Rinkoff Bakery

Back in 2021, I ordered Rinkoff’s chocolate babka and challah from Gorillas several times. The babka was hit-or-miss, sometimes quite dry. The challah had a nice texture but I didn’t like the taste. At some point, Gorillas stopped selling then. Recently, I found that I could order Rinkoff’s products on UberEats(it seems that they expanded the delivery area) and decided to give them another go. I ordered challah and babka again, with some other things I haven’t tried before (wish you could add other products like sourdough bread to UberEats). Overall I would say that it’s a solid bakery. Challah: I love the texture, but the caraway seed (or cumin？) in it really puts me off. It’s on the sweet side, personally I prefer it to be a little bit salty. Besides, it says on UberEats that “Comes plaited or round”; I added a note asking for plaited but received a round one. update：Yes it as poppy seeds on the outside, but it also has caraway seeds inside. I can distinguish between caraway and poppy seeds. Maybe caraway seeds just accidentally came into the dough. Bagel: The texture is close to that from Beigel Bake(brick lane), quite doughy, which I don’t like. But it’s sweeter and therefore better if you eat only with cream cheese (brick lane bagel is too bland unless eaten with strong fillings like salt beef). One of them was squashed by delivery. Chocolate babka: Still full of chocolate; much fresher than the ones I used to get from Gorillas. Cinnamon bun: I really love the texture, will order again even though I don’t like cinnamon. Blueberry muffin: Large and fluffy, lighter than a normal muffin, enough blueberries and not too sweet.

An institution, its old school, meaning a small shop selling everything from matcha cookies to apple turnovers and rolls. Cinnamon bun for £1.80 is such great value these days it should be considered a public service. The bread is fluffy in all the right places and perfumed with scents of cinnamon and doughnut. Only downside is that the bread smells slightly of deep fried grease, presumably from all the cronuts they make. Still a 5/5

The staff here are always polite and welcoming. The coffee is a million times better than some chains, and their crodoughs are delicious. There is an excellent selection of challah breads, rolls, pastries, and other things to take home. Their filled bagels are also lovely. My favourite is the cream cheese and smoked salmon. Definitely recommend this place. A wonderful spot in east London.

Very special places get a second review from us! We had today some amazing donut shaped pastry with filling, red velvet & chocolate cake with mocha! Oh & cheese cake as takeaway! The portions vere very generous & had to take some home with us ;o) The staff was very accommodating, despite the busy hour!

I have been living in the area for many years and had heard about Rinkoff Bakery before, but only started trying their products about three weeks ago. Now I love their bread and I am trying different products every now and then. Some are to my taste others aren't, however the quality is there and staff is friendly and professional. I cannot stop coming back, you have yet another regular customer.