Lena’s Café

I’d heard good things from a colleague, so I was keen to try this little Mediterranean café near my office.
Staff are friendly and serve you fast. While the place is teeny tiny — you’ll likely have to share a table — portions are v generous.
I had the small plate, and that was more than enough. Vegetarian lasagne, with three salads, all totally delish — especially the aubergine. They even give you a flatbread as well.
Eating in was £5.50 and take away is just £3.50. Take cash if you can, or there’s a small charge for card payments.
Look forward to my next visit and more of that oh-​so-​moreish aubergine. Mmm.

Absolutey love this place. I stumbled upon it right after I’d bought lunch from 8 caffe, so had to wait a day before trying this. The display of salads ensured I was back and a day later, I bought a large salad box to take away. A large gives you 5 options of salad — I opted for the fish, falafel, aubergine, sweet potato and a black olive salad. Wow, what can I say absolutely delicious. The fish was a large serving and not dry in the slightest. The only thing that let the meal down slightly was the falafel. It was little dry for my liking, even when coated in the chilli relish.
All in all though was £5.50 and a free banana thrown in for good measure, this was a pretty good deal and I’d love to go back and try a few of the other things on the menu.

Wonderful little independent café near Paddington Station!
I was looking for somewhere to get a baguette or panini on a Saturday afternoon. They didn’t have any, but once inside and seeing the amazing range of hot dishes and salads I HAD to stay! Food was absolutely delicious, healthy and very reasonably priced. Service, too was warm and friendly. Will definitely be returning. Highly recommended.

This is such a brillant find… I was on my way to Paddington and starving — but I didn’t feel like having a dry panini, jacket potato or kebab, all of which are abundant in this part of town… no, I wanted something colorful, flavourful and healthy…
…and then I saw the lunch crowd in this place: Lena’s Café. To be sure, it’s a tiny place and when I say crowd, I mean about 5 – 10 people. But they all looked and behaved like regulars and were very confident in ordering their food. Plus, the staff seemed to know already some of them and so there was a nice chatter going on.
I decided to go with one of the mixed salads — the choice is big and they all look awfully yummy. These are not you’re California-​style salads, but Mediterranean/​Middle Easter style salads: lots of aubergine choices, hummus, etc.
If you’re in the area, please do come here… it’s so much better and economical then most of the other fast-​food places around.