.com/","instagram":"layla_w10","attrs":[],"osm":"node/9314750401","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Portobello Road, closed Mondays, and worth planning around.","note":"Layla mill and bake on site at the north end of Portobello, well past the tourist stretch. Tuesday to Sunday, shut by half three. The bread is the reason; the pastry is why you buy more than you meant to.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Layla bakery, 332 Portobello Road, W10 5RU, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Lisboa Patisserie","s":"lisboa-patisserie","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":222},{"n":"Trellick Tower","s":"trellick-tower","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":414},{"n":"Claudia Jones","s":"claudia-jones","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":489}],"near_same":[{"s":"fabrique-bakery","m":661},{"s":"dont-tell-dad","m":1801},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-kensington","m":2650},{"s":"happy-sky","m":3063},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-south-kensington","m":3959},{"s":"arome-bakery-marylebone","m":4123}]},{"slug":"le-cafe-by-nicolas-rouzaud","name":"Le Caf\u00e9 by Nicolas Rouzaud","area":"Mayfair","address":"Burlington Arcade, 51 Piccadilly, W1J 0QJ","station":"Green Park","walk":5,"lat":51.509019,"lng":-0.140208,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.cafenicolasrouzaud.com/","instagram":"lecafenicolasrouzaud","attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["award","patisserie","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Burlington Arcade, and the most expensive croissant you will consider buying.","note":"Rouzaud came from the Connaught and opened the arcade's first caf\u00e9 in 2026 \u2014 brioche \u00e0 t\u00eate, a short savoury menu, and the surroundings to match. Five minutes from Green Park. A treat rather than a habit. It took Pastry & Bakery Opening of the Year at the 2026 LA LISTE pastry awards.","hours_source":null,"maps_q":"Le Caf\u00e9 by Nicolas Rouzaud, Burlington Arcade, 51 Piccadilly, W1J 0QJ, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Penhaligon's","s":"penhaligons","c":"classic-british-shops","cn":"Classic British Shops","m":11},{"n":"Trinity Fine Art","s":"trinity-fine-art","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":26},{"n":"Royal Academy of Arts","s":"royal-academy-of-arts","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":44}],"near_same":[{"s":"le-cafe-robuchon","m":374},{"s":"bread-ahead-soho","m":376},{"s":"donutelier-carnaby-street","m":424},{"s":"fred-bakery-oxford-circus","m":836},{"s":"donutelier-charing-cross-road","m":891},{"s":"fabrique-seven-dials","m":954}]},{"slug":"le-cafe-robuchon","name":"Le Caf\u00e9 Robuchon","area":"Mayfair","address":"82 Piccadilly, W1J 8JA","station":"Green Park","walk":1,"lat":51.50648,"lng":-0.14376,"hours":[[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-17:00; Sa-Su 09:00-16:00","website":"https://robuchonlondon.co.uk/","instagram":"lecaferobuchonlondon","attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["bread","viennoiserie","patisserie"],"verdict":"Robuchon on Piccadilly, and a pain au chocolat that earns the address.","note":"A caf\u00e9 counter carrying the Robuchon name, a minute from Green Park, with handmade breads and p\u00e2tisserie sitting alongside the coffee. The pain au chocolat is the reason to stop: properly laminated and unembarrassed about the butter, closer to a Paris standard than most of what London sells under the same name. Mayfair prices, as the address suggests.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_url":"https://robuchonlondon.co.uk/contact-2-2/","maps_q":"Le Caf\u00e9 Robuchon, 82 Piccadilly, W1J 8JA, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Hidden London: Dover Street \u2014 alight here for Green Park","s":"hidden-london-dover-street-alight-here-for-green-park","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":58},{"n":"Kennel Club Dog Art Gallery","s":"kennel-club-dog-art-gallery","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":80},{"n":"Timothy Taylor","s":"timothy-taylor","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":101}],"near_same":[{"s":"le-cafe-by-nicolas-rouzaud","m":374},{"s":"bread-ahead-soho","m":739},{"s":"donutelier-carnaby-street","m":780},{"s":"cedric-grolet-at-the-berkeley","m":979},{"s":"fred-bakery-oxford-circus","m":1124},{"s":"arome-bakery-marylebone","m":1134}]},{"slug":"little-bread-pedlar","name":"Little Bread Pedlar","area":"Waterloo","address":"20 Lower Marsh, SE1 7RJ","station":"Lambeth North","walk":3,"lat":51.50062,"lng":-0.113039,"hours":[[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-15:00, Sa-Su 09:00-16:00","website":"https://www.lbpedlar.com","instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/863838548","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Lower Marsh, and the best thing on a street of good things.","note":"Lower Marsh is Waterloo's one properly interesting street and Little Bread Pedlar anchors the food end of it. Eight till four weekdays, nine till four at weekends. Three minutes from Lambeth North.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Little Bread Pedlar, 20 Lower Marsh, SE1 7RJ, London","in_area":{"slug":"waterloo","name":"Waterloo"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Lower Marsh Market","s":"lower-marsh-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":46},{"n":"Scootercaffe","s":"scootercaffe","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":62},{"n":"Calico Coffee","s":"calico-coffee","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":97}],"near_same":[{"s":"konditor-cornwall-road","m":437},{"s":"donutelier-strand","m":1258},{"s":"toklas","m":1292},{"s":"sakurado-covent-garden","m":1312},{"s":"o-craquelin","m":1384},{"s":"st-john-bakery-the-borough","m":1389}]},{"slug":"little-bread-pedlar-bermondsey","name":"Little Bread Pedlar","area":"Bermondsey","address":"SE16 3FJ","station":"Bermondsey","walk":6,"lat":51.495948,"lng":-0.068906,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.lbpedlar.