Desserts & Gelato

The sweet course as a destination: gelato and ice cream, cakes and patisserie, chocolate, and the dessert bars where pudding is the whole point. Bread and the morning are next door, in Bakeries.

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Charbonnel et Walker

Chocolates made in Britain since 1875, in a glass-roofed Victorian arcade off Old Bond Street.

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The firm was set up in 1875 as a partnership between Mrs Walker and Madame Charbonnel, whom the Prince of Wales - later Edward VII - encouraged to come over from Paris. It has been in the Royal Arcade almost ever since, and the arcade itself, built in 1879 with a glass roof and cream stucco shopfronts, is half the reason to go.

The pink champagne truffles in the round boxes are the thing it is known for; the rose and violet creams and the sea-salt caramels are the other two.

Where
1 Royal Arcade, 28 Old Bond Street, W1S 4BT
Nearest station
Green Park · 4 min walk

Hours

Monday10:00 – 18:30
Tuesday10:00 – 18:30
Wednesday10:00 – 18:30
Thursday10:00 – 18:30
Friday10:00 – 18:30
Saturday10:00 – 18:30
Sunday12:00 – 17:00

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 10 September 2026.

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