You Don’t Bring Me Flowers

This is just down the road from me. Lovely place for a tea or coffee and their cakes and sandwiches are gorgeous. In particular their cake offerings — for me — are spot on.
They’re not as cheerful in there as they used to be which is a shame — I felt like I was bothering them when I went in there last week. But cheerful service is not the norm in London so I can ignore it as the cakes are too good. Plus the shabby chic décor and the entrance bursting with beautiful blooms provides all the cheer you could need.

They are very knowledgeable and
know more what the customers want. They really know what is best for all
occasion and season and willrecommend the right message for your loved one. I really like this store. A nice pick
for everyone.

This quaint oldy worldy coffee shop come florist is a real find.
Mismatched floral cups and plates with a nice selection of cakes and pastries.
The flowers are fresh and seem to last well though do tend to be a bit on the pricey side!
If I lived more local or could park easily I would use all the time!

The Girls here at YDBMF are doing a fantastic job of preserving the great British institution of ecentric shops. Not satified with just being a flower shop, but serves we prepared coffee from a gorgeous spring lever machine. Clutter to the bulkheads with knick knacks you’re eyes don’t get bored while meditatating over a flat white. Be sure to check upstairs for the roof garden. South London’s best kept secret.

It is a lovely place. You can buy beautiful flowers or have a cup of coffee.

Ein nettes kleines süßes Café mit einem lustigen Namen. Hier kann man sich zwischendurch mit einem Kaffee und leckerem Kuchen stärken. Oder einfach nur kurz die Augen schließen und feststellen, dass man im Londonurlaub ist.

This is pretty much a Hither Green institution! The atmosphere, assortment of delicious homemade cakes, amongst other treats and a wide variety of teas and other lovely hot drinks all in walking distance from your own front door — or a two minute walk from the overground station if you’re visiting — make this a fab place to be!
As per the fantastically beautiful name, it is also a florist’s!
The only problem I have with YDBMF is that it’s so popular especially at the weekend, that it can be difficult to find a seat.
I highly recommend you visit YDBMF if you’re in the area or come visit especially if you’re not, it’s well served with good public transport links.

I’d much rather buy flowers here than in the other local flower shops.
I bought the best bunch of spectacularly coloured Chrysanthemums here which lasted four weeks.
I’ve not eaten or drunk here, but must do one day to get my sense of well being back.

What a local find! South-​East London isn’t really known for little gems but this might well be one. Located right next to Hither Green station this florist-​cum-​coffee shop is about as individual as you can get. They follow the trend of charming mismatched crockery and a general sense of jumble but this just helps create another world in what isn’t really the nicest of environs.
Try the cake. It’s not the cheapest but it was delicious.

Best coffee shop in an otherwise not so spectacular block. Coffee is amazing and staff is lovely. It is the perfect stop for coffee on your way into the city (steps from Hither Green rail) or for a little something sweet… OR flowers for your wife on the way home. I highly recommend.
I only wish they could heat up the croissants and brioches. They are nice but not so lovely when eaten cold.

Wonderfully eccentric local café. Great place for tea, coffee or a light lunch. And the flowers are unusual in a good way too.

I’m lucky to have this café /​florists /​gift shop on my doorstep. Only recently did I realise that there’s a funky little seating area upstairs, with mis-​matched furniture, retro décor and vintage teacups all adding to its shabby chic charm. The food and drink are pretty standard prices, but some of the gifts can be quite pricey.

Fantastic cake and tea or coffee served in a flower shop where the owners really have a great sense of kitsch … the staff are friendly and helpful, and the cakes are absolutely heavenly, and all served among the smell of fresh cut roses. A real gem of a place.

Lovely tea and real coffee shop in a quiet spot.
The décor is shabby chic/​cluttered with colourful 40s? 50s? 60s? 70s? décor. The first floor has an outdoor roof seating area which is very pleasant in summer. There are community notices in the window.
The cakes and slices are in keeping with the décor with bright pink iced cakes, lemon drizzle cake and the like. Their choc chip and almond cookies are pretty good. The have soy milk though — hurrah!
Pleasant staff.
Great value.