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/11007684260","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Organic sourdough and a kouign amann worth the detour.","note":"Little Bread Pedlar bake organic sourdough and a pastry counter that runs to almond croissants, bakewell tarts, kouign amann and cardamom and orange buns. Real butter, organic flour, and a queue on a weekend morning that moves faster than it looks.","hours_source":null,"maps_q":"Little Bread Pedlar, SE16 3FJ, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Spa Terminus","s":"spa-terminus","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":44},{"n":"The Kernel Taproom","s":"the-kernel-taproom","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":87},{"n":"Monmouth Coffee Company","s":"monmouth-coffee-company","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":110}],"near_same":[{"s":"st-john-bakery","m":633},{"s":"the-snapery-bakery","m":1050},{"s":"comptoir-gourmand","m":1055},{"s":"konditor-joiner-street","m":1614},{"s":"st-john-bakery-the-borough","m":1786},{"s":"the-free-from-bakehouse","m":1828}]},{"slug":"lucky-yu-bakery","name":"Lucky Yu Bakery","area":"Walthamstow","address":"12 Hamilton Road, E17 6EH","station":"Blackhorse Road","walk":17,"lat":51.593646,"lng":-0.031863,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":"luckyyubakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/14132300401","types":["award","bread"],"verdict":"Cantonese baking from a kitchen window, roughly every other week.","note":"Hai Lin Leung is a full-time GP who runs this micro-bakery from her own kitchen, opening the window every fortnight or so. Sesame soy congee sourdough, pineapple buns, bo lo bao, egg and tomato buns, ginger and spring onion focaccia. There is no shop and no regular hours \u2014 order through Instagram and go when she says. Named in the Good Food Guide's 50 Best British Bakeries for 2026.","hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"maps_q":"Lucky Yu Bakery, 12 Hamilton Road, E17 6EH, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Wood St. Coffee","s":"wood-st-coffee","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":536},{"n":"Renegade Urban Winery","s":"renegade-urban-winery","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":731},{"n":"Forest Wines","s":"forest-wines","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":736}],"near_same":[{"s":"suba-bakery","m":1848},{"s":"forno","m":3984},{"s":"pophams-bakery","m":5847},{"s":"the-dusty-knuckle","m":5943},{"s":"e5-bakehouse","m":6090},{"s":"pophams-victoria-park","m":6217}]},{"slug":"margot-bakery","name":"Margot Bakery","area":"Highgate","address":"373 Archway Road, N6 4EJ","station":"Highgate","walk":3,"lat":51.578072,"lng":-0.148449,"hours":[[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00; Sa-Su 08:00-15:00","website":"https://www.margotbakery.co.uk/margot-highgate","instagram":"margotbakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/13514390201","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Archway Road, and a genuine reason to be in Highgate.","note":"Margot has the local following that keeps a small bakery honest \u2014 eight till four, weekends included, three minutes from the tube. The bread is the thing, though the pastry does not disgrace itself.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Margot Bakery, 373 Archway Road, N6 4EJ, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Highpoint","s":"highpoint","c":"architecture","cn":"Architecture","m":406},{"n":"V. K. Krishna Menon","s":"v-k-krishna-menon","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":876},{"n":"India House, Highgate","s":"india-house-highgate","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":1020}],"near_same":[{"s":"buns-from-home-crouch-end","m":1701},{"s":"bread-by-bike-bakery","m":3406},{"s":"old-post-office-bakery-chalk-farm","m":4094},{"s":"copains-islington","m":5371},{"s":"sourdough-sophia","m":5531},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-st-pancras","m":5531}]},{"slug":"o-craquelin","name":"\u00d4 Craquelin","area":"St Clement Danes","address":"42 Tavistock Street, WC2E 7PB","station":"Covent Garden","walk":5,"lat":51.512273,"lng":-0.119896,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://ocraquelin.com/","instagram":"ocraquelin","attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["patisserie"],"verdict":"A choux specialist, and a Paris-Brest worth sitting down for.","note":"\u00d4 Craquelin is a modern French p\u00e2tisserie doing choux and petits g\u00e2teaux made on site from scratch \u2014 caramel, praline, Madagascar chocolate, Assam tea. The Paris-Brest and the pistachio are the ones people come back for. Speciality coffee and matcha alongside.","hours_source":null,"maps_q":"\u00d4 Craquelin, 42 Tavistock Street, WC2E 7PB, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Theatre Royal, Drury Lane","s":"theatre-royal-drury-lane","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":83},{"n":"Lyceum Theatre","s":"lyceum-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":88},{"n":"London Transport Museum","s":"london-transport-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":97}],"near_same":[{"s":"sakurado-covent-garden","m":223},{"s":"toklas","m":348},{"s":"arome-bakery","m":439},{"s":"copains-covent-garden","m":489},{"s":"donutelier-strand","m":532},{"s":"donutelier-charing-cross-road","m":576}]},{"slug":"old-post-office-bakery","name":"Old Post Office Bakery","area":"Stockwell","address":"76 Landor Road, SW9 7ND","station":"Clapham North","walk":5,"lat":51.465787,"lng":-0.125679,"hours":[null,null,[7.0,15.0],[7.0,15.0],[7.0,15.0],[7.0,15.0],[7.0,15.0]],"hours_raw":"We-Su 07:00-15:00","website":"https://www.oldpostofficebakery.com","instagram":"oldpostofficebakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/705256257","types":["bread"],"verdict":"London's oldest organic bakery, started in a squat with a bathtub.","note":"Karl Heinz Rossbach began here in 1982, squatting a former post office and mixing dough in an old bath. Four decades on it still bakes by hand: wholewheat, malted grain, three-seed, sunflower, stoneground white, spelt and rye sourdoughs, with croissants and pastries beside them, at prices that have not chased the neighbourhood.