Historical version 1 of Squat And Gobble, W1T 4PJ (view current version)
- 020 7580 5338
- 69 Charlotte Street, W1T 4PJ (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
- squatandgobble.co.uk
- 7am-8pm Mon-Fri; 9am-5pm Sat; closed Sun
A better-than-average cafe and takeaway near Goodge Street in Fitzrovia. It has a separate, smaller premises just around the corner on Tottenham Street, though the two are not as far as I can tell linked internally.
The main cafe has about 15 solid wooden tables squashed in very tightly, with extra tables provided outside in good weather. It gets predictably full at lunchtimes, and there's not much space to queue for takeaway either (the queue sometimes goes out the door).
Apart from the usual, fairly varied list of sandwiches (£3.95-5.95) and jacket potatoes (£4.25-5.75), a soup of the day (£3.50) and salads (all £5.95), there are also hot meals such as a chicken and vegetable pie, chilli con carne with wedges, and fishcakes (all £5.95) or burgers (£6.95). Takeaway prices are listed; eating in costs a little more (for the mains, around 50p-£1 extra).
My "falafel balls" (£5.95 takeaway) came with plenty of tabouleh sald with tomatoes and onions, rocket leaves, hummous and a decent piece of pitta bread. There was certainly plenty of it, and was a satisfying lunch. Also had a slice of farmhouse fruit cake (£1.75 takeaway), which was fruity but not too dry.
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