Dough Artisan Bakehouse in Lambeth

Wow what a place. Never have I looked forward to having lunch more - massive paninis that also taste delicious? Rare. Friendly staff and good vibes. Tunes. The full package. What the hunks from London fire brigade to stop by? They can do that too.

Cute bakery/sandwich bar. The sourdough toasties are great.

Nice staff. Rock hard cakes. I bought a pistachio brownie and it's got to be about a week old at least, flavourless and more like cake. Massive shame. 👎🏻👎🏻

best pastry i’ve had in my life (cinnamon swirl) actually cried a little bit (with joy)

Only been here twice, first time had focaccia, cappuccino and a biscoff hot chocolate, all delicious and served by a very kind person who's name I didn't get but they had a beautiful singing voice, and the second time Carina the best matcha latte of my life. Gorgeous, can't recommend enough.

No gluten free option available

The branch in east Croydon right in front of box park … Jacob 👏🏽👏🏽✨✨ amazing gentleman, great customer service skills very good man.. thank you for your service 💕💕🤛🏽✨

Good fresh bakery goods. No complaints 😃

The best almond croissants I've found in London, at reasonable prices and the same quality as actual French ones. The focaccia is delicious as well. Back in spring, hot cross buns were an absolute hit. There's always something yummy to try out!

Really disappointing smoothie and milkshakes, sickly sweet with fake flavouring

The creamiest latte I've ever had in my life! Absolutely delicious. The Cinnamon bun was really good too, I loved the good amount of frosting on it. The prices are fair for London and given the quality I highly recommend this place! The atmosphere is super chill, it makes you want to stay there and order everything they offer 😄

The staff are lovely and the food is delicious. A great spot for meeting of solo coffee or a meet with friends x

Update: The defensive-with-a-passive-aggressive-tone way this company responded to their customers shows that they don’t care about quality. My main concern when I contacted them was not that their food was not to my liking because I knew that taste was subjective. But it was of a bigger concern of whether their food had gone bad and thus the bitter taste in their banana bread! If the conversation I've had with Dough Bakehouse was testament to anything it’s that they couldn't take criticism. *** Original comment *** I cannot find their Boxpark (Croydon) listing on Google Maps so I am commenting on here instead. I just got a banana loaf and a hot chocolate. While the barista was lovely, the food and drink were terrible! Banana loaf didn't sweet at all - I suspect they forgot to put sugar in the batter! Not just that, it actually had a hint of bitter taste!!! I had 3 bites just to make sure I was not mistaken but could not finish it anymore and threw it away! Because it was BITTER! If it simply didn't taste sweet, I could have still pretended that I was eating bread. As for the hot chocolate, it was made with Cadbury's hot chocolate powder!!!! I do understand that this was not the barista's fault since this is most likely a management's decision! But making hot chocolate out from Cadbury's hot chocolate is unforgivable! Update: I originally gave five stars for the barista’s service but have changed it to one star for the ridiculous reply Dough Bakehouse gave me on Instagram. Not only were they defensive, but they also did not read my comment at all! They rebutted that their banana loaf was supposed to be “not very sweet” and was “sorry” that it’s not to my liking! but I have said very clearly that the banana loaf was not sweet at all AND was bitter, I didn’t say it was not sweet enough! For me if a pastry were “not very sweet”, then it would be just the way I would like it because I don’t like things that are too sweet!! See screenshot for their reply! Why can’t people just take responsibility instead of finding excuse? Good luck with this attitude! You don’t need to rely to me here and give me any more of your excuses!

Had wanted to visit since Carina won 'The Apprentice' in 2019. Finally went there a few weeks ago (I don't live close). Lovely bakery (can dine in too or sit outside as I did), sampled quite a few of the items: savoury pastry, carrot cake, wholemeal roll, coffee, croissant etc! Really nice to have a quick chat with Carina, many thanks!

