Holland Park Cafe in Kensington and Chelsea

I did not expect to be upset by visiting Daisy Green restaurant in Holland Park. I went to investigate the new restaurant with a view to using it regularly if it turns out to be as good as it sounds. Ordered my take away coffee, and was offered a card machine to pay. It turns out, you only take cards. I was furious. You won't take my money ????? I had about £200 with me. So there are 3 million people in the UK who don't have bank accounts, let alone credit cards. This is for many many reasons. Some of which is that they are vulnerable or have had financial difficulties. They are not pariahs , but according to you they are. So you are an exclusive establishment. You only serve those who suit you ? Then there is the fact that you are encouraging banks and credit card companies to hold you , and therefore us to ransom. Once cash is not used in society, they decide how much to charge you for taking their card payments .... and who will ultimately pay ? US, the customer. You and other businesses are responsible for this . Trust me, once there is no choice you will HAVE to pay what they want. Many companies are now refusing Amex cards because of this exact reason. Do you not realise that once there is no cash in society , they will all work together ??? You won't take my money , my legal tender, the money I might give to my grandchild when they start to learn to go up to the counter with money to gain confidence and learn how it works, or maybe it's their pocket money ? oh but how can they spend their pocket money ....you have to get a 5 year old a bank account with a card for them to tap ? learn about change and what money they get back ? no need I suppose . So i will not be coming back, not to buy a take away OR use the restaurant. I have a company that helps and supports clients in the area. Well they are not going to be guided and referred  to you. One of whom had seven children up to 25 years old and lives very close by, I will explain my thoughts to them. I did not expect to come to the park and was upset this morning. Not something I will forget. My thoughts will be shared on Google ( I am told by them that my reviews have reached tens of thousands of people , though i find that hard to believe). Ive just looked at your reviews and it looks like other people have had their own disappointments. There are FB groups encouraging people to boycott companies who don't take cash. I myself am a member of one of them and am obliged to share.  I will be writing to my MP and giving your company as an example. In fact I may as well just cc him and perhaps the local council who i presume rent the property to you? Yikes on googling who owns it, Tripadvisor came up and there are also some negatives about your new establishment.  Perhaps you could rethink your policy Daisy Green and consider reading some of the other reviews. It doesn't look like it will take too much for you to improve your reviews. The Holland Park Cafe is important to SO many people , it is a precious resource. You are letting us all down, being a part of changing our society and how the banks control us .

I go to this café often, but the last time I went a few days ago with my friends for coffee and pastries, the staff's behaviour was very strange. After half an hour waiting NO ONE came to our table to take our order, and one of us had to go directly to them to ask them to come and take our order. This happened several times while we were at the café. They completely ignored us. This will be the last time my friends and I go to this place. What a shame.

A good supper of beef shin Red Pasta mafalda and Australian banana prawn pappardelle with a friend last Saturday evening on the outside terrace at the revamped Holland Park Cafe, recently reopened as a full Daisy Green chain restaurant. It looks across to playing fields, has the splendid Holland Park Opera alongside, and the old cafe's chess players are still at their tables. With very friendly staff, its only disadvantage is it shuts early - last orders at 4pm Mon and Tues and 7.30 pm other days

The old cafe has been abandoned. Now,It’s the only “cafe”in where you have to wait to be seated. Inside it is pretending to be a restaurant. What happens in the winter when we just want a tea?

So stumbled across this place as we were attending the Opera and I must say that it’s a stunning location and the service was impeccable. Staff were really helpful and friendly. Food was great tasting and reasonably priced. We will definitely come back and highly recommend this place to our friends.

30 minutes and nobody came to pickup the order. Still waiting. Its a very nice place , affordable prices, nice food but no trained staff. They are completely overwhelmed

The only thing going for this cafe is its location. Toasted cheese sandwiches were a disgrace. Tasteless cheese slapped between two slices of cheap white bread and served by disinterested staff. Surely they can do better than this?

We'd ended up in the area and decided to check out the park, then decided to stop for a drink and a snack. The place felt a little small given the one-way set up due to Covid. There was hand sanitiser readily available and the person on the till was nice and polite. The drinks and cakes were fine. We preferred to sit outside - it'd been raining on and off so the table was damp, but luckily the seating had been tipped up to keep it dry. We cleared up after ourselves and that was that. Nothing spectacular, but not bad, either.

