Jenny Smith / 10 January 2025 / Categories: Food & Drink, Coffee Shops, Fast Food

L’Express Coffee

Not really a coffee shop more a healthy buffet

The photo doesn’t extol the virtues of the vibrant fresh buffet inside.

There are not many places where the salads and the vegetables are as important as the meat. Why I was happy to come across L’Express coffee just off Regent St, London. Which incidentally is not a coffee shop. We had been rushing around shopping, and didn’t have time for a whole sit down experience.

It is the kind of on a budget place for the workers, a buffet style home cooked canteen, where the prices are linked to the size of container you choose to fill.

I picked the big bowl for salads only; there were a lot of options for anyone plant based or vegan, three different slaws, red cabbage, olives, pasta, a mixed bean salad along with potatoes, shredded carrots, a chilli and leaves salad, chickpeas, radishes, hummus and all super fresh and vibrant.

The bowl was pretty big and there was a lot to pick from. The only one I didn’t try was beetroot and grapefruit, or maybe pineapple, not a big beetroot fan but I had a little of everything else and it was delicious.

They even had three or four homemade dressings to choose from, ranch, Caesar, blue cheese and French.

I really lovely healthy inexpensive lunch option on the go in Central London.