The Footstool Cafe

Cute cafe with attentive staff. Had a ham and cheese sandwich that was excellent. On the side was some fries and a salad. Just the thing for a cold rainy London winter day.

The food here was so average and the portion size small. Definitely not worth the price, but I guess they justify it with location.

Favorite place:) I like a lot: from the location, cozy interior and ending with a wide menu format for every taste! We tried many positions, basically everything is very tasty👍

Pleasant cafe in the crypt underneath St John’s Smith Square. Very reasonable prices, and pleasant surroundings in the below-ground crypt. Recommended!

A lovely cafe, set in a wonderful setting, with all the hustle and bustle of the concert hall above.

My friend and I went here for lunch last Wednesday after a lovely visit to The Tate. We ordered the toasted sourdough sandwich's. An aged feta, sun-dried tomato and pesto, the other was the free range chicken breast, kimchi and mozzarella. We were then told that unfortunately there were no sun-dried tomatoes so my friend changed her order to the Wiltshire ham, mustard and mature cheddar. When the order finally arrived, my friend had a sandwich which consisted of nothing but feta cheese and I ended up with only a ham sandwich! Nothing like our order. We complained politely about having completely the wrong oder and were told this was due to the chef who apparently didn't like to to be told what to do!!! It was clear that the young waitress didn't want to complain to him that we had the wrong order. Or to ask him to make the order that we had requested. It was clear she wasn't prepared to do anything and gave us a vague shrug before disappearing! My friend not prepared to settle for paying £19.50 (!!!) each for these sandwich's one of which was a dry feta cheese and the other only a couple of slices of ham. She refused to pay the bill. Eventually the waitress agreed that we should only pay for the chips! The whole experience was horrendous.

I made a quick visit to the Footstool Cafe (17/03/23 @1250) before a meeting. When entering, you are welcomed by a warm and homely ambience with the sounds of music playing from the stage upstairs. The young lady who was serving was so happy to talk whilst preparing the coffee. Her customer service was welcoming and amazing.

Nice environment and good service. Slow cooked beef cheek superb, very tender. Apple and rhubarb crumble had an aniseed taste but very nice. Prices are reasonable for that part of London. Given its proximity to parliament it is quite discreet and out of the way of crowds.

It's a cafe in the crypt of a church turned music venue. And it's great. It's a good place to work or meet a friend for a cuppa. Or, as I did, it's a great space to relax before a talk. What I would like to rave about though is the baked goods. Well, technically I can't vouch for all of them except for the "Rocky Road" bar, but that one was out of this world. And really, I'm not easily impressed by baked goods as I always think I can actually do it better. This one though: divine!

After a water tour on the Thames， we were ready for a nice lunch. One person in our large party had eaten here previously and enjoyed it. Service was a little slow, but we were in no hurry. Intervals between courses were nicely spaced. Lunch took two hours and that was fine for us. Soup was a large portion and could have almost made a meal by itself. Mains were rather large portions for lunch. Desserts were also good. Ambiance was excellent.

After a fun morning of seeing the sights in Westminster, my fiancée and I were in great need of warming up on a snowy London day. Thankfully, Footstool Restaurant was close by in the crypt of St. John's Smith Square, a former church turned concert hall. The beautifully rustic restaurant with its red brick arches was the perfect place to savor a craft coffee and get an energy boost. We both enjoyed delicious Flat Whites and took in the historic surroundings. I hope to return in the future to try the delectable looking lunch buffet and to catch a performance upstairs in the music venue!

Inside St Johns Crypt is a very pleasant restaurant which opens daily for lunch as well as for special events and performances in the church above. Under the umbrella of Tate Catering you can expect a consistently high level of quality food and service. There are many tables and the restaurant rarely fills up but it is still advisable to book ahead. The food is perfectly presented, delicious without exception and the kind of restaurant that if something is not entirely satisfactory, they will bend over backwards to rectify it.

A hidden lunch place for those cheeky Friday lunch time glasses of wine, the food is filling and a nice change from the monotony of Pret and other sandwich shops in the area. The salads are quite good, you almost can't choose! It's also never packed, even on Fridays, so you're guaranteed some space.

I've had lunch a couple times at Footstool's. The food is good, well presented, and a friendly staff. But let's be serious, the only reason people come here is to experience dining in an old crypt, just the idea gives one shivers down their spines and the giddiness of their youth. Either that, or they're on their lunch break, rushing to get back to their bureaucratic paper pushing jobs at Westminster.

Pleasant vaulted restaurant beneath a famous historic church. Lunch options include a prix fixe menu and a very efficient buffet. Good value and popular. My buffet lunch for two with water and coffees came to about £24 which I thought was pretty reasonable.