Forno.london operates as an Italian bakery, pastificio (fresh pasta maker), and deli, offering high-quality Italian pastries, baked goods, and specialty items. It has multiple locations in London and is known for its authentic Italian offerings. On Friday nights, the venue transforms into 'Brillo.london', suggesting a distinct evening concept. The deli also stocks quality Italian wines and delicacies like anchovies from Cetara.
Customers generally praise Forno.london for its excellent pastries, particularly the maritozzo, tiramisu, lemon curd bun, and tomato focaccia. The quality of ingredients and coffee is frequently highlighted. While queues can be long, they are noted to move quickly, and staff are described as friendly and helpful. Some feedback indicates that selection can be limited later in the day, and a few reviews found certain creamy pastries to have excessive cream or were disappointed with the tiramisu.
Additional Details
Forno.london has an associated evening concept called 'Brillo.london' which operates on Friday nights. The deli section offers a selection of quality Italian wines and rare delicacies such as anchovies from Cetara.
It is recommended to visit early in the day, especially on weekends, to avoid long queues and ensure the widest selection of pastries and baked goods.
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I wanted to visit this place since a long time, as my reliable Italian friend from Roma swears they do one of the best maritozzo that he has ever tasted. I live very far from their east London location, but today I had some time to kill before a movie at the Genesis cinema, so I managed to finally taste 3 of the excellent pastries and desserts they make. I was not disappointed. In fact, I was ecstatic. I had the maritozzo, an
Incredibly good one, with fresh and delicious filling, the tiramisu, one of the best I ever had in London, and the Gianduia bun as well. All of them incredible, with extra bonus points for the maritozzo and the tiramisu. The queue was not too long and it moved very fast. The service is very nice. The atmosphere I decided not to rate because the mix of the people queuing, added to the families with children, plus the customers that are more intent to take pics rather than taste their wonderful pastries, might not be to everyone’s taste. However, what they serve, food wise, is of the highest quality, and deserves to be praised. Lastly, they also sell quality wines and delicacies such as anchovies from Cetara, a very rare find in London and the Uk. Go early to avoid the queues, and, if you like savoury food, you will also find many options that looked incredible ( I saw the mini fried pizzas- called montanarine in Campania - that really looked like they deserve a separate trip to east London ! ). Thank you guys!
The pastries were excellent! Especially the lemon curd bun, maritozzo, and this tomato focaccia. The line gets long, but we got there at 11:30am on a Sunday and only waited 10 minutes. Get there early. Coffee and tea (pear white tea) were great as well. Would 100% recommend.
Good quality bakery yes, fine ingredients.
We arrived at 13h and there was almost no more choice in pastries… the hype over the creamy pastry was over made: the whipped cream was a lot and the brioche normal. The lemon custard was a too much cream. At first, our almond croissant was super dry, but thankfully the staff kindly exchanged it for some of the freshly newly baked ones and these were very warm and buttery!
Don’t get me wrong: good bakery, but just not the best and missing a range of selection… Maybe italian pastries are just not my favs personally?
Met friends for a Sunday morning breakfast.
The most delicious pastries good coffee . Relaxed vibe so artisan you might need a canvas . Seriously good genuine place, where the hype becomes reality. just quality craft baking . Can you please open in west London Nxt . Forget the average overpriced pub lunch , we say treat yourself to brakeryfast . 🥐
The BEST - come here on a sunny day for the loveliest outside seating area, delicious pastries and excellent coffee. There was a little wait, but the staff are super friendly and helpful, and the queue moves quickly.
Their famous bun lives up to the hype - not too sweet (and in the scheme of London pastries, not insanely expensive).
