Piccolo Bar in City of London, Westminster

Great for a fry up or similar, but dont expect smart decor - very basic/transport cafe-esque - dining upstairs and in basement - both a bit whiffy. Not a daily regular but views based on visits over the years. Sandwiches etc very hit and miss and yet to have a fresh slice of bread - always taste dry/stale. Ask for a ciabatta and dont expect it to be toasted and melted inside. It goes through a warmer which is as useful as a choc teapot - you get a dry/cold ciabatta with chilled mozzarella. Surly owner though the rest are friendly enough but seems a high turnover as rarely see the same faces! Overall, price and fine if you're desperate, otherwise, find somewhere else!

Great English Breakfast foods. They have a few restaurants around london. Very traditional English foods. You should be try it. So far, this restaurant English breakfast is best in London.

Excellent scrambled eggs and bacon on toast. Top cuppa tea.

The owner is so rude at shouting and disrespecting the staff in front of customers. He is very sarcastic and mean to all of them. RUDE, and I wouldn’t recommend the place.

Worst pasta ever. Overcooked. Overheated. Melting. Swimming in too much oil. I had to leave the plate without touching it much.

Wow, popped in today and had their Spicy Tuna sandwich filling in a roll. It was so tasty. I think I’m addicted to it now. They have a great selection of fillings and other things on menu. Thank you for the great service with a smile too! Will be back again. 😃

All day breakfast and more quality foods

Limited vegetarian hot meals. Arrabbiata is super spicy! Standard sandwich choices and jacket potato fillings. Super efficient ladies behind the counter.

If you don't know, get to know!

Great place and great breakfast. We go here every November before the Lord Mayor's Show. Great staff, great service and great food.

I stopped here after a 4 hour journey and had a bacon sandwich and a coffee. Service was superb, and the 2 ladies in there were lovely. The bun was so nice and not just because I was ravenous.

I used to love this place but quality has gone really down and the filling quality too.

This is a nice. Little cafe with a good selection of Italian food and coffee. My ciabatta was tasty. There were loads of cabbies in there having a great laugh!

Tucked away on Gresham St but gets plenty of repeat custom. The service is efficient and friendly enough. The coffee was good and food looked fresh and smelt good. Seating upstairs and al fresco!

Got an ordinary tomato penne pasta, was covered in oil, tasted nice but way too oily! Over priced too £8.80 for this 1 box of pasta.

Very nice city of London breakfast cafe. Quick with slick service and food very good and very delicious

I have worked around the corner from Piccolo for over 20 years and had no idea it was here! This is a proper Italian caff, clearly beloved by the cabbies working the rank outside. Truly excellent smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel with a proper chewy bagel and good salmon.

Lovely and comfortable and food was delish and not to expensive, the staff were very pleasant and chatty, it was clean and covid safe. Will drop in again when over that way.

Warming pasta. Stopped in on a cold day and had a very good pasta gorgonzola. and they give you a vat full! I couldn't eat it all but it was delicious.

I know This Taxi drivers favourite is in the City of London, so the rent must be quite high, but £5.10 for a mocha and a little sweet mince slice seems a bit pricey to me.

Always busy, which shows its popularity, and I alwways get lunch here when in the area. fantastic fresh buns with vast range of fillings. Wish I had the time to sit and have a hot meal as all looks very good also

NEXT!! NEXT!! NEXT!! Shouting coming from a complete mess. Everything disorganised and on silly hurry. Poor confused customers did not know shall they just leave hungry or continue to take a part in that misery. Bad energy and stress going into food. Not good for me. If you are in a position, you have no choice, go downstairs, wait for the service and make sure you you got what you have ordered. Kitchen seems to be less stressed than the bar.

La comida era de primera clase para una cafetería típica italiana y los precios estaban bien dada su ubicación y el servicio fue rápido y amable dado lo ocupados que estabanEstos cafés están desapareciendo rápidamente y están siendo reemplazados por lechugas y bocadillos de plástico sin carácter y precios superiores.

Swapped bacon for sausage on set menu and charged £2 extra (not told at time of order) making an average breakfast cost £8.80 instead of set price of £6.60. Rip off

El servicio siempre es agitado aquí, pero las damas y los muchachos siempre hacen el trabajo, y eso no significa que a la gente le guste la comida.Gran variedad de opciones frías y calientes, además de sentarse o para llevar, muy útil para un almuerzo para llevar con grandes porciones, y una buena selección de pasteles si le apetece un regalo.

