Lauderdale in Camden

Its a great Cafe in a lovely Park. Its is behind Lauderdale House in Waterlow Park. A good Kitchen menu and nice staff. A nice place with lots of outdoor space and seating inside. Usually the Art Gallery is open in next room. Excellent Toilets. I do not understand the negative reviews. Also not far from Highgate Cemetary entrance in Swains Lane.

Wir sind auf dem Weg zum Highgate Cementrie in den Waterloo Park gegangen und haben halt am Café gemacht. Es ist ein wunderschönes und super gemütliches Café mit tollen Empanada, Kuchen und weiteren leckeren Sachen. Die Bedienung war wunderbar. Der Spaziergang durch den Park lohnt sich und man kommt direkt zum Friedhof.

Recently my family has visited Lauderdale house café several times. I am familiar with the location. It is just up the road from my old school. We went there today to enjoy the sunny weather. On this occasion a member of staff wearing a pink tee-shirt man was rude to me, continuing after I asked him to desist and eventually refused to serve coffee on a pretext. At this point, my wife explained to him that he had indeed been excessively rude. He hadn’t noticed her, my three children or our dog waiting patiently at our table and observing his crass behaviour. I’ve never been refused service in a café before, or at any establishment. I wondered if it was me rather than the crass behaviour of the outrageously rude person in the pink tee-shirt. Then I found that Pink tee-shirt man also features in another 1 star review (thanks Mrs. E.) and there are other references to bad mannered staff in other reviews. In June 2022 Mrs. E. wrote “Guy in pink t-shirt who served unfriendly. Awful service. Avoid!” I concur.

On a recent mild and sunny spring day, four of us decided to have a snack lunch at a table outside this cafe. Despite the many negative comments posted on TripAdvisor, our experience was that — as park cafes go — the service was good, the prices were not unreasonable and the food was fine (apart from my tuna melt toastie’s soggy bottom). So why only two stars? Because while we sat at our table we were constantly pestered by uncontrolled dogs sniffing around our belongings, trying to grab our food and pushing past our legs to hoover up food scraps below our wonky table. Their selfish owners were too busy chatting to each other to notice that their undisciplined pets were causing a problem at other tables. We feel strongly that dog owners should be obliged to keep their pets on a lead while visiting outdoor cafe areas, and we are not inclined to return to this cafe until it adopts an appropriate policy.

Absolutely rank tuna melt.. microwaved and soggy if I hadn't of paid upfront I'd not have paid.. and if i wasnt starving wouldn't have eaten it..robbed of 6.50

We popped into the LHC before going on a guided tour of Highgate Cemetery. WE liked the place. Good choice, pastries as per most places but a lovely Lamington cake (the national cake of Australia apparently) and various other sweet bites, including vegan, were on offer - there are savoury snacks and lunches available as well. Coffee was good, served in a mug, service was practical and polite, slightly Bohemian, but in a positive way. Locals seem to like it. We did too.

Sadly the oat milk cappuccino I bought tasted awful. A sour taste and very overpriced! A pretty small cup for £3:15! Hopefully they can get the coffee improved. (Kenwood houses coffee is excellent!, 20 min walk away).

Coffee expensive and luke warm! Did not enjoy. Guy in pink t-shirt who served unfriendly. Awful service. Avoid!

Stopped purely for drinks and a rest while walking in that area. The house has an impressive history with information boards giving a brief outline , the walled garden was beautiful and provided a pretty backdrop while we chatted. Seemed popular with local dog walkers and families .

One of the worst cups of tea myself and friend have ever been served. Poor quality teabags and served lukewarm. Never again.

We were coming along to view the very professional photographic exhibition in Lauderdale House. Very windy and sunny conditions. I found the staff helpful and friendly despite the windy conditions and quite a few customers. The food and drink was good and served nicely. I feel that the staff are working in quite cramped conditions as this is an old building and depends on charitable donations. So well done for providing a charming cafe which is a lovely break from the chains!

I have been to this cafe twice this week in the hope the first inedible food served earlier in the week was a blip Wish I had not bothered Went a second time and had a wrap that was as hard as a rock and burnt How dare they serve such appalling food at really high prices. I would rather they got food from Gails and marked it up Disgusting! A capable team could make a fortune but like other reviewers they have list my buisness

We went in at first to just have a look at what the café had to offer. As soon as we went in, we were immediately told off by a staff member in an aggressive manor because we were "in the exit" - we were just having a quick look at what they had, we weren't blocking anything, and there wasn't anyone trying to get past us. We left due to this staff member's unnecessary bad attitude ruining our good vibes.

