Peggy Porschen Belgravia — Restaurant in London

Let me start by saying, I love Peggy Porschen. I have followed the bakery for years and when I visited London, I couldn’t wait to visit. The bakery is very pretty and all the cakes, cupcakes and treats are so beautifully decorated. I ordered a dark chocolate cake, cherry vanilla cloud cake, carrot loaf, lemon raspberry and rose cake and finally the strawberry kiss cupcake. I will review each one in turn to explain my two star food review:

Dark chocolate cake: this was delicious! The cake was moist and the chocolate cream cheese buttercream was in beautiful contrast with the smooth ganache.

Cherry vanilla cloud cake: this cake was unfortunately dry and didn’t taste of much unless you had a bit of the cake with the jam. Overall, It was a bit bland.

Carrot loaf: this was a nice and tender carrot cake. It was not too spice forward (in terms of ginger/ cinnamon and all the other usual spices used in variations of this cake) and the cream cheese frosting was delicious. However, I am not sure if they decorate with dried florals? Either those or the nuts made the cake chewy.

Lemon, raspberry and rose cake: this was the most disappointing of them all. This cake had the texture of dry cornbread. I am not sure if we were served when the cake had become dry because it was not moist or tender. Just dry, crumbly and cornbread like. I couldn’t enjoy much else at that point but flavour wise the sponge has a light lemon flavour and the meringue frosting a light raspberry flavour.

Strawberry kiss cupcake: this cupcake was very soggy. I’m not sure if the buttermilk sponge is soaked in a syrup or if there was too much strawberry puree but the result was a soggy cupcake. The strawberry puree was tasty but I couldn’t really enjoy the sponge much.

All in all, it was not a good experience taste wise which is unacceptable for the high price point. This aside, I remain inspired by how talented the team is and how beautifully decorated the cakes and cookies are. The seasonal flavour combinations are so interesting! I just wish that the taste was up to the same level. It may have just been a bad day really but that’s just me sharing...

I am sorry to write this but I went to Peggy Porschen with my daughters for my birthday as a treat. Our intention was to have a lovely tea with scone and cake. We travelled up from Kent. We got to the door and there was a queue. All fine. We agreed after much persuasion to sit outside. It was utterly freezing being end November and a bitterly cold day. The blankets helped. We agreed that when a table would come free inside we would get it. I ordered a scone and cream and jam and we ordered 3 cakes and 2 pots of tea and one cappuccino. We waited a long time - probably 25 minutes. I was looking for service but nobody came out. Eventually a lady came with one cake and the cappuccino but no team or the scones or the other cakes. We didn't want the coffee to go cold so I asked my daughter to go right ahead. It must have been at least 10 minutes or more later when the tea and other cakes came by which time she had finished. I was starving the scone was warm and we were so cold so I got started. A girl came out asking if we could pay straight away and Iasked if we could wait as we had only just got our food and it was hot and we wanted to eat it whilst warm. I was pretty annoyed anyway by this time. She came out again a moment later and told me that her manager insisted that we pay directly for this. I was outraged. I told her that it was my birthday and that this was a special occasion, my daughter had already had to have her tea as it would have been stone cold by the time ours arrived. What really made my blood boil was that service was already on the bill.

I will not be returning. It was an absolute rip off and I...

We came here to celebrate my mums birthday with afternoon tea. We were welcomed to our table by a very friendly and helpful member of staff who explained everything and was very accommodating even paying attention to my 1yr old. Both members of staff we dealt with were polite, friendly and professional. They were attentive offering refills (which wasn’t just a tea option like many places but also coffee or soft drink) but also not overbearing. We didn’t feel rushed at any point either. Now onto the food, I can see why it is more expensive than your average afternoon tea. The presentation and flavours are beautiful and the quality and portions are much better than any other afternoon tea we have had (& we have had many over the years). The sandwiches were delicious…not a dry, stale one in sight, and the cakes weren’t bite size and very generous. The only slight negatives were I felt the scones were a bit heavy and we didn’t get enough cream (but we were also full and couldn’t finish them so it was ok). We were offered a box to take any leftovers away too. The other thing was the high chair we were given was really dirty so I didn’t use it which wasn’t a major issue as the baby wanted to sit on my lap anyway but it i wouldn’t have wanted to use it without a thorough clean with antibac. These are the only reasons I have deducted a point as everything else was very clean, the decoration was very pretty, and the staff, service and food was lovely. I would highly recommend and hope to...