Sheila's Cafe in City of London, Westminster

This feels like small family business and it's a great fit for breakfast and coffee. Food is great, people are pleasant, but it's unbelieveably tiny and it ruins the experience if you are knocking someone out constantly with your elbow while trying to eat. Just when you think the place is full and get kind of used to it - four people walk in and they are seated in the already non-existent space. Too bad...

The coffee doesn't look like much, it's very small, but the capucino is delicious. The full English breakfast, plentiful and good. Perfect to start a marathon day in London. At 4 p.m. I still wasn't hungry. ;)

Absolutely amazing service with very nice staff and a good ambient. They were totally full when we went to eat there, but really worth the short wait to get in. The food was delicious and we had the best English breakfast experience here. Totally worth the price and especially worth eating here!

Super nice (crammed :D) location, great people.

✨️ Great welcome in this beautiful, typical London place 🇬🇧 We had our "breakfast" on the lower floor where a few tables were set up with a very pleasant little decor 🌿☘️🌱 See my photos 📷 We don't see it in France as eating in the basement but here, it's very common and we really appreciated the small, intimate corner with heating 😉 The server was super friendly and gracious to us. The food is very very good, it was a treat 😋 Very good value for money 💶 I highly recommend this place

great service, enjoyed the food,

One of the best English breakfasts in the area!! Super friendly staff, very typical English Go there with your eyes closed!!

French traveler in London I recommend for breakfast. It's a little small inside but very friendly and you will be well received. It's worth the detour!

Can be crowded at times but the food is worth it!

Lovely place to go for an English breakfast. Great experience and I would definitely recommend anyone to visit. I came with a friend and we came back again the next day! Update October 2024; Came back after 2 years and have a chat with the owner Mamdouh, really nice guy. Food is the same, simple and good quality. Best english breakfast.

Great place for breakfast, so went 2 days in a row 😋

Cozy little cramped place. It was full when I was there, but it didn't feel too crowded. English breakfast was quick to get.

We loved this cozy cafe we found on the way to Hyde Park. It was a drizzly fall day, so everyone was packed inside. The whole cafe--kitchen, counter, tables and customers--in a space about the size of our living room, but we loved the music, the atmosphere and the hearty breakfast. The kitchen crew was singing and dancing to Motown, like that scene from the Blues Brothers.

A modest and delicious family restaurant that serves a light and delicious breakfast. It is located near a group of hotels. I thank the brothers, the staff, for their kindness, good reception and service.

Awesome place with fab staff and food

Small restaurant but the breakfast is good and the service excellent. The owner is kind and offered us hot drinks while waiting for a table to become available.

A nice little café, old establishment.tried wrap, croissant and coffee. Coffee and croissants recommended

I bought a take out bacon sandwich for my husband for breakfast 2 mornings when we stayed in London for 2 nights. I found the cafe prior to our stay and it was given rave reviews and didn't disappoint. Very welcoming and friendly, husband was very happy with the bacon sandwiches and the cost was very reasonable. I would recommend to anyone staying in the area. It was a 20 minute walk from our hotel but the sandwich was still hot when I got back and worth the journey.

Restaurant is the size of a closet. They sit (squeeze) arriving customers with strangers so not to turn away revenue. Tables are not properly cleaned for next customer. Fruit flies at our table. Food was undercooked. They offer egg breakfast but only fried or scrambled. No poached. Overcharged. . Did not provide a breakdown of costs when it was time to pay. They are a money hungry establishment with the poorest of quality . I generally appreciate a basic family run breakfast diner / restaurant. This , so called restaurant , did not meet that very basic requirement . I’ve never written a restaurant review before . I am usually pretty tolerant of bad experiences. This was pretty nasty and felt I needed to call it.

Delicious English breakfast and super friendly staff.

Great atmosphere, delicious breakfast roll and very friendly staff. 10/10

Characteristic London bar, the thing that struck me most was the kindness of the gentleman who served us!

