Vegan
Take-out
Bakery
British
Catering
Fusion
Gluten-free
Breakfast

Serving English breakfast and pancakes, lunch salads and sandwiches, afternoon tea with cakes and croissants, and weekend brunch. Est. 2017 Clapton, Hackney. Reported closed October 2022.


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41 Reviews

First Review by AndyCB

VMargot

Points +124

Vegan
26 Mar 2022

Best vegan sandwich ever

I had the sausage and leeks baguette sandwich and it’s probably the best one I’ve had in a long time.
Very tasty and the bread was toasted and warm, really nice touch.
Also had the polenta cake which was very nice.
Prices aren’t cheap but quality is top!

Cons: A bit pricey

GarrrliCat

Points +1650

Vegan
08 Nov 2021

Nice cakes

The cakes and coffe is alright, just sometimes they are not open by the opening times they have on social or here. They're right across from my cats vets so it's good palce to get a treat ( for me) while waiting:)

Pros: a lot of options on cakes

Qwerty121345

Points +18

Vegan
16 Oct 2021

Delicious!

Everyone loved it. Texture was lovely and not overly sweet. Would definitely recommend.

Just one minor remark, it’d be great if it came with a bag or a smaller box for the cake.

LauraChristina

Points +8

Non Veg
23 Aug 2021

Amazing

Amazing food and customer service. Highly recommend.

Pros: Cakes, Customer service

clefairyt

Points +277

Vegan
20 Jun 2021

Good selection of treats to take-away

A wide selection of sweet treats to take away, including cakes, cookies, brownies and pastries, as well as some savoury light lunches and snacks. Lots of gluten free options to choose from with the sweet treats too which meant plenty of choice.

Hopefully will be able to eat in soon, as would love to try the vegan breakfast here.

Mel.L

Points +69

Vegan
01 Sep 2020

My fav vegan cafe in London!

This place is quirky with super lovely staff and the most tasty vegan food ever! I literally stay in east London, whenever i'm in town, just for this place!!

REVOLT

Points +31

Vegan
04 Mar 2020

A very disappointing experience all around!!

Very disappointing from A-Z

Pros: Fully vegan

Cons: Bad service all around , inattentive, inflexible , Very boring uninspiring dull breakfast, Uncomfortable seating

Leles

19 Apr 2020

Hi there, I think all the other reviews here below have the power to answer to your bitter comments better than us. Nevertheless we are sorry for your bad experience, if you would like to take the time to send some constructive feedback - we would welcome those very much and try our best to improve our services. Thank you

ChristieGoyette

Points +185

Vegan
23 Jan 2020

Amazing afternoon tea!

This was the first vegan afternoon tea I’ve had. I was super impressed! All the food was great, and I especially loved the Victoria sponge cake 😍

Pros: Friendly staff, Great food, Bright and pretty cafe

minto82

Points +16

Vegan
18 Jan 2020

Great cake

Lovely vegan cafe with amazing cake!

Jess1ca

Points +174

Vegan
12 Nov 2019

The English Breakfast tho!

My first ever English Breakfast was a vegan one at LeLe’s! Great service, quaint location, amazing menu! The food is fresh and made with love!

pauldaly

Points +46

Vegan
21 Oct 2019

Val is a force of nature

The owners passion is infectious, her talent undeniable! She is a natural performer/teacher and we live her

Chris W

Points +413

Vegan
28 Aug 2019

Fabulous Vegan Cafe

I last reviewed this place when it wasn’t fully vegan, but since becoming vegan some time ago this has become one of my favourite places to eat. The staff are lovely and the cafe looks great. The breakfasts are amazing and there is always a great selection of cakes. The coffee is also really good.

I cannot recommend this cafe enough, and they now have another branch in Dalston which I can’t wait to visit!

Pros: Now all vegan, Lovely Service, Great breakfasts

Cons: None now they are all vegan 😀

Leles

19 Feb 2018

Hey Chris, I know this is an old review from when we were a vegetarian and vegan cafe but I didn't see this until today and wanted to take the time and say thank you for writing a review then. We appreciate the support and so happy to be no 100% vegan!

FabienTeiss

Points +6

Non Veg
12 Aug 2019

Delicious

I was so impressed by the quality of the food at Lele’s Dalston (their 2nd location) yesterday!!! I am not vegan and I was quite curious when I ordered a full English Breakfast and it was really delicious (and huge). Everything was cooked with lots of flavours. Very generous portions too. The staff were very nice and helpful. The restaurant itself has got a great relaxing atmosphere. I couldn’t resist and got a peanut butter brownie for dessert. So so good! I can’t wait to go back!

Pros: Tasty food, Great atmosphere , Nice and helpful staff

Leles

26 Aug 2019

Thank you ever so much for this lovely review xxxxx

PollyHerdman

Points +25

Vegetarian
02 Aug 2019

Lovely food

Such a good atmosphere, great food and lovely service.

