Blackbird Bakery — Restaurant in London

One of my favourite places to go for coffee and cake. The coffee is good and strong (they will make it with fewer espresso shots on request if you're of a sensitive disposition). The cakes and pastries are always fabulous and indulgent. The prices run a little bit on the higher side, but personally I believe it's worth it for the quality of the food. Their selection of freshly baked beads to take away is usually pretty cracking too, I love the olive loaf when they have it! Highly recommended. N.B. whilst the entrance is wheelchair accessible, the bathroom unfortunately is not (being small...

Despicable Pandemic Price Gougers.

Decided to support a local business by purchasing Shipton Mills flour from Blackbird at £2 for a kilogram (I would normally order directly from Shipton Mills for less than £1/kg). Obviously it was a popular offering because, when I went to purchase another bag today, Blackbird have increased the price to £2.50. I enquired as to why and was told the significant packaging costs warrant the increase. Sorry but how much does a paper bag cost? Taking advantage of the local community during a pandemic is not on!...

4 stars for the bread and zero for the cake. I love ginger cake but they managed to achieve what I thought was impossible - I didn’t finish the slice of cake I bought. If I had eaten it in the shop rather than bought it to take home I would have asked for a refund. I don’t know if it was stale but it was a weird, very dry, crumbly texture. It sort of turned to dust in my mouth. It was not very gingery but that’s more of a personal taste thing and would have been forgivable if the cake had been even slightly moist....