Aux Merveilleux de Fred Clapham in Wandsworth

Best croissant I’ve ever had! So buttery and perfect texture. Staff here was so friendly and lovely too; they explained how the pastries are made and convinced me to try different types. They’re not cheap but totally worth it!

First, the brioche is the best I have ever tasted - anywhere - I often have to phone up and ask one to be put aside because they sell out so quickly. I would recommend the plain rather than the chocolate chip or sugar. It is true they are different to other brioches - and that is a very good thing because they are delicious. Second, the cakes beat the hell out of all other cakes in my opinion. I bought the white ‘L’Incroyable’ for 10 people for a party last month and I have never had so many people say how much they loved a cake - it’s meringue, speculoos biscuit, whipped cream coated with shaved white chocolate. Yes you can say the prices are more expensive than other patisseries in the neighbourhood but not by much & de Fred vs. Gail’s is like champagne vs fizz. When the French do things better there’s no shame admitting it. One commenter seems to be saying the staff are rude. I’ve been buying brioche here for years and never once has anyone been rude to me. But perhaps this might be accounted for by the difference between French and British (again) as the staff are… French… so perhaps aren’t into the corporate patter that the staff of Anglo-Saxon companies are drilled to repeat? Or maybe someone was having a bad day - we all do. Anyway, I’ve had horrible experiences elsewhere in the past and never once here - everyone I’ve spoken to has been kind, helpful and friendly. This place is a peach & deserves five stars if not ten. Top tip: try the ‘ephemeral mango passion’. Mwah!

I paid £2.50 for a “brioche” bun with chocolate chips. It truly tasted just like bread. I’ve had wonderful brioche bread in Paris and this was nothing that. I was very disappointed.

The pastry is nice but had an extremely rude and passive aggressive staff. Not worth the trip if the staff are that rude

Just looking for somewhere with outside tables for coffee & spotted this delightful little patisserie. Coffee was good & strong. But, the array of homemade delicacies for sale was amazing. An absolute feast for the eyes. Purchased a selection of the mini meringues to take home, which were an absolute delight.

Absolutely fantastic brioche, wonderful Pain au chocolat and incroyables were really incroyable and the Christmas cake was great. Staffs were friendly and were very helpful. Really appreciated their implementation of must wear mask policy as well. “No exceptions.” During this pandemic, Glad to experience a place that really doesn’t compromise on health of the people and quality of food as well. One of the must go pastry shops in London. Every visit is worth it. Will deffo visit this shop again on my next trip to London.

One of my favourite places, fresh brioche and delicious cappuccino. I will always find my way back for an incredible treat in this small Lovely French bakery. Thankful with the staff, helpful and kind too.

Una pasticceria di qualità... finalmente!Adoro i dolci, soprattutto fare colazione, la colazione e merenda è un rito per me. Mentre torno a casa dal lavoro, mi fermo a comprare la colazione per il giorno dopo per me e il mio ragazzo. La cucina si profuma di brioche.. sì,sono buonissime anche il giorno dopo. Per il croissant si sente che c’è più burro rispetto a quelli italiani, ma molto buoni. Le ragazze dello shop sono molto gentili, visto che vanno a ruba, mi hanno consigliato di chiamare prima di uscire dal lavoro e me le avrebbero messe da parte. È stato un successo la colazione quando sono venute a trovarmi le mie amiche l’anno scorso. Peccato che il negozio non ha molti posti a sedere ed è decisamente freddo vicino alla porta. Preferisco fare colazione da loro in estate, il negozio ha qualche tavolino sul marciapiede. Anche la cioccolata calda è molto buona, non densa come quella italiana, ma decisamente una delle migliori, se non la migliore qui in zona. È fatta con cioccolato sciolto.

Amazing staff, big smiles and delicious food. Pain au chocolate is divine, the brioches are unique, the mini merengue melts in your mouth with its an explosion of taste. Everything is perfect It's my daily treat!

One of the best pastry shop in London, their brioche is amazing and the staff is very friendly, would definitely go back!

