Haberdashery

This place is lovely - we have been coming here for several weeks now and it's really very good - just the type of thing Crouch End should have. Today I sat in the sunny garden and had a veggie parmesan frittata sandwich with the eggs drizzled in a basil olive oil, and it was just spot on - fresh and tasty. Their veggie breakfast is fantastic too - grilled halloumi, fresh spinach etc. My only complaint is that it can get insanely busy on the weekends and even other times, but the staff and owners are always polite and friendly and it's nice to see a new business like this thriving in these times. Highly recommended...

This is probably a LOVELY place to have a coffee and croissant in the morning.

I just had lunch there with my partner and unfortunately it was dreadful. And dreadful at a price!

One clue was that the menu board outside displayed no prices. But I wasn't worried about the cost if we could have a nice lunch there.

I had wanted to try Haberdasheries as others had told me 'Oh, you MUST go there.. it's lovely.' Well, maybe it is lovely but the food ain't..

Cappuccinos arrived in pudding bowls and were not very hot (not surprising if the bowls were used cold).

My partner had a Full English and I had a Falaffel veggie lunch platter thing.

The breakfast was dry, not helped by the lack of beans, and a homemade hash brown even greasier than the processed variety. Bubble would have been a better.
The portion wasn't great either; one sausage, one mushroom(!), one egg. One positive note: the egg was tasty. There's yourone star.

My falaffel special was worse. The falaffel comprised two fried discs of a smooth, pasty substance; a sad effort at homemade falaffel. Accompanying hummous tasted like it was made with 50% garlic and too much tahini. Another sad effort. -Who cooks this stuff, don't they TASTE it? It needs more chick peas. With this was a dollop of sieved beetroot mush and some sweet pepper tasting mush. Oh, and a small turret of cooked (well, warm) earthy-tasting lentils.

The mush was actually quite nice but would have been more at home with a salad dish. The only salad with this was a tuft of rocket.

There was also an interesting muffin-shaped bread served with this. At first this tasted interesting but later an overpowering taste of strong olive oil just wouldn't go away and this bread was too doughy in the middle. Real fart-fodder. I love olives and like olive oil but you shouldn't cook with the strong stuff, you should save it for salads or pouring onto bread. The taste took about 1/2 hour to go away.

The bill was over twenty five quid for just the two dishes and two coffees.

Last night we ate at the superb A Baia cafe in Camden and a whole HOT cooked dinner of steak / fish with pasta, salad, coffee and TWO beers came to less. I kid you not. Oh, I had a pudding, too.

I would say give this place a whirl for tea & a bun but be VERY cautious if considering a 'meal'.

Charitable, charming, stylish, good service and community-minded. Brilliant. It should just give-up on making food. P'raps it would make a nice trendy laundry.

Try Troodos Greek Taverna at the end of Priory Rd. May lack interior design theme but all dishes (and puddings) are home made and you can have a blow-out for a score. Veggie friendly. Quality!

Despite having lived practically next door for the past year, i've only recently visited this lovely eatery. I've definitely been missing out. Charm, style, good food, excellent service and a real commitment in supporting various charities and the local community have made The Haberdashery my new favourite local.

As a Crouch End local, I have to say that this sweet and cosy cafe has been exactly what the neighbourhood needed I only discovered it recently as it's on a side street but am definitely going to make it a regular stop. The staff are always smiling and friendly, there is a real buzz everytime I have been, and the cakes, drinks and food are like a breath of fresh air - better than anything we have seen in a while. I'm a fan!!!

I want to like this place but after several visits I've concluded that I don't! The things that really bother me are:
1. everytime I've been I've been presented with chipped crockery
2. Glasses etc aren't well washed
3. The staff/owners are a quite arrogant
4. The silver cutlery is annoying - it affects the taste of the food - especially the breakfasts with eggs
5. Better coffee needed - the place needs to raise its game
5. The food is tasty but with Gail's Artisan Bakery opening this place will have to watch out as the food and coffees there are much better and the location is much nicer!

It's not every day you are so charmed by a place you go there five days in a row after discovering it. totally fallen in love with this original cafe...

not what it used to be. once delicious muffins now doughy and stodgy. kids portion extremely small and overpriced. such a shame!

I've been going to this place pretty much since it opened and I love it. The art on the walls is great, the food yummy and the atmostphere relaxed, fun and friendly. reminds me of places back home in sydney. if you go, get the falafel burger - AMAZING! :)

Staff didn't even notice me for around 15 mins, then when finally served i was given the impression i haven't ordered enough. I then waited a further 10 minutes for a coffee which didn't taste good at all.

The wait wouldn't have been so bad if the place was heaving but there was only 2 other people in there.

Really depressing atmosphere, the staff looked annoyed the whole time.

Definitely will not be going back.

Good food, lovely decor and attention to detail...if you are in the area, worth a visit!

Been to this place a few times now as my wife is a big fan. Food is fresh and tasty. Great new addition to the Crouch End community. Highly recommended.

Had lunch here spontaneously on Saturday. Nice but we thought portions a bit small for price. Gnocci nice but would have liked less spinach and more dumplings! Ham and brie sandwich tasty but more bread please!

£18.50 for 2 (bowls of) coffee. One water, sandwich and gnocci.

Would try again for breakfast.

Just had late afternoon lunch there, and it was amazing! Lovely food, atmosphere, good service, great music. My new favourite local cafe. And there is some pretty tough competition in Crouch End.