A handy addition to the tourist/student trail around Russell Square, this two-roomed basement coffee house offers regulation refuelling and recuperation in a cosy, no-frills setting of bare wood
floors and oddball mismatched furniture. Coffee beans from Allpress and seven kinds of tea from Tea Pigs show that quality counts here, and the food spans everything from cooked breakfasts,
homemade cinnamon granola and pastries to lunches of soup, sandwiches and the like – plus a host of home-baked cakes through the day. Prices are very fair, and there are discounts for guests
staying at the St Athans Hotel upstairs.