THE ROCHESTER CAFE in City of London, Westminster

Nice little coffee shop, no too expensive, food is good.

Mega delicious breakfast! Very fast service and great quality! Egg Benedict in many different variations, delicious smoothies and classic English breakfast😊 The baked goods looked excellent but unfortunately ran out of space, so definitely a reason to come back!

We were two French people looking for a quiet and welcoming place where we could rest after long hours of walking and enjoy a good lunch. What a surprise to find this place where we were very kindly welcomed despite our English and our accent. A big thank you for this little moment of happiness. We enjoyed the flavorful savory dishes and we also enjoyed a little English tea and a very soft and delicious scone! Thank you again and very good luck to you ✨️

Very good English breakfast, friendly and smiling staff. Must try!!

Great cup of Coffee, nice good and friendly staff, we are from Australia and we really enjoyed this cafe! Soooo good

The food is excellent here whatever you’re after and the staff are just totally lovely. One of the best cafes in the area.

We entered this place through the annex because it started to rain. The food was very delicious and very large portions. Very good service. The lady was very nice and smiling all the time. I highly recommend this place.

Great little cafe just down the road from our hotel. Breakfast was cheaper than the hotel, & much better too. We were there most mornings of our stay. Definitely recommend it!

My favourite place to eat in Pimlico or Westminster. Today I had beef tagine with rice mixed with lentils and a beetroot salad. It made me feel good for the rest of the day. Food made with love Coffee is exceptional and this is how I discovered this cafe first. I like that they use special glass mugs that keep the hot drink warm for ages. I love their almond croissant too and pastels. The owner told me they always seek to use fresh organic ingredients with a healthy Mediterranean and North Africa emphasis. A lovely place to relax in.

Very Very nice, food is excellent, service is excellent, coffee is phenomenal, cakes are out of this world

The place looks really nice, and the food is okay, actually even more than okay! But the service was something unreal, I never experienced such a long wait. We had to order the same thing three times, at some point it started to be hilarious. There was also a massive ventilation issue as it was packed with smoke, I suppose coming from the kitchen. So we had our “breakfast experience” with open windows during winter. My suggestion is avoid this place.

We eww only staying 4 nights in London. Day 1 we discovered this hidden gem 5 minutes from our hotel and went every morning.

Order breskfast it takes more than 30 minute to ready in the mean while i had coffee and cake which i got right away and When the food arrive it was too late i almost missed my appointment leave the food halfway through..its really disappointed..

Very Tasty coffee, Tasty food, great service and Atmosphere

Excellent for brunch or breakfast!!!!

Got here slightly before it opened and was accommodated. The food was outstanding and the smoothie was made from scratch. Highly recommend

Great food, excellent coffee, nice music!

The guy made tattoo he’s recommended sandwich ham with melted cheese was delicious and made creamy latte I haven’t drank coffee like that before

Lovely cafe with outdoor and indoor seating. They have vegan smoothie options, some gluten free baked goods, and coffee! (They also have a breakfast and lunch menu with other veg options.)

I only just started working in the area, and this place has already become my favourite lunch time spot. The staff are really friendly, the vibe is great, and the food always delivers. Thanks Aisha for always being so sweet and welcoming!!

Very cozy atmosphere, nice staff, and fantastic food (recommend the peanut shake)

very welcoming staff, great service, and delicious full english!

Great tasting fresh food, reasonably priced, Great friendly service!

Great coffee with a good choice of cakes. Lovely helpful staff.

Sweet cafe, delicious food and cakes 🩷

LOVE THIS CAFE! Aisha is incredible and took care of us every morning of our trip. It became our little local spot. Everything is delicious. Will definitely come again when we’re back in London!

Great salads, coffee and customer service!

Fresh and tasty chicken and falafel wraps with a nice view and relaxing music.

What a find this place is. Not another ersatz chain. Proper coffee, proper, coffee shop atmosphere, cheerfully delivered. Honestly, what more could you want from a café. Excellent.

