Au Ciel

Pâtisseries

Restaurants

1A Carlton Avenue

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Thu Jan 28 2010

This long-established pâtisserie-chocolatier is charming: attractive window boxes, prettily displayed cakes, jams and sweetmeats, and an array of handmade chocolates from France and Belgium. The simple menu lines up soups, sandwiches and ice-creams, and the staff are friendly (even doing impromptu magic for bored children). Hot chocolates are piled high with whipped cream, but the teas show less expertise: the cakes (lemon, carrot, chocolate, scones – no surprises there) proved dry and dense, and the chocolate chip cookies were inedibly heavy (even turned down by a sweet-toothed five-year-old). Long gone are the days when Londoners swooned for anything vaguely French, especially when there’s better baking to be had in nearby East Dulwich and Herne Hill.

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Venue location

Address:
Au Ciel 1A Carlton Avenue
London
SE21 7DE

Phone:
020 8488 1111
Website:
www.auciel.co.uk
Opening hours:
Lunch served noon-3pm daily. Dinner served 6-11pm Mon-Thur, Sun; 6pm-midnight Fri, Sat.
Transport:
Tube: North Dulwich rail/37 bus
Price:
Main courses £3.50-£9.50. Set lunch (Mon-Sat) £4.95 3 courses. Set thali (noon-3pm Sun) £5.95-£7.95. Minimum £9.50 (dinner).
Map
1. Au Ciel
  - 1A Carlton Avenue
    London
    SE21 7DE
  - 020 8488 1111
  - www.auciel.co.uk
  - 51.451502,-0.084512