Oliver's Village Café
92 Belsize Ln, Belsize Park, London NW3 5BE, United Kingdom
4.6
376 reviews
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GRXG+9Q London, United Kingdom
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Monday: 8–15
Tuesday: 8–17
Wedneasday: 8–15
Thursday: 8–15
Friday: 8–15
Saturday: 9–15
Sunday: 9–15
Tuesday: 8–17
Wedneasday: 8–15
Thursday: 8–15
Friday: 8–15
Saturday: 9–15
Sunday: 9–15
It's a place suitable for everyone: couples, small group of friends. Dogs and families with children are welcome too, they have tons of children books and pencil to keep them entertained.
Seats outside on the pavement, or in the lovely conservatory inside (my fav!).
Don't miss it! 💜
For months, I have spent entire days working, studying and drawing from this café (this was before the pandemic). I enjoyed the quiet atmosphere, the tasty food and the very welcoming staff. I considered it a home away from home, and had some very fond memory of the place.
Unfortunately, the last time I visited the café to work for a couple of hours, as I did for years, I have been asked to leave quite rudely by the (new) staff - few minutes after I had finished the lunch I ordered!
I want to highlight that there has never been a "no laptop" policy, there were no new signs about it, and while it was lunch time, I was not preventing any other customer from being seated and/or served. I just needed to sit close to a plug, so to keep working (and inevitably ordering more food and drinks during the afternoon).
I was appalled by the rudeness of the staff, and as much as it pains me, given how attached I was to the place, I will probably never go back again.
Still, I want to give credit where credit is due:
- the pandan cake is P H E N O M E N A L
- the pancake breakfast is great, in particular the vegan blueberry one
- if you want to order a custom cake for a birthday, please DO: I had a chocolate one prepared for my partner at the time and it was possibly the best birthday cake I ever had (the friends that came along confirmed as well).
Great place try for sure if you haven’t been👍👍