Super convenient pop-up store in Croydon, perfect for my morning coffee! Great vibes and super affordable, too! 🌞

Lovely, friendly service and good value for money. The pastries are tasty and I like how (I think) they're lighter than those in other bakeries like Gails, which can sometimes be overly rich and heavy.

We love family run Dough. Pop in with Betsy most weeks for good coffee, a treat of some sort and we always love the friendly atmosphere and made to feel very welcome. Can’t beat the smell of freshly baked goods and the rye bread tastes just like home (Germany). Bets loves a sausage roll too. Best little coffee shop in Herne Hill. Thank you guys x

Great busy little independent bakery

Great coffee at great prices with delicious spinach and ricotta pastry. Very helpful and friendly staff. I totally recommend it.

I want to spend my money here but on multiple occasions the almond croissants have a soggy bottom? This is no good, I’ve got no alternative than to go to Gail’s

They make sandwiches to order..even if none displayed. Had the chicken Italiano with added avocado, was a bloody sensation. Creamy and delicious with olives and chicken. Do not hesitate..just go. Don’t have a picture as ate too fast ! Haha

Had a donut from here and it was delicious. The presentation in the cafe is excellent. I will be returning here again for sure. Thank you.

Great place to go don't feel like ever we're else In the area

A lovely non chain bakery and cafe. The great warmth and aroma of the bakery is a great background to the friendly cafe

Just went to their box park spot and the people serving were just so lovely. Was really nice to have a chat whilst they were making my coffee. They will be really grateful for your business and will cheer you up if you go there, they also make a delicious coffee! I remember I used to go to their shop before I would get a piercing and eat a donut when I was like 15 hahah!

Really love this place - the food, the staff, the atmosphere are all wonderful. Visit and support!

I regularly shop for at dough for lunch and they are good at offering you options if they do not have your requirement on the day. Pleasant people Tim Hudson

Super, and affordable, in Herne Hill!

Popped in for a coffe and breakfast croissant. You can only imagine what it is like to take breakfast in a working bakery, the smells are amazing. The food goes without saying was top notch. Highly recomend it

Very nice joint affordable bakery nice food. Pleasant staff

Nice little venue! Very sorry to say the pastries & cakes do not always always taste fresh! Purchased a almond croissant today which was soft, soggy, dank ~ not fresh, not good to eat!

Always good food and service here.

I've been here twice and both times services and food we're brilliant!

The bread is delicious, you see them baking it at the back and the smell is always amazing. Proper bakery, lovely staff and there’s always something different on sale at different seasons. Best bakery in the area, hands down.

My entire family are regulars, whether to buy delicious fresh bread and patisserie, have coffee or a light lunch. Tuna melts are favourites as are their tiffin bites (we consume too many of the latter than we would care to admit). The young staff here always work hard and do a good job with a smile. It is a small place and there is an area (is it for customers, the printer or for stock?) that could be dusted more regularly but in general it is clean and the loo is very generously proportioned for such a small space. Overall, we are so lucky to have this lovely independent business in the neighborhood.

Nice staff but all baked stuff I’ve had have been bang average unfortunately

Amazing place! They have a variety of sweet and savoury treat including a lot of vegan options! It's a great place to grab a light lunch or snack! They also offer a delicious dirty chai latte and energy balls! The atmosphere is great, very cool to sit under the arches inside a bakery! The staff is also nice and service is quick! Highly recommended, my favourite cafe/bakery in the area!

Banging coffee and the girl that served me was very friendly. Definitely recommend!

Popped in whilst my husband was in a nearby shop to inquire if they had gluten free bread. A harassed woman (the café had one customer) snapped that they didn’t as they only had one oven. Fair enough but it might be an idea to buy in a few products so that customers needing a GF diet can eat here with friends and family.

coffee sausage roll and brownies here were suberb! lovely little cafe to work n chat in, plus free wifi too. staff were very friendly, overall I really liked this cafe!!

