‘Furious’ Highgate locals slam Gen Z for posting about charming community cafe – as it is swarmed by tourists and influencers [Video]

Highgate locals have complained about long queues for a table at their beloved neighbourhood cafe  after Gen Z influencecrs shared it on TikTok.

The Queen’s Wood Cafe, a community cafe nestled in north London was once a quiet eatery for the neighbourhood.

But over the past weeks, people have flooded social media with snaps of the venue, dubbed  ‘London’s most magical cafe’.

Hundreds of posts on TikTok, social media users have praised Queen’s Wood as the perfect escape from the city’s hustle and bustle. 

However, the quiet of Queen’s Wood Cafe is now somewhat disturbed by the long lines of people waiting for a table, with locals bemoaning the loss of what was once considered a hidden gem. 

TikTok user Laura Colciago filmed the queue extending way past Queen’s Wood garden enclosure and captioned her clip: ‘Once a hidden gem, now just another Instagram-fuelled queue. 

‘This charming Highgate cafe is now just …