None of the pastries at the counter were vegan, which is shocking in this time and age. I asked to have a dark hot chocolate instead but the chocolate powder they use isn't vegan. After that, I was dismissed by the staff and he started taking orders from other people. He could have at least offered me an alternative? Bear in mind, if you want soy milk it's 45p extra, which is outrageous.I took a small bottle of iced tea from the fridge at a knock-down price of £4.75. How is this justifiable?Also the tables under the arches stank of piss.

An opportunity wasted! No-one seems to care or take responsibility.Went to Holland Park with the family early on a Sunday afternoon. Queued for ages hoping for a simple warm meal at lunchtime - as the signs advertised at the entrance to the queue. Finally got to the counter to be told they weren't serving any hot food that day. The cold selection was very limited and unless you wanted ketchup with a tuna salad, there was nothing else to make the bland food appetising.The staff can't be blamed but where was the management? It doesn't take much imagination to change the signs at the entrance to say "no hot food today" or to put a simple menu showing what is available. This would at least prevent some of the obvious frustration of anyone who also queued for ages, only to find nothing suitable at the counter.In addition, there are plenty of tables outside but most were taken up by middle aged men playing board games - bypassing the queue and not buying anything from the cafe.The location is so good and the cafe could be exceptional - it's just that no-one seems to care.

A bit of a shadow of its former self in these challenging times. Serving take away drinks and comestibles only only one staff member was on hand leaving many potential customers to give up queuing for a tea in a plastic cup or find half a plastic table on a patio outside at which to drink it.

Demasiado caro, de mala calidad, con un servicio no particularmente agradable. Podría ser mucho mejor, pero aprovecha enormemente (tal vez abuso) de la audiencia cautiva con probablemente mayores ingresos disponibles. 3. 25 por pequeño de jugo de manzana concentrado. "Barista" hace un blanco mate que se parece más a un café pobre (sin información sobre la fuente de los granos) con leche caliente de regaño.En total, 19 por cuatro pasteles simples, tres bebidas simples. . . indignante.

Un lugar realmente antiguo para relajarse y descansar, estaba mirando una hermosa palmera mientras me relajaba después de un largo paseo por el parque, este lugar tiene una masa de 54 acres, y créanme después de todo que quieren relajarse.Aquí hacen bocadillos básicos y bebidas calientes, pero si buscas más, mira a la vuelta de la esquina, tienen un restaurante lleno de platos.Echale un vistazo.

Este café podría ser tan increíble pero está mal administrado. El interior está en mal estado y se siente muy incómodo. No hay baños en la cafetería, tienes que usar los públicos a pocos minutos a pie, que son realmente sucios. Hace mucho frío afuera, pero dentro del café también hacía frío. El café está bien pero la comida es muy básica. El bollo estaba rancio, urgh. Afortunadamente, tomé el almuerzo para mi hijo, ya que no había forma de que hubiera comido nada. Una oportunidad desperdiciada.

休みの日の昼下がりに，ゆっくりとお茶をするには最高の場所．ぜひ行ってみてください．屋外にもたくさんテーブルがあるし，屋内もあるので，天気が悪い時もいいかも．

The place is not terrible but It’s disappointing as this cafe could be so much more with the beautiful park at its door step. The place looks poorly managed, there is litter on the terrace, the staff look disinterested, the man at the till hardly spoke English and got our order wrong. I really don’t understand how people managing places like this are so clueless. The name of the cafe is Holland Park Cafe by Cooks and Partners - if cooks and partners sent someone here to overhaul the staff and renovate a little it could be a lovely little cafe.

Cuatro de nosotros nos detuvimos aquí hoy para un almuerzo rápido. Todas las mesas exteriores estaban manchadas de comida y básicamente estaban sucias, tuvimos que limpiar una. El café era sabroso pero los bocadillos envueltos eran insípidos y secos. Mis gambas eran pequeñas, tanto en tamaño como en cantidad, y creo que la salsa Marie Rose se había evaporado. La mala calidad y la administración deben considerar esto y la limpieza de su sitio. Dos estrellas simplemente por el entorno agradable.