Gorgeous spot in Highgate a 5 minute stroll from Highate Cemetery. The cafe is pretty poor but worth a visit to witness the lady behind the counter rocking the Basil Fawlty style of service. Hilarious if you enjoy the Stasi approach to customer service. Possibly the worse hot chocolate ever, and worse of all I got extra as I'd brought my own cup. Pepperoni and cheese toasties barely had a gram of cheese but did have 4 of 5 wafer thin slices of pepperoni and a couple of unidentifiable leaves. Dreadful. Luckily the rain had stopped sun came out. Here's a photo of a few graves - and its none of Karl Marx's. Great Train Robber Bruce Reynolds (not so Great as he got caught), Douglas Adam, Jeremy Beadle and Malcolm Macclesfield. Both death masks cast by Reynolds son. Enjoy.

Female manager just so unwelcoming and aggressively rude not only to me but to those customers having waited in line in front of me. Just one person serving and three in kitchen at a time that hot meals were not being served. Had a slice of lemon cake at £3 per slice that could not have been sliced any thinner. They quite obviously do not either read nor care about reviews. They have a monopoly but will be writing to Camden. They do not deserve the luxury of their monopoly. I’m pleased to see by the other reviews that I’m not in a class of one.

Gave this place a second chance for lunch after the first disappointment. This was a mistake! I ordered a chicken pie which was very small and came on a small plate with a micro portion of mash and a TBS of peas (hard) a Tbs of gravy was hidden under the pie. I thought there was a regulation about how much meat there has to be in pie? They don't know that here. The tiny contents of the pie were pink, so either not cooked or not chicken! A small wrap and this pie with tea and coffee, was nearly £20! We go to the park to feed the ducks. It's a pity they don't feed their customers as well!

Such a shame, this cafe is in such a lovely location but the food served here is awful. Had a smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel and it was as tough as an old groundsmans boots! Prices are also over the top. Next time I visit this lovely park I will be bringing my own packed luuch and flask of tea.

I will refrain my custom after years of coming here. Manager ? serving today (Saturday 15/05/21) was rude when asking people to step in line. Concerns with not practising safe hygiene by constantly removing his mask from face when impolitely shouting orders at customers.

This place has been through a few changes but today we had a good afternoon tea, delicious orange cake and delightful service.

I regularly use this little café and the cakes are fab, all made by the very friendly chef so he told me. The carrot cake is the best I have ever eaten and I love the gluten free brownies- delicious! I went in with my...

Went here for a quiet sunny lunch and it was absolutely fantastic. I ordered the quinoa salad off the special board and the mixture of the red rice and the green vegetables was scrumptious. My wife got the Baked potato with the beans, the potato...

Recently went to Lauderdale House for an event and had an amazing experience with great food and fantastic service. Until then I did not realise that the house had a cafe so with the event making such a great impact we decided that we would...

This has been my 3rd visit to Laurderdale House. This venue has a lot to offer from workshops, to activities and events for all age groups. The park's surroundings are especially tranquil and relaxing in the spring and summer. Myself and my children have so...

Croissant: at the lowest end of acceptable. Ham & cheese baguette: not much of a baguette, ham ok, mature cheddar was totally absent, went back to the counter and someone in the kitchen put some cheese slices in - those shiny, thin slices that come...

I used to visit the previous cafes in this location and never had any complaints, but the new one is truly terrible. I work nearby, and have continued to be tempted to stop in as it's nice to stop in the park, but I've really...

Terrible absolutely My son and I went there today I ordered a soup - they'd just changed it a mushroom It came quite cold with no mushrooms in ( never seen one I suspect ) and tasting honest like dishwater . Also tiny portion for...

I used to go every week-end to the cafe to eat latinamerican Empanadas. Delicious. Unfortunately other people are now running the cafe, so...no Empanadas there. What a shame!

Cheerful little cafe in wonderful surroundings just a short walk from the centre of the village. Tea cake etc...but also a few stiffer drinks for those of my persuasion.

A volunteer wearing a “Friends of Waterlow Park” hi-viz jacket, picking up a scrap of litter at the end of her break at the Lauderdale House Cafe gave a clue as to why the Park looks immaculate. Current diet does not allow chips but the...

This is a lovely park and just up the road from Highgate cemetery so a good place for a walk. The little garden outside the cafe was overrun with feral children either waiting for their music lesson or just having had one. Mummy seemed more...

Following our visit to Highgate Cemetery we were in need of sustenance! This was close by and still open late on a Sunday afternoon. Between us we had a variety of refreshments and service was pretty quick. As it was late Sunday afternoon we didn't...

