Niven’s

Really love this place. On the front they have a sign that says ‘provisions’. Really old school. Their food is very different, Moroccan lamb stew a favourite.
The menu is med/​italian/​english. I love the quality of the food, tastewise and it really feels home made, not hotel or restaurant. Theres a wide selection, including coffees, sarnies and breakfast.

Genuinely good coffee and a healthy lunch. Fresh ingredients with no exoense spared and friendly fast service The best food in the area by far. Niven has found his niche and I have found my quiche!

My mom and I ate breakfast here after looking on Unilocal to find a full English breakfast in the King’s Cross area. Even from the reviews, we didn’t know what to expect. From the outside, this little deli-​type eatery looks like a hole-​in-​the-​wall. It is easy to miss, especially considering the address numbering on the street is weird.
The service was great. The £7.95 full English breakfast was fantastic! The eggs, sausage, bacon and mushrooms were as we expected, but the beans stole the show! They were SO good. We did not order any coffee or tea.
We met some great women at the breakfast table and had some nice conversation. Loved the large breakfast table. Even though we were in a small little eating area, it felt homey. I would definitely eat here again if I am in the area.

I am one lucky girl that this place is in my hood. A Monday-​Friday breakfast and lunch spot, this place is like walking into someone’s kitchen and that someone is an amazing chef. The service is sweet and everything is custom made for you and they allow you to be creative. They also have great ingredients – can you say Brindisa chorizo?
They offer hot breakfast (haven’t tried it) and square mile coffee (although they aren’t the best baristas). They have hot food that looks great – casseroles, interesting meatballs, salt beef (that looks amazing), chorizo and chicken cutlets and anything you want can be made into a sandwich on ciabatta bread. They have amazing salads – really good combos with bases of beets, cauliflower, tomatoes, broccoli and don’t be surprised to find interesting combos and favors in those salads like blue cheese, pomegranates, seeds. They also do great quiches – right now I am obsessed with the leek and comte pie. Next up is the different rolls – they do a sausage roll and a veggie roll that looks amazeballs.
Worth a wait in the queue. There is some limited seating in the back – a few small tables and a common table, although I imagine they are in high demand.
This place is value for money and great food if you are in the hood.

Such a legendary neighbourhood place. Freshly made salads, sandwiches and hot meals. It’s pricy, but I’ve never left dissatisfied! Try the chicken escalope sandwich, the chorizo or the chocolate brownie. Lovely staff too, great music.
Tip — try and come early or late for lunch, the queues come out of the door!

Just happened to be passing so thought I would get my lunch there. Really cute place and lovely staff. I had the meat balls and ‘breakfast salad’ to take away. Large portions and great flavours at a reasonable price. Will definitely make the effort to go there again!

Small, cute bistro like setting with gourmet products and fantastic coffee.
Sitting in Nivens right now writing this review. They have a handsome little space here with a large picnic wood table in the back; inviting, warm, like being in somebody’s home. I asked for breakfast and they told me I could choose a little bit of anything and they would put it together for me. So I got myself a fried egg, some fresh tomatoes, and a sausage and they put some arugula for a healthy start to the day. Food is fantastic. The coffee — they serve americanos, cappucinos, etc. is good as well.
Also, they have wifi. Only wish I have is that the space was a little bigger so I wouldn’t feel guilty about taking up a seat during lunch time :)

i tried a sandwich from here the other day and it was as good as i expected! it was 5 pounds for my chicken escalope sandwich and it was big enough to completely fill me up. plus the brownies are still the best in the world. this place keeps getting better and better — YAY!

Exploring my new work manor round Kings Cross.
Lots to hate.
Lots to like.
This place is a like.
Seems like one of a number of businesses gambling on the idea that Kings Cross is finally going to rid itself of the scumminess it has for so long been associated.
A very pleasant café/​sandwich bar selling home cooked food to eat in or take away.
Not masses of choice but what there is is cooked very well. Tasty.
The friendly server explained the system. Buy yur food in three different sized boxes. A small one gets you just a main (chicken and chorizo pie, jerk chicken, salt beef). A medium one gets you a main and a choice of two salads (beetroot, potato, those round pasta like things which would be cous cous except they are too big, chick pea). Or a big box which gets you a main and all the salad you want.
Greedy guts here got the big box which I’m ploughing my way through now and it’s very nice indeed.
All for £6.95 which I’d say is very good value. Deffo going back. More of these please, less of the greasy joints simply named ‘chicken’ or ‘pizza’.

Great place for coffee & lunch. Spanish influenced selection, including things like tortilla, stews, roast chicken — love the very generous chorizo & roasted pepper in ciabatta sandwich.
Also, the use Union coffee (the two best suppliers I’ve come across are Union & Monmouth — if a place uses one of those its usually a good sign).