Sheila's Cafe — Restaurant in London

Don’t come here if you enjoy personal space, a relaxed meal, or want to sit and eat uninterrupted. Everyone sits on top of each other, and the waitresses continually run on all sides of you as they have crammed 8 tables into a closet sized space. We were asked to share a table which we politely declined and said we would wait if necessary to have a table of our own. Then as they delivered the food, we had to move tables (they asked us to move after we had water, juice, coffee and plates of food on the table and left it up to us to move around the restaurant…thanks guys!). After they moved us to a smaller table, they let the other table remain open (they were getting ready to have someone sit there, so they moved us without actually needing us to be moved). We also witnessed other people shuffled around to different tables mid meal, again, everyone was left up to themselves as the staff ran around trying to get people in and out as quickly as possible. Atmosphere sucks, it’s all about getting you in and out, regardless of how you’re treated. Service sucks, we were seated and waited for a menu, then the waitress came and asked what we wanted to eat and I asked to see a menu. She just pointed at the wall and said “here’s the menu”. If that’s the menu, maybe explaining that when I come in is relevant? The food was simply…meh. If you want bread that comes from a grocery store white bread, beans that are slopped out of a giant can onto your plate and to be hustled around as you try and eat breakfast, then this is your place! Unless you want to be rushed to eat breakfast, there are plenty of grab and go options to be had. If you want to sit and enjoy and eat breakfast with a creepy old guy with a bunch of young female staff while you are moved from table to table mid meal bumping elbows with everyone else eating, you will really...

I’m not sure how this place has such good reviews. It’s so small that I was constantly being knocked as people pushed past me to get in and out. A tenner for a breakfast sandwich which was served on the wrong bread, without any sausage! They still tried charging for the full breakfast sandwich instead of the bacon and egg that we got. It arrived and looked so limp. It was awful. Thin sliced packaged bread is not what you’d expect from a cafe. My omelette was not good either, It was priced up at £8.50 and when I got the bill they actually charged an extra £1.50 for each topping!! So it was £11.50! I wanted sauce with it but the “Heinz” sauce bottles were just being used for cheaper ketchup which is an absolute liberty. It was terrible sauce and you could see that the bottles had been used for a long time as the labels were worn through. My friend’s ham and cheese toasty arrived just as a sandwich. I heard the two tables around me complaining their food was wrong as well so I don’t think it was a one off. The food is so overpriced for the quality you get, I didn’t expect to pay a fiver for a glass of orange juice either. It seems they are using cheap ingredients to...

popped into Sheila’s CAF earlier today in hopes of lifting my spirits — the classic cold and grey English weather was in full force. From the moment I stepped in, I was greeted with a genuinely warm welcome that made the dreariness outside melt away. It honestly felt like coming home — the kind of place where the smile behind the counter is as comforting as a hot cup of tea.

I ordered the Full English breakfast, and when it arrived, it was everything I needed and more. Perfectly cooked, hearty, and comforting — it instantly reminded me of my mum’s own cooking. There’s something special about food made with care, and that’s exactly what you get here.

If you’re in London and looking for a place that offers more than just good food — something with soul, kindness, and a truly encouraging atmosphere — I can’t recommend Sheila’s CAF highly enough. Whether you’re local or just passing through, this spot will warm you from...