Two years ago I wrote a scathing review of this cafe. Today we were in the park and decided to give it another go - big mistake. My wife decided to have a pre packed sandwich and I picked a cello wrapped sandwich with a sticker saying hand made. My wife’s sandwich was just about ok but I was shocked when I opened my sandwich. It consisted of two dry slices of bread, three slices of cheddar cheese, the type you would buy from a supermarket, and one thin slice of tomato. Unbelievably when I took my sandwich back I was asked ‘do you want butter on your bread?’ as if I was asking for something unusual. He took it away and got it buttered. I was speechless. Needless to say we will never use this cafe again.

Lovely setting, plenty of seating and nice coffee. However, despite mentioning soya as available on the menu, the only choice was skimmed or semi-skimmed milk. This was at 11:00 in the morning so no excuses !

This place used to be wonderful when it was an Italian cafe with great food. Now it's really disappointing. It's changed completely. The coffee was horrible and bitter, and served in take-away cups "because we're closing in one hour". How non-ecofriendly is that? We won't be back.

Lovely spring day so we walked from Hammersmith to Holland Park to have coffee at this Cafe. Whilst I sat at the table outside the others went in to get the cappuccinos and it took a long time. Then we tasted them in their paper cups and thought - what???? It was just tasteless crap like a very weak latte. Total waste of time but we did enjoy the walk.

Muy buen lugar PERO servicio super lento. El camarero se supone que nos da tres porciones de helado y hasta que hizo el segundo, el primer niño terminó de comer. Más una porción de pala se parece a la tercera parte de la porción. Mira la imagen que está después de la primera lamida, más nada dentro del cono. ¡Una broma! Estaba a punto de llamar al gerente, pero no quería quedarse en el calor. Incluso hice un comentario de que esto no es una primicia completa, ¿la mitad como máximo, así que el camarero agregó una cucharada de té de helado? ¡Seriamente! Prefiero caminar a Notting Hill Gate y conseguir un gelato decente.

We ate the Earth Bowls for £7.95 per person, which were delicious! Beetroot, baby pickled radish, onion, asparagus, quinoa and roasted peppers, drizzled in a lovely humous-like sauce. Kept us filled all afternoon. Watch out for the pigeons in the garden area, which guests are under instruction not to feed!

My last day in London is when I found this small cafe. I'm vegetarian so I ordered the vegetarian breakfast (even though it was lunchtime). There was so much food I could not eat it all - and every single bit of it was meat/meat drippings free. Good food. So wish I'd found it sooner.

The Holland Park Cafe is a cosy little Place in the Heart of Holland Park.

El Holland Park Caf es un lugar maravilloso para descansar entre su visita al museo, las visitas turísticas y el paseo por el parque.

Grupo de 12 fuimos a este café de aspecto agradable para un desayuno de resaca. Hacemos cola y comenzamos a ordenar / pagar nuestros desayunos "todo el día". Absolutamente bien para los primeros 11 de nosotros, luego, cuando llegan a mí al final de la cola, me dicen 'lo siento, la cocina está cerrada ahora, pero hay panqueques si lo desea'.

A lovely cup of coffee in a very beautiful location. Highly recommend spot to call in if you’re visiting the oasis of tranquility that is Holland Park

Went yesterday, Monday for a bite to eat at lunchtime. The mugs of tea where nicely generous however we were underwhelmed by the tired sandwiches and lemon cake. No drizzle there and dry enough to go back. This was readily replaced along with the prawn sandwich dated two days previously. We were offered a free coffee to make up for it by the very nice staff. The impression we got was that much of the food on offer had been hanging around over the weekend and although within the best by date was well past it. Maybe don’t go on a Monday.

Lovely cafe in lovely park. I found the staff to be friendly. Good value for the location. They have a children’s menu too. I bought a veggie breakfast, soup and water for around £10. Will go again

We went here on a lovely March day and were able to sit outside! The coffees were good, as were the pastries. Efficient friendly service. Nice seatings areas inside and outside. In the centre of the park!

We stop in here a lot during our walks in Holland Park. Good basic bacon a and eggs or a sandwich with tea or coffee.

Not the best coffee I had, but the location is unbeatable. So, enjoy a cappuccino at Holand Park cafe. They also have nice cakes. Take your time, rest, and explore the park further .