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Old Post Office Bakery, 76 Landor Road, SW9 7ND, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Door","s":"door-coffee-bar","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":701},{"n":"Volcano Coffee Works","s":"volcano-coffee-works","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":704},{"n":"O2 Academy Brixton","s":"o2-academy-brixton","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":735}],"near_same":[{"s":"august-bakery","m":2624},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-northcote-road","m":2899},{"s":"toad-bakery","m":3203},{"s":"poilane","m":3699},{"s":"bread-ahead-hans-town","m":3832},{"s":"little-bread-pedlar","m":3970}]},{"slug":"old-post-office-bakery-chalk-farm","name":"Old Post Office Bakery","area":"Chalk Farm","address":"Bonny Street, Kentish Town, NW1 9EA","station":"Camden Road","walk":1,"lat":51.541756,"lng":-0.138648,"hours":[null,null,[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Tu off; We-Su 07:00-16:00","website":"http://www.oldpostofficebakery.co.uk/","instagram":"oldpostofficebakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/6763901763","types":["bread"],"verdict":"The Brixton organic bakery, transplanted to Camden Road.","note":"Seven in the morning until four, one minute from Camden Road station \u2014 an unusually convenient version of a bakery that has been doing this since 1982. Sourdough, and not much interest in anything else.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Old Post Office Bakery, Bonny Street, Kentish Town, NW1 9EA, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Ruth First and Joe Slovo","s":"ruth-first-and-joe-slovo","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":138},{"n":"Mamasons Dirty Ice Cream","s":"mamasons-dirty-ice-cream","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":297},{"n":"Electric Ballroom","s":"electric-ballroom","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":376}],"near_same":[{"s":"bread-by-bike-bakery","m":1062},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-st-pancras","m":1552},{"s":"patisserie-deux-amis","m":1951},{"s":"tamini-lebanese-bakery","m":2028},{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":2328},{"s":"copains-islington","m":2513}]},{"slug":"patisserie-deux-amis","name":"P\u00e2tisserie Deux Amis","area":"Bloomsbury","address":"63 Judd Street, WC1H 9QT","station":"Russell Square","walk":5,"lat":51.526664,"lng":-0.124259,"hours":[null,null,null,null,null,[10.0,14.5],[10.0,14.5]],"hours_raw":"Sa-Su 10:00-14:30","website":"https://www.patisseriedeuxamis.co.uk/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/2624165040","types":["patisserie","viennoiserie","bread"],"verdict":"A French patisserie and caf\u00e9 of about six tables, on the Judd Street run down to St Pancras.","note":"A small French room that has been on Judd Street for years: paper cloths on the tables, a counter of tarts and cakes, and coffee brought to you rather than handed over. The almond croissant is the thing it is known for, and the fruit tarts are made on proper p\u00e2te sucr\u00e9e with cr\u00e8me p\u00e2tissi\u00e8re under the fruit.\n\nThere are baguette sandwiches at lunchtime and a few pastries to take away. The shop now keeps to weekends, which is worth knowing before a weekday walk down from the stations.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_url":"https://www.patisseriedeuxamis.co.uk/","maps_q":"P\u00e2tisserie Deux Amis, 63 Judd Street, WC1H 9QT, London","in_area":{"slug":"bloomsbury","name":"Bloomsbury"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Store Street Espresso","s":"store-street-espresso-st-pancras","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":123},{"n":"Half Cup","s":"half-cup-kings-cross","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":135},{"n":"Gay's the Word","s":"gays-the-word","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":152}],"near_same":[{"s":"tamini-lebanese-bakery","m":147},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-st-pancras","m":425},{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":425},{"s":"fred-bakery-holborn","m":856},{"s":"konditor-grays-inn-road","m":1157},{"s":"fabrique","m":1177}]},{"slug":"pavilion-bakery","name":"Pavilion Bakery","area":"Shoreditch","address":"130 Columbia Road, E2 7RG","station":"Hoxton","walk":8,"lat":51.529198,"lng":-0.0695,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/7538108746","types":["bread"],"verdict":"Columbia Road, which on a Sunday is a different proposition entirely.","note":"Six days a week this is a calm neighbourhood bakery; on flower-market Sunday it is a scrum with a queue down the pavement. Both are worth it. Eight minutes from Hoxton.","hours_source":null,"maps_q":"Pavilion Bakery, 130 Columbia Road, E2 7RG, London","in_area":{"slug":"shoreditch-old-street","name":"Shoreditch & Old Street"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters","s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-shoreditch","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":14},{"n":"Atsuko's Kitchen","s":"atsukos-kitchen","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":20},{"n":"Lily Vanilli","s":"lily-vanilli","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":24}],"near_same":[{"s":"beigel-bake","m":543},{"s":"jolene-redchurch-street","m":612},{"s":"rinkoffs","m":873},{"s":"yeast-bakery","m":891},{"s":"buns-from-home","m":935},{"s":"forno-bethnal-green","m":999}]},{"slug":"poilane","name":"Poil\u00e2ne","area":"Belgravia","address":"46 Elizabeth Street, SW1W 9PA","station":"Sloane Square","walk":6,"lat":51.493807,"lng":-0.150831,"hours":[[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.0,14.0],null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00; Sa 08:00-14:00","website":"https://www.poilane.com","instagram":"poilane","attrs":[],"osm":"way/545148144","types":["bread"],"verdict":"The Paris institution's London arm, still selling the same enormous loaf.","note":"Elizabeth Street is Belgravia at its most village-like and Poil\u00e2ne has sat on it since 2000, cutting quarters off the sourdough miche for anyone who cannot carry two kilos home. Closed Sundays. Buy the punitions on the way out.