Daylesford Farm Shop And Cafe

Food was lovely, super fresh and decent serves. Long drinks list including some creative non alcoholic options. Very friendly service. Market attached has beautiful produce as well.

Although there are some tasty, fresh menu options the consistently poor service makes this cafe a disappointment. I have tried the cafe 3 times thinking the server was just having an off day. Alas, my third visit will be my last. There is a lack of coordination and training in basic table service. With the great variety of restaurant options in Marylebone...Daylesford is worth skipping.

Let me start with the positive..the staff are always charming, the ambiance is pleasant, and the raw ingredients are excellent. I’ve been to the restaurant many times and the main negatives are always the same. The service is always leisurely and sometimes downright slow which is difficult if you have even modest time constraints. I always order capuccino extra hot knowing an extra hot cappuccino is really a culinary “no no” because 9 times out of 10 it will sit on the counter so long it will be tepid by the time it arrives and cold after the second mouthful. Because the restaurant is open plan, you can see your order sitting under the lights for in too many cases long enough to get cold. This time I ordered eggs benedict. My order was lost and by the time I had finished my cold cappuccino, ordered a black coffee and inquired where my eggs were, 2 other groups who had arrived after me had been served. The wait staff are very polite and informed me the order hadn’t been entered and apologised profusely. Shortly the eggs arrived. I am disappointed to say that the wonderful ham under the perfectly poached eggs was refrigerator cold causing the very good hollandaise to congeal very quickly. The lettuce garnish was brown at the edges. I wouldn’t have written this review if it weren’t for the fact that the last time I ordered the same dish, the eggs, ham and hollandaise were cold and I sent it back. There seems to be a disconnect between the cooking and the serving.

Always great food at Daylesford , fresh and thoughtful menu encouraging mixing dishes. Excellent service too

It wasn’t very busy at all but we had to wait for ages for a very unfriendly man taking orders. We then had the worst coffee we have ever had (while completely overpriced and we had to wait for ages until it was made/ready because no one offered us to bring it to our table). We were then served inedible granola tasting so off that we ended up not daring to eat it and throwing it away. We will certainly never return and highly recommend Daylesford Farm to gather all their forces of they want to save this place.