Cheap and generous good. Mixed quality in my experience. Delicious pizza and chilli con carne but steaks massively overcooked and dry

Encontramos esta pequeña joya en el segundo día de nuestra corta estadía en Londres (estábamos en un piso cercano). Pensando que era un restaurante italiano, no pensamos que prepararan desayunos. Sabíamos que era un buen lugar cuando vimos a un trabajador comiendo allí también. Terminé yendo 3 días seguidos por comida.

Do not go this place. The food is just freezing junk food, they just warm it. Surely taste is sucks too much. I will not go there neverever. I do not understand how they sell the food. It is not restaurant, just rubish. Please please do not go this restaurant.

Classic City caff regulars include cabbies. Great value for money and proper builders tea. Cooked set breakfast certainly set us up for the day. Service prompt and efficient. Long may they survive the coffee shop takeover of the high street

Busy place, but the food is nice. The owner does run the place in the style of Gordon Ramsey at times, so you see a lot of the staff eager to please and be on point. The owner genuinely wants to ensure the customers get a first class service, and this shows through. Food was served promptly, and the quality was spot on for the prices.

Siempre agitado aquí en el almuerzo, nunca he tenido comida sentada, pero siempre parece estar ocupado y popular. La gama de bollos y rellenos disponibles es inmensa, por lo que prefiero que se haga aquí algo recién hecho que en cualquier otro paquete.Como dije siempre agitado, es posible que tenga que gritar su pedido a quienes lo tomen, pero veo que es una buena señal dada la popularidad, incluso si es una experiencia algo brusca. siempre volveré aquí

Arrived here at 0645 yesterday (Tuesday) it was fully open and ready for business. service was excellent, apart from the complete lack of smiles, clearly not very pleased at being at work that early. Food looked very good, but only had tea and toast. Price was good with a latte, green tea, and 4 x toast , two with marmalade coming to only £4.20! regular place for cabbies also, with a resting place for tired cabbies directly outside. Will be using it again.

Después de que me dieran un precio ridículo por una salchicha en un bap, fui a este lugar para hacer un pedido grande. El pedido llegó a tiempo y todavía cálido. Todas las personas en mi oficina deliran sobre este lugar. Uno de los chicos de la oficina va a buscar su almuerzo todos los días.Las colas pueden parecer largas pero se mueven muy rápido.Sin duda recomiendo este lugar.

We had the misfortune to have breakfast there : it was DISGUSTING hard eggs and the bacon was so over cooked you could have mended shoes , and the beans were so over cooked they had a skin on them. We were a party of four and not one of us ate all our breakfast.

Clean. Fast service. Excellent set breakfast menu. Can't understand reviews complaining but then I'm eating when it's quiet. Sure really busy times would strain any cafe. But I can't fault it. Great and very reasonable pricing too.

Over the years I have been to the Piccolo many times as my office is round the corner. Over time the owner (or person in charge) has become more and more aggressive to customers and staff alike.

Plenty of choice, reasonably priced for London

Worse food I ever had... Risotto overcooked with cheap rice and swimming in liquid... disgusting... i don’t understand the good reviews .... must be people with broken palates....don’t waste your money there please...

Set breakfast is best value. Had other food of menu all disappointing.

Orders are taken fast and furiously - the counter team (4 today) not letting anyone pause - so make sure you know what you want as soon as you cross the threshold!

A hit and miss on the salt beef sandwich sometime chewy beef. Sandwiches are good, nothing fancy. Great service

£6 for roasted vegetables, absolute joke

Full English very good quality for price range, sausages especially cut above the rest. Sometimes show football upstairs.

Haven't been here for a while - and should have kept it that way. Coffee not great, donut awful - hard and dry. Service sullen. That will be my last visit.

Place was packed, staff member told me to grow up in pigeon English, can only assume he didn't understand what I was saying, and then his colleague told him to shut up. Lovely. Spent the afternoon in work being ill. If you go to this place you'll encourage the disgraceful hygiene standards and levels of customer service.

Excellent prices! Really good for this quality. Very, very nice staff. Nice atmosphere. Near Postman's park, worth to see

One should always read reviews before going to a cafe. If I were on my own I would bypass this place as quick as possible. This place is stuck in the 1970's with its elongated menu which is all about quantity over quality. It is a step back into a time when the punter gets served some sploge and be satisfied with it.

I only had an english breakfast and other than a long wait (when the place wasnt busy) it was totally fine and of decent quality. And for the money nothing to complain about!

El tema de este café italiano realmente oculta su desayuno inglés completo que ofrece la cuchara grasienta que significaba en el buen sentido.

