Peggy Porschen’s Cakes Review

Peggy Porschen’s Cakes is one of the most instagrammable bakeries in London. If you don’t recognise the name, you’ll most certainly recognise the baby pink exterior adorned with an array of flowers.

Atmosphere & service:

After a 20 minute wait in the queue to get a table at Peggy’s, my friends and I were seated. In all honesty, Peggy’s is small, cute and fabulously well-decorated, but still tiny for the level of popularity it garners. The decor simply cannot be criticised. If there is anything Peggy Porschen’s knows how to do, it is present. Whether that be in terms of cake or the decor inside, everything is visually immaculate. However,  to me the place felt cramped, especially because as well as the approximately seven tables in there, a fair number of people were ordering cakes to go. For this reason, I found the atmosphere to be a bit chaotic and can‘t say I ever felt really relaxed in the bakery.

In terms of service, our table’s hot drinks took a while to come and when my hot chocolate came (which was quite a bit before my cake) it was slightly tepid which meant by the time my cake came it was nearly cold. Also, at one point I wondered if they were making new cakes for our table because I’d assume slicing 3 pieces of cake doesn’t take 20 minutes. This being said, the staff were really friendly and chirpy.

Atmosphere is 4/10

Service is 3.75/10

Food:

I ordered a Glorious Victoria cake slice and my mates got the Vanilla Cloud and the Lemon, Raspberry & Rose slices. The cake itself was really lovely – moist and flavourful but not too heavy. However, the icing on the glorious Victoria cake was too sweet for my pallet. I didn’t end up finishing my slice as the combination of the icing and the cake was too much.

Therefore food gets a 6.8/10

Is it worth it:

I would like to preface this by saying I’m a student aka broke, so spending £6.75 on a slice of cake and around £4 on hot chocolate, is one hell of a commitment, especially if it isn’t overwhelmingly good. This being said, regardless of your economic status, I’m afraid to say Peggy Porschen’s isn’t worth it. The atmosphere, or should I say cramptmosphere *ba dum tss*, alone is not luxurious and if you charge those kinds of prices, it behoves you to ensure that people can eat without having customers ordering to go hovering over you. The food was fine, service was slow but overall its clear to me that Peggy Porschen’s popularity is its biggest strength and biggest weakness. The lack of crowd control just distracts from the food to me. High volumes of customers at an eatery isn’t inherently bad but here it is. If you’re going to spend £10+ on a slice of cake and a hot beverage, there are dozens of other bakeries, which may not look as heavenly but will have better food for a fraction of the price.