Cafe Churchill serve a variety of English and Italian dishes to eat in or take away. Catering for private parties of up to 50 guests is available upon request. A non smoking area is also provided. Seating on the pavement area is provided, weather permitting.
Cafe Churchill
Cafe at 49 Parliament Street
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1 / 10 from 7 reviews
Address
49 Parliament Street
Westminster
London
SW1A 2NH
49 Parliament Street
Westminster
London
SW1A 2NH
Telephone
020 7930 7676
020 7930 7676
Region
Westminster
Westminster
Category
Cafes & Tea Rooms
Cafes & Tea Rooms
User Reviews
Coulson
Dec 29, 2011
Absolutely disgusting food! Took my husband to London as a Christmas present and decided to stop here as the pub next door was rather busy. Next time I will continue walking! Ordered two burgers and one coffee and one coke. The speed at which the food came out itself was frightening surely meat needs longer than this to cook? Coffee was poor quality and the coke was not good at all. The waitresses were rude an were more interested in getting you in and out than the device they provided. My burger came with a side salad and after trying to wipe the grease off it with my napkin I gave it up as a bad job (who ever heard of a greasy salad) the only reason I gave one star is because you cannot add zero as a score on here. Please do not visit here it is over priced and of a very poor quality.
Brianan McBride
Mar 28, 2011
How has this place not been closed down? I was there yesterday 25th March with my Mum for breakfast. The breakfast on the menu stated it was £5.50, our bill was £20.70 for 1 x sausage, 1 x bacon, 1 x egg, 2 x toast, 1 x tea and 1 x coffee. My Mum asked the extremely rude and unpleasant waitress for marmalade, she threw down a sachet of strawberry jam. I went back today to get the name of the restaurant and I'll be contacting Londontown.com
roxy058
Dec 2, 2010
I have never posted a restaurant review. I have been to exceptionally good restaurants, and pretty bad ones as well, but I have yet to feel so compelled to take time out of my day to reccomend a restaurant or reccomend avoiding one on online sites. This changed after my recent visit to the Cafe Churchill.
After showing my mother around the London sites, I thought we could find a nice cafe to enjoy lunch in and talk about her perception of the city and her trip in general. We unluckily stumbled onto this dirty, digusting sad excuse for a "cafe."
At this point, I had a broken foot and was walking on crutches. Although there were empty seats upstairs, they INSISTED we go downstairs (even with a visible injury) and proceeded to rush us down a very steep, narrow deathtrap of a stairwell. They then sat us directly next to the bathroom, which smelled so terrible that we couldn't possibly muster an appetite while sitting there. We asked if we could be moved and the waitress actually mocked us to the other waitress! We should've left at this point.
My soup came before my coffee and was the only edible thing that either of us ordered. Our sandwiches were LITERALLY unedible. They were cold and down right disgusting. The meat on my mother's sandwich was actually rotten, but no one in the restaurant will listen to you if you have any sort of complaint. On top of that, the waitresses are borderline mean, so getting any type of compensation is basically out of the question. When we got our bill for FORTY POUNDS we were shocked to see a service charge for the absolutely AWFUL service. Both of us concurred, we felt sick even thinking about our lunches for the rest of the day.
Basically, avoid at ALL costs. I'd rather starve than ever eat at the Cafe Churchill again. No exaggeration. Worst restaurant in London, hands down.
After showing my mother around the London sites, I thought we could find a nice cafe to enjoy lunch in and talk about her perception of the city and her trip in general. We unluckily stumbled onto this dirty, digusting sad excuse for a "cafe."
At this point, I had a broken foot and was walking on crutches. Although there were empty seats upstairs, they INSISTED we go downstairs (even with a visible injury) and proceeded to rush us down a very steep, narrow deathtrap of a stairwell. They then sat us directly next to the bathroom, which smelled so terrible that we couldn't possibly muster an appetite while sitting there. We asked if we could be moved and the waitress actually mocked us to the other waitress! We should've left at this point.
My soup came before my coffee and was the only edible thing that either of us ordered. Our sandwiches were LITERALLY unedible. They were cold and down right disgusting. The meat on my mother's sandwich was actually rotten, but no one in the restaurant will listen to you if you have any sort of complaint. On top of that, the waitresses are borderline mean, so getting any type of compensation is basically out of the question. When we got our bill for FORTY POUNDS we were shocked to see a service charge for the absolutely AWFUL service. Both of us concurred, we felt sick even thinking about our lunches for the rest of the day.
Basically, avoid at ALL costs. I'd rather starve than ever eat at the Cafe Churchill again. No exaggeration. Worst restaurant in London, hands down.