Sehr gutes Café im Herzen des Holland Parks. Das Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis ist fair und das Essen sehr lecker. Der Park ist einer der Schönsten in London. Das Full English Breakfast kann ich nur empfehlen.

Lleno de recuerdos tan maravillosos disfrutando de agradables paseos dominicales en Holland Park. Todo bien hasta que no tuvo más remedio que visitar Holland Park Cafe. ¡Servicio extremadamente lento e impersonal, como si el personal fuera penalizado por sonreír! , mala comida, todo mal, pero es un precio que vale la pena pagar para que tu perro corra por ahí (¿dije que corriera por ahí? ¡Me refería a la correa!)

Something isn’t working here. Never waited so long for a coffee. This place should be so much better!

Me resistía a detenerme aquí debido a muchas de las críticas negativas. Sin embargo, vine por un capuchino y un bollo para sentarse mientras mi esposo salía a trotar en el parque. El capuchino era muy bueno y el bollo también. No es un lugar elegante, pero está bien detenerse, relajarse y comer algo. La cafetería también vende refrescos, sándwiches, ensaladas, magdalenas, frutas y té.

Me sorprendió el tiempo que tardó en ser atendido.

Después de visitar el asombroso museo Leighton House, fuimos a tomar un café a esta cafetería, que habíamos visto antes y admiramos la ubicación. Afuera es bastante pintoresco sentado debajo de la arcada, menos por dentro, ya que se parece más a una cantina, ¡un poco desalmado! Aunque parecía tener más personal que clientes, de alguna manera parecían un poco distraídos y separados del planeta ... ¡la Tierra! El muffin de chocolate y el brownie no estaban tan mal, ¡pero el capuchino era en realidad un café con leche sin espuma cremosa! Dos de las sillas donde nos sentamos estaban sucias y, teniendo en cuenta que no faltaba personal, no había excusa.

Nice setting but shame it’s decked out like a high school canteen.

Great Park in central London, beautiful surroundings, but the most appalling cafe service possible. It is run by worst management. You will wait and wait and wait while usually, only one person serving regardless of the queue. They tend to close early too. Also prices are more then you would expect from a place like this. I don't know who runs this company but sincerely hope that one day they lose the lease and let more enthusiastic people run this place. I am not blaming young people working there., it is managed with a bad attitude.

We only stopped for coffee whilst walking our dogs, it took for ever to be served, took ages to make the drinks, £1.75 for a tea bag in a cup of hot water, no teapot! We sat under the arches, still had the previous day's food on the floor, tables dirty, and we were surrounded by cigarette ends. Maybe sweep up each morning would make the area more appealing.

Stopped here for a coffee one Sunday morning despite first impressions. Outside tables surrounded by leaves and pigeons, fingerprints on glass doors. Inside kitchen visible from the queue and did not look tidy. Staff by 4 or 5 people none of whom looked very interested. The menu did however show a bit of thought. We opted for paper cups in view of hygiene concern. People who ordered food seemed to wait a long time.

ケンジントンのおしゃれな地域にあるカフェだと期待すると、きっとがっかりすると思いますが、公園を歩いてちょっと休憩したいなと、小腹を満たすのには最適です。暑い日にはアイスもありますし。お値段もそこそこなので、このカフェを目指してはいけません、たぶん。

I've visited a couple of times now and it's a nice little cafe, standard things on the menu, prices slightly at a premium. Building works out the front for a long time but have finally finished, and the new seating area is better than before! Lovely staff, always very friendly!

Paramos aquí como un pequeño capricho. Pedí a la persona que sirve los pasteles en pantalla lo que eran y me dijeron para leer la etiqueta. Había leído la etiqueta para una tarta que tenía una etiqueta, pero estaba equivocado. El personal aquí parece no conocer la diferencia entre un bizcocho victoria y un pastel de zanahoria. Ella insistía que era un bizcocho victoria y después me dijeron para probarlo y hacerle saber. Como se esperaba fue el pastel de zanahoria y un bastante malo en eso (en seco). No fork dado, no cubiertos para ser visto. Considero re unirse a la cola, pero ya estaba harto, así que fui a por ella con mis dedos. Croissant estaba seco y Pepsi apenas frío. Mesas de exterior no se mantienen limpias. En general, una experiencia decepcionante. Podría estar mucho mejor. No volveremos.