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Poil\u00e2ne, 46 Elizabeth Street, SW1W 9PA, London","in_area":{"slug":"belgravia","name":"Belgravia"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Peggy Porschen","s":"peggy-porschen","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":60},{"n":"Elizabeth Street","s":"elizabeth-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":107},{"n":"Prince Metternich","s":"prince-metternich","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":168}],"near_same":[{"s":"bread-ahead-hans-town","m":545},{"s":"cedric-grolet-at-the-berkeley","m":1003},{"s":"le-cafe-robuchon","m":1491},{"s":"le-cafe-by-nicolas-rouzaud","m":1844},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-south-kensington","m":1861},{"s":"bread-ahead-soho","m":2220}]},{"slug":"pophams-bakery","name":"Pophams Bakery","area":"Hackney","address":"197 Richmond Road, E8 3NJ","station":"London Fields","walk":5,"lat":51.543558,"lng":-0.057637,"hours":[[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.5,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-16:00; Sa 08:00-16:00; Su 08:30-16:00","website":"https://www.pophamsbakery.com/","instagram":"pophamsbakery","attrs":["outdoor","wifi"],"osm":"node/7908733411","types":["viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Richmond Road, and pastry laminated within an inch of its life.","note":"Pophams built the reputation on the maple and bacon danish and the room has stayed narrow and busy ever since. Laminated pastry is the whole argument here. Come before ten or accept what is left.","hours_source":"osm","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/pophams-bakery/"}],"maps_q":"Pophams Bakery, 197 Richmond Road, E8 3NJ, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Hackney Museum","s":"hackney-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":158},{"n":"St Augustine's Tower","s":"st-augustines-tower","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":230},{"n":"Hackney Empire","s":"hackney-empire","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":266}],"near_same":[{"s":"e5-bakehouse","m":257},{"s":"the-snapery-east","m":460},{"s":"buns-from-home","m":868},{"s":"forno-bethnal-green","m":1006},{"s":"yeast-bakery","m":1018},{"s":"pophams-victoria-park","m":1033}]},{"slug":"pophams-victoria-park","name":"Pophams Victoria Park","area":"Victoria Park Village","address":"110a Lauriston Road, E9 7HA","station":"London Fields","walk":15,"lat":51.53835,"lng":-0.045261,"hours":[[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[7.5,16.0],[8.0,16.0],[8.5,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-16:00; Sa 08:00-16:00; Su 08:30-16:00","website":"https://pophamsbakery.com/","instagram":"pophamsbakery","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"way/602278667","types":["viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Lamination taken seriously, on the village end of Lauriston Road.","note":"The maple and bacon danish is the one Pophams built its name on, and the rest of the counter is the same argument: laminated dough, folded and folded, sold within hours of coming out. Victoria Park Village is a genuinely pleasant place to eat one outdoors, and the park gate is at the end of the road. Come before ten or accept what is left.","hours_source":"osm","also_in":[{"name":"Breakfast & Brunch","href":"/breakfast/pophams-victoria-park/"}],"maps_q":"Pophams Victoria Park, 110a Lauriston Road, E9 7HA, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Bottle Apostle, Victoria Park","s":"bottle-apostle-victoria-park","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":107},{"n":"La Camionera","s":"la-camionera","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":688},{"n":"Victoria Park","s":"victoria-park","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":696}],"near_same":[{"s":"e5-bakehouse","m":906},{"s":"the-snapery-east","m":907},{"s":"forno-bethnal-green","m":969},{"s":"pophams-bakery","m":1033},{"s":"yeast-bakery","m":1094},{"s":"buns-from-home","m":1193}]},{"slug":"rinkoff-bakery","name":"Rinkoff Bakery","area":"Stepney","address":"224 Jubilee Street, E1 3BS","station":"Stepney Green","walk":8,"lat":51.519869,"lng":-0.052909,"hours":[[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0],[8.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 08:00-18:00","website":"https://www.rinkoffbakery.co.uk","instagram":"rinkoffsbakery","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/4306580170","types":["bread","patisserie"],"verdict":"Jubilee Street, five generations in, and inventor of the crodough.","note":"Rinkoff have been baking in the East End since 1911 and are entirely unsentimental about it. Eight till six, seven days. The old-school bread and the daft hybrid pastries sit side by side and both sell.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Rinkoff Bakery, 224 Jubilee Street, E1 3BS, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Maureen Paley","s":"maureen-paley","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":578},{"n":"Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum","s":"royal-london-hospital-archives-and-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":598},{"n":"Herald St","s":"herald-st","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":609}],"near_same":[{"s":"rinkoffs","m":837},{"s":"beigel-bake","m":1402},{"s":"pavilion-bakery","m":1547},{"s":"jolene-redchurch-street","m":1570},{"s":"forno-bethnal-green","m":1663},{"s":"yeast-bakery","m":1695}]},{"slug":"rinkoffs","name":"Rinkoff's","area":"Whitechapel","address":"79 Vallance Road, E1 5BS","station":"Whitechapel","walk":6,"lat":51.52198,"lng":-0.06453,"hours":[[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],[7.0,17.0],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:00-17:00","website":"https://www.rinkoffbakery.co.uk/","instagram":"rinkoffsbakery","attrs":[],"osm":"way/261011817","types":["bread","patisserie"],"verdict":"A Jewish bakery from 1911, and the crodough it invented.","note":"Rinkoff have baked challah, beigels and pastries on this patch since 1911. The crodough is theirs \u2014 croissant dough fried like a doughnut, layered and filled with custard, salted caramel or chocolate. Salt beef beigels and smoked salmon with cream cheese are the other reason people come.