This place is stunning! I’ve never been to Hither Green before, but this wonderful little café is doing enough to get me back there with the next couple of days. It really is the most perfect little café. Like someone jumped into my head, found out what my perfect café would look like and then put it just fifteen minutes from me house.
It’s not just a tea shop, it’s a little art gallery, it’s a florist! It’s a vintage nik nak shop! It’s perfect.
And back to that tea. Served in wonderful vintage tea pots with little matching cups, and not at all expensive — £1.40 for a pot of tea! Yay! The sandwiches were yummy. I had a gorgeous ham and pickle one which was about four pounds. Its not a little sandwich though, and while the pickle wasn’t to my taste, I really liked the sandwich. Excellent fresh bread too.
I came here with a friend who lives in ladywell — neither of us had been before, but we stayed for two hours, chatting, reading the books and drinking more tea. And eating cupcakes too! The range of cakes is brilliant. I defy you not to eat one.
This place is one stop from Lewisham so it’s actually very easy to get to, but hopefully, none of you will visit too often, so when i go I’ll still be able to get a table by the window. I might treat this as my new weekly teashop. It’s heaven in a teapot.

You don’t bring me flowers. You don’t sing me love songs. You hardly talk to me anymore when you come through the door at the end of the day…
What a genius idea it was to name this flower shop after the classic 70s broken-​hearted ballad! I doubt there is any better way to guilt people in to a shop than letting the words of Neil Diamond float around their heads for a while.
If you don’t bring your loved one flowers then 1) shame on you and 2) maybe you should visit this shop. It’s not just flowers in here but a whole range of gifts and cakes. There is a small café at the back of the shop too where you can reward yourself after buying your loved one a nice present. Tea is served in beautiful china pots and their cakes are delicious. The flowers themselves are range from the very exotic to the more well known varieties and are all wrapped beautifully. Maybe it would be worth suggesting to my boyfriend that we move to Lewisham for him to get the hint and buy me something from here!

I’d heard so many good things about this place and finally found myself there on a wet Sunday — it’s bliss! Amazing coffee, hot chocolate with marshmallows for the kids — though I don’t recommend you stay in with toddlers — it’s a mecca for grabby children. Shabby chic décor, it feels like you’re in someone’s living room. There’s such an eclectic mix of flowers, gewgaws, vintage treasures — all for sale. I also highly recommend the cakes — we had a big slab of white chocolate and vanilla cake for the grown ups and huge flapjack for the kids. It’s an experience in itself and a truly wonderful local business. Try it!

wow. quaint and ecclectic, sparkly and shabby chic to the hilt.
enjoy eating your cake and pointing to the décor and furnishings, and say ‘oh my nan used to have one of them tables circa 1940’
The cakes are amazing and the service is very friendly. Hither green is a lovely little corner of a gritty part of south london, and given that I dont do south of the river, I’d travel over and endure the nose bleeds for the raspberry and almond cake.

Thank heavens for You Don’t Bring Me Flowers.
It’s true that no one brings me flowers but frankly I wouldn’t want anyone to deprive me of the privilege, when a visit to this little florist come coffee shop come pretty-​things emporium is such an incredible delight.
Prettily miniature in size, ‘Flowers consists of a little window for sitting and gossiping, a marvellous display of beautiful blooms, a counter laden with cakey goodness, some divine little tables towards the back and an upstairs room, complete with tiny terrace. Every single little corner is a dream and a masterpiece no more can be described, a visit is due.
Sample the best-​in-​a-​very-​very-​large-​radius coffee, nibble the cakes, grab a croissant if you’re an early bird, have a sandwich, sip some soup heck stay there all day if you have to, I am yet to find something I don’t like about this place. Sigh.