Caffe Grana in City of London, Westminster

Really nice, quiet cafe. The foccacia sandwiches are generous in size - very tasty and great value. The cafe itself is well kept and a nice place to catch up with a friend or colleague.

NOT the same as the (excellent) old place. Falsely claiming to have “reopened”. Coffee and food disappointing, different staff, and prices have ballooned. Avoid.

Update: it's open! Please do support local businesses and go to this great coffee shop!

I planned to meet friends here. There was Nothing to rate or share; the venue looked abundant, and Google Maps didn’t warn me.

New discovery. A very cosy place and delicious coffee.

Gorgeous place, excellent food. Thanks so much x

Hands down the best coffee I've had in London. The baristas are so friendly and chatty which brightens up my commute no end

Older wife intolerant to every coffee product so having arranged respite care I can get away and recharge my eco batteries Top top cafe . Even the americano has a crema as thick as my step son. Break out of your chains and support independent coffee places. Pain au raisin gave me all one reason I needed. Great people . Tube one min

Tucked away by St James’ Park tube is this gem. Great Italian coffee, sandwiches and pastries. Not many independents like this left so visit while you can.

A hidden gem tucked inside St James's Park tube concourse Caffe Grana is worth seeking out for great Italian coffee and a stylish place to sit back and relax.

Best Italian cappuccino in the area. Great panini.

The best coffee in St James’ and lovely baristas. They also do fantastic Panini.

Popped in quickly for a coffee and a small bite. It was a very pleasant experience and the coffee was excellent-smooth, good depth of flavour with a good crema. Warm and quick service, excellent, clean surroundings, air conditioned and background disco hits at a good volume. Quiet and relaxed atmosphere. Who wants to queue up for ages and pay over £10 for a bit of quinoa and rocket served in a cardboard tray that you have to eat standing up outside? (I saw the office crowd doing exactly that in a far busier place outside the station). Don’t hesitate to come in. It’s easy to miss, but it’s a gem.

I've come here for years for a quick lunch with their soup and toasted panino deal. The food is tasty, the coffee is some of the best I've had, and it's a comfortable place to sit and watch the world go by or to have a chat, with music that's not too loud.

Caffe Grana delights with a delectable pastry selection that's sure to please any palate. From flaky croissants to indulgent cakes, their creations are simply irresistible. Pair these treats with their expertly crafted artisan coffee, and you have a match made in caffeine heaven. The cozy atmosphere at Caffe Grana enhances the experience, providing a charming ambiance for savoring your culinary delights. A must-visit spot for pastry and coffee enthusiasts alike.

A welcome sit down. Great service, food and drink for my family. A little tucked away but worth the hunt.

I’ve been treating myself to REAL Italian style coffee here for years and will detour to treat myself. I’ve had coffees all over Britain and the rest of the world and (outside Italy) this is SIMPLY THE BEST. (Small tribute to Tina Turner).

Great italiano coffee and great british pastries! The best of two worlds.

Wow! Found this on Google. It’s a bit hidden away on the station concourse but we’ll worth a visit. Best coffee I’ve had in a while!

Superb coffee and cake here at St James' tube station

A real litle gem - really decent toasties, soup and cakes for very good prices. Nice to sit in and eat too.

Best butternut squash soup I've ever tasted. Coffee amazing too. Hidden gem found whilst sheltering from London rain.

Super convenient before taking the tube for a day of sightseeing. Good food & coffee.

Super friendly, great coffee and food. Much better than chains around the area.

Cute little Art Deco cafe, the coffee is delicious 😋

Simply great coffee. It’s been a while since I’ve been here and the espresso was as good as I remembered.

AVOID this place. Worst service in London. We sat down and waited 15 mins for our order to be taken. Then another 15 mins went buy and we will did not have our drinks the waiter then came over and apologied and said our order had not been processed on the system. Mistakes happen and another 15 mins went buy still no drinks or breakfast. The water came over again and asked me to follow him as our order was still not on the system. As this point we gave up and decided to leave. As we left we said to the manager did he think it was acceptable to sit down somewhere and to not receive a drink after 45/50 mins and to be told not once but twice our order had not been processed. There was no apology and all he did was say sush. We will never go to this awful establishment again terrible

What a little gem. Stylish and welcoming coffee shop. Most importantly great coffee. Joe will look after you. ☕👍

It's cozy, staff friendly, coffee really tasty, worth seeking out and sitting in for a bit.