We are very loyal local customers who have been supporting your business since day one and I am just so frustrated by the management’s continued refusal to properly staff up. It is not difficult to predict that weekends with good weather will be busy, and...

I’m used to London prices, but this place was shocking - I ordered a tiny tart the size of a coaster and was offered ‘side salad’ for an extra £2.50. When it came, the tart was presented on a paper plate next to a spoonful of coleslaw. Even the cashier looked embarrassed when I questioned the price. Won’t be going back, and I certainly wouldn’t recommend it to anyone else.

We took our 4 year old daughter to this venue for the “my shadow and me” show. The whole family had a great time and our daughter enjoyed a further treat with the crafts activity held in the room next to the cafe after the show.

Walking through to Highgate cemetery and discovered this very nice cafe within an arts centre. Had lovely tea and coffee plus very nice homemade cake. Served with a smile and chat.

No haber estado aquí desde que fue bajo la administración de diferentes no podía creer la mejora. La comida es realmente deliciosa, en particular la sabrosa variedad diaria de tartas, ensaladas, papas fritas y dulce de patata frittata. Los tés y cafés son buenos y el tortas caseras irresistibles, tener una exposición en Lauderdale sat casa para el último mes he sido incapaz de resistir para conseguir una tarta y ensalada y un trozo de tarta cada día. El personal es realmente encantador y amable y servicial también.

Visitamos este café Café y era domingo pasado extremadamente decepcionado con el servicio y la comida. Vine aquí porque me encanta Waterlow Park y quería tratar a un amigo recientemente en luto que vive localmente.

Un día de lluvia, así que no era especialmente concurrida, pero el café le costó hacer frente a unos 10 clientes. Dos personas estaban teniendo los pedidos y sirve comida, pero se me olvidó que lo había pedido y los clientes que habían pedido discutiendo sobre la primera. Bebidas habían dejado enfriar antes de ser servido, así que tenía que ser hospedados allí. Una señora cancela su pedido, otra se quejó sobre el contenido de su sándwich.

Pagamos una visita aquí en nuestro camino del cementerio highgate y tenía una increíble roll tocino! Gran selección de comida y bebidas disponibles con vistas al parque, que es impresionante. El personal era servicial y educado. Bien merece una visita.

Visité este café de hoy y no la use de nuevo o lo recomendaría.

He visitado hoy, por primera vez desde que fue reformado. Nos encanta el café solía pero ahora es un total sin ir a la zona. Extremadamente grosero y antipático, precios mucho más altos, peor calidad, bebidas calientes realmente desagradable, mesas de metal en vez de...

El servicio era genial, pero aquí nunca es, sin duda, la peor, por ejemplo, siendo un amigo anciano dijo ir y usar una fuente de agua, cuando preguntó por agua del grifo. La variedad de comida es malo y los precios altos, así que no...

A menudo vienen a Casa/Parque Waterlow Lauderdale, pero aconsejaría a cualquiera que para evitar este café a menos que quieras pagar £4 por un croissant de jamón y queso y edad esperar por el servicio. El chocolate caliente era aguado, caro, y disfrutamos no vale la pena. Es una pena, ya que solía disfrutar de venir aquí, comiendo las galletas encantador con fruta fresca (sirve de la temporal cabaña de madera durante la reforma), pero el café ha cambiado de manos recientemente, y ahora la diferencia de precio es final, incluso para los estándares de highgate con cero factor de justificar.

Visitamos el café en Lauderdale House en marzo de 2017, 12 de junio durante el Duck Pond de mercado. Esta es la primera vez que he estado allí desde antes de la reforma, y supongo que el café está siendo dirigido por diferentes personas. Muy decepcionante encontrar un menú de comidas - mucho menos interesante ni sándwiches o ensaladas en oferta. No hay selección de tazas o platos de papel incluso únicos para estar dentro. El café era débil y los pasteles bastante pequeño. Es una pena, ya que este era un bonito café morando en una gran ubicación. Estoy seguro de que seguirá siendo utilizado, pero hay 'servicio de 'excepción de detrás del mostrador y no fue muy eficiente en el 12 de junio. Yo tienden a ir hasta Highgate Village para café en el futuro.

Unfortunately this café bears no resemblance to the restaurant/café that was here before. All reviews up to August 2015 were for the place before its 'refurb'. It is now a café for beverages, sandwiches and cake, snacks, etc but no restaurant food. We had been going for decades for excellent value lunches for the family. The photos are of the old place. Today we had coffee and teas, the cappuccinos were very nicely made but in paper cups even while sitting in the café. The table tops were horrible industrial metal effect flooring, with bolted metal scaffolding type legs. The counter for service is cramped. The cakes were over sweet and bland.