Great spot by Herne Hill. Friendly and welcoming

Delicious bacon-egg bun, super fluffy hot cross buns and good coffee

Just normal. Little disappointed with the luxury sausage roll.

Lovely coffee and homemade pastries.

So I have been here on a few occasions and on every visit i have encountered some kind of issue but with them being so apologetic, i have always let it slide. I have encountered several issues with my vanilla flat white coming cold with an inch of coffee, 5 inches of froth and no vanilla, I've had what appeared to be, a dusty doughnut and to be honest, the place isn't as clean as a bakery should be. Theres dust and dirt everywhere. Today was the final insult when i put my stuff down on my seat, went to pay for my bottled water only to be asked, ‘Is that all? Only we are busy on Saturdays’. When clearly, there were other customers sitting with just drinks. If it wasn't conveniently located near the dance school, i wouldn’t have gone back after the first incident. Staff are clueless, unprofessional and lack social skills. Very disappointed.

I love the bread here, but I had a surprise yesterday when I arrived at 17:20 and it was already shut. It clearly says on the opening hours on the website that you close at 6pm every day and I've been checking this with your staff over the last few weeks to make sure that this is indeed the case on Sundays as well, which was confirmed. I don't live anywhere near Dough, so I take the tube and then walk from Brixton station. So the one star is for this experience and not a reflection of the bread, which is lovely. However, I can think of better ways of spending my Sunday afternoon. Five days later: I've just seen that you've changed your Sunday opening hours on the website to 5 o'clock. You've therefore seen this review and could not be bothered to apologise to me. Not very good, is it?

Went in for a coffee & croissant. The place could really do with a make over. It feels dated and not particularly clean. Dusty shelves and tired decor.

Lovely coffee! Taste great, good choice of milks, not overpriced. Some yummy pastries and some breakfast options available. Staff is super friendly and polite. On minus I never know when it is openning. One day it can be close at 7:40 another day it's open from 7:30

Had a pretty bad experience here unfortunately. Ordered an iced americano, oat latte, feta and spinach bake and brownie. They brought over a vanilla latte with regular milk, which they remade. Then they brought over a sausage roll instead of the spinach + feta one, I didn’t realise until after I’d had a bite as they look very similar, not great considering I’m vegetarian. Sent it back and they were apologetic, saying they’d get a feta one out instead. That was taking ages to come (considering it just needs heating up) and the brownie still hadn’t either, so asked for a refund on the food in the end, which they did give. They didn’t seem understaffed but think they were just overwhelmed and maybe a bit inexperienced. My americano was pretty good though.

I always order from these guys on Deliveroo because it’s a bit out of my way but they’re always so speedy and the food is insanely good! Thanks guys x

Gorgeous vegan cakes, lovely warm environment, great staff, will be back soon!

Below average - bought a sourdough which was just a standard bloomer loaf when you cut into it, had 2 pastries which were pretty stale and underwhelming, and coffee was nothing special

I really love this place, the bakery is amazing, and I love the coffee but I find depending on who makes it, can sometimes be quite watery and bitter, is quite hit or miss with whether it’ll be a good cup of coffee

Really worry. I went to have a coffe with my mom. We are both gluten intolerant i as very clear with the staff i wanted a gluten free brownie . It looked like the staff is not well aware of what gluten free means. She took a normal brownie . Really disappointed by the service of the staff. Allergies is a very serious affair.

Great variety of drinks, snack and sweets. The staff were friendly and welcoming, and the coffee is amazing! I’ll be back soon for sure. Highly recommend

Fair value. Friendly staff. Great biscuits and cakes. Very helpful when I need to reserve a table. The best hot cross buns ever. It has a nice buzz and you can sit outside informally too. I think it is a Hidden Gem. They also have Gluten Free options

Great coffee and well priced bread, pastries and savouries. Only complaint is that the luxury sausage roll has halved in size.

