belgique in Epping Forest

Belgique Café and Patisserie in Epping is a delightful spot that brings a European café vibe to the heart of Essex. Known for its stylish interiors and a welcoming ambiance, it’s a great place to enjoy a coffee or treat after a walk or day out. The patisserie selection is visually stunning, with vibrant colors and meticulous presentation that makes every dessert a feast for the eyes. However, despite the impressive display, there’s one noticeable drawback: the sweetness level. While the pastries look amazing, some of them are overwhelmingly sweet, to the point that it becomes a bit much, especially if you’re not a fan of sugary treats. This high sugar content can feel a bit indulgent, almost too much so. It would be fantastic if Belgique offered a range of semi-sweet or less sugary options to cater to those who prefer a more balanced taste. A reduction in sugar could elevate the flavors of the ingredients, allowing the natural tastes to shine through without overpowering them. The café offers an extensive drink menu, from lattes to fresh juices, which pairs well with the patisserie. The staff are friendly and attentive, and service is generally prompt. Belgique is popular among locals, and it can get busy, especially on weekends, so it might be worth planning ahead if you prefer a quieter setting. In summary, Belgique Café and Patisserie is a wonderful place for a sweet treat and coffee, but a touch more variety in sugar levels would make the experience even better for those who like their desserts less sweet.

Belgique is really great. Their breakfasts are a little expensive, but to be honest, you get what you pay for. The flavours are always absolutely amazing and absolutely worth the slightly higher prices. Not only that, but the options seem pretty healthy, too.

Not delivered but the order was marked as delivered. Fraudulent.

Lovely cafe and dessert 🎂, kids loved the ice cream. Friendly staff!

Is the 4th time I been in Epping, I I have my macchiatto ☕️ with hazelnut syrup coffee and my delicious honey cake. I love this town so amazing I can go again and again and again. BELGIQUE Café nice place great atmosphere good and friendly staff. Thank you so much to all staff. 🙏🌷🙏🌷🙏🌷

Ordered a birthday cake, our second time ordering from here and just like the first time it was delicious. I’m definitely coming back and recommend to everyone!

Wednesday afternoon nice and quiet not too busy had wonderful cake and coffee.

all good and hot but the was stone cold

This third time i been in Epping definitely I enjoy my day and my coffee in BELGIQUE COFÉ, with new cakes absolutely amazing and yummy and yummy, any one go to Epping please try to had a nice coffee ☕️ with one of amazing cakes you not gonna regret.

Absolutely great place been there many times

I have purchased many cakes and pastries over the last 7 years at belgique Epping. I travel over 25 miles from where i live in nw London I have to say that i won’t be returning the cakes i purchased today barley had any fruit in them the cream was synthetic and nothing like you sold previously

I have found my dream pastry: a Belgique hazlenut eclaire 😍. Without doubt this cafe serves the best pastries in Epping!

I ordered a tuna melt. It's classed as served hot - it was Stone cold.

Yes i rated 5 star 🌟 for the BELGIQUE COFFEE, they deserved 👏 well done it's absolutely nice and great place i like it, i live in south west, but every Sunday i like to enjoy my coffe in Epping and in special place BELGIQUE COFFEE. Very nice town very nice people's. Really nothing to say more i love this place. Thank you 🙏🌷🌷🌷

Not a relaxing experience - floor being disinfected whilst we were trying to enjoy our coffee and cake - cake still had a plastic wrapper on it! Hot chocolate was OK.

Just ordered and half was wrong

Spent £14 on a breakfast! The hash browns were soft and greasy, the mushrooms were tinned! The eggs were hard, the sausages were deep fried!!! The tomatoes were burned! And the beans were cheap! Shocking!! Never ever again

Breakfast (vegetarian) the best I've eaten.