A cosy cafe with lots of atmosphere. We enjoyed great food and coffee for breakfast. The staff are very friendly and add to the enjoyment of eating there.

Was overcrowded , hot and overpriced. The prices on the board must be takeaway as we got charged £1 more for the rolls and 50p more for drinks than stated. There are much better alternatives in the area.

Very small but really nice restaurant, service is great and the employees are very nice. Food tastes very tasty and the prices are fair.

Cute, English breakfast too rich even if I wasn't crazy about it

Sheila's Cafe was conveniently close to my hotel, and it has this amazing vibe where it feels like you're having breakfast at home with a huge, lively family. It's loud, friendly, and the food is incredible. The staff, both in the kitchen and waiting tables, are super friendly, and the whole place just gives off this really special energy. The only downside is it's tiny, so expect to share tables with strangers, which is actually part of the fun, or wait a bit. The food is top-notch, with great portions and an authentic, unique taste. Definitely a must-visit if you're around.

We discovered this place on the first day of our stay in London, and we repeated it until the last day. Place with a special charm, wonderfully attended by Simon and the girls. The products are of excellent quality. We will return in the future.

I wanted to eat English breakfast, so I found it near my hotel. It was delicious. The hash browns were hidden under the toast and it was quite filling.

This place is like being at home… but better! The staff is very friendly and the food is amazing! We wish we had more days to try everything on the menu because all we tried was phenomenal! Best place in London <3

A tiny spot but they sure know how to make a full English breakfast. Food was delicious and fresh everytime we went.

This place is proper, made a Northman feel welcome in the south, highly recommend for anyone seeking no nonsense breakfast, thanks guys, love from Mr Manchester 😉

One of the best meals I had during my trip to England! I definitely want to come back and eat there. Very friendly service!

Super friendly, we had breakfast there several times during our stay in London, and we always ate well.

Chicken escalope with avocado salad in a granary bap was so good

So lovely people. Great food 🤗🥰 waitress was so friendly. Enjoyed it both!

Local agradable atendido por un señor encantador. Aquí lo que se impone es el típico English Breakfast, y está muy rico. Las relaciones son generosas así como el café.

Local restaurant! Grandpa, the owner is so kind🎈🎈

Nice place run by a charming gentleman. Here what prevails is the typical English Breakfast, and it is very delicious. Relationships are generous as well as coffee.

In fact, I dislike their breakfast because the place is dirty. It's really hot in the restaurant. The one good thing is a service.

The food was amazing and the staff was very friendly

Perfect ! Traditional and modern breakfasts at the same time :)

It's really delicious, so friendly, and the best. We were the only tourists. A local restaurant!!!!

The restaurant is in the Paddington area, very close to the Lancaster stop. Once we entered we felt welcomed by the kindness and friendliness of the staff, the place is super typical and it felt like we were in a typical café from an English film: we loved the atmosphere! We tried croissants and jam toast, both excellent and plentiful. The cappuccino was super and the iced coffee very good. Honest and absolutely affordable prices. I would happily go back for another breakfast in London!

Food was absolutely delicious and the service was kind and welcoming lovely experience, would recommend this place to anyone 💗🍳

Great service, nice music, kind people

Lovely little place and owner and rest of the staff were very kind. Sadly it was too crowded for someone like me who values personal space when we visited but breakfast was good nevertheless! I felt welcome there.

Took 35 minutes for scrambled eggs. 2 eggs for 10$ USD. Bottled water when asked for tap Water. Water had dirt in the bottom of it. Full breakfast was ok at best. I would avoid.

Food is delicious but here is limited space especially in the morning

An excellent place to have breakfast, the owner is very friendly and empathetic, he seeks to create an excellent atmosphere and the prices are affordable for London.