Amazing staff, very attentive, I love coming here to do work and get some lunch. Thank you for the great customer service

I wanted a salad. Since the salad was a little oily, I asked for yogurt and paid 7 pounds for a small bowl of yogurt. I think I ate the most expensive yoghurt I've ever eaten! Service is also not brilliant

In love with the place, delicious food and good service.

Delicious food (had the full breakfast), cozy atmosphere and very nice staff, exactly what I was looking for!

Thanks to the chef, amazing eggs!

Amazing caffe, a very nice place, great english breakfast, gret food and great service. The cook and and bartender are guys. 10/10* Definately would go again.

The best English breakfast I have ever tried. Great hash browns. I recommend!

Very delicious food, many different dishes, also vegan. Nice staff!

This place is very cozy and the coffee is amazing. I tried a cappuccino with almond milk and it was amazing. The service is also very good. Overall, a very nice place

Delicious brunch amazing sausages, it just hit the spot yum yum.

What no back bacon with the English breakfast? That was my initial thought, but I need not have been concerned. The sausages are the real star of the show, and everything was beautifully balanced, from the proper hash browns, to the perfectly poached eggs. Perfection!

Great service from Yaz as always, a cosy atmosphere which you can really relax in. I love the chicken n pesto/mozzarella sandwich, would definitely recommend!

We highly recommend this cafe, we ate very well (salty and sweet) and with good value for money!! The service was superb, and pleasant (even as French and not speaking much English)! With the added bonus of a warm atmosphere, it’s worth the detour! An ideal place to start your day in London! A hello from France, “it was really good!”

A nice cafe at first sight but as I went downstairs to the bathroom I saw a RAT running around in the kitchen. It's absolutely unacceptable

Absolutely loved to find such a calm and cozy place in London. The staff was extra welcoming and the food delicious. Would hundred percent recommend to friends

Delightful cafe with delicious food, all served with a smile. Highly recommended.

It was very nice as expected, had a lasagna . Tasty but it was a bit peppery . Cosy place .

Avoid the full English breakfast

Had a great goats cheese and salad roll great taste and service

One of the worse breakfast ever. I came across this place because I went to do some blood tests to the clinic, which is opposite their shop. I was fastening so got there really hungry. I just wanted to have a nice time and relax since working life is always so stressful but little I knew that instead of relaxing I would have become even more stressed! First of all, the place stinks of fried food. The window was open so it was also a bit cold but it didn’t make any difference ( l had to wash my hair after going in as well as my clothes!). Second of all, the service is really terrible. We ordered and got our fist drink after 30 mins. I had to chase my drink, by the time my friend got their meal I was still waiting so they had to wait for me and look at me while eating my breakfast, which arrived after I chased it several times. My friend salad was very small and served in a huge plate ( see photo). They could have used a bowl, it would have looked nicer at least. Food quality is not great, it’s fried and burnt with no flavour: after I waited for almost an hour I also had to ask for salt! I complained to the manager and she offered a free drink as compensation, but we didn’t drink it as it was extremely hot and burnt my tongue. Awful experience.

Best place to eat in the area and a great alternative to the chains nearby. Delicious healthy food to die for with a different menu every day. They can turn a schnitzel into a food feast! Don't even get me started on the delicious cakes. Great coffee too! ☕️👌

Really nice, small, warm, cosy cafe with great service and the coffee is good too.

Went here for some pastries and coffee and it was alright

THE place to have breakfast in Rochester. We went there and we’ll come back! Nice people, nice food, great atmosphere! Thanks.

Frühstück war lecker und reichhaltig. Leider etwas längere Wartezeit.

Très belle endroit, personnel très accueillant et nous conseille au mieux sur le choix du menu, jus d’orange pressé au top La qualité est au rendez vous et le prix est correct, merci pour ce moment

Très agréable accueil dans un endroit cosy en dehors des sentiers battus. Des plats excellents et des prix raisonnables. Nous y sommes allés par hasard mais y retournerons en toute connaissance de cause.

Great staff. Lovely good.great friendly atmosphere.

