Bens Cookies

Pretty sure I’ve reviewed another location but I have to give it up for this spot in South K. Popped in around 1 and was greeted by three lovely, happy people who served us right away. We were fortuitously informed that they had a buy 3 get 1 free offer and ended up getting four delicious treats for under £5. I would go out of my way to return to this location.

Large cookies, fun to eat while walking through south Kensington :) not the best thing we have ever had but no one turns down a cookie!

The cookies were alright. Good but bot amazing. I got the peanut butter chocolate and I wish it either had more peanuts or was more peanut butter tasting. Also had the double chocolate walnut, and it needed more walnuts.
They’re big thick cookies with a cookie dough taste that would be pretty good warm, but they weren’t warm and the place has no seating inside or out, so we walked pretty far before we found benches.

best cookies ever.

My boyfriend and I split a peanut butter and milk chocolate cookie. It is very rich and sweet but also chewy and delicious! The cookies here are priced by their weight. Our single peanut butter and milk chocolate cookie cost £1.43
I would come again looking for a small sweet treat!

I was recently having a conversation about cookies with friends, as you do, and Ben’s cookies came up. I had vaguely heard of the place, and passed it many times, but never tried it. Obviously as soon as I expressed my fondness for a gooey middle I was told I had to try Bens, and so next time I passed one that is what I did. I was not disappointed! The flavour selection is very impressive, thus far I have only tried white choc and peanut butter and chocolate, so there are loads left for me to try. I have heard about the ice cream sandwiches being amazing, have yet to check this out myself but I don’t doubt it. I now seem unable to pass a Bens without suddenly getting the urge for a cookie, but as they have also had the effect of other cookies paling in comparison this is ok by me! If you like your middles gooey, and who doesn’t??, you are in for a treat

Tricked! Like a moth to a flame (burned by the fire), this fatty can’t resist the temptation of cookies, brownies, etc. Pair a cookie shop directly next to a train and you have a dangerous combo (for my waistline and wallet). As knower and eater of all things sweet and delicious, believe me when I say that I’ve had much better cookies. The people behind the counter as are nice as can be and were extremely accommodating. But, the product… it just wasn’t there.
I imagine that given its location, this particular Ben’s Cookies does very well for itself. They don’t need my business. But, the disappointment (yes, fully aware of the first-​world problem) I felt when digging in to my double chocolate with nuts cookies was total sad trombonish. The cookie looked beautiful and the texture — not my particular style with billowy, soft qualities — wasn’t enough to turn me off. What turned my smile upside down was the flavor. There’s little excuse for a *double* chocolate cookie with nuts to taste bland. There’s just not. I still don’t understand how such a thing is possible. But, yet, there it was on my tongue and (soon) in my tummy: white noise cookie. The Cookie Monster would have pitched a fit (while nonetheless eating a metric ton of the cookies). I just whined to myself (while eating all of the cookies).

Over-​hyped. There’s always a queue at this place, and I finally tried it today and was disappointed.
4 cookies for a little over 4 pounds… it really didn’t feel worth it to me.
The cookie is slightly underdone, so it’s pretty chewy. Way too sweet for me…

As the world’s greatest housemate I only buy Ben’s Cookies one way; 15 at a time.
The large box is £15.95 and you get 15 cookies which means you can have one of every flavour, and a couple of double-​ups (double chocolate and nuts or peanut butter and chocolate, please).
They are cooked to perfection in that they are slightly underdone and stay supersoft through the middle, which coincidentally is exactly how I bake all my cookies, and brownies, and slices, and sometimes cakes… BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO EAT THEM.
Anyway, 5 stars, Ben’s Cookies. You are some tasty, tasty treats.

Vier für drei Cookies und saulecker.

Ah, Ben’s Cookies. The perfect place to stop by after getting off the tube (South Ken station) to satisfy your appetite before cooking up dinner. It’s also the perfect dessert after getting lunch in town before heading out. Regardless of the occasion, I would never say no to a cookie from Ben’s.
The first time I got a cookie from Ben’s, I was surprised that the woman ringing up my order could not tell me the exact price until my cookie had been weighed. But after biting into that warm, fresh first cookie, I knew I was hooked for life… or at least for my three-​month stay in the area. I was very impressed and satisfied by the cookies I tried. After reading a few reviews here, I’m kicking myself for not trying every single flavor (like the chocolate orange).
Maybe Ben’s Cookies gets five stars because of my nostalgia for living in South Kensington while studying abroad. Or maybe it really is as good as it gets when it comes to cookies. All I know for sure is that these cookies are warm, chewy, melt-​in-​your-​mouth sweet, and pretty darn affordable. The next time I’m in London, I plan on getting Ben’s cookies again!

OMG! SO. DELICIOUS!!!
Also, there’s a 4 for 3 deal. My friend and I got the Orange and milk chocolate, the milk chocolate and peanut butter, the double-​chocolate chip, and the macademia/​white chocolate one. SO GOOD!!!
There’s no seating, so we stood outside South Kensington Station by the statue things shaped sort of like trees and ate our cookies in pure bliss. One thing I plan to do next time is go to the corner store in the SK station and get a little thing of milk to dip it in. Otherwise, the situation was absolutely perfect. I will definitely be returning there, and soon!

Alright people… Ben’s has officially received the «best cookie in London» award from a cookie connoisseur. Trust me on this one… I have had cookies all over the world and these are excellent.
I could bore you with details about how they charge you for the cookie based on weight or the fact that they often have 2 for 1 specials or the variety of their cookie flavors.
HOWEVER…all you need to know is MILK CHOCOLATE ORANGE. For those of you who are a little slow, that is definitely a flavor of one of their cookies and it is definitely the best cookie alive.
Stop reading this review, get off your butt, find the nearest Bens, and get a box of 15… yes I said 15… of milk chocolate orange cookies!

