A queue often snakes out the door and past the dog bowl at this charming boulangerie-pâtisserie by Robin Birley (also behind Mayfair members’ club 5 Hertford Street). While east London’s bakeries have stripped everything back, in comparison this jewel box of a shop is completely over the top, with hand-painted murals on the walls. Grab a coffee and still-warm croissant or chilled madeleine and find a bench on Chelsea Green.

