Cafe Jumo in Kensington and Chelsea

Hice un paseo a propósito, de casi veinte minutos, para visitar Jumo, emocionado por su encanto y lo que pensé que sería una gran hora de café, esbozando ideas y disfrutando de mi última mañana en Londres. En cambio, al entrar, me recibió una mirada reacia del caballero detrás de la caja registradora que desencadenó una experiencia desagradable que podría estar a punto de comenzar. Respondí con cortesía y pedí un Americano y me fui a sentar entre tres abiertos dos superiores. Rápidamente se acercó y me pidió que me moviera para que cuatro personas pudieran sentarse juntas... en el café que estaba medio vacío. Cumplí sin discusión. Tomando un sorbo de mi Americano, me acomodé y saqué mi 10. iPad de 5” para caer felizmente en mi imaginación y bosquejar ideas cuando inmediatamente vino por segunda vez. “No hay portátiles los fines de semana”, anunció con débil alegría en su sonrisa. Le recordé que no era una computadora portátil y noté teléfonos grandes encima de cada mesa ocupada. Él respondió: “No tenemos espacio para escribir cada tipo de dispositivo que prohibimos en el letrero”. Sin embargo, había mucho espacio para decir “portátiles o tabletas”, pero no lo hizo. Sus acciones y comportamiento se sintieron inequívocamente dirigidos a acosarme a mí, la persona negra singular, o persona de color, en el café. Tuvo éxito. Fue una bofetada de barro sucio en toda mi mañana lo que me llevó a pasar tiempo redactando esto en lugar de crear un nuevo personaje increíble o un mundo lleno de maravillas para que mis lectores lo exploraran. Pero tal vez compartir esta experiencia era su objetivo, así que corrí la voz. Terminé mi café y me fui, arropado a dos cuadras de distancia en Montparnasse Café, donde una niña pequeña jugó en su iPad con su mamá y papá entre un conjunto de mesas casi completamente lleno, mientras llenaba dos páginas con grandes ideas en mi propio iPad. Su personal no entregó más que sonrisas cálidas y delicioso té.

Had a great brunch as a family here. Lovely little place, with great food and very friendly service. Beautifully decorated too. The scrambled eggs on toast with smoked salmon on top was super delicious and the portions were really generous. As a bonus we were even able to park right in-front. (Went on a Sunday). Would highly recommend and will definitely come back.

Food and service was ok, nothing to write home about. Asked if their was wifi, they did not have any, hard to believe that in 2023 a Cafe doesn’t have wifi.

Small cafe serving nice food & coffee, quick service & friendly staff. One scrambled eggs & avocado on toasted sour dough bread & the other (perfect) poached eggs on toasted sour dough bread. Both very tasty & enjoyed.

Small cosy cafe just off Kensington High Street, with homely decor and a varied menu.. nice friendly staff and great service. The food was amazing .. the poached egg on sourdough toast was one of the best I have tasted .. we also tried the cream cheese and salmon bagel which was also very good 👍🏻

Best smashed avocado and poached eggs! Absolutely delicious. Charming staff who remember me and my order, give treats to my dogs, a warm smiling welcome every time. Great coffee too. Highly recommend.

You will be kicked out if you tries to stay a bit longer than 20 minutes. The worrest cafe in London

Terrible cafe - average coffee, and the staff extremely rude. Do not go there if you want to work for a couple hours. Ordered my 2nd coffee and was told 10 mins afterward did I want to order food because there were other customers

Ottimo piccolo locale a Kensington dove fare una buona colazione inglese, tanti tipi di caffè, splendido avocado toast, gustoso yogurt.

What a gem of a place. Literally had the best scrambled egg and smashed avocado on sourdough EVER! Really friendly staff too. I’d be tempted to go every day, if I didn’t live in Buckinghamshire!

I was fooled by the pictures on Google map showing the sockets in this cafe. I should have read all the negative reviews before visiting this place. The owner's response to Andrea G (their "tiny suggestion" of asking customers to go somewhere else because they hate people who would like to use a bit of WiFi in a cafe) reflects how they would treat their customers. If you try to work there you would be frowned upon quite badly. There are many people like me who are struggling with working from home and would like to stay and work in a cafe to enjoy the vibe for one or two hours when the cafe is no busy and has penty of empty tables. We are visiting your cafe to support small business. But the owner said in one of their replies below "go to those big chain cafes". If they only welcome certain groups of people, it would be great to put up some sign saying "no laptop" or "no working". Then I wouldn't have walked into this place. Besides, awful coffee.

Best brunch in London! Great service, easy atmosphere and a true love of food. Will most certainly be coming back.

I visit this cafe Sundays with friends and family for a quick catch up after Church. The artisan coffee ☕️ is great and croissants 🥐 nice and fresh.

I visit this place often. The coffee and food is excellent quality the staff are very kind and nice to deal with. This is also my family’s favourite place we walk a long way passing many cafes to have coffee and breakfast here. I very much recommend this place.

Når vi rejser prøver vi st undgå at spise især morgenmad på hotellet. Ofte er det dyrt og ikke altid specielt godt. Til gengæld kan vi lude at besøge små lokale steder - som Jumo. Flere burde gøre det sammen. Ikke alene er maden god. Den er frisk og veltilberedt. Betjeningen er til at dø for. Familen - ? der driver den er så søde. Så venlige. Så imødekommende. Stedet er ikke stort men det er hyggeligt. Meget hyggeligt. Klart et sted at man bør besøge. Kan kun give de bedste anbefalinger.

Unfriendly staff with a poor attitude. Tried to charge me £3.60 for a £3.20 flat white. Apparently, it's a service charge (I had to ask why the price difference, this wasn't volunteered) levied even though I was standing at the counter (is pouring a coffee deemed to be service?!) and I was only buying a coffee (I know service charge is slowly creeping into the UK, but surely not just for a coffee!). I asked for the service charge to be removed. Apparently, the server saw offence in this, because my mug was changed for a takeaway paper cup, even though I had already said I was sitting inside. So because I refuse to pay for service when there isn't any I can't have a proper coffee cup?! Really?!

Was super excited to tuck into my smoothie and study in Jumo’s lovely interior, but was told as soon as I got my laptop out that computers weren’t allowed during weekends. I am familiar with this (very irritating) policy as I’ve seen other cafes do it. I understand on weekends when it’s busy companies want to encourage as much business as possible, but on this particular occasion the cafe was almost empty. The waiter did not offer any solutions apart from suggesting I leave. This is really not good enough and looks poor on your business. What is the difference between me being on my laptop and another person reading at another table? As a paying customer, it’s really upsetting that the situation was handled this way. Sadly, I won’t be coming back in a hurry.

Food was lovely, however one of the staff was rude in my response to my simple question of whether it was ok to change my 5 month old son in the cafe, or if she knew anywhere in the area that I could do so. My partner and I are not local to the area and felt that she was being very rude for no reason. Told me to “speak louder” - which is so ignorant considering I did not want other diners to overhear the conversation. She also had very negative facial expressions for the duration of the conversation, and at the end simply shrugged me off. Such a let down as we spent c. £40 here just to be let down by an ignorant and snobby member of staff.