I wanted to like this place SO BAD! I think my batch of chocolate chip cookies were just… not fully baked. Yes, it was warm… it just came out. but i felt the dough was still pretty raw and i was kinda disgusted eating it… The other cookies I chose, that i ate the next day and after were fine. They didn’t even turn very hard yet, surprisingly! But to be honest — they’re nothing special. i can bake these cookies at home…

Ben’s Cookies originated from the Covered Market of my hometown, Oxford, so I always feel a near-​patriotic sense of pride when I happen across a branch. The format of South Kensington one is close to the original one in Oxford’s Covered Market: a booth, with a small area to stand in whilst frantically trying to decide which type of cookie to order. Cookies are sold by weight. Typically one cookie costs around £1.30, but there are various offers to be had for bargain hunters/​cookie gluttons.
And the product itself? Goooooood: inch-​thick, doughy cookies that melt, rather than crunch, in the mouth. In fact, not like anything else on the market, which is to their credit. My favourite Ben’s Cookies story is that one of my sisters used to work for rival firm Millie’s cookies (typically found in railway stations and shopping malls). Obviously this meant she could sample Millie’s cookies for free. But so incomparable was the experience that she used to troop over town, in her Millie’s uniform, to buy a cookie from Ben’s Cookies!
That’s gotta be sayin’ somethin’.

Occasion: Snack on our way back from class in South Kensington, London
What I Had:
White chocolate cranberry
Triple chocolate chunk
Food Review: Yes, I had to get two. I’m not even going to tell you how many I’ve gotten on other occasions. Ben’s Cookies are all over London, making that much more convenient to grab some of their delicious cookies. The British have really got it right when it comes to their Ben’s cookies. All of their cookies are warm out of the oven, and I can see the chocolate still melted in the cookie when I purchase it. Even after holding onto the cookies for a while after purchase, they somehow don’t become brittle or hard and keep their soft and chewy texture.
Service Review: Not much to say about their service as it is pretty much grab-​n-​go.
Venue Review: All the Ben’s Cookies shops I’ve been to have been very small, with just enough room to make your order and leave. So not the kind of place you want to meet at with friends, but great for snacks and taking to-​go.
Overall Impression: THE best cookie shop I’ve ever been to. They have plenty of variety, and I’m a huge fan of warm chewy cookies (how can you have them any other way?).

Forget the fancy confectionary shops and the over-​priced choclatiers. In terms of desserts in London, one need look no further than Ben’s Cookies.
Freshly baked jumbo cookies in a variety of unique flavors? Check. Delicious ice cream? Check. What more can you need? Ben’s chain of mini-​bakeries sells their melt-​in-​your-​mouth fresh treats at reasonable prices based on weight, and for around only £1 per cookie, they’re well worth it.
They close relatively early, but if you time your visit you can get your cookies straight out of the oven and add a scoop of ice cream for a guilt-​inducing treat that you’ll no doubt struggle to prevent from turning into a daily habit.
In terms of classic desserts in London, Ben’s really truly is the best of the best.
Quick Tip: While it’s not on the menu, you can ask them to take two cookies and sandwich the ice ream in between them, which makes for an amazing treat.

Simply delicious. I was in London for a few days for spring break and when my friend told me about these cookies, I just had to go try them, and they were the best cookies I’ve ever had. I wouldn’t have thought to go here otherwise, since it’s just a little shop next to the Tube station. I think in the span of a week, I went back here at least once or twice more. Wish they delivered to the US!
If I HAD to pick favorites, they’d probably be triple chocolate chunk and oatmeal raisin! But they’re all amazing. If you’re in London and you love cookies as much as I do, you must go here.

What am I going to do with myself? The South Kensington station is right around the corner; therefore Ben’s Cookies eternally remains in my line of view… In fact, it’s practically begging me to walk in and eat ALL TEH COOKYS!!1!!11!
I ordered a milk chocolate praline cookie which was chewy and mostly cold (murr) so I brought it home to microwave for a bit. So delicious, very greasy, probably incredibly unhealthy, but entirely worth the 1 pound I spent on it.
Ben’s Cookies, I will be back (hopefully not for some time, though, seeing as my waistline won’t be able to handle it).

It’s September and I’m home in NYC. My large problem at the moment? I’m sitting here, daydreaming about Ben’s Cookies. And it’s been far too long since my last one in April of this year (and before that, May of 2009).
Ben and friends must have planned for me when they chose their South Kensington location. It’s my usual Tube stop when in London and only about a three minute walk from my ex-​pat cousins’ house. I remember that first, warm bite I had over a year ago. The yummy goodness took the edge off the last remaining bit of my jet lag. When coming out of the Tube the next day, I spied the storefront and thought that one quick pit stop wouldn’t hurt. Then those pit stops came more and more frequently.
What I wouldn’t do for a Dark Chocolate and Nut or Praline and Milk Chocolate cookie now, especially when they are soft, gooey, and freshly put on the tray from the oven. Mmmm. Were I only those few blocks away now… or if they only shipped to the US (which they don’t; I checked).

If you’ve grown up thinking that the Cookie Monster ate all of the good cookies, don’t be fooled! Ben’s Cookie’s are a simple fun and fresh idea of the way cookies are suppose to taste. warm, fresh and hot out of the oven!
I can buy and cookie along with some milk or ice cream to forget all of my cares in the world. They are also sold by the box, along with buy 3, get 1 free deals. Flavours include, praline chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal, etc.