Chu Bakery - Highgate

Chu Bakery is opposite the beautiful Hyde Park and offers a variety of great treats, both sweet and savoury, for you to indulge in while you watch the swans glide across the water. The plain croissant was one of best croissants I’ve had since I visited Paris (and that’s saying something! . I also ordered an iced latte which I found to be very refreshing and flavourful. I really recommend that you check this place out!

Loved the food and coffee. It was worth waiting in line for, although the line moved pretty quickly. The Toasties were warm and great in the winter. I enjoyed eating them at Hyde Park just opposite the bakery.

We were in Hyde Park walking around and decided to pick some stuff up here for a small snack picnic. It was about 1330 and there was a line out the door and along Lincon Street, mostly due to the limited number of people who are able to go in as well as the number of people wanting to go in. I went to get stuff while everyone else waited in the park. The people on the William Street side are waiting for coffee so don't mind them. We already had lunch so I was excited in picking up something sweet since that was something they're supposed to be good for. It was quite disappointing that the cabinet was almost empty. There was a selection of savoury sandwiches but there were only the lemon tart and doughnuts left. The last 2 eclairs were annoyingly taken by the person in front of me. It was a Sunday so that could be why everything was already sold out but it was disappointing since they were supposed to open until 1600. Don't get me wrong, the strawberry tart was really tasty. The pastry was really short and crumbly and the custard inside was really creamy and had a good vanilla flavour, but I was wanting to try their other dessert like the croissant, cream puffs or eclairs. It might be worth coming early if you were wanting to try the place to avoid disappointment.

Insane bakery with sometimes insane queues. Managed to get here early on a Sunday morning to beat some of that queue. Ordered a lot so apologies to the people behind me. The queues are justified. They probably need a bigger place to service the people. Get here if you can. The queue does move pretty quick to be honest.

Doughnuts here were super fluffy filled with yummy fillings. Ham cheese Croissant slightly underwhelming, but perhaps it’ll be nicer if you could heat it up. Pear Danish pastry was refreshing.