Coffee, Cake & Kink

stantoncarlisle

Londons only S&M themed Cafe 7th November 2008

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This is a fun place to visit on a second date or something like that. It isn't slick, polished or decadently Pervy. It doesn't look like something from the set of the Hunger or The Story of O. Its way more ramshackle and amateur. I can't imagine anyone going down the stairs to main seating area in high heels - that's way too dangerous. I was grabbing the shaky banister and feeling pretty uneasy as I climbed down. Its not a place that architecturally encourages people to dress up - the design and the layout are for the novice, the tourist and the seekers of intellectual titillation. Thats cool, somewhere with a true decadent edge would be killed by an in-crowd and be out of business within a few months. On the plus side the Coffee is good. The cakes not so good. The downstairs erotic art on display is bad. That somehow makes the whole place, the whole idea of kink seem nice, safe and respectable in a cheeky, half-assed kind of way.

messydesk

good coffee, bad cake, cheesy kink. 26th September 2008

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This odd little place near the Tottenham court Road end of Covent Garden had not yet closed down, despite the notice on the info part of this page. Apparently, (eavesdropping ago-go) their lease won't be continued after the current one lapses but the landlord doesn't seem in too much of a hurry to boot them out. Anyway Coffee, Cake and Kink is a fetish and S/M styled coffee shop, the upstairs has lots of books and other sex positive paraphernalia lining the walls with a few tables and chairs dotted here and there, it's really quite pleasant and has a good, relaxed vibe. The majority of the seating however is downstairs, which is a bit of a different story. You have to negotiate the most difficult and dangerous set of stairs I've ever come across, so much so that the staff won't let you carry your own food down with you. They've done their level best to make it bareable in the low-ceilinged, windowless basement but to my taste they've not succeeded. Apart from two sofas the seating is very uncomfortable and every table or footstool area is too close to the next, couple that with the claustrophobic, natural light free feel of the room and it becomes just too oppressive. They have different erotic art exhibitions decorating the walls but both of the times I've visited the quality has been extremely low favouring cheesy, fantasy-esque and entirely predictable styles when they could have gone in a more interesting path.
The coffee is really, really good in large cups but the cake is bad, dry and overpriced. The chocolate fondue is a great idea but in reality tastes of wax to the extent that it's inedible. It's a fun place to go, but avoid the food and stay upstairs.

shelo9

Kinky but in a good way 5th May 2007

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Unusual cafe but great fun and not seedy in any way.

Sat downstairs (there didn't seem to be a pizza place down there) on a comfortable sofa surrounded by very expensive pictures and ornamental dildos.

Had iced coffee which was genius. The ice was made of coffee and put into a glass. Fresh hot coffee was then added, then milk and sugar syrup by the waitress at our sofa. And you get more coffee as the ice melts to coffee! It tasted good and different from usual iced coffees.

Definetly worth a visit if in covent garden and need change from the chains.

rkn

A livelier coffee experience 15th November 2006

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CCK is a small cafe which opened a few years ago in Covent Garden. It serves all manor of hot drinks, a small selection of cakes and a bunch of (expensive) sex-positive erotica. This includes sex-toys, novelty gifts, cards and art. They also have a downstairs section which I believe serves pizza, but I have checked it out yet. Oh and a couple of tables outside.

The staff are friendly, the atmosphere is quiet and relaxed and it is in no-way seedy. Its great that you can have a coffee and browse the arty books (which I could never afford) from their small library/bookshop sitting at one of the brightly lit tables.

They also do events, exhibitions and small shows at the store in the evenings.

A good change and a bright idea for a coffee shop.

Web: http://www.coffeecakeandkink.com
Tel: 020 7419 2996