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Bite Me

10 Charlotte Place
W1T 1SH

I went here entirely by accident, but what a happy accident. Small but very cute cafe on the restaurant crowded Charlotte Place. Their menu looked like it catered for most of the things you might fancy at lunch time, lots of salads, sandwiches, a couple of quiches and home made tarts, and jacket potatos. The staff were sweet and service was quick. My friend an i both went for salads, I had my old favourite tuna salad - and i was pleasantly surprised when a dinner plate piled with food arrived! It had everything you would expect from a tuna salad, tuna, eggs, potatoes (although they were cold roast potatos rather than new - but equally yummy) tomatoes, capers - they heeded my request for no cucumber, and twenty minutes later i was still attemting to make a dent in the mountain of food on my plate. Nothing really different or special, just a serious amount of food for not very much money - a lovely atmosphere, free wifi, and no complaints about requests for tap water. Most things on the nemu are around £4, and i can't wait to go back and taste test the rest of it.

Make Mine

There is always alot of fuss about this place, it never actually looked that appealing to me but i thought i should check it out. They have a pretty good menu, nice and long and you can get any of the combinations offered in a salad bowl, wrap or sandwich. Everything seemed to come with chunky guacamole which on this occasion i didnt particularly feel like so i went for one of the only options that didn't include it - the smoked chicken salad (3.80). The salad had what i think was 'chicken ham', rather than chunks of chicken but it was actually pretty nice - lovely sunblushed tomatoes, crunchy peppers and a decent sized portion. However the whole thing was dripping with really oily dressing which was quite off putting - note to self - ask them to go easy on the dressing next time!
I think the jewel in the crown here is probably their sandwiches, there seemed to be lots of different meat and cheese combos so i bet they do a mean toastie, their breakfast's also looked intriguing... but for salads i much prefer Pure California.

Apostrophe

Now this is a strange one... After the two visits i have made to this place the conclusion i can draw is that the sandwiches arent half as good as they look, but the salads rock. The first time i went i had a roast beef salad, it was huge and delicious (around the £4 mark) while my companion opted for a mediterranean tuna sandwich and then proceeded to spend the whole lunch, and subsequent walk back to the office, complaining about it. So i went again and this time i went for a sandwich, they looked lovely and i thought he must have been worng, or just in a bad mood. I picked chicken mayonnaise and sweet chilli jam. I soon realised that it wasn't chicken, mayonnaise and sweet chilli jam, but chicken-mayonnaise - something with the conisstency of papier mache - and probably a similar taste. On this occasion my friend enjoyed her selection which was some kind of sweet bread with smoked salmon (looked like a croissant but apparently wasn't) but agreed that she thought it was 'a bit weird'. So - all things considered, nothing actually wrong with the place (except the misleading sandwich names and the fact that they load all the filling at the front so it looks full to bursting, but when you get it you realise that actualy the side you can see is all there is) we won't be going back... unless it's to have a salad.

Wax Bar

4 Winsley Street, W1W 8HF
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+44 (0) 207 436 4650

www.wax-bar.co.uk

Perfect for a hangover!

They do a legendary fish finger sandwich (with chips!! …Or salad) for about £3. Lots of other cheap stodge on the menu too – and a few salads that aren’t so cheap (around the £6 mark). Service isn’t the quickest, but wax bar is also a good (and slightly dangerous if previous experience is anything to go by) place to meet after work as they have good happy hour deals on wine and snacks, their platters are quite tasty!

Cheap & Cheesey.