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Rinkoff's, 79 Vallance Road, E1 5BS, London","in_area":{"slug":"spitalfields-brick-lane","name":"Spitalfields & Brick Lane"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Spitalfields City Farm","s":"spitalfields-city-farm","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":97},{"n":"Urban Baristas","s":"urban-baristas-whitechapel","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":224},{"n":"Doppio","s":"doppio","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":413}],"near_same":[{"s":"beigel-bake","m":573},{"s":"jolene-redchurch-street","m":735},{"s":"rinkoff-bakery","m":837},{"s":"pavilion-bakery","m":873},{"s":"yeast-bakery","m":1429},{"s":"forno-bethnal-green","m":1467}]},{"slug":"sakurado-covent-garden","name":"Sakurado","area":"Covent Garden","address":"38 Southampton Street, WC2E 7HA","station":"Covent Garden","walk":4,"lat":51.510761,"lng":-0.122032,"hours":[[9.5,22.5],[9.5,22.5],[9.5,22.5],[9.5,23.0],[9.5,23.0],[9.5,23.0],[9.5,22.5]],"hours_raw":"Su-We 09:30-22:30; Th-Sa 09:30-23:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://sakurado.co.uk/our-stores/","hours_checked":"2026-09-04","website":"https://sakurado.co.uk/our-stores/","instagram":"sakuradolondon","attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["patisserie"],"verdict":"Japanese patisserie on Southampton Street: mille crepe, jiggly cheesecake, mochi made fresh.","note":"Mei went to Japan in 1993 to learn the language and stayed five years, living next door to a bakery; her grandfather had run one in China when she was a child, so she already loved sweets and Japan taught her how they could be made. What she could not find on coming back was the restraint \u2014 everything here tasted sugar-heavy against what she had got used to \u2014 so she started Sakurado in 2017 out of the back of a fish and chip shop in Putney. The counter is the Japanese canon done properly: mille crepe cakes stacked from twenty-odd thin pancakes with matcha or black tea cream between them, the cheesecake that wobbles when the tray moves, chiffon sponge shortcake under fresh cream and strawberries, burnt Basque cheesecake, and mochi pounded fresh and filled with cream. The sweetness is deliberately dialled down, which is the whole idea: you can taste what the thing is made of. The name means house of the cherry blossoms, after the Tokyo street where she lived.","maps_q":"Sakurado, 38 Southampton Street, WC2E 7HA, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Voltaire","s":"voltaire","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":60},{"n":"Maiden Lane","s":"maiden-lane","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":80},{"n":"American Bar at The Savoy","s":"american-bar","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":127}],"near_same":[{"s":"o-craquelin","m":223},{"s":"donutelier-strand","m":309},{"s":"arome-bakery","m":377},{"s":"donutelier-charing-cross-road","m":447},{"s":"toklas","m":497},{"s":"copains-covent-garden","m":506}]},{"slug":"sourdough-sophia","name":"Sourdough Sophia","area":"Islington","address":"119 Essex road, N1 2SN","station":"Essex Road","walk":4,"lat":51.539291,"lng":-0.098331,"hours":[[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[9.0,16.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 08:00-15:30; Su 09:00-16:30","website":"https://sourdoughsophia.co.uk/","instagram":"sourdoughsophia","attrs":[],"osm":"node/300066382","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"Essex Road, and later on a Sunday than most of its rivals.","note":"Half four on a Sunday is generous for a bakery, and Essex Road is short of places worth stopping. Four minutes from the overground. Sourdough in the name and in the window.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Sourdough Sophia, 119 Essex road, N1 2SN, London","in_area":{"slug":"angel-islington","name":"Angel & Islington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Homeboy","s":"homeboy","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":34},{"n":"Ottolenghi","s":"ottolenghi","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":275},{"n":"Pophams","s":"pophams","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":304}],"near_same":[{"s":"copains-islington","m":293},{"s":"jolene-colebrooke-row","m":373},{"s":"buns-from-home-angel","m":600},{"s":"the-dusty-knuckle","m":1884},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-st-pancras","m":2129},{"s":"fred-bakery-holborn","m":2197}]},{"slug":"st-john-bakery","name":"St John Bakery","area":"St John's Estate","address":"72 Druid Street","station":"Bermondsey","walk":13,"lat":51.499837,"lng":-0.075585,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/2096693607","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"The custard doughnut that started the London doughnut argument.","note":"St John twice-prove the dough, fry it and dust it in caster sugar, then fill it with vanilla custard or raspberry jam. It has a cult following and a queue to match. Bread, eccles cakes and the rest of the St John repertoire alongside, on Druid Street under the arches.","hours_source":null,"maps_q":"St John Bakery, 72 Druid Street, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"40 Maltby Street","s":"40-maltby-street","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":43},{"n":"Maltby Street Market","s":"maltby-street-market","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":64},{"n":"Southwark Brewing