Paul Rothe & Son — Restaurant in London

After reading the raving reviews for this place I decided to meet a girlfriend for lunch. We fancied something quick but quaint and I felt like I found the perfect place. I've never been so shocked by the behaviour of a staff member before coming here.

We came in and as it was 12pm we weren't super hungry yet and my friend didn't know what she wanted. So we sat down and I ordered some drinks and was told (by this same man serving) we''d have to eat as it was lunchtime if we were to sit down. I reassured him that we would eat we were just choosing and we were having a little natter as we were browsing the menu. When we went up to queue we decided what we wanted but they didn't have what my friend wanted to eat. Now if you go out for pizza and you want to eat pizza... but they don't serve pizza that day... you get understandably disappointed right? Our disappointment evidently really annoyed the same man serving and he told her she was fussy laughing - and said that he 'thought as much' - that we wouldn't have ordered something and just wanter to sit down. If I wanted to do that I wouldn't have paid nearly £5 for two juices I could have got from Pret.

Just some feedback - once you take the taste out of someones mouth for your food whatever you offer will sound distasteful. Learn...

On a hump day (Wednesday) during our lunch break. My colleague came with this seafood sandwich. I asked him where did you get that sandwich? He told me about this place. I was so intrigued I was dying to find out more about delicatessen sandwiches, which is a rare occurrence in London. Got tired of Subway so I wanted to eat something unique.

Anyways, fast forward to Friday - walked inside this cute little vintage sandwich shop currently running by Paul and his son Stephen Rothe (as they’re 3rd-4th generation of this 123 year old establishment)

I ordered the popular vegetarian option - Sundried Tomatoes, Swiss Emmental Cheese and Hummus. Tasted great way too delicious I was really impressed. Just the sandwich itself it’s £4. Massive bargain!

Downside - They will charge you £0.50 for toasting the bread! Hilarious I know but it’s okay. The drinks on top of that will be around £8 quid. Which is not that bad pricing wise. But there’s no meal deal option. Limited halal options. Only the...

To be honest, I only want to try this deli to find out if the Que that I see every day is justified and Sadly it wasn’t .

Not great also not bad. I had an egg mayonnaise, bacon with cheese sandwich at a grand total of £8. For the location it’s pretty reasonably priced.

if you’re coming out of town, It’s definitely worth the visit to add it you instagram collection. It’s a beautiful preserved shop, like a moment in time frozen and well kept. A nostalgic view of London glory days befor it was replaced with Starbucks and Pret.

If you’re local, don’t bother to Que! Your lunchtime is better spent resting then getting moody waiting for food.

Over all experience was meh, amazing atmosphere but...