Leles

26 Aug 2019

FeliMarie

Points +112

Vegan
19 Jul 2019

My favourite vegan place in London

Great coffee, great breakfast, lovely staff and atmosphere. Plus they always have beautiful flower arrangements on each table.

Pros: Consistently amazing!

Leles

26 Aug 2019

Aww thank you, so glad you like it as much as we do?

peny

Points +81

Vegetarian
14 Jul 2019

Lovely food

Small but lovely place nice food a mean smoothie and great music perfect!

Pros: Lots of options

Leles

26 Aug 2019

Thanks Peny for taking the time to leave us a review, really appreciated it

KamalaMiddleton

Points +107

Vegan
04 Jun 2019

Lovely little cafe

100% vegan and does amazing milkshakes! We had pancakes and a full English and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Pros: Lots of vegan options

Leles

02 Jul 2019

Thank you ever so much, glad you guys had a good time. See you soon!

sfio

Points +2880

Vegan
22 Apr 2019

Great food, but disorganised

I really wanted to love the café and if they had gotten our orders right, I might have. The café is on a main road with five small tables and a couple of seats along the window. We visited on a sunny day so the door was constantly open and traffic noises flowing in non stop.
Cute interior with fresh flowers. I really liked that everything seemed freshly made. However, not only were our orders mixed up but those of at least three other tables while we were there. They did give me a choice-to wait till what I had ordered was made it to take the full English that they made although it wasn’t what I had ordered. I was starting to get impatient and took what was ready. Would have been nice to get a discount or something. In any case, the food was nice, especially the sourdough bread, but the overall experience didn’t live up to my expectations.

Leles

26 Apr 2019

Hello!
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review and some feedback, that is very appreciated!
Sorry to hear your experience wasn't the best when visiting us, I remember that day and your oder too, just to give you an explanation this is what happened: When serving your pancake breakfast a gentleman on another table thought it was his and got it instead! We should have triple check with the table numbers before giving him the dish but we were so busy, nevertheless it was our fault. I have asked the team to ask you whether you wanted to wait for your dish and or take the full english instead (this was the dish the guy next to your table ordered) - then I told them to offer a discount and or a cake and coffee (whatever you fancied the most) as a way to apologies for the wait and thank you for being flexible - not sure what went wrong! Please email us here: info@leleslondon.com so can we organise a voucher for a cake and a coffee. Have a great weekend!

scw25

Points +51

Vegan
14 Apr 2019

The best mac and cheese ever!

Such a lovely lunch - the best mac and cheese I’ve tried with 2 delicious side salads. Fantastic staff who made my day! Highly recommend.

Leles

26 Apr 2019

Awwww thank you SO SO very much, glad you enjoyed! We make it at least once a week, and there is a recipe here on our blog: https://www.leleslondon.com/single-post/2019/03/29/Leles-creamy-Mac-Cheese


Thank you!

FatCow

Points +504

Vegan
10 Feb 2019

Not happy

We had a walnut cake and lemon blueberry loaf. They were both extremely dry and powdery. Disappointing flavours. They just don't know how to make vegan cakes.

Pros: Good hot drinks , Nice ambience and decor

Cons: Horrible cakes

Leles

10 Feb 2019

Hi, thanks so much for taking the time to leave us a feedback. We are really sorry to hear about your experience, our cakes are very popular and we always receive great feedback on them - not sure what went wrong with your cakes but we will make sure to check them carefully. We genuinely appreciate constructive feedback as we always want to improve our offering. It would have been great if you would have communicated this to us at the cafe, that would have been given us the chance to offer you another cake and most of all of understating what went wrong with your treats. Sorry to say this but the word horrible is a very strong word and it shouldn't be used lightly. We hope you will give us another chance and will be happy to offer you cakes and coffee on the house, please get in touch here ifo@leleslondon.com

GEgginton

Points +191

Vegetarian
09 Feb 2019

Great breakfast!

Great vegan full breakfast. Great tofu scramble, sausages and smiles!

Pros: Yummy, Yummy, Yummy

Cons: No bacon 😂, No egg 😂, No pork sausage 😂

Leles

10 Feb 2019

Thank you so much for the lovely review, really appreciate that and glad you had a good time at our cafe. See you soon!

Clanon

Points +31

Vegan
08 Feb 2019

Really great food, lovely place

Lele's is one of my favourite places, for lots of reasons: a welcoming and a very nice atmosphere; the people who work there are always genuinely friendly, even if they are really, really busy - and I really cannot say this about a lot of vegan places these days.
Some people might say that orders take a long time to arrive sometimes, but consider that one person has to deal with all the drink and coffee orders, prepare fresh juices made on the spot (never pre-made!), get salads and other cold food on the plates and serve the numerous take away customers at the same time, and all of that in a really tiny work space. And on top of that, they are always in a good mood and never lose their temper. In short, the service is really TOP.
I have been there quite often, and the savoury food was always great - full of flavour and very good value for money. The portions are generous, and the so-called "salads" are packed with veggies of all kinds and really filling.
The coffee is amazing - compare this one to the brown coloured water that you'll get in the hipsterish cafe across the street and you will know what I am talking about.
The only thing I could criticise is that the cakes are a bit underwhelming compared to the other food. They seem to be on the very sweet and sticky side and a bit pricey for what they are (tiny bakewell tart for £3.50 had not much taste except sugar; a lot of creamy, cupcake-ish stuff on top of an actually nice chocolate cake etc.). But I guess that's down to personal taste.
I also wish they would take cash payments - the idea of the cashless society has lots of negative sides and I don't want to contribute to it's progression.
I haven't had the chance to check out their evening menu yet, but I am sure that it's excellent!

