Nikki's Bakery

184 Chiswick High Road
W4 1PP

020 3302 8230

Nikki's Bakery is a family run bakery come coffee stop come cafe, all in one.  It's named after the owner's daughter who is a keen baker, apparently, and given that her father is a Belgium trained Patissier and Cuisinier it's hardly surprising.  

There are many qualities to Nikki's but one I had noticed from the start is the beautiful crockery in which they serve their coffee and tea.  There's something so much more satisfying about drinking a beautifully served coffee and being a (mainly) green tea drinker being given a pot of tea.  I can't tell you how much my heart sinks when I get a measly cup of hot water with the addition of a tea bag.  

We were going easy on the breakfast options this Sunday.  Granary toast, butter and jam was our somewhat abstemious choice.  I was a little disappointed there wasn't a wider choice of breads (white or granary) given that it is a bakery.  We did take some quiche home for later for ourselves and a ham and cheese croissant for the teenage daughter that never leaves her bedroom.  All the sandwiches looked good as did the little patisserie things (not a patisserie technical term, I'm sure).  

There is, in my view, quite a big discrepancy between take away food and eat in, in one case £3, but in most £2, which I understand from a VAT point of view but in this instance it seemed unusually large.  Perhaps they are so busy they like to discourage people from hanging around? 

Drinks (for 3): £7.45
Food: £18.25
Total: £25.70