All-day “East meets West” fusion cafe

Pancake Day Special @applebuttercafe 🥞 Featuring Berry Pancakes with a Rhubarb Compote 😍 and Lotus Biscoff Pancakes (I know, right?!) with Chocolate Ganache 🤤 Happy Pancake Day guys!

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@twopeasfoodies's review of Apple Butter Cafe Covent Garden on Instagram

Immaculate brunch vibes in London at @applebuttercafe and what’s better is that everything is حلال 😍🤩

✨ Eggs florentine w/ added salmon, served on a 🥐 ✨ The saffron arancini (peng)
✨ The iced tiramisu latte 🤤 
✨ Croissant butter pudding baked in custard for dessert!! 

I’m going to have to go back & try the BBQ braised beef sandwich 🥪 

Walk-ins only & always look up the opening hours! We only queued for approximately 15 minutes on a Saturday afternoon.

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@halalfoodbae's review of Apple Butter Cafe Covent Garden on Instagram

Want to know the Best Halal places to eat in Covent Garden? We've got you covered!

Top Brunch spot:
@applebuttercafe has a queue of eager diners trying to get their taste buds wrapped around gorgeous dishes such as 'Truffle Scrambled Eggs' or 'Wagyu Beef Burger'. Full Halal Food Menu.

Top Ice Cream spot:
@darlishicecream are back at Covent Garden, serving up some stunning unique flavours of ice cream. Saffron Rose is AMAZING! Plus I love their Sour Cherry.

Top Burger spot:
At long last @honestburgers finally has Halal chicken across all their brunches, and the chicken is damn good. Succulent and flavoursome chicken burgers that won't leave you feeling heavy like some burgers might.

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@halal_chronicles's review of Apple Butter Cafe Covent Garden on Instagram

Apple Butter Cafe

The dishes we tried were all hits - Shakshuka was flavorful and perfectly cooked, Egg Florentine was a delightful twist, Crème Brûlée French Toast was a sweet indulgence, and the pancake with ginger was a lovely surprise. The warm ambience and welcoming staff made the experience even better. A great spot for a cozy breakfast or brunch in London.  Prepare to queue.

A great breakfast spot in central London. We walked in and waited around 30 to 40 minutes, but it was worth it.

The food was really good. I had the falafel on brioche bread and my partner had the egg bagel. Both were delicious, but the real highlights were the lemonade and the coffee, absolutely perfect. We also shared a croissant, which was fine but nothing special.

Overall, the breakfast was great, the service was lovely, and the setting was magnificent.

Well, it’s been a while since I wrote a review — especially a bad one — but I feel I have to take the initiative and protect my fellow foodies.

After waiting 90 minutes in a line full of Gulf visitors (my people!), I should have taken the hint. Everyone was clearly working through the same TikTok “must-try” list. I don’t mind waiting — I once waited 120 minutes for gyoza in Kyoto and it was absolutely worth it.
This, however, was not.

The food was sub-par across the board.
•	The “special pancake” (they push it aggressively since it’s the only weekly flavor) is a failed imitation of the fluffy Japanese pancake. Instead of airy and cloud-like, it was dense, heavy, and borderline doughy.
•	The “melted cheese sandwich” arrived unmelted, soggy, and without the slightest hint of crispiness.
•	The halloumi and hash browns tasted like straight-from-the-freezer products.
•	The falafel… no comments.

Overall: Overhyped. Underwhelming. Not worth the wait. TikTok made it famous, not the quality.

I wouldn’t recommend setting high expectations for trendy London food spots. My experience at Apple Butter Cafe was underwhelming. The smell inside the restaurant was unpleasant and made the space feel a bit suffocating. The food was average and didn’t justify the hype or popularity. On the positive side, the staff were polite, professional, and welcoming. We visited early, so it wasn’t crowded, but the prices were relatively high compared to similar breakfast cafés in London.

Let me put it right off the bat, it lives up to the hype. A popular cafe went viral, with people lining up for hours for simple food among the many alternatives in the area. At the end of the day, the namesake pancake is a calorie-dense bomb, I assume we all refrained from it recently, yet having it for the sake of “I was there”. Cool, the system is functioning properly. I was there, but scheduled it for a Monday morning at least to skip the wait, and it worked well. I was directed to the table right away. I will put anything special for the food bec for me the social media frenzi has stolen the main role. Good job. One of the “done and dusted” experiences for me.

Halal Status for Apple Butter Cafe Covent Garden