Bad Ass Cakes in Hammersmith and Fulham

Fantastic place on wandsworthbridge road! Great food, fantastic drinks, friendly staff and very reasonable prices... Welcome to the neighbourhood compass, we needed you!

Antipode is a strange place. On paper its great: its a third-wave cafe with a good selection of retail coffee, serves natural wine, and opens late serving cocktails. However, I've lived around the corner from this place and I hardly ever go in. Why? The service and the vibe service really lets this place down. The guy with the long beard (who I think owns the place) literally looks at you like you've insulted him just by walking through the door. He'll serve you and make your coffee without even making eye contact - much less actually saying anything. I don't need 5 star service when I'm getting my morning coffee, but is a simple "hello" too much to ask for? Some of the other baristas are better on the service front, but bizarrely outside of the owner I've never seen the same barista twice here. Onto the coffee, its one of the most expensive in the area, and isn't nearly as good as it should be given what beans they're using. The only real positive of Antipode is that they often have some good coffee from the likes of Nomad and Square Mile. But overall, its a shame because I really want to like this place, and I think they have all the bones to be a great coffee shop, but the service (and as a result the vibe in the shop) and the coffee really just lets this place down.

This place is an absolute treasure! Thank you, Team Donde Carlos, for bringing a little bit of Colombia to West London! 🇨🇴🇬🇧 Great food and drink. 🍲🍹 Definitely recommend and definitely will be going back. 👌

Closing down which is a real shame

Delivered as always by polite friendly driver food was hot and tasty but oxtail was quite tough unfortunately