Hipchips

Apparently only open for a year, this is great place to snack on chips with friends. They had a very friendly server at the counter and some seating at the back that was quite empty on Monday evening. There are 3 portion sizes: small with 2 dips, medium with 3 dips and large with 6 dips. Large is enough for 4 people to share as a good-sized appetiser. I would recommend choosing half-salty and half-sweet crisps. Of the dips: beetroot and lemongrass marmelade was delicious and my favourite. Moroccan yoghurt and katsu curry were both good and jalapeno and lime didn't live up to my hope for it. Both the sweet dips - cheesecake and peanut butter - were good and you can garnish the sweet dips with jam (obviously a must-have with peanut butter), marshmallows, etc.

THE KIDS WILL LOVE IT... OK, this is a Crisp Cafe. Yes, you heard me right, the only thing they sell from this establishment is crisps. Now, I suspect by now you're thinking, this is a Soho Pop-Up, right? Well you'd be be Wrong! This is in fact a fully fledged properly decorated establishment. Cereal Cafe (Brick Lane / Camden Market) would be the most similar offering, in this single food market, that currently prevails in London. But there's a lot of variety in their offering even though it's just cereal. Here however, you are locked into, well... just Crisps & dips. Are they good, well yes, not bad at all really. My guest and I shared a Savory & Sweet Small box (we were genuinely struggling to finish by the end though - these things being freshly made and with no additives are not moreish like their processed counterparts). You get to choose your potato, so we had a selection of Savoury & Sweet crisps. The Dips, Morrocan Yoghurt and Smoky Cheese Fondue for the Savory and Chocolate Praline Mouse and Lemon Tart & Raspberries were perfectly nice. The hot drink dispensing is done from an iPad (you'll see), like I said in the title, Kids will love it. Even the £4.50 price tag was acceptable when you think of the cost of a Large Bag of Kettle Crisps and two dips from your local supermarket. But would I go back, well no. Not because there's anything wrong with the food, service or ambience in the venue. Just because its... well... crisps. If there's enough families with children trawling the streets of Soho these days, they could be on to a winner. If not, that maybe this should've been a pop-up after-all. But everyone should do it once...