Unfortunately this place is so unkept dirty. Management here is so poor. Trash on the floor, dirty tables and chairs. Staff are not interested. This could be a "Gem" for Holland Park as it's a wonderful park but it's simply neglected. They are spending so much money renovating the area but if their is not management to keep it looking clean and smart why go. There are plenty of other cafe's that are clean and have pride.

I stopped in here one day while walking through Holland Park. I loved the staff here, they couldn;t do enough for me and the service was excellent. I would definately recommend this nice little Cafe.

Como han dicho otros, teniendo en cuenta que la ubicación de este sólo se puede describir como una oportunidad perdida. Si alguna vez nos sentimos nostálgicos por el una infame "sándwich", British rail está viva y bien (o no muy bien, dependiendo de cómo se mire) en la cafetería de Holland Park. Los bocadillos son de los más baratos los ingredientes disponibles en el mercado hoy en día (creo que el más barato el pan del supermercado que te puedas imaginar, queso y jamón, etc.). El director ha decidido claramente su modelo de negocio. A diferencia del café en un lugar como el parque de Rickmansworth, que se enorgullece en todo comida casera y bien presentado, la Holland Park Cafe obviamente ha decidido que conseguir suficiente footfall cualquier sirven, así que hemos decidido servir comida que es poco comestible. A juzgar por algunas de las críticas de cómo el café es ocupado en ciertos días que obviamente trabaja para ellos. Es una pena, eso es todo. Sin duda, no pensamos volver. Mi consejo es que comprar un paquete de comida de uno de los numerosos cafés y tiendas cercas en los alrededores antes de entrar en el parque y tomar la comida con usted y tener un picinc.

Title says it all- would be perfect if they got a decent coffee machine- the food looked amazing with healthy ingredients- and location second to none- lovely view - could see a peacock or two

On a hot sunday you have to expect to be busy and whether this cafe is understaffed, have incompetent staff or have inadequate facilities, the service was simply rubbish.

El servicio era brusco hasta el punto de ser descortés. Pidió un cuchillo los restos de algunos contenidos otras comidas y el reemplazo fue siempre con la misma gracia y mal sin una disculpa. Ambos cafés sirvieron tibia pero no tienen la valentía de quejarse. Evitar si es posible. Sandwich estaba bien y ambos bollos bien.

We were cold after a visit to the Uzbek embassy to apply for a visa, so popped in for a hot drink and a snack. There were three people in front of us, but it may as well have been thirty. Service was EXTREMELY slow. I asked about gluten free snacks and was told they did have an almond cake but it was ‘not ready’. The waiter went to check and came back with two dry looking cakes on a plate of with which he confirmed were not ready. How this helped me I am not sure.

Such a shame that in such a unique location coffee and food are both so disappointing. Brownies taste like supermarket already made mixture (where is the chocolate...?) and cafe latte is almost better on the motorway... It doesn’t need much to improve the experience, just...

Friendly, warm and welcoming staff, floor could be have been cleaner and the food was pleasant enough.

We were with a group visiting the lovely park and called in here for a light lunch. The panini that my wife had was truly horrible. The Mortadella was a slab of spam with a couple of pistachios inserted and the cheese bore little, if...

Ci sono andato durante una sosta presso lo splendido parco di Holland vicino Kensington. Nota dolente : è stato l'unico...

That was only good weather here. Sad to get here anybody. Nothing else to say . Very unprofessional and slow service.

Binnen Holland park is er dit café. De bediening is niet top maar de sfeer is zeer relaxt en je kan genieten van de stilte van het park.

Llegamos a la cafetería a las 11:40 am emocionado por la perspectiva de un "desayuno durante todo el día anunciado fuera de la cafetería. Cuando vinimos a pedir nuestra 'todo el día' Desayuno nos dejaron horror a ser informado que el 'todo el día' desayuno no estaba disponible hasta la cocina abrió sus puertas a las 12 del mediodía. Cómo uno se espera que esperar para romper una rápida hasta el mediodía. Entonces me pidió un moka, que no se realizó hasta tres bebidas que eran clientes (después de mí) habían sido elaborados. Finalmente, mi padre pidió la pea, geriátricos y menta sopa, en la que él estaba sorprendido (como todos) para descubrir un grupo de bastones a sumergidas, encajada la sopa. Esto no estaba anunciado.