Plenty of seating and the toasties are very nice.

Lovely coffee and a great customer service.

A great example of an independent coffee house, with great service and decent coffee. it's obvious the staff care about their work, Would recommend to anyone in the area.

Perfect espresso and cappuccino.

Excellent coffee, delicious focaccia and the lemon slice wasn't bad either. The previous reviews are right - the coffee is *very* good.

Coffee shop is nice it no toilets and staff not friendly or helpful in advising where some are. We wouldn’t return.

Amazing coffee taste Perfectly made Pretty décor

This used to be one of my regular places for lunch. The coffee is still very very good.

Fantastic. Real Italian atmosphere, and excellent coffee and snacks.

Lovely coffee, great pastries and friendly staff. My favourite cafe in London.

fabulous little coffee shop just round the corner from St James Park tube station 🚉

Caffe Grana is a delightfully calm space given its location. The focaccia are delicious and the coffee is even more so. The opportunity to stop in should never be passed up.

Petit café caché dans le hall du métro. Parfait pour une petite pause, focaccia jambon mozza une tuerie !

Best coffee in Westminster by far. Well worth looking this place out in St James Park station

My favourite place for coffee. Sometimes a toasted panini. I just like the atmosphere. Charming, old-school, peaceful.

This place serves the best coffee anywhere around the Westminster/Whitehall area, plus scrumptious sandwiches, paninis and pastries. Knowledgeable and efficient staff.

Lovely local cafe and excellent quality coffee beans.

I have been having coffee from Caffe Grana since 1992! It is simply the best coffee I have ever tasted. The service is super friendly. You are like a family member to the owner, who is a fantastic person. The sitting is very comfortable and cosy, I could sit in there for hours slowly sipping my coffee and seeing the world go by. You never feel like an outsider, their food items are also amazing and clean and honestly priced. Please have a go yourself, you won't regret it ever - you will thank me 😉

Great coffee shop with excellent coffee and lovely staff.

Perfect spot for quick bite in SJP tube arcade

Really friendly staff - incredible atmosphere. A good place for meeting informally.

Nice coffee and nicely decorated.

This is a very nice cafe, the owner and staff are friendly, efficient and offer what I would say is the best quality in the area by quite a margin. The focaccia can sometimes be a little uneven in terms of taste but the drinks are consistently superb. It can get busy so worth keeping that in mind during peak lunch hours.

Great little find - a speciality coffee shop right on top of St James’s Park tube station, with excellent coffee at a reasonable price - much better than Starbucks and co!

Beautiful coffee and amazing atmosphere in there. Love it , very well decorated and will deffo be coming back !

Excellent flatwhite coffee in lovely glazed mugs. Tasty grilled sandwiches and foccacia with pecorino, goats cheese and various meats. Delightful European ambience. Fast friendly service. So crowded and buzzing it was tricky to cut a path to the empty seats! A hidden gem.

flipping heck! liked this place and so wonderful not to be in a chain. great atmos, fab coffee, didn’t eat lunch but the queues were long so must be good. will come back :-)

Coffee that is SO good. and a nice selection of pastries. Completely erased the angst of leaving home without breakfast.

If you like your coffee fully leaded Italian - you won't be disappointed. Well supported by great staff, pastries and sandwiches

This decent sized cafe is tucked away within the shopping arcade at the East end of Westminster station so I had never noticed it before. They do coffee, cakes, pastries and sandwiches. I had a small cappuccino topped with plenty of chocolate which was excellent quality, not too milky so strong with a hint of bitterness from the cocoa.

One of the best coffees in Westminster! Busy little coffee shop, so at times can be hard to find a seat straightaway. Coffees are definitely quality and there are always a selection of cakes and sandwiches.

Decent little coffee shop in St James tube station, hidden if you aren’t looking for it. The coffee is of high quality and there is a good selection of cakes and sandwiches if you are feeling peckish. At busy times of the day it can be a bit difficult to get a seat inside.

Great service, reasonable prices and a comfortable environment to sit and have a conversation or just enjoy your beverage. We had two hot chocolates and they weren’t too sweet.

Good coffee, nice porridge and friendly staff. Gets crowded at busy time for the tube station but always efficient service.

Fantastic coffee and an excellent spot to meet.

