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Cafe in Kings Cross offering Indian flavors with a different vegetarian dish each day plus a variety of cakes. Reported fully vegan Mar 2019. Open Mon-Thu 09:00-19:00, Fri-Sun 09:00-16:00. Closed Sun.


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127 Reviews

First Review by CarlosGP

Vegan_a_piece_of_cake

Points +41

Vegan
11 Oct 2025

All vegan tasty food

We weren’t sure if we were in the right place at first as we entered from the Cromer Street entrance where there isn’t a sign. It is in the YMCA just past the reception desk. It was worth it. Flavourful food. Delicious. Especially the potato and spinach side for the daily thali. Lovely to go to an all vegan cafe.

Maxinfamily

Points +67

Vegan
11 Oct 2025

Great vegan food!

It opens at 11am, just in case people come here between 9-11am 💚

roosterza

Points +221

Vegan
05 Oct 2025

Great food, quick service

Really efficient and friendly service and lovely food, cooked fresh to order.
Plus, there's always space and it's a relaxing environment.

Pros: Freshly cooked, Lots of seating, Friendly service

MQL

Points +182

Vegan
01 Oct 2025

Hidden gem, elemental vegan food with Indian heart

Walked in shortly before closing was served by a lovely staff member. Felt very much in tune with the spiritual aspects of a plant based diet…to do know harm. Books and artwork were available in this humble space within a Y. Left feeling nourished and blessed.

Pros: Authentic food made by hand, Lovely staff serving kindness as well as food, Humble setting

Cons: None…

stellanomic

Points +94

Vegan
26 Sep 2025

Perfect

Fresh healthy food, decadent creamy mango lassi

Pros: All vegan, Freshly cooked, Fair prices

KimmyV

Points +869

Vegan
30 Jun 2025

Simple but yummy

Stairs to go in and a slightly strange vibe of a place, but incredibly delicious food. Served in cafetaria style metal plateaus, the food looks simple but is packed with flavor. Worker and chef clearly love their food and love making people happy with it

Pros: Delicious

Sackland

Points +24

Vegan
14 May 2025

Great casual vegan place

Casual, quick, cheap and vegan!
The cafe is in the YMCA, it’s not fancy but the food is great, perfect for lovers of healthy and/or Indian food. A 5 min walk from King’s Cross.

DaveHarris

Points +485

Vegan
12 May 2025

Honest & Tasty!

Fairly priced and super tasty! Very friendly staff. Will definitely be grabbing lunch here the next time I'm in King's Cross!

Pros: Good price, Friendly staff, Very tasty

Here.To.Travel_Jade

Points +11572

Vegan
05 Apr 2025

Good value meal

Not far from Kings Cross station and located inside a YMCA building- you could easily miss this place if you didn’t know it was here or spot a menu outside.
They have set meals £10.95 have snacks and drinks available. We ordered a stuffed paratha meal & dosa wrap meal and both were good portions and very tasty. It’s nice that this place exists in a community space

improvegan

Points +72

Vegan
10 Mar 2025

Super nice staff, tasty dhaal, samosa and other

Very nice staff, quickly served, place wuth mission and tasty food.
Dhaal with corriander was delicious!

JouniInVelez

Points +30

Vegan
13 Feb 2025

Jouni

Quiet stress-free atmosphere and lovely staff, good vegan food. This place is a haven in the middle of the stress that is London (at least to me).

Updated from previous review on 2025-02-13

Pros: Relaxing old school feeling , Super friendly staff , Excellent vegan food

Grandmasterk

Points +48

Vegan
10 Jan 2025

100% recommended

After almost missing the sign next to the entry I was glad that I found it.
A large variety of all vegan options. I had the rice with vegetables and Masala Dosa which was very delicious. The other stuff looked very good too. Extremlx nice and friendly

Pros: Delicious food, staff making you feel welcome

rickem

Points +855

Vegan
04 Jan 2025

Wonderful Indian Flavours

What a great place! Looks like a community centre with a few tables laid out but the food is the real deal.