A great place with great decor, well presented and a good variety of different food options from panini’s, doughnuts, bakeries, pancakes and more. Some of the staff are great although some could be more cheeeful :)

I come here frequently and my partner and I love it. We’ve loved everything we’ve tried ❤️ thank you Dough!

Carina and the team at dough Beckenham hosted my baby shower for me! They put so much effort into making sure I was happy with everything. The whole team really looked after me and my guests, the doughnuts and drinks were amazing too! Everyone that came to the baby shower commented on how lovely it looked and how well the team had done. Thank you for an amazing celebration x

Kilka razy kupiłam chleb i był nieświeży. Ostatnio kupiłam chicken slice i po otworzeniu go w środku była pleśń, dobrze ze moje dziecko tego nie zjadło. Najgorsza piekarnia w Londynie. Nie polecam nikomu. Bardzo zle doświadczenie.

I absolutely love the food here... Probably too much. Really nice place to work for a bit. It's a real bakery which means you can see everything being made and thank the wonderful baker, but obviously means it can be a bit warm if you're sitting in in summer! Nice tunes too.

Awful. Service from start to finish was not good!

Great find ...brekki rolls n treats to die for 😋

Bought a couple cookies here today which were 👍👌

Went a couple of days ago. a very charming place with friendly staff and costumer service. the coffee was nice and so were the tarts and cakes i bought. would come back again.

We love coming to the Dough in Beckenham and plan to come to the Herne Hill's one too. It's always a good selection of different pastries, cakes, bread, including vegan and gluten free options. Our favourites are sausage roll, vegan sausage roll, cherry and almond slice, peanut butter brownie, gluten free brownie.

We bought today a piece of cake and when we got home we realized the piece was tiny. It was cut as thin as possible, and some parts of the slice were left behind. Never buying here again. Plus, the coffee machine looks very dirty and unhygienic. They should be more careful with these things and their cleanliness in general, since a lot of food is being handled at this place.

I got a sausage roll after waiting ages to be attended and I hated the fact that it was reheated on a microwave.

Rolls n bread ...simply mmmmm unfortunately, the bacon can be a tad hard after a microwave zap (depending on the server)

My neighbour was so excited after his first visit decided to try for myself. Great prices nice atmosphere. I was looking forward to a gluten free treat although options available that looked delicious the staff member advised couldn't be 100% no cross contamination. Excellent care as my allergy severe so thank you Dough I shall enjoy a beveridge after my morning swim and pass on to others this bakery/cafe which is my second favourite in Herne Hill.

Really good bread- we come here all the time! olive and jalapeno bread on weekends are particularly good. Other stuff (coffee and cakes) is fine but it is the bread (which is competitively priced for the area) that gets this place 5 stars.

Remarkable range of vegan and gluten free snacks. Pretty good coffee too.

Ordered a red velvet and a chocolate slice via deliveroo. They sent the chocolate but couldn’t even bother to contact me to let me know that they had run out of red velvet. Instead they sent the most rock hard, dry sprinkle cake. Called up only to be told by management that they “cannot see any more of the sprinkle cake left. Looks as though that was the last slice so makes sense it was dry”… Terrible.

Great focaccia and Caramel slice, prices were very reasonable too.

Very cool bakery to visit with some delicious sweet treats. Make sure you try a doughnut and hot chocolate!

Very cool bakery to visit with some delicious sweet treats. Make sure you try a doughnut and hot chocolate!

Lovely bakery and lovely coffee. Plenty of great bakery options as well as coffee and food at the beckenham branch. Some great decor and good vibes.

Very nice bread - didn't try anything else. Friendly staff

Our whole family and builders love Dough’s sausage rolls. I prefer them warmed up.

Good food, poor packaging and customer service

really nice service :) cheap prices for very good food !

