Cafe in London

Well-meaning and well-worth-it Bombay-style enterprise

A London phenomenon started by two British-Indian cousins, Dishoom arrived in 2010 in Covent Garden, setting out to...

Central · 5 Stable St, Kings Cross, London

• outdoor seating
• $$
• $
• Indian

Foodie gay pizza and breakfast south of the river

One of the few Battersea establishments on this website, Flour to the People! divides its allegiances between...

South · 573 Battersea Park Rd, Battersea, London

• pizza
• LGBTQ+ owned

Gay-appeal straight espresso in the dolce vita style

An almost too-perfect modern take on an Italian espresso (and cocktail) bar, with understatedly sumptuous decor...

Soho · 7 Old Compton St, London

• $$
• Italian
• sandwiches
• casual

Soho brasserie, bar, café and cabaret

Yet another instant success story for Christopher Corbin and Jeremy King (the Wolseley, the Delaunay), Zédel...

Soho · 20 Sherwood St, London

• $$

Sexy working men have lunch and breakfast here

A reassuringly old-fashioned, atmospheric and 'real'-feeling working man's café (pronounced...

Central · 59 Gray's Inn Rd, Holborn, London

• $
• brunch
• British
• coffee

London's definitive Italian delicatessen

Marked by its pleasing signature fountain green colour (both in and out) and renowned for top-quality salamis, cheeses,...

Soho · 18 Brewer St, London

• outdoor seating
• Italian
• sandwiches

One of Vauxhall's jewels

Tucked away, just five minutes from the the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, the Eagle, Chariots and the rest, you'll find...

Vauxhall · 13 Bonnington Square, London

• outdoor seating
• Italian
• sandwiches

Quality coffee and food in salvaged olde-worlde public toilet

A lovingly reinvented late-Victorian underground toilet that opened in February 2013 as an instantly hip and...

Central · 27A Foley St, Fitzrovia, London

• $
• sandwiches

Croissants, coffees and CDs

The closure of once-popular classical CD music shop MDC did not signal the demise of the company, who in November...

Central · 31 St Martin's Lane, London