| Venue name: | Books for Cooks | Contact: |
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| Address: |
4 Blenheim Crescent London W11 1NN |
| Opening hours: | Open 10am-6pm Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat; 10am-5.30pm Thur. Lunch served noon-2pm Tue-Fri; 11.30am-2pm Sat |
| Transport: | Tube: Ladbroke Grove tube |
| Price: | Set lunch £5 2 courses, £7 3 courses |
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Average User Rating
4 / 5
Rating Breakdown
- 5 star:3
- 4 star:2
- 3 star:0
- 2 star:0
- 1 star:1
In the Autumn of the year I moved to London from the US, I travelled with my friend to the exotic wilds of the Portobello Rd Market, we wandered padt the antiques and bricabrac into the vegetables and cheap watches stalls, and noticed down a cross road the sign for Books for Cooks. Neither of us could resist a quirky bookstore, so in we went. The perfectly formed, store is crammed with floor to ceiling shelves filled with every cookbook imaginable. Then we spotted the tiny kitchen and seating area at the back. Magnitised by the generous display of cakes and desserts we went upntonthe counter and stared. The young woman chef asked if we wanted something. We told her we couldn't decide, they all looked so good. " Well, I can give you a sampler plate with one of each". That was over 20 years ago, and it is one of my favourite places in London. If people visit who like to cook, I always take them. It's a hike from NE London, but ALWAYS worth the journey. Long live Books for Cooks!
Fabulous freshly cooked healthy food and 3 exciting surprise cakes every day, similar to dining at a favourite friend's house who happens to be a first class cook.
If you're an amateur cook, Book For Cooks is your place! You can find cooks books as well as enjoying a nice meal at the back of the shop. The place is very small but they offer delicious daily dishes made of fresh and organic products.
Definitely a must go in Nothing Hill area.
I wish I could give ZERO stars since I didn't even get to try their food but their service at the door was horrifying. We were a party of three looking for a table at noon but were quickly shutdown with a "NO". Excuse me? An explaination to why you said no would be nice since that's what you do for good service. Of course we were just left standing around and to make matters worse, a table of TWO after us got a table right away when the guy offered to pull up a table from the basement. And when we confronted him as to why he couldn't have done that for us since we were before them, he replied in a rude appalling tone and escorted us out (probably because he had no answer for us since we were in the right, and by the way, even the customers were trying to make room for us) Now if that's not the worst service ever, I have no idea what is.