No puedo creer que algunas de las malas críticas aquí! Estas personas están revisando el lugar correcto? Un bonito, un oasis de descanso en medio del hermoso Parque Holland: estado viniendo aquí durante años y me encanta. Gran café, pasteles y comidas ligeras. Hoy para el almuerzo nos sentamos afuera y tenía brochetas de cordero inglés, bien tierna, perfectamente cocinada y sazonada; con un delicioso ensalada cálida cuscús, una ensalada mixta muy bien vestidos, una ensalada de remolacha y pedido tzatziki. 8. 50 cada uno. Precioso y muy razonable. La última noche que pagamos más de 100 libras para una comida mucho más inferior con un servicio terrible. El Café como siempre Holland Park en su manera clave restaurado nuestra fe en restaurantes de Londres!

Holland Parkの公園内にあるカフェでとてもゆくっりできたのと公園もとてもいい雰囲気でおすすめ

Los visitantes a Holland Park son generalmente atraídos a este lugar que está situado dentro del parque. Un gran lugar para tomar refrescos y siéntase renovado. El lugar no es demasiado grande - básica pero la comida es buena. Personalmente me gustaría venir aquí para una buena taza de té y bollos. Los precios están bien.

Este café debería ser tomada por alguien que es un apasionado de la comida y un buen café. No puedo creer que no es dirigido por la mejor ubicación de primera.

Was told by Waiter Burger is homemade. Later she changed it to 'cook will put from the packet into oven' Meat has absolute disgusting taste and I should have gone down the Road to 'BYRON'S Propper Hamburger' and would have saved even 1.50 Pound.Pigeons came somehow into a restaurant and ate bread from the floor.Posh Area but very poor food - can't recommend at all. Complaint to waitress but she did not do anything.

Self service cafe with a good selection of sandwiches, pastries and good coffee. Wifi is available and the setting in the middle of Holland Park is really really nice.

A long queue and at least one person had their order forgotten. Cooked breakfast actually very nice and not bad value at £6.25. Contemplating tea and a cake but not prepared to queue for another 15 mins

I went in today to grab a quick coffee for myself and my wife. I waited in the queue to be served by the lady on the till, but a guy came out of the kitchen area and served a guy who was not in the queue! I didn't say anything because I was about to be served, but when the lady said "who's next to be served?", I said I was.She said no I wasn't and started looking at the other people around their very disorganised counter, until the guy queuing behind me backed me up and confirmed I was next.I even told her that I was there before the guy they've served in front of me, but they didn't care.The coffee was terrible as well! I will never go back!

Την τελευταία μέρα των διακοπών μας αποφασίσαμε να πάρουμε το πρωϊνό μας κάπου έξω! Τότε βρήκαμε μέσα στο Holland Park (που ειναι καταπληκτικό πάρκο), το Holland Park Cafe! Μία πολύ όμορφη καφετέρια, με καταπληκτικό καφέ, όπου μπορείς να φας ωραία κρουασανάκια, μηλοπιτάκια, κουλουράκια ακόμη και τοστ ή σαντουιτς!Πολύ καλή επιλογή!

nice to have tea and dessert herecheap pricesgood servicenice foodgreat locationvery good friendly staff

Admittedly it was a very warm March Saturday and there were lots of people in the park but the cafe was really understaffed.Firstly there was a very long queue to get served then a further slightly shorter queue to wait for the coffees to be made. The prices are high for very average food and the paper cups were too small - even for tea. The first chair I sat on was broken and had I not been more agile I could easily have tumbled to the floor. There were overflowing rubbish bins and uncleared tables that were a magnet for the pigeons.Then my wife found an unidentified hard object (possible bone) in her tuna sandwich. They did refund her money but tried to convince her it was a piece of tuna skin.It's a shame when the cafe is set in such lovely surroundings.

The coffe , tea and cakes were very acceptable and we were lucky enough to be able to sit out in the sun

We went during a rainy day so the cafe was a saviour of the day. There were many outdoor seats but I suppose on a sunny day it would be awesome. I'm giving 3 stars because the coffee would be really good if they use a barista instead of coffee machine. All in all nice cafe, just that the coffee could've been better.