He estado en el bar en la calle Queen Victoria Piccolo muchas veces, y hoy visitamos esta rama por primera vez. Este tiene muchos asientos arriba y abajo. El personal era muy amable, especialmente el propietario.

Last night was working late was starving Hungary I remember the piccolo was open till late, so I popped over from my desk down the road and they had a new hot bar put in so i choice the lovely chicken and mushroom rigatoni.. wow...

Had the most awesome fish pie my colleagues had the Italian Sauasge pasta and we had a few beers .. The waiter was very helpful and quick womdeful value for money better than all them massive chains , person touch still the best

Conocí a alguien aquí para un desayuno rápido. Llegamos allí unos minutos temprano y nos dirigimos abajo pero me dijeron para ir arriba camarera muy grosero. Nadie me explico que las órdenes deben colocarse en el bar. Eventully mi invitado apareció y ambos nos dirigimos abajo (nadie se opuso esta vez), descubrir la misma camarera grosero involucrado en un argumento muy fuerte y climatizada en su móvil. En un diminuto, vacío, bajo el sótano ingresa al escándalo hizo imposible hablar. A pesar de esfuerzos repetidos en cerrarse con ella ella nos ignoró. Rollos ordenados tocino y té llegó finalmente no comestible y imbebible. Completamente evitable que es un buceo de injuria a la ubicación absoluta.

£5.20 for a tepid jacket potato that wasn't even hot enough to melt the literal slab of margarine that was plopped on it.... charged extra for more cheese which wasn't added and it doesn't even come with a side salad.

They have a massive menu choice here you can't complain if lack of options.It is not exactly sophisticated it feels like a greasy spoon cafe and the toilets leave a lot to be desired.But if you want a quick place to eat with lots of choice and aren't looking for a healthy place necessarily it does the job!

El hombre rubio conocido como el administrador es muy educado y sabe que su comida era un apasionado chef italiano. La comida fue fantástica, y volveré pronto para su famoso desayuno inglés completo.

£6 for salmon and scrambled egg without toast. Awful man behind the counter keeps telling off his staff in front of the customers. He didn't give us what we ordered n asked if we wanted lemon and pepper. I said no lemon yes pepper n got lemon no pepper. I cannot emphasise enough about this on service. Do not ask it if you just not going to bother to do it and follow through. It raises expectation that is guaranteed will not be met. Not to mention the tiny spoonful of rubbery dry egg I got. I wouldn't even call it food. £6 straight in the bin.

Everyone ordered their meal my son asked for a pizza was told 20 minute wait, this was fine as we said we would have ours with him .....all our meals came and our son had to wait as he wasn't ready I had to ask 3 times. My toasted sandwich was stuck to the tissue on the plate . Rude waitress brought out drinks of water and cans out from behind her apron with out a smile she seemed very stressed

This is a fast food cafe - coffee was good - pastries were fresh and good value. However the staff need a lesson in customer service - too brusque and impatient.

The food is nothing but average, the attitude of the manager nothing short of rude. Seems only to smile and be polite to taxi drivers. Would not recommend.

VERY Rude staff, very average food. The only thing good about this place is the location. I think they make most of their money from black cabs. All the other customers are just a nice little bonus for them......unfortunately thats not reflected in the service

Had an awful meal in downstairs restaurant. Food was bland and boring. Asked for black pepper and was told I couldn't have it as it was being using in takeaway section upstairs. Complained when paying and arrogant, miserable old guy (manager I think?) just shrugged his shoulders. No discount was offered. Even though this is very close to our offices I will never repeat the experience.

Peu cher pour la qualité et la quantité .restaurant italien très sympathique.les plats sont énormes parfait si vous avez un grosse faim

I love this little cafe. The food is freshly cooked . It's prices are very good much better than the prepared food in vain coffee shop and a fraction of the price.Seating upstairs Have been several times , always use when in the area

I work near this place and go regularly and try to ignore the rude service, however, on this occasion I vow to not return.The manager is rude and speaks to both staff and customers in the most disgusting way. We asked to sit upstairs and he basically shouted NO in our face. I do not take kindly to being spoken to like this at a place where I am a paying customer! Another occasion I sent back a jacket potato as it was not cooked, to then be told it must be the batch of potatoes .......

The Piccolo is a cheerful place and staff, with very reasonably-priced and good food from a large menu: fast food without the blandness of all the outlets roundabout. Take-out or a cosy upstairs restaurant, and the downstairs is an entertainment with the black-cab drivers and the extrovert owner. Next time you're on Gresham Street or nearby, Why not compare the cost and quality of the ciabatta offerings at the Piccolo Bar with the Prets, Costas and Starbucks that are on every block or go one better and have a breakfast or lunch meal?