Anonymous
Apr 6, 2010
This place is a tourist trap. All of our food was terrible - the chips were refried and microwaved, the soup was basically broth, and there were bones in a chicken sandwich. Our bill came to 40 pounds, with an 8 POUND SERVICE CHARGE. I wouldn't have paid this woman 50 pence, let alone 8 pounds. The manager did not care that the food was awful. Need I say more? Avoid at all costs.
Anonymous
Jan 4, 2010
We had the misfortune to find the Cafe Churchill recently. We ordered three small coffees, one croissant and one Danish pastry. For these items, the bill was £15.40.
The service was extremely pushy and when we queried the bill, we were basically ignored. There were no prices on view for any of these items. The toilets were disgusting and surely food fridges should not be situated close to them.
The service was extremely pushy and when we queried the bill, we were basically ignored. There were no prices on view for any of these items. The toilets were disgusting and surely food fridges should not be situated close to them.
Anonymous
Dec 3, 2009
Today I paid a miserable visit to Cafe Churchill on Parliament Street in Westminster. It is so awful that I can barely find the words to describe this aggressive little cesspit of an eatery.
The few waiters and single waitress are initally friendly, welcoming and efficient. Then they become pushy and abrupt, asking if you want everything 'large' - which is actually 'regular', but it gives them a mandate to charge exorbitant prices for apparently edible produce which is so below par that I'd rather spend my money in Charing Cross McDonald's. After the pubs close on a Friday night. Even a Saturday night.
Churchill's menu is littered with grandiose terminology. I opted for the Imperial Hot-Dog, the cheapest item on the menu at £5.60. It arrived with a salad consisting of three anaemic lettuce leaves. Mmm, yummy.
The waitress bullied me into ordering chips. Soggy, re-heated oven chips, about ten of them. £3.50. Three pounds and fifty pence. On top of the £5.60.
The 'Imperial' did not describe the hot-dog, but must have instead related to the despotic waitress who served me, whose priorities included the establishment of a warped little empire via the cafe's menu.
She served me a bland frankfurter on an equally bland white baguette. The ketchup was clearly watered-down and the cheese was from one of those cheap packets of sliced processed yellow squares found in corner shops for 15p.
The bill was sky high, which I was expecting. I was not anticipating the adding-on of a service charge however. This is a grubby little cafe, tips are discretionary, no?
No. When I asked for it to be removed, Ms Despot informed me it was a compulsory charge, and that I had to pay it because it said so on the menu and I should have noticed it.
This experience angered and saddened me. I'd always choose an independent cafe over a Starbucks, Caffe Nero or Costa Coffee because they're (almost literally) being eaten up in London, which is a massive shame.
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The few waiters and single waitress are initally friendly, welcoming and efficient. Then they become pushy and abrupt, asking if you want everything 'large' - which is actually 'regular', but it gives them a mandate to charge exorbitant prices for apparently edible produce which is so below par that I'd rather spend my money in Charing Cross McDonald's. After the pubs close on a Friday night. Even a Saturday night.
Churchill's menu is littered with grandiose terminology. I opted for the Imperial Hot-Dog, the cheapest item on the menu at £5.60. It arrived with a salad consisting of three anaemic lettuce leaves. Mmm, yummy.
The waitress bullied me into ordering chips. Soggy, re-heated oven chips, about ten of them. £3.50. Three pounds and fifty pence. On top of the £5.60.
The 'Imperial' did not describe the hot-dog, but must have instead related to the despotic waitress who served me, whose priorities included the establishment of a warped little empire via the cafe's menu.
She served me a bland frankfurter on an equally bland white baguette. The ketchup was clearly watered-down and the cheese was from one of those cheap packets of sliced processed yellow squares found in corner shops for 15p.
The bill was sky high, which I was expecting. I was not anticipating the adding-on of a service charge however. This is a grubby little cafe, tips are discretionary, no?
No. When I asked for it to be removed, Ms Despot informed me it was a compulsory charge, and that I had to pay it because it said so on the menu and I should have noticed it.
This experience angered and saddened me. I'd always choose an independent cafe over a Starbucks, Caffe Nero or Costa Coffee because they're (almost literally) being eaten up in London, which is a massive shame.
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Anonymous
May 20, 2009
Perhaps the worst service I have ever received. I am a very reluctant complainer but had to here. It was so dis-organised and rude and rushed I could not believe it especially when the prices were not the lowest. One person rushed us for an order which came back wrong, terribly watered down drinks and poor sandwiches. On trying to pay the bill we had to refuse the first one as it was plainly wrong and then had to go through a menu with I think the rudest waitress I have ever dealt with. On top of the terrible service the downstairs area smells of the toilets which are 1 yard away from FOOD storage fridges - simply disgusting. One word of advice - DO NOT EAT THERE! Terrible place.
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