London's bakers are turning out cracking mince pies this Christmas along with less traditional takes on the festive favourite. Here's where to get your hands on them (and when).
Mince Pies
Finks
Highbury and Stoke Newington
Finks' mince pies will be available on the counter at their original Highbury location and, new for this year, at their Clissold Park cafe. These are made from sweet shortcrust pastry with "boozy" mincemeat featuring quince and roasted plum.
Follow on Instagram: @finks.london.
Gladwell's
Camberwell - 2 Camberwell Church St, London SE5 8QU
These mince pies are made by head baker Matt Thornton (previously Brickhouse Bakery, Darby's, Jolene) using his own buttery rough puff pastry. The mincemeat filling includes dates, apricots, sultanas, citrus and spice, all in lots of brandy.
Follow on Instagram: @gladwellslondon
Little Bread Pedlar
Bermondsey, Primrose Hill, Chalk Farm
They supply many restaurants, but you'll have to go to their bakeries for their mince pies. They're traditional takes, and this year you'll find candied oranges, lemons, sour candied Amarena cherries and lots of brandy and rum, inside a beef suet crust. These are available in the bakeries, but you can also pre-order them online in boxes of six.
Follow on Instagram: @lbpedlar
Toad Bakery
Camberwell - 44 Peckham Road, London SE5 8PX
Previously voted best in London by Condé Nast, Toad's creations are made with pastry that uses emmer flour, topped with demerara sugar. Inside you'll find rum and brandy-soaked mincemeat made from prunes, apples, whole oranges, raisins, currants, mixed peel and vegetarian suet. There's even a whole glacé cherry inside.
Follow on Instagram: @toadbakery.
Toklas Bakery
Temple - 9 Surrey St, London WC2R 2ND
Just off the Strand, Toklas Bakery's mince pies are always worth trying and usually sell out (so get there early). They feature a flaky shortcrust pastry with a mincemeat made from slow-roasted quince, Bramley and Braeburn apples, brandy, mixed spices and packed with house-candied pomelo peel from the Todolí Citrus Fundacio.
Follow on Instagram: @toklas_bakery
Miel Bakery
Fitzrovia - 60-61 Warren St, London W1T 5NU
This French bakery in Fitzrovia will have mince pies on the counter every day until Christmas. They're filled with a mincemeat mix of boozy spiced raisins, currants and fragrant candied lemons, oranges and bergamot.
Follow on Instagram: @mielbakery.
Comptoir Bakery
Bermondsey, Borough, Southwark Cathedral, Maltby
Focused in and around Borough, this French patisserie has been baking under the arches in Maltby Street since 2010. Their mince pies (which you can order online for delivery) are made from homemade shortcrust pastry cases filled with their own spiced mincemeat and dusted in icing sugar.
Follow on Instagram: @comptoir_bakery
St John
Clerkenwell, Smithfield, Covent Garden
The St John mince pies are a yearly favourite (and are another that usually sell out fast). Made with fruit, brandy and nuts, they're encased in buttery pastry which they say is "crumbly yet structured" making it "the platonic ideal of a mince pie".
Follow on Instagram: @st.john.restaurant
Pophams
Hackney, Islington, Victoria Park
A yearly favourite, Pophams team up with The King's Ginger liqueur for their mince pies. Inside, you'll find currants, raisins, sultanas, apple and suet mixed with spices, candied peel, and citrus. All that has been steeped in The King's Ginger liqueur for two months before going inside 18 layers of Normandy butter flaky pastry, which is then filled with Cornish clotted cream.
Follow on Instagram: @pophamsbakery
Paul Rhodes Bakery
Greenwich - 37 King William Walk, London SE10 9HU
Greenwich baker Paul Rhodes does sell classic mince pies, but in recent years his twists on morning buns have been particularly popular. This features his homemade mincemeat and pastry cream swirled through flaky, buttery layers of laminated croissant dough.
Follow on Instagram: @Paulrhodesbakery
Photo by Nic Crilly Hargrave
Blondies Kitchen
Covent Garden, Selfridges, Harrods and Skate at Somerset House
If you're after something a little different, we can recommend the Blondies Kitchen mince pie cookie cups. They put a mince pie filling sealed inside chewy vanilla cookie dough cups, mixing two of our favourite things. It's well worth trying and they also do bite-sized mince pie cookies.
Follow on Instagram: @blondieskitchen.
Luminary Bakery
Stoke Newington and Chalk Farm
Social enterprise folk Luminary Bakery have shortcrust pastry mince pies, topped with a Luminary crescent moon and filled with mincemeat and orange marmalade. They're available in boxes of 6 or 12 for take-away or delivery.
Follow on Instagram: @luminarybakery
Violet Cakes
Hackney - 47 Wilton Way, London E8 3ED
Royal wedding cake baker Claire Ptak is selling mince pies from her bakery. They're made with candied grapefruit, orange, Amalfi lemon, clementine and mandarin and they're another that uses citrus from Todolí Citrus Fundació in Spain.
Follow on Instagram: @violetcakeslondon
Mince pie spin-offs
Every year, some restaurants like to do their own thing when it comes to mince pies. Here are some decidedly non-traditional versions that are well worth seeking out.
The Mince Pie pizza from Yard Sale
Various locations
Although this is called "The Mince Pie" Yard Sale's latest collab, with Quality Chop House, isn't putting sweet mincemeat on a pizza. Instead, it's topped with beef mince, beef dripping sourdough breadcrumbs, jalapeños, and a mustard dressing all on their tomato and fior di latte mozzarella base.
Available until: 6 January 2026
Follow on Instagram: @yardsalepizza.
Leydi's mince pie borek
City of London - 6 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2AE
Making a return for a second year, this sees Selin Kiazim taking one of her signature dishes and giving it a mince pie twist. Inside the filo pastry, you'll find dried fruit, spices, sugars & nuts and it's served with date syrup, housemade vanilla ice-cream and pistachio topping.
Follow on Instagram: @leydi.london
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