Company","s":"southwark-brewing-company","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":136}],"near_same":[{"s":"comptoir-gourmand","m":456},{"s":"little-bread-pedlar-bermondsey","m":633},{"s":"konditor-joiner-street","m":982},{"s":"the-free-from-bakehouse","m":1203},{"s":"st-john-bakery-the-borough","m":1224},{"s":"bread-ahead","m":1232}]},{"slug":"st-john-bakery-the-borough","name":"St John Bakery","area":"The Borough","address":"Borough High Street, The Borough, SE1 1LB","station":"Borough","walk":1,"lat":51.501658,"lng":-0.093034,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/11764334727","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"The Borough counter, a minute from the station.","note":"The convenient St John, as opposed to the atmospheric one under the arches. Same bread, same doughnuts, considerably less walking.","hours_source":null,"maps_q":"St John Bakery, Borough High Street, The Borough, SE1 1LB, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Marshalsea wall & St George the Martyr","s":"marshalsea-prison-wall","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":101},{"n":"Lant Street Wine","s":"lant-street-wine","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":137},{"n":"Cross Bones Graveyard","s":"cross-bones-graveyard","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":255}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-free-from-bakehouse","m":475},{"s":"bread-ahead","m":512},{"s":"konditor-joiner-street","m":594},{"s":"comptoir-gourmand","m":770},{"s":"st-john-bakery","m":1224},{"s":"konditor-cornwall-road","m":1226}]},{"slug":"suba-bakery","name":"Suba Bakery","area":"Walthamstow","address":"372 Hoe Street, E17 9AA","station":"Walthamstow Central","walk":7,"lat":51.579321,"lng":-0.018278,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":"https://www.subabakery.com/","instagram":"subabakery","attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["award","bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"West African flavours through French lamination, and a croissant with a mango glaze.","note":"Head baker Pa Modou works traditional methods across African, European and Asian flavours: an everything croissant, pain au mango, pain au chocolat under toasted coconut, caraway buns and pillowy tapalapa bread. The plain croissant is the one to judge them on \u2014 domed, glazed with mango syrup, and laminated to an absurd number of layers. Tiny, and there is good coffee too. Named in the Good Food Guide's 50 Best British Bakeries for 2026.","hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"maps_q":"Suba Bakery, 372 Hoe Street, E17 9AA, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Gnarly Vines","s":"gnarly-vines","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":454},{"n":"The Good Egg Walthamstow","s":"the-good-egg-walthamstow","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":507},{"n":"Vestry House Museum","s":"vestry-house-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":645}],"near_same":[{"s":"lucky-yu-bakery","m":1848},{"s":"forno","m":2249},{"s":"pophams-bakery","m":4818},{"s":"pophams-victoria-park","m":4922},{"s":"e5-bakehouse","m":5028},{"s":"the-snapery-east","m":5225}]},{"slug":"tamini-lebanese-bakery","name":"Ta'mini Lebanese Bakery","area":"Bloomsbury","address":"70 Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AB","station":"Russell Square","walk":4,"lat":51.525512,"lng":-0.12531,"hours":[[7.5,18.5],[7.5,18.5],[7.5,18.5],[7.5,18.5],[7.5,18.5],[8.0,18.5],[8.5,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-18:30; Sa 08:00-18:30; Su 08:30-17:00","website":"https://www.taminilebanesebakery.com/","instagram":"tamini.lebanese.bakery","attrs":[],"osm":"node/11343549362","types":["bread"],"verdict":"Manakish baked to order - za'atar, akkawi cheese, spiced lamb - and ka'ak by the armful.","note":"Manakish is the point: a round of Lebanese flatbread on a vegan dough, baked to order while you wait. The plain one is za'atar, thyme and sumac and sesame in oil; after that come salted akkawi cheese, spinach with onion and pomegranate molasses, harhoura of onion, tomato and harissa, lahmeh bi ajin of minced beef and lamb, kafta, a spicy sojok sausage with two cheeses, and a double layer stuffed with akkawi, halloumi and za'atar oil. The sweet one is hazelnut chocolate under pistachio dust.\n\nKa'ak is the other half of the counter - the handbag-shaped sesame street bread of Beirut, which this family were the first to sell in London - along with hummus pots, cold mezze and Arabic cookies. The business started on the Fulham Road and is still run by the family.","hours_source":"web","hours_checked":"2026-09-11","hours_url":"https://www.taminilebanesebakery.com/","maps_q":"Ta'mini Lebanese Bakery, 70 Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AB, London","in_area":{"slug":"bloomsbury","name":"Bloomsbury"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Gay's the Word","s":"gays-the-word","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":12},{"n":"Store Street Espresso","s":"store-street-espresso-st-pancras","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":26},{"n":"Mille Patisserie Russell Square","s":"mille-patisserie-russell-square","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":177}],"near_same":[{"s":"patisserie-deux-amis","m":147},{"s":"fortitude-bakehouse","m":306},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-st-pancras","m":543},{"s":"fred-bakery-holborn","m":853},{"s":"fabrique","m":1035},{"s":"happy-sky-japanese-bakery","m":1118}]},{"slug":"the-dusty-knuckle","name":"The Dusty Knuckle","area":"Dalston","address":"Abbot Street, E8 3DP","station":"Dalston Kingsland","walk":3,"lat":51.547103,"lng":-0.074151,"hours":[[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 08:00-15:30","website":"https://www.thedustyknuckle.com/","instagram":"thedustyknuckle","attrs":["stepfree"],"osm":"node/14061641502","types":["bread"],"verdict":"A youth-training bakery that happens to make the best loaf in Dalston.","note":"Dusty Knuckle train and employ young people who have been through the criminal justice system, and never lead with it. Abbot Street is a yard behind the Kingsland Road \u2014 eight till half three, seven days, and the sandwich is worth staying for.