Pompidou Cafe

Convenient spot to grab the café goods of breakfast and coffee/​tea.
They make the food fresh and whole. It is a block away from King’s Cross station.
You can either order for here or take to go.

What a great place to get a breakfast or a tea break near Kings Cross!
After staying in the KIngs Cross area for three nights, I noticed that the station is surrounded with only chain stores — until I found Pompidou Café, which is a nice local café owned by two brothers and their father. Not only do they have a nice selection of drinks and pastry display, the menu is also enticing. The best part is that despite being so close to the main crossroad of central London transport, the price here is very reasonable — I got a breakfast plate and tea for only around £10!
Anyway, I recommend swinging by here if you are in need to eat or drink something or take a break when you are around Kings Cross!

Great location and a tasty Chai Latte. I had to be in and out, but I really wish I could have stuck around for breakfast. Their Pompidou Breakfast platters looked delicious!

Came in for a drink and a sit after wandering the British Museum for hours. Had the cream tea and was surprisingly pleased. They also let me swap earl grey in for the standard black tea without charge, hooray! They also have a large drinks menu and a bunch of pricey cakes in the window.
Service was friendly.

We were looking for a nice breakfast place near our hotel and we stumbled into here fortuitously. The café is small and a bit cramped, but they found us a table and we ordered our breakfast. I got a sausauge and egg baguette and my fiancée got a strawberries and cream crêpe, both of which were very good. The prices were pretty good for London and it was one of the best breakfasts we had in London. I definitely recommend this place if you’re near Kings Cross and are looking for a nice place for breakfast!

King’s Cross is not known for it’s abundance of local shops and spots. It’s, sadly, mostly a hub of chains and these rows of places you’ve seen before are usually the first thing to greet people as they come into London.
Which is why Pompidou is so great.
Just a street down from the station, this little café is excellent. Good food made locally in house (with a focus on soups and sandwiches), excellent drinks, they even do weird things like Bubble Tea for no reason other than they do it.
It doesn’t look like much from the outside (or really, the inside) but they’re not trying to impress you. They just want to do good cheap food and drinks and that’s what they do.
The staff is friendly and there are usually a ton of people (a guy rang me up who didn’t at all look like he worked there, but there it was.) Food is cheap, drinks are cheap, everything is good.
No wifi in the space so it’s not great to get work done. But for meeting a friend or getting away from bland King’s Cross, this is the spot where to stop.

The food quality is good here and it is very conveniently located a few yards from King’s Cross station. It is somewhat overpriced. Surroundings are pleasant but space is limited here so at busy times seats may not be available.

Excellent food, better service! Right near kings cross so it’s great for a quick bite before or after travel.

I was on a search for some hot soup and stumbled upon Pompidou– turns out they have homemade soups everyday! I had lentil w/​cumin– very tasty.
Also, the owner and staff are really nice and friendly. Kareem (sp?), the owner, even asked if I had any requests for soup in the future. I’m an LA native, so I’m afraid I won’t get to be a regular, but I totally would if I lived in London.
BTW– if you’re into chai lattes, I have to say mine was pretty good. They have various flavors, but I just got a regular w/​soy milk. Next time I go, I may try their bubble tea as they say they’ve just started serving it!
P. S. Someone said they only take cash, but they take credit card/​debit now :)

OMG this place is amazing!!! My first visit, I followed the advice of the fellow Unilocalers and got the Chai tea! The second time, I brought my friend from out of town, who asked how the tea would go with a shot of expresso. The guy behind the counter, Sam, goes «well it depends if you like the taste of coffee– I have it all the time though.» We do like the taste of coffee, and chai, so we braved it– oh, and what an excellent decision this turned out to be! You could barely (if at all) taste the espresso, and you get all the benefits of coffee espresso, combined with the delicious taste of chai tea! Delicious!!!
I also got the sandwich with escarole, brie, tomatoes on the focaccia bread once (delicious), as well as the one with mixed veggies and spicy chicken that’s always behind the counter (also delicious).
Only two downsides to this place: they don’t accept credit cards (but when I asked where the nearest ATM was, he said he could prepare it while I went 2 minutes across the road to grab some cash – quite nice), and it doesn’t have wifi (SUCH a shame– this place would otherwise have been my new hangout! Sam was sweet and tried to be helpful-​he said «we don’t have wifi, but if you go to Starbucks, they do I believe!» Bless him).
All in all, I HIGHLY recommend this place! Just make sure to bring some cash and a dongle and you could sit here all day while drinking coffee, getting some work done, and eating delicious sandwiches they prepare right in front of you! Delicious food, delicious coffee/​tea, friendly staff, a nice place to sit and do some work-​what more could you ask for?

They make the most amazing chai lattes here and they’re only £2.95. They use Big Train chai mix, which I really believe is the best in the world.
The sandwiches are also amazing. You can mix and match all the toppings to make your own, and they’re huge, tasty and fairly cheap. My fave is bacon, chicken escalopes, pesto, brie, and avocado on a foccacia. They are so generous with the toppings and it’s never more than £6 for a sandwich that’s really big enough for two.

Went here today for a quick bite to eat and was not disappointed by the café my friends had been telling me great things about. I had the spanish omelette which was served with a side salad full of lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers.
What I really liked about this place however was their exceptionally friendly staff. I stopped in to grab lunch, but when I went to pay and took out my credit card the employee informed me the café was cash only. At this I told the worker I would have to go elsewhere because I did not have any cash in my wallet. He kindly informed me that there was a bank just a few stores down and that he would prepare my food while I went to use the ATM. I was a little hesitant but sure enough, I came back and my food was warm and ready to eat.

I was on my way to King’s Cross, it was early and I’d been forced out of the house without my morning coffee. As I was walking toward the train station I came across Pompidou Café and decided to pop in for a take-​away coffee, I’m so glad I did. The staff was exceptionally friendly and quickly made my drink and had me on my way. The Americano was strong and full of flavour. As I walked toward the train station I could feel the cobwebs clearing with each sip of delicious coffee. Pompidou made excellent coffee and whenever I’m in the neighbourhood, that’s the shop I’ll go to for coffee!

I used to pop in this little café when I worked in the area if I wanted lunch on my own as it’s only small, welcoming and there are usually other lone lunchers dotted about, so I never felt too out of place.
Their panninis are really good value and I like the Mediterranean roast vegetable and brie one, served with a nice mini portion of fresh salad. It’s very clean in here and the savory food always tastes like pretty good quality even though from the outside the café really doesn’t look like anything special. They also do a soya alternative to all the hot drinks which is a plus. One odd thing though, are their highly priced slices of cake that are rubbish and very cheap tasting. I’ve tried the so-​called carrot cake and it was just a sponge cake with yellowy icing and a mini carrot made of icing on top, a definite no-​no!
The only real complaint I do have is that they play the radio far too loudly behind the counter which can be off putting whilst you eat, but for a snappy lunch here’s OK to pop into.