I got the roti wrap and it was soooo tasty! Came with lentils too. Very authentic Indian flavours. I enjoyed it a lot.

Staff was friendly and food was delicious. Additionally, while I like fake meat as an occasional treat, it was so nice to see a place use whole foods instead.

Highly recommend this if you’re in the area!

MindfulSam

Points +245

Vegan
14 Dec 2024

Lovely community feel, friendly and great food

I came on a Thursday lunch and was so surprised to find this great place bustling with activity. The staff were so friendly and polite, the food was delicious. The cafe was busy, but my food arrived quickly, however my juice took a long time to arrive, but the staff member was apologetic and it didn't ruin my experience (you could see he was rushed off his feet!). There were plenty tables and a book shelf in the corner which was lovely.

Pros: Good price, Friendly staff, Lots of delicious options

darrenth

Points +79

Vegan
12 Dec 2024

Delicious, filling, chilled

I had the stuffed paratha and ginger masala tea. Both were delicious and the paratha really filling. Really lovely place to chill and eat. 

Pros: Delicious indian food, Filling, Chilled

Cons: None

fbarbe

Points +410

Mostly Veg
05 Dec 2024

A wholesome place

A very wholesome simplistic environment, with tasty healthy food.

MeggieVeggie

Points +287

Vegetarian
01 Dec 2024

Community gem

Really nice place with simple yet tasty food. Food that doesn’t look much but has flavour and is filling.
Just what we needed for a quick lunch spot.

The mango lassi was good but the masala chai tea was lacking in flavour slightly. More fresh ginger and cardamom needed.

Pros: Simple and relaxed, Quick service, Simple menu done well

Cons: More flavour needed in chai tea

JamieWoodhouse

Points +71

Vegan
27 Nov 2024

Delicious and good value

Friendly welcome, very good value and a delicious thali and paratha. Thank you!

BrianPak

Points +650

Vegan
21 Nov 2024

Great Indian food

Good food at an affordable price. Nice place to sit and eat with books

Jenster

Points +1216

Vegan
12 Nov 2024

Makes me very happy

Simple cafe with excellent vegan food and welcoming staff. I have the masala dosa, which is very tasty and filling, with a mango lassi, which makes me very happy. All reasonably priced. Love that they have an ethical approach and do charity work too.

josh_ok111

Points +237

Vegan
24 Oct 2024

Nice option for lunch!

Really delicious lunch options for a fair (London) price

minoker

Points +515

Vegan
16 Sep 2024

Great place

Great food for little money! Such a relaxed place and friendly staff.

LukeAlex

Points +59

Vegan
06 Aug 2024

Huge banana blueberry muffin!

Relaxed cafe in the YMCA. Very friendly and I had a delicious (ENORMOUS) banana blueberry muffin and a really good coffee. I will definitely be back!

Pros: Friendly, Good food, Relaxed atmosphere

Aster_

Points +13

Vegetarian
01 Aug 2024

Sooo good!

Lovely service & delicious food! Can’t ask for more.

Sandhomie

Points +597

Vegan
08 Jul 2024

Lovely food, lovely staff, lovely place

Had the stuffed paratha and dosa and it was SO good. The staff are great and the place is just very chilled and unpretentious with focus on the amazing flavours. Recommend so much!

Tobiasoberg

Points +20

Vegan
05 Jul 2024

Brilliant dosa rolls

Lovely atmosphere and service. Great food!

Updated from previous review on 2024-07-05

Pros: Atmosphere

BabbaG

Points +29

Vegan
05 Jul 2024

A friendly yummy hidden gem

A delicious selection of authentic Indian cuisine. The menu is small but varied. Dahl was beautiful. The coriander chutney to die for … all vegan and service with a smile.

Pros: Fresh food, Taste. , Good cause

Cons: None place is fab




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