After wandering round the park, we visited this cafe. I had a bowl of vegetable soup, delicious and warming. There is plenty of choice for a snack or just a drink. The cafe is on two levels, a sort of L shape. At one end a group of 'yummy mummies' with babies and toddlers were sitting, it seemed as if this was a regular place for them to meet up. A notice board in the cafe gives details of events etc.

Nice place to stop for a coffee and a snack before or after roaming around the gardens. Play area and toilets near by

Sehr schön gelegen. Eine ruhige und wundervolle Oase bei Sonnenschein, aber es ist schwierig einen sauberen Tisch zu finden, die Tauben schwirren einem hier um die Ohren. Das Essensangebot ist durchschnittlich, ebenso die Qualität und die Freundlichkeit . Selbstbedienung an der Theke.

The location of this cafe, in my favourite London Park makes me probably more positive about the café than it probably deserves, especially if you like squirrels.The food is ok if rather unimaginative, but a toastie is always welcome on a cold frosty morning and the tea is good quality.The main problem is the speed of service which is very slow, which creates long queues often with fractious small children, so suggest you're there no later than 10.30 on a Sunday !

I stopped for a tea after a stroll in the park, it was fine and really cheap for London, the food looked ok but rather boring, everywhere could do with a clean especially the outdoor furniture

Avevamo freddo e abbiamo deciso di prendere qualcosa di caldo in questo caffè dentro il parco che stavamo visitando. Abbiamo preso due tè e nient'altro, giusto per scaldarci. Il posto mi è sembrato confortevole, e, in ogni caso, per noi lo è stato perchè il tè bollente ci ha rinfrancato. magari una prossima volta ci fermiamo qui all'ora di pranzo, ed allora il mio giudizio potrà essere più ampio

Der Holland Park mit seinen alten Bäumen und dem japanischen Garten ist immer einen Besuch wert, insbeondere mit kleinen Kindern. An zentraler Stelle in freundlichem, hellem Ambiente liegt das Holland Park Café. Dort werden vor allem Kuchen sowie Café oder Kakao angeboten. Für einen schnellen, ordentlichen und presiwerten Snack die richtige Entscheidung.

Stop by to get out of the rain with another couple. The prices are very reasonable and the coffees and hot chocolate was good. Good environment

Quite a busy cafe on a Sunday, I believe understaffed due to us seeing the dishes piled up. We did however enjoy the soup of the day served with a crusty. Service was good considering the number of people there. Reasonably priced, you could have the soup or for an extra 1.50 a sandwich with it which we thought was a good deal.

Fikade, åt macka som var helt okej och atmosfären var trevlig. Caféet ligger fint under några gamla valv och det ger en mysig inramning. Perfekt läge efter shopping på Kensington High Strett och en promenad i parken!

I have come to this café for nearly 40 years although it has changed of course. It is in a superb position with outdoor seating at the front and rear and it is modern and light inside. A pot of tea for 2 is a bargain at £2.50 and I actually got 2 pots. Service is a bit on the slow side but the staff are pleasant. The cakes are good and some of them are fairly priced for a café in this location. I think if you want hot food or sandwiches you are better of heading out of the park as I don't think there is much choice.

This self service cafe is all you really need in a park. They sell basic lunch time items like sandwiches, sausage rolls, soup of the day. The do a kids lunch with fresh fruit, muffin and sandwich. I think to add a water or juice would be better value for money though. Soup of the day was super, could have eaten another portion on the autumn day we were there! I do however think that more could be done to the menu and environment - just looking a bit tired and weathered!

Burnt overpriced coffee, small choice of snacks, and quite unfriendly and bored looking staff. Surprised that over the years that cafe hasn't improved at all. Makes more sense to purchase coffee or any drinks, food etc before entering the park.

I wouldn't normally review such a small meal. We just needed a snack before the opera, and ordered the soup of the day ("spinach") and some cake.The problem was that the soup ("made on our premises") contained crushed woody stalk splinters. We grow spinach in many varieties, and one definition of this oddly variable plant is that it has no wood. When we warned the kitchen girl, and asked where the soup was made, we were simply told it was made there but she was not responsible, nor did she know what the ingredients were.Once we eliminated the long woody splinters, the soup tasted OK, though not very spinachy, and the cake was good.Nice sitting outside on a warm evening.