Petit café de rue, l'espresso est excellent 👍

Went for coffee with a friend, had two croissants that were quite dry and a pecan tart that we couldn’t finish. The service was quite good tho but probably not coming back :) also the place was filled with smoke coming from the kitchen downstairs

That was a gem of an omelette, super yummy looking pastries and sandwiches to die for. My black americano was very decent too. Do pay a visit but allow yourself a bit of time as food is made fresh to order and takes 🕰️

great place to have a coffee and maybe laugh.

Would avoid. Gone downhill. Service very slow, had to send food back as was cold, and downstairs was very dirty. Many better options nearby, will not be returning.

They have no respect for people make them feel small and inferior… I haven’t realised that I felt for more than 1 y 😞😳😣…nobody should buy your attention or🙏😳….and it is VERY EXPENSIVE….. I wouldn’t buy again honestly use to spend 4,2£ for oat latte ohhh God, i highly recommend anything else…

Bardzo pyszne śniadanie i miła skromna atmosfera 🧡

This cafe is the best around! I am in London for a month and have come in here every day for the past week and I will continue to frequent this little gem daily for the next three weeks. The coffee and food are great, but the real stars of this wonderful place are the staff. During the week Ayesha takes care of everybody. She smiles, greets everyone, and manages multiple orders at once ensuring everyone is served well. She is knowledgeable about the menu and ensures everyone gets what they need. Ayesha is the type of employee that every cafe owner wishes they had, really superb customer service and she is such a good barista - she knows how to make a GREAT cup of coffee :)

Nice place for breakfast, good traditional English food, tables very small - not really enough room for three.

Love that Halloween 🎃 Cupcakes Lovely Food and Great service Service What a lovely Place Thank you all

So Rude, expensive even for London and they mischarged me and refused to refund me on the card and would only refund in cash.

Sitio para desayunar muy agradable. La camarera ha sido muy amable. El desayuno estaba riquísimo y las cantidades eran acordes a lo esperado. El ambiente del sitio es perfecto. La barra que tienen además es espectacular. Lo recomiendo100%

Disaster. Me and my friend came to this cafe for a quick lunch and after seeing a few good reviews thought we would grab something to eat. First off, the staff were unfriendly & stand offish and when ordering our food, failed to let us know that practically half of the menu wasn’t available. After ordering our food, we waited over 45 minutes for some avocado & eggs on toast and eggs Benedict, when there was no other customers in there at this time? After waiting a while, we asked where our meal was & we got told they had ran out of hollandise sauce, but never mentioned this to us when were ordering? They were rude and unapologetic. Then after waiting 45 minutes, our meals came out, cold and with dirty cutlery!! The bacon that was ordered with our meal was turkey rashers, which we were not expecting! We didn’t get a single apology and there was no communication from the staff at all. Wouldn’t recommend!

Was looking for a quick grab-and-go coffee solution when I walked past The Rochester Cafe and ended up staying in for a coffee and a treat. Cute and cozy café, with nice seating outside and inside, great assortment of bakery treats and breakfast options and I really enjoyed my coffee and blueberry muffin! Wish I had had more time to have a proper breakfast but maybe next time.

Ambiente super süss passend zu London. Es ist eher eng und ab 10:00 Uhr voll. Der Service dauert, also Zeit mitbringen. Ansonsten alles gut. Kaffe war gut aber nicht der beste für den Preis.

Great place to start the day, a very happy and relaxing atmosphere. The staff are always welcoming and always happy to see you. I would spend all day in if I could.

Aysha, thank you for the smiling and welcoming attitude! Very helpful and her coffee is a 10/10.

The quality of service and food is amazing always warm and make me perfection.Ayesha is wonderful and always polite shes attentive to customers needs and always has a wonderful smile.

Nice cozy place but the coffee and service was crazy slow and the coffee was to hot and tasted burnt and the milk was burnt and yes we told the girls and got to pay the full price

I ordered a cappuccino that wasn't the best, however the staff was very friendly. The interior is well designed and makes the place seem welcoming.