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"The Dusty Knuckle, Abbot Street, E8 3DP, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Caf\u00e9 OTO","s":"cafe-oto","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":41},{"n":"Arcola Theatre","s":"arcola-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":55},{"n":"Newcomer Wines","s":"newcomer-wines","c":"wine","cn":"Wine","m":98}],"near_same":[{"s":"pophams-bakery","m":1208},{"s":"e5-bakehouse","m":1322},{"s":"the-snapery-east","m":1390},{"s":"buns-from-home","m":1460},{"s":"yeast-bakery","m":1716},{"s":"forno-bethnal-green","m":1798}]},{"slug":"the-free-from-bakehouse","name":"The Free From Bakehouse","area":"Borough Market","address":"Green Market, Borough Market, SE1 9AL","station":"London Bridge","walk":1,"lat":51.505588,"lng":-0.09031,"hours":[[10.0,17.0],[10.0,17.0],[10.0,17.0],[10.0,17.0],[10.0,17.0],[9.0,17.0],[10.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 10:00-16:00","website":"https://www.thefreefrombakehouse.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["patisserie","glutenfree"],"verdict":"Award-winning free-from baking on a Borough Market stall, from a dedicated kitchen.","note":"Caroline Aherne set out to make gluten-free cakes that stood up beside the ordinary kind rather than apologising for themselves, and has the awards to show for it. Bakewell tarts, baked passionfruit cheesecake, pistachio, raspberry and rosewater cake, soda bread, cumin crackers, and a range that turns over with the season. About three-quarters are vegan too, some are dairy-free and some use no cane sugar.\n\nIt is a stall in the Green Market rather than a shop, and everything is baked off site in a dedicated gluten-free bakery \u2014 so nothing it sells has been near wheat.","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://boroughmarket.org.uk/traders/the-free-from-bakehouse/","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","gf_source":"The bakery describes itself as baking \"in a dedicated gluten & wheat free bakery\"; Borough Market lists it as handmade \"at her dedicated gluten-free premises\".","maps_q":"The Free From Bakehouse, Green Market, Borough Market, SE1 9AL, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"The Colombian Coffee Company","s":"the-colombian-coffee-company-borough-market","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":49},{"n":"The Leaky Cauldron, Stoney Street","s":"the-leaky-cauldron-stoney-street","c":"harry-potter","cn":"Harry Potter","m":66},{"n":"Southwark Cathedral","s":"southwark-cathedral","c":"sacred","cn":"Sacred London","m":78}],"near_same":[{"s":"bread-ahead","m":42},{"s":"konditor-joiner-street","m":248},{"s":"st-john-bakery-the-borough","m":475},{"s":"comptoir-gourmand","m":782},{"s":"konditor-cullum-street","m":893},{"s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-leadenhall","m":929}]},{"slug":"the-snapery-bakery","name":"The Snapery Bakery","area":"South Bermondsey","address":"214 Rotherhithe New Road, SE16 3EH","station":"South Bermondsey","walk":5,"lat":51.490259,"lng":-0.056798,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"website":null,"instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/11774995516","types":["bread"],"verdict":"Thirty-six-hour sourdough, and a cardamom bun with a following.","note":"The Snapery ferment their loaves for a day and a half \u2014 Wildfarmed flour, a field sourdough with rosemary and green olives, a heavily seeded one \u2014 and supply half the restaurants on Bermondsey Street. The cardamom bun, stickily glazed, is what people queue for. Find them at Maltby Street on a Saturday.","hours_source":null,"maps_q":"The Snapery Bakery, 214 Rotherhithe New Road, SE16 3EH, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Southwark Park Galleries","s":"southwark-park-galleries","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":475},{"n":"Small Beer Brew Co","s":"small-beer-brew-co","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":517},{"n":"Southwark Park","s":"southwark-park","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":519}],"near_same":[{"s":"little-bread-pedlar-bermondsey","m":1050},{"s":"st-john-bakery","m":1681},{"s":"comptoir-gourmand","m":2102},{"s":"toad-bakery","m":2510},{"s":"toad-bakery-albury-court","m":2512},{"s":"konditor-joiner-street","m":2663}]},{"slug":"the-snapery-east","name":"The Snapery East","area":"Hackney","address":"Helmsley Place, E8 3SB","station":"London Fields","walk":3,"lat":51.539435,"lng":-0.058263,"hours":[[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0],[7.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Su 07:00-16:00","website":"https://thesnaperyeast.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/8589414919","types":["bread"],"verdict":"Helmsley Place, seven in the morning, seven days a week.","note":"The Snapery supply a good number of London kitchens and this is where you buy it over a counter instead. Early opening and a Hackney backstreet address \u2014 the sort of place you find because someone told you.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"The Snapery East, Helmsley Place, E8 3SB, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Easy 8","s":"easy-8","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":138},{"n":"Rasputin's","s":"rasputins","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":165},{"n":"Helgi's","s":"helgis","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":181}],"near_same":[{"s":"e5-bakehouse","m":207},{"s":"buns-from-home","m":444},{"s":"pophams-bakery","m":460},{"s":"forno-bethnal-green","m":548},{"s":"yeast-bakery","m":559},{"s":"pophams-victoria-park","m":907}]},{"slug":"toad-bakery","name":"Toad Bakery","area":"Peckham","address":"44 Peckham Road, SE5 8PX","station":"Denmark Hill","walk":14,"lat":51.473515,"lng":-0.081122,"hours":[null,[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[8.0,15.0],[9.0,15.0]],"hours_raw":"Tu-Sa 08:00-15:00; Su 09:00-15:00","website":"https://www.toadbakery.com","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/11999189644","types":["award","bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"The bigger Toad room, where the baking comes with a proper lunch.","note":"The Camberwell room is bigger and quieter than a railway arch, with a kitchen behind the counter running a short, changing lunch menu alongside the bread and pastry. Laminated things in the morning, plates and sandwiches from 12:00. Tuesday to Sunday. Toad made the Good Food Guide's 50 Best British Bakeries for 2026.