Mary Ward Centre, 42 Queen Square WC1N 3AQ . This cafe is in the Mary Ward Adult Education Centre so is only open during term time and specific times at weekends. Check website for details.
http://www.marywardcentre.ac.uk/StudentInfo/StudentInfo-Opening.asp. This place gets really busy at lunch time with all the staff from the surrounding hospitals.
I've been meaning to write about this place for ages. I love it! It's a veggie cafe where vegans and gluten freers are catered for. The food is excellent and the staff really friendly. You can get a main with salad for a fiver which for central London is a bargain. The portion sizes are not stingy.
Unfortunately the photo below doesn't do they're lovely food justice. You'll just have to imagine all the yummy food laid out.
I often pop in for tea - mug 80p. On the day I went I also had carrot cake which sadly had no topping so was a little dry. Normally though their standard is good but their piece de resistance is the portugese custard tarts bought in from an authentic portugese bakery. These are my favourite cakes of all time but I have to try other things otherwise I worry that one day there will come a stage when I woudln't be able to eat any more!
Overall the cafe is good value for money and there is often student art on the walls so it's a nice environment to spend time in. The tea is strong ( if you look carefully in the picture I've still got my tea bag in the cup!). I can't give this place a mark out of 5 because I don't really go there just for the cake so it would be unfair to compare it with the other cake specific places in this blog.
I completely love this place and so many people never get to try it as it's closed weekends and over the summer - I wish they would open their own canteen open all day, weekends and summers!
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