I knew the merveilleux meringue&cream cakes from previous visits in Paris. Enlightened to find one in northcote road, I went in for a try. The cakes had amazing texture, like eating a cloud, merengue disappears in the cream; you can eat it with a spoon. The croissants are the best I have eaten in London, or in my life for that matter. The moment I walked into the shop I felt I was in France. The profume of freshly baked briosches and croissants (the oven is literally behind the cashier), and the quality of pastry is just like in a real operating French bakery. Even all the ingredients are delivered from france and then made freshly in the shop, one of the staff kindly informed me. The staff was lovely and courteous. They helped me choose from the various choices they have, and explained the story about brand when I asked. Very friendly and chatty staff. Will definitely go back! If not for another brioche, croissant and cake, to just pop in to say hi to the lovely ladies working hard to create these marvellous things!

The products are remarkable and of a rare quality. I used to wish they could offer baguettes as well - simple beautiful baguettes. But after having been to the shop about 80 times, saying "hi, please, thank you, have a good day", they still treat me like utter dirt. So this is not a one-off review - its through years of customership. @Managers will you please train them??? pay them decently? stop threatening them? They look like they're absolutely miserable and want everyone to know. If you want to start the day with a smile, go elsewhere!!! plenty of choice, with very decent bakes (Oh and the staff doesnt wear masks)

I’m a local and the few time I have been, the employees were all the time rude as I rarely seen before. There is not a lot of choice unfortunately... the pain au chocolat and croissants are not good...

We called in for a quick coffee but could not resist the pastries. My daughter loved her croissant which was light and melted in the mouth. We had The Incroyable , which is meringue, speculoos biscuit whipped cream with shaved white chocolate which was sublime and so moreish. The coffee was great but the rest of the cake selection was incredible.

I always go to the Merveilleux shop every weekend- family is fan of their pain au chocolate, croissants and brioches (plain no sugar); I also time to time buy some “merveilleux”... it is an accurate and authentic copy of what you can eat and find in Paris bakery... it reminds the very first time I tasted it in Boulogne-Billancourt... I do recommend. Thanks

The coffee was not the best, but the pain au chocolat was very good. I would suggest the waiter to be a bit more polite. Cheers

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The mission: to find coffee and exceptionally sweet and yummy cake in Northcote Road Destination: a coffee shop without mummies or nannies and their little people. No noisy music. Must be accessible to my self-propelled manual wheelchair. AMdeF ticked all the boxes comfortably - yep,...

A chaque fois que je passais devant la vitrine toute les brioches m’appelais Le dernier jour je décide de faire...

Nous sommes des habitués de cette adresse , les cramiques aux pépites de chocolat sont une pure merveille , les...

French name of the shop and nothing else Frenchy in there for sure. Staff was weird, like they had a fake smile on them. We had cramiques which were fine, coffee and hot chocolate. Coffee was ok but the hot chocolate was like you were...

Oversoft overpriced macarons. A remarkable dissapointment, I got off train at Clapham Common station and found the shop isn't even in Clapham!!

I was recommended that place by a friend who was a customer of their Parisian shop. I had high expectation of the merveilleux because it is my favourite desert. When i arrived at the shop on a Saturday afternoon, there was barely any choice left,...

If you don't know what merveilleux is, it's a sandwich of two light meringues welded with whipped cream which has been covered with whipped cream. It's very sweet but wonderfully delightful.

As far as I know, cramique is a Belgian specialty. Basically it is a brioche. This one is perfectly moist, smooth, not too sweet. The chocolate one, my favourite, has dark, good-quality chocolate chips. Cramique is The speciality of the shop that does not offer...

This shop is brilliant. I love the sugary brioche called Cramique. I could eat this every day. The meringue cakes are delicious, so light. Recommended to anyone who loves to discover new French tradition from north of France

Les brioches y sont délicieuses ainsi que les viennoiseries en revanche l assortiment est triste à voir, il faut passer...

The beautiful meringues made here are coated with all manner of wonderful tasty treats and make amazing gifts. They taste great.

per i golosi del settore dolciario,consiglio vivamente di far visita a questa pasticceria,troverete le meringhe più buone del mondo! alla...

Popped in after seeing them on Time Out. Bought 4 mini merveille at £1.70 each (coffee, cherry, white chocolate, caramel). As a bit of a connoisseur of a good meringue I can assure you these were an anbsolute delight. Whisper light with light cream and...

What a treat - they now have a shop/bakery in Northcote Road, Clapham. Meringues (merveilleux) and brioche (cramique) to die for! Predominantly take-away but there are a few stools where you can enjoy a coffee and take in the wonderful aromas.