Visited today after physio appointment for broken wrist, needed caffeine before I ventured home, have wanted to visit one of the Dough restaurants for a while…well it didn’t disappoint, lovely welcome and fantastic coffee, ended up having a lovely spinach & ricotta pie with a side salad which was yummy and also bought a sour dough loaf and 2 ciabatta to take home…staff were happy and friendly, served by Karl who was charisma personified. Will visit again and bring friends next time

I was sooo looking forward for lockdown to end so I could visit this coffee shop in Beckenham, I finally made it this week but I am afraid it was an experience I will not be repeating. Absolutely nothing special, the Frappuccinos were just ok, the savoury slices nothing special, the inside decor not at all inviting, garden seating extremely uncomfortable, wooden benches with very low tables meant we had to put the plates on our laps or risk a pain in the back from bending down to eat! plastic flowers made it look cheap, on the upside the staff was friendly and the owner very attentive. Prices OK, but because it was not a particularly enjoyable experience it seemed rather pricey.

I've been meaning to try this absolute gem of a shop for a while and I am so pleased!.I ummed and arrred for a long time passing by this lovely place when finally yesterday I stumbled in and brought some magnificent cake treats!!!😋Excellent high quality place,decent prices,yummy cake treats and excellent customer service!I will be back in the not so distant future for another trip to Dough Artisan for some more treats I cannot wait,thank you once again. Kind regards Darius

Couldn’t find a page for the Beckenham branch but I could not give you guys a review and shoutout. Popped in today with my mum on a little shopping trip. We both had the cherry and rhubarb cake and it was absolutely fantastic! Moist, buttery and jam packed with cherries and rhubarb. The sponge was as light as a feather! Took away a beef Pattie for my fiancé and a selection of cakes, he loved everything! But honestly guys, everything looks amazing!! The chap that served us was delightful and we will definitely be returning!

Very poor quality cakes and bread. Certainly not artisan! I've tasted far better bread and patisseries in Sainsbury's etc. and which are cheaper. The so called 'brownie' was a tasteless slab of cheap shop-bought-tasting cake, certainly not a brownie. The cherry and rhubarb tart had a tiny piece of rhubarb in it and tasted shop bought. The items lying about on the counter look cheap as if a child has made them, and judging on the other experiences here, will likely taste shop bought too, not way homemade. Seems like an Alan Sugar publicity stunt with a tacky backyard serving goods that are tasteless, and certainly not baked by anyone with a good knowledge of luxury ingredients. What a shame...

Yes yes yes my new favourite place shhhhhh.

Just bought the worst almond croissant ever from Dough. It was a soggy mess. Basically inedible.

Love the spicy chicken sandwich literally the best thing on your menu and your delicious donuts. I order via deliveroo and its always so great

It's just a really uninspiring place to eat. If I can find better at m and s then you can do better

Lovely bakery with lots of great vegan pastries -I was spoilt for choice!

We come here often for a treat. The vegan pastry and sweet options are great and we particularly love the vegan flapjack - best flapjack I’ve ever had, so gooey with loads of dried fruit and choc chips! However I don’t think there are any meat or dairy free sandwich filling options which would be a great addition for a more substantial vegan meal :-)

Sausage roll and flat white are superb

Being located in Germany, I ordered some cakes for my brother's birthday who lives in London. The ordering via deliveroo was unproblematic and Dough's bakehouse made sure my brother got his delicious cake and they even included a sweet b-day wish for him in the package :) THANK YOU VERY MUCH DOUGH'S BAKEHOUSE!

Rainbow Cake was great, not too sweet. The bread we got was also good quality, just wish there was shop near Bromley.

The products are very good however customer service varies.

Lovely place to sit down and have a quick bite to eat and nice and friendly staff always happy to help and have a chat 😊

The food is to die for! The pasties are amazing, the vegan luxury roll is incredible! And the flat whites are lovely

This place is class, highly recommend the LUXURY sausage rolls!!!! I was served with by a member of staff named Jade, she was extremely helpful & very content!