Sunday 28th Jan. Visited Belgique in Epping whilst on our way back to pick our car up and from seeing Depeche Mode the night before at O2 London (trivia. Coincidentally David Gahan is a Epping lad). Dropped in to grab a veggie breakfast. Fantastic food. Value for money and lovely atmosphere in this cafe. I didn’t take any images of the breakfast but… perfect and has a mix of olives, hummus, tomatoes, beetroot patty, toast with fried egg, beans, mushrooms and potato hash brown. Looking at the menu and especially the deserts I can say I was tempted but the breakfast was enough ton this occasion 😉

I been in Epping for first time, i found a coffee shop there BELGIQUE COFFEE🌷woww great food very yummy 😋 nice and great atmosphere. Staff very good helpful with good service nice smile, the management there great, they at all the people around the coffee if they something, I was very happy and definitely i go back to had nice coffee and nice breakfast 🌷🌷🌷thank you to all staff and the owner great great job 🙏

Hello, i was in Epping with friends this Saturday absolutely gorgeous place great town, we visited the BELGIQUE COFFEE SHOP ☕️, nice coffee good atmosphere look like in Brussels in Belgium management great personality smiling and helpful, we had breakfast very tasty good taste of coffee the cakes fresh nice and yummy 😋 thank you for all BELGIQUE COFFEE staff, i will back again and again 🌷🌷🌷

We waited 40 minutes for a simple fry up. We had asked for certain foods to be swapped, didn't come as ordered. They forgot bacon and forgot tomatos. The food was cold when it arrived, asked for beans to be reheated - still came back lukewarm. We had asked for sauce when our food arrived as the waiter went to heat our cold beans up - the sauce didn't arrive. We had to ask again. When he gave us the sauce, he slammed it on the table. Food is expensive too - paid upwards of £40 for this breakfast. Would not recommend.

Nice breaky, veggie really good. Had great eggs royal and eggs Benedict in the past. Nice staff.

Don’t ever buy bread in this shop.It comes from France frozen and then is ‘refreshed’. I was told I don’t understand what ‘fresh’ means ! I thought if it was fresh it was baked and sold on the same day. Had bought here and it tastes stale.

Arrived at 14:10 - Original Window for Delivery from 12:40 - 13:40. Food was meant to be hot, and arrived cold.

Quelle bonne surprise 🥰 Un échange très sympathique avec le gérant. Le Afternoon tea était au top, les produits frais et généreux, et le goût à faire tomber les papilles😍 Je recommande ce café Pâtisserie à 100%

Just had an amazing lunch here with my bestie. Elegant surrounding, nice and bright. Very friendly people working there. Food freshly cooked, all tasted great. Cakes looked phenomenal but too full to try, maybe next time!

as usual, great service, really good cakes and avocado on toast, staff make you feel wanted and appreciate your customers, service with a smile

Nice place on Sunday morning to drink your coffee

Food was over an hour late and was cold. Had to throw it in the bin

The goat cheese tarlet was presented well with a little garnish. It was heated, which enhanced the lovely smell. The taste was delicious; light pastry and packed filling, but not eggs! The flat whites were quite good, even without the signature leaf on top. The cakes looked lovely and were delicious when eaten, the orange one was our favourite. The shop was made accessible by providing a portable ramp that the staff placed and removed. The music wasn't my taste.

Went in to grab a drink on my lunch break, I was told to sit down and we waited for nearly 20 minutes to be acknowledged and given a menu, the waitress ignored us completely and served the table next to us, even after trying to get her attention quite obviously as she walked towards our table and passed it she ignored eye contact, extremely disappointing and frustrating. Eventually another waitress came over to take our order, she was very friendly, she had glasses and dark hair. bearing in mind it was empty in there and this was now after waiting 30 minutes, the table that came in after us had already been served there order at this point. Won’t be going back in a hurry after that experience, normally the service in Epping food/drink places is great with no complaints. Never had issues here before, maybe it was just a bad day! Thanks!

Amazing food, coffee and friendly staff. Thank you so much for today.

