The Pavillion Cafe, Victoria Park London

Special Guest Writer: Kat MacKenzie

As my knowledge of London unhelpfully seems to stop on the borders of Westminster and Maida Vale, my lovely mate Kat has generously agreed to donate some of her North and East London expertise. Kat is an extremely well travelled, dynamite package of many and varied talents including being a meastro of Sports and Events Marketing and one of the most fun people to go out with anywhere in the World...

Victoria Park

Old Fort Road

London, E9 7DE

How to Get There

Nearest Bus: Globe Town, Victoria Park (E9) (Stop GA)

Nearest Tube: Bethnal Green 

Open Daily 10am-6pm

The affectionally named "Pav"  sits directly on the Victoria Park lake* in the heart of east London  and has been serving up delicious breakfasts, cakes and coffees for the last couple of years.

During the week , don't let the crowds of  hot east london mummas and their babycinos put you off coming inside (or even better, taking a outside seat if weather permits); the coffee and breakfasts will have you coming back  time and time again.  At the weekend, be prepared to get strategic about grabbing a table but trust me , you wont be disappointed!
There is a full day menu but as a fully fledged breakfast lover can't see past their all-day breakfast items. 

Monmouth coffee is  expertly poured by their charming baristas  ( and who isn't a sucker for seeing their coffee foam crafted into a cute heart?!).  Food highlights include HUGE full english breakfasts with ginger pig bacon and sausages accompanied by delicious homemade beans (homemade beans surely being a benchmark for a place that really cares about its breakfast)

For me, perfectly poached , fried or a mountain of  fluffy scrambled eggs are the order of the day. The best thing about this place has to be that they don't mind what i call the  " princess breakfast " order, whereas most places baulk at an attempt to order off menu:

Scrambled eggs with rosemary mushrooms on the side?  Eggs beno with extra crispy bacon instead of ham?  "Fried eggs on wholegrain with a small side of  homemade beans?"  

"No problem" is always the cheery reply.

They even let me give them my ipod to put on one day -  now that really is customer service!

The Pav fully deserves its excellent reception and if you go east skip the jog around the park and head straight to the Pav for a yummy breakfast 

*lake is generous, lets be honest its a pond, this is Hackney!