I was fortunate enough to be working in Rochester Row today… right across the street from the Rochester Café. We had a moment when we were waiting for a delivery, so I took it upon myself to pop into the cafe for a coffee and a bit of cake… but as I walked in, a customer was being served with her full English breakfast and it looked so good, I decided I was going to have one of those!! The two staff members were very accommodating and pleasant. My order was taken swiftly, I was offered a seat and I waited… within 5-10 minutes I was served my full English breakfast with scrambled eggs, a glass full of chilled, freshly squeezed orange juice and an espresso shot! I proceeded to tuck in and was blown away! Everything on the plate was cooked to perfection and tasted sublime!! The scrambled eggs were spot on (only bettered by my own!), the sausages were so tasty… it truly was a culinary delight!! My taste buds are tingling now as I write this review!!! The cafe is set in a not too busy street with a few seats and tables outside and will provide you with an almost Mediterranean experience… sitting with your coffee, watching the world go by. If I lived in the area… I would most definitely be a regular customer of this establishment!! Thank you Ayisha and Reda for providing such great food and service. I will be back!!!

So glad I stumbled across this little gem. Consistently amazing coffee.

Ein wunderbares Café mit außergewöhnlich nettem und zuvorkommendem Servicepersonal (sehr sensibler Umgang mit Unverträglichkeiten) und einer äußerst angenehmen Atmosphäre. Es gibt eine sehr große und gute Auswahl an Tee und ein sehr umfangreiches Angebot an Frühstücksspezialitäten (den ganzen Tag), warmen Speisen und verschiedenen Kuchen. Wir haben an insgesamt drei Tagen mehrere Sachen probiert und waren immer begeistert.

Sehr gemütliches kleines Café, super nette crew. Bitte unbedingt das Mandelcrossant probieren 😉

This is one of my favourite places where I like to have my breakfast, the atmosphere is cool and cosy, the employees are always smiling, I am very happy when I can have my breakfast and the afternoon speedboat. 😘😘😘😘

perfect staff and perfect coffee

The best of the best , the food was soooo yummy 😋 with a great service. I just loved it ❤️

Food and coffee is nice. I like the cafe ambience. One thing that's bothering me is the cafe playlist which is mostly playing beach club music and music that are too upbeat for gym clubs. It really affects the overall atmosphere..I don't want to dance when I'm sitting there, I want to enjoy my coffee and pastry and read a book calmly. I suggest for a cafe with a warm ambience like yours, the music have to be adjusted. Just a small suggestion

Kedves kiszolgálás, finom és bőséges English breakfast, frissen facsart narajcslé!

This beautiful cafe is calm and wonderful. I had omelette, it was fluffy and delicious. The staff are kind. Thank you.

Fabulous little independent cafe-coffee shop that does lovely home-made dinners as well as sumptuous breakfasts, pastries, and coffee. The staff are really nice and keen to provide perfect service - with a special shout-out to Amina!

Sehr schönes Café. Gute Auswahl an Speisen und Getränken. Sehr schönes Ambiente!

One of the best english breakfast, really nice service.

Bardzo uroczy i klimatyczny lokal z pysznym jedzeniem, uczciwymi cenami oraz miłą i szybką obsługą. Bardzo polecam! :)

This place had a super cool vibe. Nice seating outside and very eclectic inside. We ordered cappuccinos and they came out in really fun insulated double glass mugs. The taste was pretty good and strong. The service was really good. Nice place to have a coffee and sit outside and people watch.

Loved it. Would recommend to anyone

Their orange 🧃 and ☕ were like no other - amazing!!

Muy bonito y acogedor, se está a gusto, aunque no es demasiado grande. Tienes variedad de repostería como muffins, tartas de zanahoria y de queso, estilo muy americano. El café expreso está bastante bueno y el capuchino, aunque no es un típico capuchino italiano, está bastante bueno y mejor de lo que esperaba. La atención al cliente está bien. Puedes sentarte dentro y también tienen terraza exterior. Aparte de desayunos y meriendas, también tienen algunos platos ya preparados de comida.

Nice cafe, they serve also food

Lovely cafe, great service, quality food and drinks.

A real gem this. The food is excellent and the service impeccable, both friendly and efficient. Nice location, on Rochester Row next to Vauxhall Bridge Road. If you’re ever staying in this part of London, worth dropping in.

I like the menu. Delicious Eggs Benedict.

Best Halal breakfast. Fresh orange juice.