Wonderful Cake. This time we chose a Parisienne and a Pistachio and Apple slice. Absolutely sublime… We love all the different flavours and textures, other favourites are the Lemon Tart, Fruit Tart, Strawberry Tart, Fruit Slice and the Frangipani are brilliant for breakfast.

Waited almost 2 hours. Was cold but well presented

Had afternoon tea at belgique epping for my daughters 13th birthday. Was pleased to hear that it's fully halal now. Sandwiches were fresh, tasty and delicious. Hot drinks were luxurious and actually came hot! Macarons and mini cakes were exquisite. A small negative would be that we found the scones slightly dry but made up for by the generous pots of clotted cream and jam!

great place for a good cake and coffee, staff are friendly , very chatty, the place is really clean. a good choice of cakes and hot food, which is always served piping hot

A wonderful, friendly spot for coffee and pastries. The sweet range is extensive and delicious, as is the breakfast sandwich. The staff are friendly and attentive, Daniel and Lauren particularly. Always a pleasure to pop in here.

Manager is rude and a disgrace also his young female assistant. They skive off early take your order and money and then won't let you eat The owner should be made aware

Excellent and prompt service. High quality coffee and food at quite a reasonable price. Well worth a visit. Cakes are well up to continental standards.

I came with a friend who loves the cakes. But we had breakfast too. Delious food and cofee. Service a bit slow between courses. But we wasn't in too much hurry. Sitting in comfy chairs. Look like the place had recently refurbished. Nice

I feel like you should try everywhere once but I wouldn't recommend coming here more than that! Everything seemed a bit of an effort, half the food on the menu wasn't available and what was there was average at best.

Beautiful breakfast rolls and drinks.. definitely recommend !

Great menu and attentive Selection of cakes for deserts is fantastic

Overpriced cakes for the size in which they come but nice once in a while

Great service and food. Milkshake was best ive had in epping😊

Saw no business hours on entrance. We entered and were given menus. Tried to order but were told kitchen closed at 4.30 so left without purchase. Would have been good to have been told about kitchen when we arrived. Disrespectful. Menu looked good, too.

I wanted to order a cake for my daughter’s graduation. I phoned the shop and spoke to a very abrupt and rude man who had no interest in customer service. It was a few minutes after 12 pm and I was told the cut-off point was 12 pm, to order a cake, I did not know this prior to ringing the shop. His attitude was so atrocious and after several minutes of trying to ask if there was any way I could get a cake from the shop, his rudeness and abruptness put me off and I told him not to bother. I got my daughters cake from elsewhere.

We were tired and thirsty after walking 11 km in the Epping Forest. We were thrilled by the beautiful display of cakes. Decided to take some home for tea. Then I spotted the freshly squeezed orange juice machine! I couldn't ask for more! It was the perfect drink for us! The Black Forest Gateau Roll was delicious! The cherries were soaked in the liquor giving the perfect flavour! I loved it!

Jacket potato not properly cooked, hard in the middle

Haven’t been for a month or so. Their response to inflation instead of raising prices and reprinting the greasy menus was to instead cut the meat parts of the portions in half. So you get these unbalanced bread heavy meals. I don’t mean light - I mean proper stingy. Count me out. Epping has plenty of alternatives now.

Moved from Woodford to Epping and quality of food between both branches is dis parable. I love the Woodford branch and the food quality there is amazing but the Epping one is like a poor relation. Quality, freshness, portion sizes are not good. I ordered bacon to go with my eggs but I could only described this as grilled wafer thin ham which was burnt to a crisp. I’ve give two stars as the staff are very polite and friendly, friendly and accommodating when I complained but just a shame each time I’ve been in I’ve had to complain about something. I would t visit here, the other branches are much better.

The quality of the food here is not great. The fresh mint tea was off and had a sourish taste as the leaves were old and tasted off. The tea cups were dirty and not cleaned properly. I had to send the cup back. The eggs that come with a "double up" option just means the top bun is added. So it's an extra £4 to add half a bun. What a rip off!

