Cafe Joy — Restaurant in London

This cafe is hidden away in one of the most unusual places and is very relaxing. The food is fresh and feels wonderfully homemade. I was surprised to see mulled spiced chai tea, so I obviously ordered one and to my joy, it’s truly satisfying.

I really didn’t expect such an amazing place with a touch of class. A friendly elderly Ethiopian gentleman runs the place and puts his heart in everything he serves. He’s a man of true heart and is sincere to all his customers.

The vibe is really relaxing and is very spacious with comfortable seating. The whole venue is clean and neatly arranged, including the restroom. The food is fresh and the hygiene is very well attended to - it’s a clean place.

All the drinks have the right amount of foam and the lattes have layers. Care and attention clearly goes...

The cafe lacked atmosphere, unlike its name there was no "joy" on my visit. No seprate area for the man serving to clean the dishes, I was told to sit and wait for my take away, and while I endured my enforced seating, I also endured noise from plates and pots being washed in a sink which echoed around a very high cealing room. I had a cheese melt toasty, it was ok, the wait for it was a bit long, The cafe would be better with music playing or a TV in the background, and some separation walls introduced to the seating areas to keep the echo down. Ladies loo was out of order, Gents loo was not fantastic and either, and nor was the decor on the back of house...

Great coffee and they have some nice looking (didn’t try) smoothies, cakes and healthy stuff too (cous cous, honey, dried mangos [price unknown])

Comfortably laid out…design itself is hard to explain, outside it looks scruffy, inside if there were a few small changes it would look lovely, so nice wall colourings, choices of design and whatnot, but unfortunately the market it would be ideal for possibly walks past it all the time as a result of these small things. Worth going to though and would like to try the...