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Toad Bakery, 44 Peckham Road, SE5 8PX, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"South London Gallery","s":"south-london-gallery","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":126},{"n":"The Feminist Library","s":"the-feminist-library","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":738},{"n":"Ukkei Brew Bar","s":"ukkei-brew-bar","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":813}],"near_same":[{"s":"erics-bakery","m":2002},{"s":"the-snapery-bakery","m":2510},{"s":"little-bread-pedlar-bermondsey","m":2633},{"s":"st-john-bakery","m":2951},{"s":"comptoir-gourmand","m":3038},{"s":"old-post-office-bakery","m":3203}]},{"slug":"toad-bakery-albury-court","name":"Toad Bakery","area":"Albury Court","address":"1-3 Market Yard, SE8 4BX","station":"Deptford","walk":2,"lat":51.478065,"lng":-0.026253,"hours":[[7.5,15.5],[7.5,15.5],[7.5,15.5],[7.5,15.5],[7.5,15.5],[8.0,16.0],[9.0,15.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 07:30-15:30; Sa 08:00-16:00; Su 09:00-15:00","website":"https://www.toadbakery.com/","instagram":null,"attrs":[],"osm":"node/14023017201","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"The original Toad arch, and the best-smelling corner of SE8.","note":"Market Yard is a scrap of railway land behind the high street, and the arch Toad started in. Bread comes out early and the pastry is usually gone by mid-morning on a Saturday, so it rewards turning up before the shelves empty. Half seven to four.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Toad Bakery, 1-3 Market Yard, SE8 4BX, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Mouse Tail Coffee Stories","s":"mouse-tail-coffee-stories","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":85},{"n":"Deptford Literature Festival","s":"deptford-literature-festival","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":116},{"n":"Villages Brewery Taproom","s":"villages-brewery-taproom","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":134}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-snapery-bakery","m":2512},{"s":"little-bread-pedlar-bermondsey","m":3560},{"s":"erics-bakery","m":3776},{"s":"toad-bakery","m":3833},{"s":"st-john-bakery","m":4186},{"s":"comptoir-gourmand","m":4614}]},{"slug":"toklas","name":"Toklas","area":"St Clement Danes","address":"9 Surrey Street, WC2R 2ND","station":"Temple","walk":1,"lat":51.511612,"lng":-0.114977,"hours":[[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[8.0,17.0],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,15.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-16:00; Su 09:00-15:00","website":"https://www.toklaslondon.com/","instagram":"toklas_london","attrs":[],"osm":"node/10945112305","types":["bread","viennoiserie"],"verdict":"The bakery counter of a serious Mediterranean restaurant, selling the bread the kitchen uses.","note":"Pastries, cinnamon and cardamom buns in the morning; at lunch Roman-style sandwiches on flatbread, served hot and crisp, with a salad that changes weekly; cakes and cookies by the afternoon. The sourdough is built on heritage grain from Bruern Farms and stoneground flour from N.R. Stoates, and goes through to the dining room as well as over the counter. The coffee is Assembly's. There is proper seating, which most bakeries this good do not bother with.","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.toklaslondon.com/toklas-bakery","hours_checked":"2026-09-08","maps_q":"Toklas, 9 Surrey Street, WC2R 2ND, London","in_area":{"slug":"holborn","name":"Holborn"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Hidden London: Aldwych family tour","s":"hidden-london-aldwych-family-tour","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":57},{"n":"Hidden London: Aldwych \u2014 the end of the line","s":"hidden-london-aldwych-the-end-of-the-line","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":57},{"n":"Roman Bath, Strand Lane","s":"roman-bath-strand-lane","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":58}],"near_same":[{"s":"o-craquelin","m":348},{"s":"sakurado-covent-garden","m":497},{"s":"donutelier-strand","m":777},{"s":"arome-bakery","m":787},{"s":"copains-covent-garden","m":824},{"s":"donutelier-charing-cross-road","m":916}]},{"slug":"yeast-bakery","name":"Yeast Bakery","area":"Bethnal Green","address":"1-3 Sheep Lane, Hackney, E8 4FX","station":"Cambridge Heath","walk":5,"lat":51.5345,"lng":-0.059824,"hours":[null,null,[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[8.0,15.5],[9.0,16.0],[9.0,16.0]],"hours_raw":"We-Fr 08:00-15:30; Sa-Su 09:00-16:00; Mo-Tu off","website":"https://www.yeastbakery.com","instagram":"yeastbakery","attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":"node/9024624917","types":["bread"],"verdict":"A small Bethnal Green bakery with more reputation than press.","note":"Bread and viennoiserie made on the premises for a local trade. There is very little published about it, so we have left this short rather than padding it out with atmosphere.","hours_source":"osm","maps_q":"Yeast Bakery, 1-3 Sheep Lane, Hackney, E8 4FX, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History","s":"the-viktor-wynd-museum-of-curiosities-fine-art-natural-history","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":152},{"n":"Ozone Coffee Roasters","s":"ozone-coffee-roasters","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":232},{"n":"Five Points Taproom & Courtyard","s":"five-points-taproom-courtyard","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":258}],"near_same":[{"s":"forno-bethnal-green","m":137},{"s":"buns-from-home","m":256},{"s":"the-snapery-east","m":559},{"s":"e5-bakehouse","m":766},{"s":"pavilion-bakery","m":891},{"s":"pophams-bakery","m":1018}]}]}