Pophams Victoria Park — Restaurant in London

Wanted to love Pophams and make it our new local breakfast spot, but was sadly very, very disappointed. 😭

The pain au chocolat was wayyy overcooked, to the point that we couldn’t eat any of the exterior and burnt-tasting layers, and the interior was dry and stodgy with very little chocolate.

The carrot cake danish lacked flavour and was similarly overcooked underneath the confectioner’s sugar, albeit less burnt than the pain au chocolat.

Tried catching the female staff member who delivered our coffees’ attention to ask for a less burnt pain au chocolat but she walked away whilst we were still talking to her.

The coffees were well made and enjoyable, hence the 2 stars. But over £17 for 2 coffees and 2 nearly inedible pastries that left us hungry due to not being able to eat most of the pain au chocolat, was very disappointing.

We are sad to say we will...

Came here with a friend on a Sunday afternoon for the weekend special matcha red bean crossiant at around 12-1pm but they said it sold out within 30 min of opening so come early!

Got the special earl grey fig matcha latte for £5.8 and I have to agree with other reviewers it is very expensive. Tastes amazing but it only came iced, not warm option available. 4.5/5

We went late so they only have a few pastries left so I got the ham and cheese. Very crunchy but a bit dry. 3/5

Place was tiny and outside seats have no tables. Only stools were available outside. Service was quick despite busy. Staff was friendly.

Overall 4/5 would come again for other pastries despite...

Food looks great however I was never able to try it. I was met with a scoff and eye roll after asking about a dish I’d seen on Instagram. I understand that your staff are better than the average customer for not being engrossed in social media, but with an Instagram following of almost 200k I think our demographic are key to your popularity. Your review in the Islington gazette was not what tempted me although maybe next time I will say that and I may be treated with more respect. I ended up in Gail’s instead which was overpriced and average but the staff were friendly at least.

EDIT: this was not today, I don’t want the staff who were there today...