the riding house cafe

went to this cafe for sunday breakfast. the place is quite big with ample fresh light from the big windows. everything we ordered was good - we had avacado on toast, poached eggs, chorizo hash brown with eggs and museli. chocolate banana smoothie was just above average. they should probably hire more staff during busy hours. we had to wait a fair bit to order our food and get our bill.

without a doubt, the riding house café is one of the most popular eateries in fitzrovia. i have often heard of friends meeting there for work lunches or weekend brunches. recently, i finally booked a saturday brunch (served 12-4pm) with a friend and was fortunately to book a slot a few days before. the venue is very popular and there was a queue of people waiting for brunch so i was fortunate i hadn’t been disorganised enough to chance a walk-up!

the waitress served the wrong benedict after reconfirming with us twice. food is ok but a bit overpriced for the kind of quality. the ambiance is, however, cute.

brunch here consisting of white hot chocolate with a shot of baileys was exceptional. the peony tea was equally delicious. the place is packed so do make a reservation lest you may be disappointed. the savoury eggs benedict was the shinning star on top.

it's quite popular place for brunches so if you want to avoid the queue, i highly recommend you book before going...specially on weekends. the place is nicely designed with a big sharing table in the middle of the restaurant, facing the bar. i have ordered their royal benedict eggs that were lukewarm. coffee wasn't my favorite neither.

great vibe, great service but wasn't impressed by their food & beverage.

great weekend breakfast spot with a pleasant ambience. coffee is awesome which is pleasantly surprising! service is quick and efficient. would definitely frequent again.

do you guys remember when brunch suddenly became the thing to do instead of brekkie/lunch dates? a number of antipodean cafes became prominent with their all-day petit dejeuner menus and their brit counterparts started grasping the concept of serving small sharing plates from mid-morning til late arvo. it's become a well-embraced social affair as people get to sleep in longer before getting a hangover cure that's more exciting than a typical fry-up and definitely more substantial than the sorry kebab one forgot to finish after last night's revelry.

the riding house café was one of the first places i've hit when the brunch phenomenon boomed. located just off oxford circus, the place has a relaxed vibe with its overall decor seemingly designed to give punters a breather from the foot-traffic hell of oxford street. the space itself is massive with a bar area, a restaurant area, and a private dining room downstairs.

it's an "all-day brasserie" with intense queues and menus that has everything for everyone. eggs? check. porridge? superfood? check. pork belly? check. sunday roast? check. something small? yep. something massive? oui. hair of the dog? you know it.

great name for a lovely cafe. good coffee, good ambience and a great team of people. love to work from there remotely and their cakes are pretty awesome too!

really affordable place that does really good food and has a good buzz about it. you can either choose tapas style dishes or a typical main course. they also cater for large groups which is a plus.

does the photos not speak for themselves? i have a soft spot for eggs benedicts, i have to order it everytime i go have brunch. â the eggs benedict served here was top notch, the hollandaise sauce is creamy and thick, and look at that egg yolk! runny egg yolk, on a crispy bacon and soft muffin, nothing beats that on a lazy sunday catchup.

i made my first trip to the riding house cafe last weekend to meet some friends for brunch and a good catch-up. i was really looking forward to it. my mum actually owned one of the flats above the cafe in the 70s; just imagine how cool fitzrovia would have been then! i love this part of london. the place just oozes coolness; no expense spared or detail overlooked. it is beautifully designed. i imagine a great spot for cocktails in the evening.

before a trip to london, i did a search for breakfast spots and came across to riding house cafe. it was close to my hotel, went there on weekday and easily found a table. second time, wanted to go there on sunday but it was full, so good to make reservation before go. pancakes and french toast is phenomenal. they don't have iced chocolate on the menu but i asked for it and they made it instantly! nice atmosphere, great food, lovely staff. definitely back again!

i stumbled upon riding house on google when searching for 'london's best pancakes'. wherever that list was, it was not wrong.
it's preferable to book for brunch on weekends, there's a reason it's busy.
unless you're dining with a bigger group, grab a stool at the bar. it's my favourite spot to watch the comings and goings from the kitchen.
pillowy soft buttermilk pancakes come with maple syrup and fresh fruit. full cooked breakfasts, avocado on toast, porridge, granola; you name it, they have it.
i just need to return and try the dinner menu now!

love this place. always busy and buzzing. the tapas style dishes are excellent and so well done. bit pricey though. saw billie piper when i was dining there - make of that what you will.

if there's one thing i love more than breakfast, it's being out of the office at a working breakfast and the best place for a working breakfast has to be the riding house cafe on great titchfield street.

if you go mid-week, you'll find tables filled with twentysomething media types brainstorming, networking and working on their big ideas and this day was no different, in fact abbey clancey was being interviewed by a journo on the very table next to me! (yes she's more beautiful in real life and no she didn't eat anything!).

 the menu at the riding house is pretty varied, you can go for sweet or savoury depending on whether you fancy pancakes or eggs - always a tough choice in my mind - and they do really great smoothies which are served in milk bottles. on this occasion, i opted for the avocado on toast with poached eggs - but i can also vouch for the buttermilk pancakes! and the chorizo hash browns....and the eggs benedict.....