Leles

10 Feb 2019

Hello Clanon, thank you so much for taking the time to write this lovely review, it sincerely makes us so happy to see that you are happy with our service, we really love our team and are so proud to read your comments. Regarding the card payments, we hear you and agree with you but we had to make this change to protect our team and venue against thefts. Hope to see you soon at the cafe?

Skyzieboo

Points +3150

Vegan
27 Jan 2019

Small but super cute

The food is all dressed in flowers which idk if theyre edible I would assume do but they make the food look fancy. Plus there are plants everywhere and a cute lil stairwell down to the kitchen. My french toast was really nice with TONS of peanut butter and my croissant was really flakey. The only downside is that we had to wait for a table because theres so few of them and also that the big mixer is in the open counter thing and it is SO loud when theyre blending. Staff were so nice though too

Leles

10 Feb 2019

Hello! Thanks for your review, we really appreciated it. We wish to have a bigger place one day with more tables, finger crossed!?

vegansheep

Points +2008

Vegan
02 Dec 2018

Afternoon tea did not live up to expectation

The setting’s lovely and the staff were very friendly but the food really wasn’t good. Having had a great experience at Cafe Forty One I had high expectations but they really weren’t met. When we arrived we were put on a shared table with 2 other people. I understand space is limited, but for a special event (and at that price it should be special) it kind of restrained any conversation for both us and the 2 other customers. Then the food came out at random times. First some people got sandwiches, we got cakes, others got pies and only half of it was explained properly rather than serving everything then making one big announcement of what it all was. I also noticed that we didn’t get any macaroons when the next table along did.
The important part was the food of course and most of that just wasn’t very nice. The flavours of lemon and apricot were overpowering and the scone was the hardest, chewiest scone I’ve ever had. I couldn’t finish most the meal.

Leles

29 Dec 2018

Hello and thanks ever so much for taking the time to leave us a review, we always appreciate constructive feedback as they give us the opportunity to improve our service. We are genuinely sorry to hear you didn't have a good experience and hopefully we can do better next time! This review genuinely comes as a surprise to us and it is the very first negative feedback we had in over one year. Our afternoon tea is very popular and fully booked for months, by reading other reviews you could see the fantastic feedbacks we usually receive for our teas, nevertheless we are very sorry you didn't enjoy it. We wish you had told us then that you weren't happy with the table and with the food, as we would have tried our best to accommodate you - we want nothing more than have happy returning clients! Hope to see you soon and hopefully to have the chance to change your mind. Very best

xpatx

Points +148

Vegan
18 Oct 2018

WINNER! 🏆

LELE'S will sufficiently satisfy all your vegan cravings. This tiny local vegan cafe totally won my heart 💞 with its vegan breakfast. I'm so pleased that there's a vegan cafe in Hackney that understand the concept of seasonal cooking, as well as the use of spices, seeds, nuts and soft herbs in their dishes.

They also run an incredible afternoon teas and can make the most amazing vegan birthday cake for your special day.

Valentina, the owner, is such a creative and talented baker. Don’t forget to try her cakes!

Best vegan cafe in Hackney!

Pros: 100% vegan, Seasonal cooking , Great cakes, coffee and juices

Leles

29 Dec 2018

Awwww THANK YOU for the lovely review, the feedback and the support. Much love

YvYv

Points +190

Vegetarian
29 Sep 2018

Great coffee

Possibly the best oat milk cappuccino I've ever had! I also had the savoury pancake with tofu, sausage and avocado, which was delicious, very filling and a bit different from your average vegan fare. The salads and cakes also looked great, will try to sample some of that another time.

Pros: Coffee, Atmosphere

Leles

29 Dec 2018

Thank you ever so much for leaving us a great review, we are glad you had a lovely time!

wearetjb

Points +207

Vegan
03 Sep 2018

Nice but not a fav

Does an amazing Vegan sausage!!! Pancakes can be hit and miss. One time was awesome, another time half cooked. Overall, pretty good but a little pricey for portion size. Staff are nice too.

Leles

04 Sep 2018

Hey! Thanks for leaving us a review, and sorry to hear you had a little trouble with our pancakes. Please let me know next time you will come in and I will make you one on the house, not sure what went wrong then usually our pancakes are pretty tasty ;-). Drop us a line here info@leleslondon.com




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