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Patisserie Valerie London
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Bakeries & Patisseries in London
- Spitalfields
37 Brushfield Street
, Spitalfields, London, E1 6EU
+44 (0) 20 7247 4906
http://www.patisserie-valerie.co.uk
Patisserie Valerie is a chain of licensed cafes that serve breakfasts, lunch and afternoon tea. They are world famous patisseries. They also bake wedding and birthday cakes.
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breakfast, Cakes, Coffee, cold drinks, eat in, hot, Pastries, patisserie, seating area
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Patisserie Valerie
London
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Great cakes, shame about the brekky - I’m a big fan of the cakes at Valerie’s. In fact it is my favourite place to get birthday cakes because I like rich French gateux. The double chocolate delight or the white choclate cigarette are my top tips if you like chocolatey goodness – but these are definitely cakes to share, eating a whole one could end badly. Actually the patisserie is pretty good too, and that’s probably because sweet things are their raison d'être.
However, I went there for breakfast this morning and I have to say I wasn’t impressed. My poached eggs looked like they’d been poached in a machine (weird Christmas pudding shape) and just didn’t taste that great. The juice tasted posh carton rather than freshly pressed, which – fairly I think - is to be expected from an £8 breakfast. Having breakfast cooked for you is always lovely but I would rather go to Café Boheme or Café au Lait in Brixton than here.
So don’t come for food. Valerie gets 4 stars for its cakes, but I would give it 2/3 for it’s breakfast. I’m giving it 3 overall, but if you just have coffee and a pastry and pretend you’re in France then your experience will be much better.
UPDATE: Just went for tea and cakes and the service was appalling - things shouldn't thump when they hit the table! Also, ambience wise when this place is busy (as it is on a Saturday afternoon) it's very loud and clunky. Avoid at all costs. Go to Market Coffee house across the road!
09-10-08
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breakfast, cakes, coffee, pastries, patisserie
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