Café in the Crypt

I thought this was a third wave type café but it’s actually a cafeteria style restaurant where large tour groups come and chat about their trip. Not the ambience I wanted (I brought a book w me). Also worth mentioning: the bright church photos are from the neighboring building. They are connected by a hall, but the cafe is not inside the church–it is underneath and next door and quite dark. I was fooled by IG. Pretty inside the cafe but not at all what I expected. I’d skip this cafe for another if you have limited time to sightsee.

We decided to try Cafe in the Crypt during our recent visit to London. Although the service here is cafeteria style (as some reviews mention), there aren’t piles of food getting cold and going bad or anything along those lines. It appeared to me like small, fresh batches of food were being cooked up as needed. The fish and chips we ate were delicious (among the best I’ve had). The dessert was very basic, but still good. It was fun eating in a “crypt” (basically the basement of an old church; don’t expect coffins and such). I’m glad we stopped here for lunch.