Been going here for years the food is good, the service is slick and the prices are reasonable. Only issue is the owner/manager is a rude git. Talks to his staff very badly it's basically bullying.

The service is not fantastic and the food was very average. There are many other places that serve better meals but I wanted to try something different. Sorry to say the food does not seem to be fresh as other local places and at that price and service you would expect better.If you see a queue it is not because the food is great, its because the people who have ordered are waiting for their food. Shame really, great location but I guess the competition has stepped up their game!

Amazing little place with a fantastic menu. Just had the scrambled eggs and salmon really good and hubby had the set breakfast including tea and coffee all for £10. All in all really good value for money and great service highly recommended.

Always try to eat here when I am in the area. A hidden gem - great for a takeaway sandwich but also great for sitting in the eating area upstairs. Good selection of food, paninis etc and main meals. Friendly staff and very good value for money.

Stopped here for a late breakfast and a chance to catch up with some work emails. Have been here before and knew the food was good.It is a italian deli which serves main meals and breakfasts as well as take aways. All food looks good but I've only had the breakfasts.There is seating upstairs and downstairs in the basement. Orders are take very promptly by friendly staff. Good selection of fixed breakfast menus or pick whatever cooked breakfast items you want. I had the main all day breakfast - 2 bacon, sausage,fresh grilled tomatoes, two fried eggs and toast. Accompanied by a mug of tea. Food cooked fresh to order and served piping hot. Very tasty. Good portion and value for money.Downstairs is very quiet - only me there for the most of the time. Good wifi coverage and was able to use laptop to respond to work emails.Will visit again.

The best italian pasta and bacon Sandwich in the city, mu favourit ones are pasta arabiata and the aglio olio peperoncino, amaising food and Realy friendly staff, i always have breakfast in Piccolo when im in the city

The blond man I supose is the boss is really rude and has no education to talk with people specially with his staff. It was a beautiful day and I couldn't even chosse the table next to the window because they will get busy. C'mon, will get is different that is already busy!!!! I had to eat looking to a wall because of that. The food from the chicken was nice but not the best.

We found this tucked away little place by accident after dismissing many over crowded and over priced eating places on the main street round the corner. The menu is extensive and we had a good substantial meal and a nice mug of tea for under £6.00. Not something you ever expect to find in London.There is a steep staircase to get to the tables but worth it.

Not the best. Of course you know what to expect when you get in and look at the restaurant, but there are so many better little lunch places around who make an effort to provide home made food.

Very clean, very good food at reasonable prices, this is a proper London Cafe but sensitive types should avoid the staff! The very efficient team here don't like ditherers or back chat, do as your told and everything will be ok!Please give it a try though, be a bit cheeky back and you may even get a smile!

Have passed this place many times and decided to give it a go today as it appears to be popular.Wish I hadn't bothered. Six quid later, the majority of it is now in the bin.I asked for something tuna and tomato based (hot) and the lady called upstairs to order it, but said it would take a few minutes. She then said there was other tuna stuff in the chilled cabinet downstairs, but I said 'no, don't worry, I'll hold on' but she cancelled the 'upstairs order' (er, why?!) and got me this other stuff and charged me £6 for something that was virtually inedible! Needless to say, I will be passing this place many times again and not going in. Yuk,

This is a decent London cafe with take away downstairs and tables upstairs.The chap who seems in charge calls everyone "young man" and has a rough charm. Coffee is good and the food looks OK, (I've only had a croissant here which was good quality). Prices are good, especially for the location right in the heart of the City.Judging by the stream of black cab drivers it's worth going back to.

I have bought coffee and food here many times in the past, but hadn't visited for at least five years. It hadn't changed a bit. Prices are very reasonable considering it is in the heart of London. Service is quick and efficient - but almost too abrupt. Middle of the morning it is really busy and the staff are naturally very keen to serve customers as quickly as possible so you do need to quickly decide what you want or they will move onto the next customer. I sort of get this when the shop is packed.... however at 7am I was the only customer and still a member of staff asked me what I wanted twice before I even reached the counter :)

The food here is pretty good for the price, they are only getting three star not 4 because of some of the questionable staff attitudes and practices. Sometimes a little rude - but you have to take it on the chin as its not meant. Funny table service - Had breakfast upstairs once - quite empty but the three tables that were taken were all lined up against a wall not by a window (on a nice day) because the waitress was making them sit away from the larger capacity window tables just incase larger groups came in (understandable but a bit un necessary considering it wasn't that busy). On the plus side, the spats I've witnessed between the female staff members whilst they prepare your food is quite entertaining.

