Gadz Cafe in Islington

Good cafe but poor standard of hygiene and in these covid-19 times not acceptable sadly good pie and tea friendly service but look after your cleaniniless

After my visit to The Park Theatre which ended at 4.45 I needed a cup of tea so, avoiding the chain coffee shops, I spotted Gadz. Many people were sitting outside so it's a real community place where everyone knows everyone else. I had expected just to have a take away tea, luckily the cafe has soy milk so it wasn't black tea and, as I commented that he's using my favourite choice of Soy (Just Free from Lidl) he was scolding another customer (a young bus driver) whose mother had said it was not good. That's the thing with this cafe, everyone knows the owner, his obsession with Jeremy Corbyn {there are pictures and hanging mobiles with his face on everywhere . . a real Labour strong hold} and he talks to them irreverently but they like it. I did ask if he had an vegan cake, not expecting any, but the quality of amazing cakes on display was too much of a temptation for me and to my surprise he had some in the freezer which he brought out for me. I was delighted it was soft and gooey from being microwaved so I ate in with my tea and it would have been plated and my tea in a mug had I not ordered takeaway initially {cake £3 tea £1.20} So next time you're near the Finsbury Park bus depot, turn right into Clifton Avenue and visit Gadz for down to earth, charm and vegan chocolate cake.