This was one of the worst dining experiences I've ever had. The food was unbelievably greasy and tasted like it had been sitting out for hours. The service was painfully slow and the staff seemed confused about basic orders. To make matters worse, the entire place was filled with fumes that clung to my clothes—I reeked of it for hours afterward. The quality was terrible across the board, and frankly, I have a hard time believing any positive reviews of this place are real. Save yourself the trouble and eat anywhere else. Update: I am suffering from an intense stomachache.

Hmm, bit of a mixed experience here. Owner friendly and welcoming. Food ok. The main problem I found was with the seating arrangements. The cafe is small, and I appreciate space is limited. You will likely have to share your table with strangers, and every single space is used. Felt quite awkward having to share such a small table with total strangers particularly as I had my child with me. The owner asked if this was ok, but with the two new customers who wanted to eat there right next to him looking at as and not putting me in a position to really refuse.

Excellent service! The team is particularly cheerful, takes great care, the lunches are plentiful and good, this little place is a bubble of kindness!

amazing full breakfast for only 12.00! All the ladies who work here are super sweet and the atmosphere here is very cozy!

This is a charming little place with fantastic food at very reasonable prices. The food was delivered quickly and fresh.

Amazing, super friendly service and food. Highly recommended

Fabulous breakfast....very good service and super friendly staff!! 😀

Proper scran! A great place for a few tourists to grab an authentic full English breakfast. Delicious freshly squeezed OJ. Amazing staff and very friendly owners and patrons! Hats off to you all.

Stopped by here this morning for breakfast with my Dad. Despite being very full when we arrived, the guy that greeted us (presumably the manager/owner) was very chirpy and helpful. Sorted us hot drinks to drink outside while we waited. Fantastic first impressions of the service! We were shown to some seats within a few minutes and the breakfast was absolutely delicious. Most impressive was the customer service from the owner/manager. Just how customer service should be! Wholeheartedly recommend!

Wonderful little atmospheric cafe. We indulged in a full english breakfast, toasted bacon and cheese sandwich, tea and coffee, all perfect. Friendly staff were very attentive. Quick service. Price for the area was great too. If you can grab a table I'd highly recommend it.

Great spot to grab a quick bite! Simon was very welcoming and friendly. Thank you for the great and fast service for 9 people.

The service is excellent and they serve the best coffee in the area 😋

Great !!! Very kind !! A bit of a wait, but very warm :)

Warm and friendly diner with amazing service. Food was delicious and we will definitely be back!

Great little cafe for a full English juice and a coffee in the morning. Really friendly staff too. Social feel with people squeezing in and sharing tables. May go for breakfast again several times this week. Only slightly awkward vibe was the manager (I guess) kind of telling off his staff in front of everyone and pushing them to do more work faster despite being inundated with orders already. Took the shine off the friendly causal social chill experience when I first arrived.

The food is delicious and a different experience 😻 The place is small but cute 🫶🏻

Shocking gaff. My friend was crying after waiting half an hour for his food. My food arrived and i finished it all and there was still no sign of his food

Amazing English breakfast and great service. Thank you.

Made with love! Recommend if you want an easy breakfast, nothing fancy. If you are a tourist and want to experience English breakfast, come here. Owner works very hard, he deserves a big tip! Expect to converse with the staff and make silly jokes. If you want a quiet breakfast and don’t want people to speak to you, go somewhere else. You will end up speaking with the table next to you as the place is so small. Nice for tourists to have a quick conversation with the locals! We spoke with two American couples that had just arrived in London and gave them some recommendations in the area. Note this is not a chain, the breakfast is cooked like my dad would make on a Sunday morning.

Small place, but great service and great food. Portion of English breakfast was the right size.

I ordered an omelette with cheese and tomato, and to my surprise, the tomato came on the side. Despite this, the overall quality was okay. It was quite busy, and we were seated outside, downstairs from the main restaurant. When the heater was on, it was too hot, and when it was off, it became cold.

Went here for full English breakfast, was not disappointed. Small seating area so prepared to get cozy!

