The Horsenden Loaf — Restaurant in London

Tl;dr This place is great, food is good quality and it sits as basically the entrace to the woods. The have good beer.

Horsendon Loaf has always been the perfect space when visiting the area as it's basically in the woods and connected to a community farm. It used to be a small bakery on the weekend with a single farmers market stall. But it's developed quite quickly to somewhere you should go out of your way to visit as The Sunday roast is absolutely great (was a veg option but no vegan).

The roast was great and they accommodate a large group. Feels like the most traditional English meal I've had in long time. They're roasting large whole joints, and were cooked perfectly. Dessert was included in the price, both options were 👌

On a Saturday when the weather's hot the place gets quite full as it has a connected tap room for the onsite brewery - it's still really chill and they have lots of small seating areas. The brewery is technically a separate business but it's essentially one shared space.

If you are passing through the woods for a walk it's a no-brainer, (also on the other side of the car park is a small adventure playground on the canal if you're with kids). If going to horsendon hill it's only competition is a Hungry Horse Pub down the other side of the grounds. That is probably a bit more flexible if you want that, however the Horsendon Loaf really feels a part of the space on Horsendon Hill in a particularly...

The Horsenden Loaf makes by hand, employing traditional techniques, artisan baked goods using an authentic wood-fired and open air oven set in the vegetable garden and orchard of Horsenden Hill Farm. The taste of this bread and these baked goods, ranging from gluten-free almond cakes to a variety of sourdough and flat breads and other delights, is exceptional in my opinion. It is very hard, in my experience, to find bread, sweet treats and cakes of this high quality. All of this is offered for sale direct to us, a step or two from the free-of-charge Horsenden Hill Farm car park, by dedicated people who rise early to make it that morning with fine ingredients and without cutting corners. This is true Slow Food to discover, relish...

The Horsenden Loaf is the perfect pit stop before or after a meandering walk through the woodlands of Horsenden Hill and along the Grand Union Canal.

Delicious doughnuts, brownies and cakes coupled with plenty of mouthwatering savoury options from sausage rolls to slices. Excellent coffee with oat milk available as well.

Then pick up one of their sourdoughs to take home with you.

Ample parking at Horsenden Farm, and right by where the Gruffalo Trail starts for little ones. Plus Perivale Brewery just behind for sunny afternoons spent sipping on pints in...