Lovely park, lovely building but poor food leads to so much wasted potential. Sunday visit, Coffee machine not working, wait reasonable (suddenly filled a blink of an eye later so timing is everything) but poor selection of food although some nice looking scones that Mr Crow hopes to try later. Nothing apparently took my 12 year olds fancy (limited selection of 'posh' sandwich fillings) but they did offer up a ham and cheese toasty which came quite quickly. Ironically Mr Crow had ham and mustard sandwich but lack of mustard meant it probably been ok after all. The bread on Mr Crows ham, mustard and lettuce sandwich looked a bit dry on opening but it tasted quite nice. Only writing this did mr crow remember that it was meant to contain mustard- if it did, Mr Crows taste buds indicate that it must have been very very mild. Unfortunately though, they must have been short in ham and whilst it looked nicely filled in the packet, the reality was that it was a thin sliver across the diagonal cut. Same with toaster but Mrs Crows Brie sandwich was adequately filled. One expects more for the price paid. Tea was nice, shame no extra water for a topup. Average but could be so much better. Sort of place that even with it pouring with rain, you would enjoy it.

Had an impromptu trip to Holland Park - not been to the park before but we were aware there was a café so decided the family would get lunch there.Selection quite limited and not willing to make a plain ham sandwich to order. Coffee machine broken which is unfortunate these things do happen - but the service at the till was so slow.Not impressed. Another time we'll bring a picnic!

We stopped in for a quick lunch. There was no queue so we thought this would ensure timely service. Basically:-cash only as credit card machine down-£1 extra to have eggs scrambled instead of fried -food took half an hour to arrive; diners who arrived after us were served well before we were -the egg had shells in it when it finally did arrive (I use the singular as there was one egg only)-food quality was averageBetter choice would be to exit the park and eat at local restaurants instead

Located near the playground within Holland Park, very handy if you have kids. The place itself is well presented, relatively clean albeit the tables might need to be cleaned more often.The food is ok, suitable for a quick lunch or a coffee. The service on the other hand needs improving. The staff is friendly but not well organised.

Bank holiday in August - It's the biggest carnival in Europe. People will overflow into the cafe but even so it's not ready. The staff are friendly and serve well but there is simply not enough people. Why when such an affluent area you say? I don't know but queuing 15min for a coffee was a joke. Also the cafe gardens had garbage on the table with pigeons in attendance. Very poor and a poor advert for 'Holland Park', so called expensive part of London.Needs better management :(

As a local who uses this place quite often the service is dependent on when you go there. Mornings, which I suspect are where to good review are for, are ok, and the breakfast is pretty good. However, if the park is busy it is awful. Long queues and usually not enough staff. I personally feel that with a little more effort this could be a great place to go. For example on Bank Holiday Monday grandchildren in tow, the queues were ridiculous and the ice-cream parlour was closed!! Why? On Bank Holiday? Incompetence is the usual problem, and apathy probably of under paid staff working for corporate chains in most parks these days, do not provide the best service.

Long wait, poor service. Very bad food - cheap supermarket bread used for toastie - very poor value.

This a café within the park which has a small selection of Sandwiches, salads, Paninis and pastries. They also do a nice soup of the day. Prices are a little dear. There is usually somewhat of a queue here on hot days at peak times. The cafe has a nice outdoor seating area in the shade. Part of it has disabled access/access for buggies. Although it does not have its own toilets, the ones for the park are nearby.

Abysmal service. Had to queue for about 10 mins before I could even order. There were about 5 staff present but only 2 were serving. The self service cabinets needed restocking. I had a cup of tea and a cookie which was dreadful: dry to the point of being crisp like. Dreadful.

Burnt instant cup of coffee for £1.80 - so bad we couldn't drink it.85p for a bruised apple or banana, absolute joke, this is an amazing location crying out for someone to do something decent with the place, currently would describe as an out of date train station cafe ... Very poor

Good breakfast in a sunny spot in a beautiful park. Shame they were out of coffee and orange juice. Drinks were a little on the pricey side.

We just went here for a couple of coffees and some water.This place is pretty expensive and the coffee quality is not one of the best in London.

Luke warm, tasteless, served in a small paper cup, and after a slow queue and charmless service. Not recommended.