If you are near Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross, St Martins Lane or the National Gallery, there is a lovely little hidden café underneath the St Martin-in-the-Fields church.
You enter by going downstairs in a circular glass structure in the wide alley just to the North of the church.
Once you are downstairs you will be in a large atmospheric crypt with beautiful arched vaulted ceilings. The acoustics are great, even when it is full you can hear your party’s conversation without difficulty.
The floor is flagged with large stones and some very old gravestones. There are busts of famous ancient Londoners dotted throughout, in hidden alcoves.
It serves very good food; soup made on the premises, nice hot dishes that change from day to day, lovely cakes and biscuits and it is licensed, if you fancy a glass of wine with your lunch.
There is a good choice for vegetarians too.
If you a looking for somewhere that is right in the centre of tourist London that, perhaps, most tourists might miss, then this is just the place.
A real hidden gem!
The picture above is of the entrance, in case you miss it. It has Jazz evenings on Wednesdays. Oh and the church that it is beneath, St Martin-in-the-Fields, is not to shabby either!
I adore The Café in the Crypt though I haven’t been there for a good few years.
Well it’s still lovely. Can’t believe I’ve been in London so long and never found it!
this makes me want to visit London all the more 🙂
Thanks so much for this tip. Definitely going to check it out on my 4th visit to London in 2018!
Also going to see the Freud Museum London and the Ben Uri Gallery.
Actually not been to either of those, I will look them up now that you have mentioned them.
What a brilliant little place to find.
I love this cafe!!! What a lovely cafe.❤️❤️❤️