Excellent place to have breakfast and a great atmosphere.

Not sure why the fuss the full English was 12 GBP the food is ok I'd say cooked with care and the tiny place was packed, was asked to sit downstairs but don't be fooled the bins are there so finally insisted on inside upstairs, hence the brutal 2 stars what else do you expect us to not notice and really remove the table by the bins. Please tell us the bins are there please it really threw my appetite even thinking about it and it was pretty insulting to be seated next to a bin even if it was full of people. Go there for friendly staff and an energetic atmosphere. There are better looking ambiences and spacious. places on the same street.

We stopped for a quick morning bite. Got one omelette + black tea with £11.5. The place is too small but enjoyable.

Simon was very gracious, he made me a customized sandwich, and offered me student discount. I’ll always visit here when I come to London! :)

Everything excellent. We are vegetarians and we didn't have much choice but they made a delicious cheese omelet with toast and avocado. Well done. The service was very welcoming.

Small cafe but full of people. The breakfast was great, huge portions and good coffee:)

When we walked up on a busy Saturday, we were told it'd be a few minutes for a table. The cafe is quite cozy, so if you don't like close quarters you may want to decide for yourself. Our family found three seats together, was treated really nice, and the food came out quick. You could hear the friendly banter of the staff and they all were helping each other out. I wanted to jump in and help them kick (I was sitting that close), but let them do it for us!

The place is awesome and the owner is just so adorable! I really liked the London fog drink as well and of course the full English breakfast!

Great English Breakfast!!!! The breakfast was spectacular, rich and filling, the coffee with milk was also very good, nothing like watered down coffees from other places. Very friendly staff. The bad thing is the place is very small and with the tables very close together. You come out with a bit of a bar smell but the breakfast is well worth it

Quiet cozy cafe with excellent food, the full English breakfast and lamb samosa were wonderful!!

We had a super delicious breakfast, very English and they treated us very nicely.

Enjoyed a great breakfast with family. Staff is superb, food is tasty, very good coffee… Excellent! The place is quite small, like for 10-15 people at most, so you may find it crowded!

Exceptional and friendly service and breakfast. The portion is very generous and the freshly squeezed orange juice is very refreshing.

I've forgotten the name of the owner but he was so lovely and great to talk to. Cute place with good customer service.

Super friendly staff and great food! Cute little corner shop if you want to get away from hustle and bustle. Espresso coffee was really good if that’s your thing too!

Delicious full breakfast. The staff is very kind.

This was my first time in London and I wanted to try a full English Breakfast. I tried two places and Sheila's was by far the best one! The food was so delicious! Does not compare to any breakfast I've had anywhere else.

absolutely recommended! a super lovely and nice cafe with highest quality food! the staff are extremely friendly and very welcoming! the place is very cozy and gives you a unique experience of London!

Delicious food!! Great atmosphere and music, great for a nice family breakfast!

Not remotely relaxing- Cupboard sized, 6 staff behind the counter Creating an atmosphere of stress. grossly overpriced for what they offer. Sharing tables with no room to get off your chair without moving the table. - avoid

Bit of a small place but the food was amazing with good coffee and staff was very friendly

Very nice, fast and good service. Food was excellent with fresh and tasty ingredients. We will definitely come back again.

One of the best coffees in a long time. Staff are super friendly

Lovely little cafe that is affordable and offers a great English breakfast. Went several times during our stay.

Asked for flat white. Got latte with way too much milk

Simple little cafe for a full English breakfast. Service/staff were extra attentive and kind. We went in May and it was stiflingly hot inside the small cafe. Could have done with some fans. Full breakfast was good.

Friendly service, large portions and tasty food. Overall good value for money and very recommended

A proper place to come and enjoy a good English breakfast! Very welcoming and food and drink service was quick. Be quick to grab a seat as this place fills up quick. Overall, enjoy this little hidden gem. Would definitely come back again!