The Highgate Pantry
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Desserts
Price Range : Under $10 (£££)
Location
Adress: 57 Highgate High Street, London, N6 5JX
Phone: +44 20 8340 4747
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Reviews
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Grant T.
I swung by here on my way to Highgate Cemetery for a bit of sustenance before a morning of gravity. (get it?)
Anyway, I just stopped in for a pastry and some coffee. The coffee was actually really nice and the almond croissant was incredibly tasty. I also had a Portuguese tart. Tasty again. There were a lot of savory treats in the display as well, as I wanted to try them too.
So if I'm ever back in the area (although highly doubtful), I'll probably come back for some delicious treats. But if you're in the area, it's definitely a worthwhile place to stop in at to avoid the two chains down the street that are practically next door neighbors to each other. -
Josy A.
I wonder how many people wander around Hamstead heath, and then emerge in Highgate in need of tea and cake? The Highgate Pantry is perfectly located for this (it's on the high street, rather than the top of Swain's lane as it is shown on the yelp map.) We popped in to warm up with hot drinks, and replenish our sugar levels.
The variety of cakes is brilliant, and although I was quite tempted by the sandwiches and stuffed croissants, I couldn't resist a strawberry tart. It wasn't the best cake I've ever had, but it was pretty decent and gave me a happy sugar rush.
If you head down the stairs to the loo, there is a gorgeous smell of newly baked cakes...so I assume they must make most of their food on the premises. -
Al O.
I've haven't been here for a few years and thought I'd give it another try as on my last visit I found it to be below par.
I can't deny that the exterior and window display look fantastic with coloured cupcakes, cookies and sponge cakes and the seating area very quaint.
However if I have to be brutally honest, the cakes aren't the best your ever going to eat, in fact I would say that what you'd find in the Tesco opposite better. The coffee tasted instant and the staff do need to work on the customer service.
They do say one of the golden rules of running a successful business is consistency but they should add that it has to be good to begin with. -
Dominic C.
I went to Highgate school as a teenager and frequently made the trip across the road for their chocolate fudge. I have NEVER in my travels around the world found fudge that good (and boy, have I searched). If I ever return to England, this is a planned stop.
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Ric P.
This offers a range of cakes, buns and other goodies to eat in or take away.
The cakes are quite good but a bit pricey, it is Highgate Village. The good thing is that The Pantry is one of so many local individual bakery shops with in-shop facilities, but for quality they don't quite reach the superb Dunns of Crouch End, just over a mile away, but Dunns is take away only,
I shall try it again in preference to the Whittington Hospital cafeteria, 400yds down the Hill.