N5 Kitchen — Local services in London

I’d been meaning to swing by here for ages after a friend kept posting about it on Instagram. I had imagined a little sit in cafe but while there’s a few seats by the window, it’s more of a place where you pick something up. Although I was tempted to sit at the window with my drink and watch the world go past.

N5 Kitchen offers catering mainly and recently opened up to provide food for the public. The flavours are quirky and change regularly - from lunch specials to amazing cakes and what looked like a profiterole snowman (turns out it was a religieuse). I came away with a hot cocoa (how comforting does that sound?) a nduja sausage roll and a brown butter cookie.

I haven’t tried the latter yet as the sausage roll is for my dinner and I’m sharing the cookie with my boys after school, but I shall update!

The hot cocoa comes topped with whipped cream and marshmallows and is accompanied by one of the best cookies I’ve ever had. It had an amazing crunch but was also a bit chewy. The cocoa wasn’t sweetened which I liked, but it was sweet enough thanks to the toppings.

Everyone working there was also very friendly...

Very cute. A few things worth knowing before you choose N5. Its more like a bakery, than a restaurant or cafe. They do a couple of meals a day, and I believe they mentioned the meals change daily. The staff are engaging, and will explain all of this. The meals are made to go, as there's not a whole lot of seating area, so it stands as maybe a better place for takeaway, instead of eating in. Having said this, we ate in and despite the tight space, it was lovely. On a sunny winter day, maybe even perfect. Nice ‘n warm. The food was fresh and delicious. The energy was also pumping with people coming and going, and at least four people working in the kitchen, making cookies and such. They also gave us free doughnuts! What a bonus. FYI, they were the best doughnuts I've had in some time. Really pleasant. Definitely...

First time coming to N5 Kitchen so here is my first impression: at 7:30am on the dot, we were happily welcomed in by the chicks in the store. Clearly morning people, the baristas came across as incredibly friendly and brought an epic buzz to start the day. They offered for us to join their loyalty program, and they keep the cards on deck so you don’t have to carry around a piece of paper in your wallet!! The coffee itself is up there with some of the better coffee I’ve had in London. Will definitely be back here again...