Le Pain Quotidien
Le Pain Quotidien in London offers a cozy Belgian-inspired café experience with rustic breads and organic fare, perfect for a quick meal while traveling through St. Pancras station. Service quality varies, but the menu features satisfying options from avocado toast to pastries, with gluten-free alternatives available. Despite mixed reviews about service and pricing, many guests appreciate the convenient location and quality food when looking for a casual dining spot.
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2 months ago
Few things to note. They automatically add a service charge. In the fine print on the menu you can have this removed. Im not entirely sure how they work this out as you'll see in the receipt it says they've added a service charge to "guest one" and "guest two". You can't be shy in this restaurant, they don't seem to be concerned with customer service. Overall the food was ok in the end. It still wasn't what I ordered but I ate it all the same and I enjoyed it. My friend ordered the fruit salad, see pictures. Great if you're looking for a quick place to eat and you're not worried about a dining experience as such. My full experience below. My friend and I are both gluten intolerant so we wanted somewhere that had gluten free options. This is a place where you have to be confident asking for the waiter/waitress if you need any information as the service is very quick and the server we had wasn't very welcoming. I got the impression this is a place that has a very quick turn around in customers so they are quick with ordering/plating/paying. We were asked if we were ready after a couple of minutes of looking at the menu and when we ordered drinks our server went to take our menus before we'd looked at food. The look I received when I asked her to leave the menus wasn't very welcoming. After ten minutes and the server still hadn't returned we had asked another to take our order and he said they do gluten free bread. The menu is slightly confusing so im not surprised my food came out incorrect. I asked for scrambled eggs with salmon (gf bread on the side) but they also serve a scrambled eggs on toast. The food turned up with no salmon. Avocado and tomato on top. Im not a fan of either so I spoke to ANOTHER server and explained what had happened. Instead of taking my food back (which i did initially think would happen), they brought me over a plate of the salmon to put this on top myself. See pictures.
3 weeks ago
I was waiting to check in for my tour and this spot was nearby. I had a hot matcha latte sweetened with honey and it was just right. Perfect flavor and temperature and a solid breakfast drink. I’d definitely come back here again to try their other menu items.
a month ago
Good place to catch up light bites & drinks before catching Eurostar or returning. Staff are friendly & helpful. Reasonably priced brassiere and would recommend this place for stopover. Plenty of seating indoors and outdoors.
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