Whilst waiting on a colleague for a meeting (he suggested meeting up at Westminster, get the tube to St James he said) I found Caffe Grana, and immediately decided I wanted a coffee. Had an Americano and also a ham and cheese focaccia to go with it (yeah, I was hungry, don't judge me) Really nice friendly staff, great coffee and great focaccia! I will definitely be going back next time I'm in London, I aim to make this my go to coffee shop. It also has a retro charm about it in fitting with the art deco accents in St James tube station. Now go, go get a coffee!

Had a nice chocolate frappé and there was an excellent ambience. Staff were friendly.

Used to call in regularly before meetings nearby, been a while since I’ve been but coffee and the food were always good

the team working here are all super friendly and the coffee always made to perfection. It is just rather too pricey to visit as often as I wish

Lovely atmosphere here, fine service fine coffee.... Splendid

Great food, even better coffee!!! Service aint bad either!!!

Beware if you ask for a large coffee, it's very large! Very good though.

Friendly efficient staff, comforting cappuccino and excellent toasted sandwiches. Good place to talk too.

Best coffee in London! Great service & awesome staff

I've been getting my coffee here for the last 8 months and it has been consistently excellent. I normally go for mini metro flat white (~ 6-8 oz) and it is always great. The place also do decaf which has a nice taste too. I rarely have food but whenever I do it never disappoints. The service is nice and friendly without fail.

Great little cafe in the broadway centre at the tube station. Really nice twist on a hot chocolate and the pastries were very nice too.

Never been here before, but needed somewhere to sit and chat with a friend, so we just strolled in. Fairly quiet in mid-afternoon, service quick and efficient (some staff more friendly, others a little more distant), but a fantastic coffee - one of the best...

One of my favourite cafes. Excellent coffee and food. Always a great atmosphere. Good for breakfast, business meetings, or taking a coffee and pastry on the way through the Tube stain at St James's Park. Quick service.

This place is amazing. The staff are super friendly. My recommendation would be either a mocha, espresso or vanilla iced latte. The pastries they have always great too.

A very decent espresso to be had, served in charming retro coffee bar.

Quaint and original feeling coffee shop with Italian feel

The best flat white in this part of town, by a long way. My little cup of heaven every day.

What a lovely little cafe and such friendly and welcoming staff, I had a cheese and ham focaccia presented beautifully and an Americano welcoming venue gorgeous decor and lovely staff. Will pop in again :)

To die for. The pastries are amazing!!

Coffee and service is good, inside is really nice and inviting, only disappointment is the pastries are heavy/dry (I prefer buttery and flaky) so I don't order these any longer although I would if they were more to my taste. Haven't tried the soups/sandwiches but...

I went for a beer and for some Mediterranean olives🤠nice

Great coffee bean. But my cappuccino was tasted like a latte without foamed milk.

A traditional Italian family run cafe - with some of the best coffee in London.

Great coffee and wonderful pastries. Felt like I was in Italy for an hour. Such a great experience when compared to the plastic coffee shops all around. Brilliant!

I buy cofee beans there which are very good quality!The coffee and food are delicious there!My favourite is almond tart.It goes perfectly with coffee!

Great place for coffee. Right at the entrance of St James tube station. Much better to come here for coffee if you're staying at the hotels adjacent to the tube station (Conrad and St. Ermin's), than drink what they serve for breakfast.

Classically Austrian coffeehouse, inasmuch as the pastries are excellent but the coffee is terrible. They serve multiple sizes of flat whites, for goodness' sake.

The best espresso in the locality - thoroughly recommend this place. It's quite small so you're lucky to get a table but it's comfortable if you do. The sandwiches are non-standard and interesting, the pastries are good, the croissants are fluffy - and the coffee...

Fantastic coffee, without the artisanal puff. Must try!

Better than the chain shops nearby. Toasted sandwiches are excellent, as is their freshly squeezed orange juice, but the coffee is just alright

Amazing coffee, and awesome selection of pastures in the morning. Lunchtime sees a the most delicious handmade sandwiches - but be quick as people snap them up!! Best coffee shop in the area. Can be tricky to find as it is inside the station building.

Very nice coffee, very nice place and good service

Great place to meet for coffee. Friendly staff

work just around the corner, one of my favorite lunch spots! delicious!

Really love the soups here! Have tried lots of their soups and have never been disappointed. The bread served alongside is also divine! Can't recommend enough. Haven't tried their coffee or sandwiches, but if you'd like a brownie..you won't be disappointed!

Waiting for a friend and popped in here. Friendly service and lovely tomatoe and cheese toastie and good coffee. Comfortable on a saturday morning