You want a casual cafe to hangout with best friends. This is the place. I just love the superb environment besides the small lake. It is just casual and not fancy. Humble and easy friendly. Foods and Coffees are surprisingly good. Highly recommended.
Lovely little cafe with outdoor seating and view of the fountain. Friendly service. Lots of other little bakery items you can buy inside and looks like they do hot food too. We had the coffee and was very tasty
I had a delightful experience at this cafe when I stopped by for a quick coffee and bite to eat. The chopped egg New York Roll was particularly delicious, with chopped eggs nestled between two pastry discs that resembled croissant pastry, but with a slightly denser texture due to their shape. I also indulged in a rich and flavorful double espresso, paired with an oat and walnut cookie that was simply divine - a super deluxe version, if you will. I highly recommend visiting this cafe, as the setting is also gorgeous, overlooking a serene pond in Victoria park.
Loved everything about this cafe. The food was fantastic. I had a New York salmon roll,for £6.50 which was sublime. The roll was like the offspring of a croissant and a brioche bun and the filling was melt in the mouth good. My partner had a Sri Lankan dhal with roti topped with fresh curry leaves and crispy onions and was extremely satisfied two. We sat outside on stools overlooking the lake and in just a hour saw herons, a cormorant, geese, coots, a huge koi and a large carp, which jumped out of the water. Wonderful place.
An almost compulsory stop during a visit to Victoria Park. Has exemplary baking and consistently good coffee. Also serves a short menu of breakfast and lunch dishes inspired by Sri Lankan cuisine. Often too busy to work from, and most of the seating is outside.
Nice little cafe overlooking a pond.
Food is made fresh and is delicious. After ordering, you can take a seat inside or out and your food is brought to you.
An excellent cafe. Great coffee and chai, delicious pastries and wonderful Sri Lankan inspired lunch offerings. The view over the lake outside is delightful, and the deli part is well stocked with treats.
Really impressed by the food, the scene and the people. Would definitely recommend this place.
There is no better view in London in any other coffee shop!
Pavilion Victoria Park creates a feeling of belonging to a place that I haven’t found in other local shops that easily.
There has been an effort on reducing plastic waste (thank you) and I sense they hire a really diverse crew (thank you again), cool vibes.
Only suggestion would be to add more “healthy” options on the menu, I am personally trying to adopt a more paleo like diet and it feels gluten/sugar is everywhere!
Other than that, I recommend this place to chill in the park and watch the sunset :)
Honestly a very tricky one to rate:
The place is absolutely gorgeous, the outdoors cafe section looks out over the water, you can see a huge variety of birds flying and swimming around, the park is a great location.
The food, whilst nice, was expensive, not out of the ordinary for London though.
The person who served me spent 5 minutes just chatting to her friend whilst a line of about 20 people formed, which was very frustrating and terrible service. However the other people at the counter were lovely and helpful.
Absolutely loved our visit this afternoon. Staff friendly and it was an absolute treat to sit in the sun overlooking the lake in one of the best parks in London. Will def be back to try the breakfast!
An average offering in a great location. Coffee is decent but the baked goods are very average with the exception of the now discontinued double chocolate cookie. This was a terrible decision by management and has led to little variety in the Pavilion's offering.
My go-to spot for breakfast and brunch meetups with friends. Price, quality, portion size & service are on point 👌, they also sell the best sourdough bread in town. Don't be put off with a seemingly long queue, their system is super effecient and you'd never have to wait longer than 10 min to order. Also try out their chai latte!
Fantastic casual breakfast, dog owners must unfortunately eat all fresco but otherwise all good. Pastries tend to be verging on overdone here howwver. (Original review from 2015)
2022 update: this has been my local park cafe for that many years now and I may have a formed a level of bias (I’m very much a regular)… excellent pastries, excellent cooked albeit totally meat-free food.
The inside is now entirely designed as a flow retail space and kitchen and all seating is outside. Dogs ARE allowed inside!
The Sri Lankan breakfasts are a must. Look out for seasonal lunch time specials!
You can eat a delicious Happy Ending Ice cream here🍫🍨✨
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