Great selection of fancy cakes and pastries - great service - well done belgique

Friendly Staff, nice coffee, however Very disappointed with the food! la petite Belgique breakfast - 1 cold strip of bacon 1 well overcooked sausage, 1 poached egg hard yolk toasted roll, had to ask for butter. Will not be revisiting!

I purchased a birthday cake for my Husbands birthday and I travelled from Cambridgeshire to pick it up. It was so lovely and light and everyone remarked how good it was. I will certainly buy again.

When they say "with salad" they mean a small salad garnish - few bits of rocket and a slice of tomato. But the French Fries were good.

I've always had great service and fresh delicious food. The mint hot chocolate drink I ordered was delicious. 5 star

Visited last week for a coffee and cake. Unfriendly staff. I sat and listed to a long, loud and aggressive disagreement in arabic between two staff (some of which I understood and really did not appreciate at all). All in all an unpleasant experiance. The cake and coffe were expensive but okay, but the overall experence was not enjoyable.

Food was on time Enjoyed the Mozzarella, Avocado, Tomato and Pesto Baguette. Very fresh.

Always hot and delicious!!! Reliable service Packaging perfect Fresh and clean

Delicious breakfast bap. Crusty roll, poached egg, bacon and sausage. Will definitely do that again.

Was delicious and delivered hot. Large portions too.

Really appreciate the great service i receive from Belgique thank you

Fabulous cafe. The food is well prepared, and the staff very friendly.

Lovely food and staff. Highly recommend.

I cant rate them highly enough, on all counts - Even my coffee was piping hot Thank you Belgique Epping!

Sat outside for tea and a snack. Dirty tables were not cleaned prior to our food being delivered. Tea was tasteless and sausages were dry and worst ever tasted. Mentioned to staff who served us and not much made of it…..won’t be

Thank you so much! It was very tasty and pleasant

Great place. Very good food, as expected from Belgique. Dog friendly also, this is Epping. I saw a a review of someone complaining about being dog friendly, but everyone has a dog in this town, what did they expect?

Admittedly did not sit in to eat, but got a selection of cakes to takeaway. The parisian being one of the best cakes ive ever tasted (me and my partner agree on this) loved it so much we went back 2 days later to get another one

This is usually a great place to eat and have a coffee, with polite friendly staff. But when they are busy the customer service is terrible, they can take a long time to get to you and when they do there is a long wait for the food, today I ordered 2 coffee's and food, the coffee's came and by the time the food came we had drunk the coffee's ordered 2 more which never came. They only had 1 waitress on the floor, the other was behind the counter. Not good today, but this is not the first time it has happened, happens regularly if busy.

Went there today .They let dogs in the Restaurant. Is this a first.You do not expect this .Not fair to customers. Never seen this before there .

The brie and avocado sandwich was very tasty and equally messy haha The lemon and coconut tart is my favorite

Excellant service, happy and obliging staffI am a regular and it is always the same very goodStaffare always cheerful

We ordered a chicken burger and burger, the buns where very dry and couldn't be eaten. The burger has very little flavor to it and overall for the cost would have expected better. Was really excited for the food but was quite underwhelmed. The chips where nice but don't think you can go wrong with them.

Great selection of fresh bread/rolls and cakes also small or large meals

I like most of the food served in Belgique Today i was sent a lemon and coconut tart which is lovely but i actually ordered the lemon and lime cheesecake

Very delicious & well presented Many thanks

Sat outside and after 30 mins of being ignored, staff came out and took the order - 40 mins after our arrival. Ordered a veggie wrap and again a long wait. Finally the waiter presented a vegetable burger with an egg on the top. With a flourish the top of the burger flew onto the floor while my friend pointed out that she had ordered a veggie wrap! We were so hungry by this time that she accepted it and he disappeared to remove the egg and replace the bun top. Mine was A Green but with no avocado and a stale bun which couldn’t be eaten as so hard. Foolishly I then bought a loaf of Pave - pricey at £3.10 but I mistakenly thought it might be something special. It was stale and another expensive mistake. The whole experience was like a scene from Faulty Towers complete with the crashing sounds of pans being dropped in the background! Nightmare experience! Beware!