We chose to have lunch there as this is one of the only places near Gresham St that is not part of a chain. There is quite a wide selection of food available. I had a late vegetarian breakfast which was still on offer after 12.00. The portions were huge and the service fast and efficient. The prices are very reasonable for the area.

I ate here whilst visiting London, nice little cafe with a good choice of food on the menu, the food and the coffee was nice and all very reasonably priced.

I came here wanting to see if my friend and I could sit and have dinner. I have passed many times and always found there to be lots of cabbies outside grabbing cheap eats. I wasn't wanting to spend much and thought maybe the portions and price would be good value. Upon arrival we asked if they were open for dinner and were told in a sharp manner yes. We were then told we would have to order our dinner standing where people were getting take aways. Strange not to sit for dinner and have table service when there is upstairs and downstairs seating.. I looked on the chalk boards where there were sandwiches, lunch time food and specials listed. So we asked to see a menu which was given to us begrudgingly by the woman behind the counter. We were then told we should just look in the cabinate. The woman was so rude and our experience was so bad that we decided not to stay, and to go somewhere else.

Always nice to go to a smaller independent place than the BIG BOYS like Costa or Starbucks and this place had a traditional London cafe feel to it. Walking distance from Barbican tube do handy if you are in that area. Coffee was a lot cheaper than Starbucks and just as good! Menu was very extensive for breakfast and for lunch with loads of sandwich and melt options. Staff were pleasant enough too and good to see the traditional tradesmen coming in for a feed in large man size portions!Worth a visit

Found this by chance when visiting the Museum of London, tucked round a corner. It was a Sunday and was quite quiet. There was an extensive menu of reasonably priced pasta and other dishes. An example was a HUGE dish of Penne con salmone for £6.50. This was served with plenty of salmon in a creamy, herby sauce. We only had to wait for 15 minutes and were served our drinks in the interim.

Went in here for a Bacon sandwich. Two rats crawled out from under the fridge and into the food prep area. Staff seemed unaware. Taxi drivers laughed it off. I for one will not be eating here again.

It's a bit hectic, but the food is great, the service is fast and friendly. I had jacket potato with bacon and cheese and it was not only delicious, but the portion was also quite generous. Will definitely come back and bring my colleagues.

A group of us called in for take away sandwiches at the peak point of rush hour. The main fella took over our order and seemingly did the whole thing without resorting to writing anything down. The food was fine and the service was as impressively swift in amongst the chaos as anything I've seen. The coffee was ok too.

My wife and I are staying in London for a few weeks.We have rented an apartment rather than book a hotel room so that we have more flexibility about what we do. We had walked past the Piccolo Bar a few times and it always appeared busy. A couple of days ago we called to give their takeaway service a try.There was a large selection to choose from. We opted for one of the many pasta dishes along with a main of chicken wrapped in bacon. The food was delicious, and the young Polish girl who served us was very helpful.We will certainly revisit to try something else.

Great breakfast good coffee nice service , good atmospher funny staff a little wacky ... Nice tea my friend had very good pain au raisin just out of oven

Has been having a lunch there for a past few month, trying different things. Overall - crap quality food, all hot courses overcooked and way to much spices. Prices every time different and I had a feeling that they decide last minute how much they going to charge you :) Paid from 6.20 to 8.50 for same course + tea. Once has been offered variety of salads with roast chicken by staff, and then charged £1.00 for every salad type - £5.00 on top of the price of the meal!Sandwiches are just ok, very cheap bread and all the ingredients. Sandwiches from local "Tesco" express - way better quality!English breakfast is hit and miss, one day everything tastes ok, another day sausage is cooked to the point that it's almost inedible, rubbery texture with burnt taste.Finally after This Monday lunch, had a very bad stomach paint and decided not to go there anymore at all. Only one good think - cap of tea price probably cheapest around at £1.00 per cup. And some of the stuff is very friendly, when other are moody, and sometimes are just rude.

With cheap white sliced bread, well its called bread but has neither the substance nor texture of what we know as that most basic of foodstuffs. Layered with cheap margarine and displaying the most meagre portion of overcooked bacon you would be hard pushed to recognised any flavour whatsoever. We were served up two of these together with a cup of coffee and tea respectively and at least the quality of the beverages was consistent with the food.And all for £8. Next time I'll throw my £8 in the bin - it will be more satisfying.