Red Door

Lovely laid back tiny café with, wait for it, a choice of vegan cakes on offer along with the standard fair. As I have a dairy allergy I’m always delighted when coffee shops have cake I can eat and this place had 2 on the Sunday afternoon I visited. I enjoyed the lemon and blueberry while my partner had the chocolate. He’s not vegan, but enjoyed the cake anyway. I also had their vegan hot chocolate which was creamy (made with almond milk) but intensely chocolatey and not too sweet.
A real vinyl disc was playing on a turntable deck — I thought it was decorative at first until I saw the guy change the LP!

Cute little place.
This was a lovely little coffee shop, it’s very quirky with mismatched furniture and tea cups and homemade cakes (including some vegan ones), it is very small and quite awkward to get around the furnishings. The service was SUPER slow when we were there, although it didn’t seem hugely busy they did only have 2 people serving. We weren’t in a hurry and were happy to wait, but what was strange was that our party of 4 who all ordered together got all food (crumpets, scones, hot sandwich) in pieces, so when we prompted them about an item thinking they had forgot they were quite abrupt with us.
Cutesy place, perhaps a little more friendly with the customers wouldn’t go amiss?

This adorable little coffee shop is beautifully quirky and everything I was looking for on a Sunday morning.
The arty décor with the decadent red couches and the vinyl records creates a very relaxing atmosphere and the beverages complete the cosy feeling that gets created.
The hot drinks are served in pretty vintage looking cups and they taste great. The staff were very friendly as well and happy to help.
I enjoyed the general atmosphere inside the shop and I would gladly go back if I’m in the area again.

Petit salon de thé archi bobo au propriétaire sympathique. Le gâteau au chocolat que j’ai pu goûter est une pure merveille de gourmandise ! Trop de sucre à mon goût mais un goût merveilleux de chocolat et une texture moelleuse et fondante parfaite ! Les boissons chaudes sont aussi vraiment bonnes et on peut avoir du lait végétal ! Ils ont même un cake au chocolat vegan !
Moment très chouette !

Nice little coffee shop. Lovely selection of homemade cakes — sampling the carrot cake and it’s ridiculously good. Mocha and cappuccino are good. Nice people working here, calm atmosphere and like the music selection.

Un passage par Greenwich avec la belle-​famille, et je tenais vraiment a leur faire gouter un english tea time! Ayant repere ce teashop sur Unilocal,nous en avons «par hasard» pousse la porte (je né revele pas en avance mes idees, pour né pas creer chez mes hotes de trop hautes attentes ;))
Le lieu est petit et facilement bonde, mais en attendant un peu, nous avons pu avoir acces a une petite table tout au fond du salon, dans la petite piece ou se cache un tourne disque! Parfait pour une pause, ce salon de the a repondu a nos attentes.
Le choix est assez grand, mais la prix est peut etre un peu eleve par rapport a la taille des parts.
Mais je m’y arreterais sans doute surement encore la prochaine fois que je me promene dans le coin!

Cute, tiny, and artsy coffee shop near the Greenwich Market serving a variety of cakes and their «award-​winning» gluten-​free brownies.
The service was nice but sometimes absent-​minded. The cakes (we tried carrot and coffee-​walnut cakes) were decent albeit a tad too sweet, but the brownie was so-​so (more like fudge). We got a pot of tea for 2 and chai latte. Tea was good as usual, and the chai latte was also a bit too sweet (perhaps due to the latte-​cake combination).
It was a 3.5-star experience, but I like to support local business.

It isn’t much to look at. But it warm, rustic, and has amazing hot chocolate! They serve hot chocolate the way it should be. Nice and rich and not some cheeky instant variety. The server was okay. He was just mad busy and trying to keep up.

In the forest of teapots, in the land of Red Door; Underneath the greater luminary (the 70’s paper light shade) and the lesser luminary (the ornate pre-​victorian one), my husband and I did eat 2 sandwiches (one each) and a slice of chocolate cake. The cake was light and fresh with no pretensions of ‘death by’; and gratifyingly 2 different types of icing (one within, one out) both meltingly soft. Service was also quirky and fun. No pretensions. For a more detailed review see

«Um, excuse me but, WHERE THE BLOODY HELL IS THE REST OF MY CAKE?!» …is what I should have said when The World’s Most Measly Slice of Chocolate Cake was finally delivered to our table. Unfortunately, I was overcome by that very British acceptance of suffering in the name of sparing momentary embarrassment. £3.50…THREE POUNDS FIFTY for a slice so small not even a Borrower could bounce on it. And, I’m sorry to say, but the two and a half mouthfuls I tasted weren’t even good. Possibly the least chocolatey chocolate cake I’ve ever tried. The icing was nice but the rest was buh-​land.
I wanted to love this place, I really did — especially after I refused to go to Costa despite my friend’s pleading — I’d insisted that we should support the independents. It’s pretty, quirky, unusual… and I can accept the slow service considering the place was full — but what I can’t accept is the disgusting waft of a freshly laid turd coming from the toilet! Firstly… who craps in a café that small? It’s just rude. Go to McDonalds or Starbucks or somewhere where people deserve to gag on your poo particles. Secondly… having tables so close to where someone ‘does their business’ can’t be hygienic? After Cake-​gate 2012, I tried to chill out with my Dr Stuart’s tea but had to dash, hand-​to-​nose, after the stench became too much.
The staff were nice despite being busy, but unfortunately that wasn’t enough to make up for the meagre portioning and sewagey scent. Soz!

I can’t believe I’m not the first to Unilocal this. =(
But, its worth it. After you do your little hike to the meridian, stop by this coffee /​cake shop near the Greenwich market. My bf had the vanilla milkshake for 2 pounds (a small glass, but rich, creamy, and really good). I had the cream tea for 4 pounds — the pot held 3 cups of good tea, the scone was made that morning (and slightly warmed before serving), and it came with really nice clotted cream.
A perfect pick me up after an exhausting day.

Latte-​bot. The bourgeois Decepticon.
This place bills itself as an art gallery. But when you step inside it will strike you as more of a jewellery shop. If you look really closely, however, you’ll see it’s actually a gem of a coffee shop.
The Greenwich market is very cute. But Greenwich is Nappy Valley — seriously, it’s like the straight couples are going at it hammer-​and-​tong in order to maintain the birth rate in the face of a large gay community — and push chairs don’t mix well with busy little markets. Red Door is a welcome oasis of calm and caffeine, where you can rest your weary feet and rub your pram-​bashed shins.
The «sitting room» — out back behind the counter — has a wonderfully shambolic collection of comfy sofas, and the Art Garfunkel-​eqse owner will serve you a wicked coffee and some decadent cake. The almond macaroons are particularly good. And the narrow staircase seems to ward off most of the breeders and their wheeled offspring.

It’s not cheap in Red Door, but it is pretty. It erm, has a red door and it’s where I buy all my presents for all of my favourite people.
It smells great in here too. I don’t know what of. But it’s better than cheap insense. You can buy lots of girly tat in here — jewellery, bags and stuff you don’t need but will clutter up your rooms and confuse boys. Perfect.
They also have the best notebooks in the world. Hand printed and hardback and the perfect sizes. Yes they’re expensive, but I’m a writer by trade so I’ll pay the price.
If you sneak past the (surprisingly cute) little dog, you’ll find a tiny little art gallery. For no reason. Other than the fact that Red Door prides itself on its support of local artists. Yes, it might be expensive, but you know you’re getting something beautiful and original.
Even if you do have to pay £18 for an egg cup.