Dog friendly. Lovely display of patisseries. Breakfast and lunch items on menu. Veggie, vegan and Gluten Free tems too. Service a bit slow when tables are full but staff friendly

Friendly staff good service quality coffee and cake

Came for late lunch Sat Afternoon about 3pm. Seated promptly and the waiter, a young gent was attentive and happy to answer any questions. Nothing was too much trouble. Ordered 3 coffees both at the beginning and end of lunch, 3 burgers, lamb, chicken and avocado and a vegetarian burger which my partner said was the best he had ever tasted. Finished with 3 of the best patisserie cakes ever. 2 pistachio and a lemon and coconut tart. Came for a small bite to eat over my birthday weekend and to say we walked away happy and full would be an understatement. Fantastic and will be back soon. Wish this was in my home town.

This restaurant is a joke and simply do not care about anyone!!!!

Lovely tea, coffee and cakes, helpful staff too.

Wow!!! Was working in Epping for a few days and decided to stop off here through the recommendation of a family friend for breakie, 100% worth it 👍 ordered the french toast as I was only feeling peckish and it came out in an ABUNDANCE!! It was awe-inspiring to look at and the flavours BURST on my taste buds! Wonderful and crafted by a gorgeous chef ;) The waitress suggested I try some cake so I brought 5 and only managed to eat the two, leaving me 3 for my evening snack. The galaxy was tasty and the Parisien was great!!! I would come here everyday if I could, such a shame that I live so far (lucky for my diet). The service was fantastic and the two young ladies who served me were super. the only complaint I have for this place is that I haven’t been able to cum again. I’m going to miss it until I next am able to!!

Great service. Great milkshakes.

We went for the first time today as a family of three adults and have been pleased to say this place is so good. We were greeted by phone enquiry and then in person by the most friendly staff. Seated at a table of our...

Amazing food. I always order breakfast 🍳 when I am working and they are very professional and prompt. Love their food and recommend it to everyone.

I asked the delivery person to knock and leave food on the door all they did was leave the food on the door and didn’t knock so I only know that their food was out there because of the app food was a bit cold scones weren’t that nice ordered from here before and it was pretty good but this time I’m disappointed

Great coffee eventually. Seemed to take a while before recieving it. However, was worth the wait.

We went to shop yesterday after a lovely breakfast somewhere else.Just wanted to pick a few nice slices of cake which was always fresh and tasty there...went back home and wanted to enjoy afternoon coffee with lovely treat. Forget! Sorry guys but you sold us 4 old slices of cakes.Each was out of date as sponges was hard and we found an unpleasant taste of old cream. So dissapointed by you yesterday regarding your cakes are not cheap.We bought few times before from you and cakes was always good.What happened yesterday then?

The place is now under new management and it is superb. My wife and last used this place pre pandemic and it was OK but now it is so much better. The new staff are very friendly and welcoming - we were greeted and seted...

One of my fav sports! Staff is friendly and helpful!

Went there on a Sunday afternoon looking for a dessert and found it. Took home 4 different slices to try, my little boy got a free lollipop from the staff so he was happy. Place looked clean, decor is pleasant, the counter is nicely presented, makes you wanna try everything. Belgique is not getting 5 stars from me for 2 reasons: the 4 cakes we tried were very nice but too sweet and that killed some of the flavours, second reason being the price: tad overpriced which will stop some people from coming back more often.

Cosy place. The service is prompt and the staff quite friendly. It is definitely an improvement compared to a few years ago when I last visited.

Lovely food fresh and large portions

Food was amazing, everybody loved Father’s Day breakfast. Quick delivery and lovely staff

Excellent service, super friendly and helpful staff. Good food, thank you.

So so so slow. I forget how slow this place was. Sat at a table 15 minutes and walked cakes look great if you can get one.