Went to try the new cafe in the newly re-furbed Lauderdale House and was disappointed to find unpleasant-tasting, tepid, weak and watery coffee (at £2.50 per cup), acceptable mini croissants (but at £2.50 each), poor service (a rude man appearing very flustered at having to deal with 3 customers at one time), and all set in an unfriendly bland environment.This used to be a pleasant place to stop with my family, offering a wide-range of home cooked food at reasonable prices - not great but not pretentious.I don't think we'll be stopping again...

I visit often for breakfast especially in the summer as there is an excellent outdoor area with brilliant views over London. They serve all kinds of breakfasts and the lunch menu is simple but wholesome and well-cooked. Michael, the owner, and his team do a great job.

Went for lunch - nothing outstanding. price was good. Place was getting a bit 'tired' and could do with a refurb. Staff were a bit slow and we had to wait to be served and had to ask several times for things.

We went there on a Sunday afternoon, the restaurant wasn't busy at all and we still had to wait 5 minutes to get a seat, 10 minutes to have a menu (we were 2) and 15 more to order, after having to ask to order. Ordered from the iced tea menu and were served hot teas. Apparently it was our fault for not specifying, an opinion which was relayed to us in a particularly surly manner. One of the teas was incorrect and even when we received the right tea, it was still hot. Order of a simple salmon pancake took over half an hour, a couple who ordered after us were served their roast chicken within 10 minutes. Although the food was tasty - even the garlic mushrooms were ok, although served uncomfortably over a plate of cold cucumber - the service was abhorrent and we felt as though the staff couldn't wait for us to leave. In fact, there was so little attention being paid to us that could have easily left without paying, as we probably should have done.

Lauderdale House is situated in Waterlow Park between Highgate Hill and Swains Lane (where the Victorian cemetery is). It's a bit of a long hill up from Archway so I thought I'd treat myself to a bit of refreshment in the cafe/restaurant before wandering around the "village". Home made cakes and very good coffee - £5 for a large slice of carrot cake and an Americano coffee - was most welcome. They do meals as well and are open until about 6pm. The cafe itself was clean and the staff friendly. The loos are clean too. Beautifully attended gardens within the park. Lauderdale House has art exhibitions; Nell Gwynn is said to have lived there. You can hire the house. I saw it on TV a few weeks ago when Andrew Marr was filmed interviewing Ray Davies. I must get to have a proper look sometime.

Great service and lovely fresh, homemade food. Will definitely be back (especially as the cakes looked delicious but we didn't have room this time!)

Although the Café is in an old building, the place is really family friendly. Waitresses are very helpful. There's been changes in the menu, prices reasonable for Highgate, great quality and beautiful presentation. Shame it's open just as long as the park....

Romeo and Juliet.. what a great play. Great venue, great beer from the pub across the road..what a lovely evening I had..I don't need to go to West End any longer. Yeppy..

Follow the crowd afterwards to The Old Crown Inn for a fist of mix platters, lot's of bear and again more singing with them and locals!

Unpretentious, inexpensive, cafe-come-restaurant with good service and wholesome food. Not upmarket by any means, but very comfortable and affordable and there is enough on the menu to allow return trips without repeating what you ate.The service is great.

I wouldn't recognise this cafe from the last review, maybe there have been some changes? Brilliant salad with numerous different ingredients, including the always welcome celeriac, and great hot stuff to go with the salads. I had fish cakes which were all fish and flavour, no potato. Friendly, efficient service, good value and a lovely sunny park made it a lovely lunch.

Mientras llegaba la hora de que abrieran el Highgate Cemetery (a 3 minutos andando), aprovechamos para dar un paseo por el parque de Waterlow, y encontramos este edificio donde hay cafetería y sala de exposiciones.El parque es muy tranquilo, está lleno de árboles (que se llegan a echar de menos en parques más grandes y demasiado abiertos de la ciudad), hay ardillas corriendo por los prados... y la sala de la cafetería es un buen sitio para descansar un rato, mirar por las cristaleras, leer un poco. Fuera tienen terraza y se puede tomar el café echando un cigarro y resguardado. A primeras horas apenas hay nadie. El café está bueno y tienen pasteles, galletas de jengibre, y demás, muy recomendables. De precio, normal.

Talk about bad value for money... A thin slice of flat quiche with a bit of iceberg and frozen tomato for £7.25 and a rude waiter? Forget it. Go to Kenwood House instead. The park is lovely, though.