Salvation Jane - Cafe

City Pig’s summary

Snapshot
Cuisine:	Cafe
Price:	£15 Approximate cost for lunch and drink (one main dish and a soft drink.)
Healthy:	·         A variety of dishes have vegetables. ·         Beware of the cakes.
Tasty:	·         2.5/5 – Food (main dishes) (Desserts and coffees 3/5) ·         3/5 – Service ·         3/5 – Overall rating
Occasion:	·         Eat in. ·         Take-away. ·         Coffee catch ups or business meetings
Address:	Unit 2, 1 Oliver’s Yard, 55 City Rd, EC1Y1HQ (near Old Street tube station).
Opening times	Monday to Friday – 7:30am-3pm Saturday to Sunday – 9am-3:30pm
Eat in/Takeaway:	Eat-in and take-aways.
Recommended dishes & drinks	Cheesecake Latte
Vegetarian dishes	Yes
Loyalty card	No.
Website	http://www.salvationjanecafe.co.uk/
Notes	Another Aussie style café – similar to its sister restaurant Lantana. Amazing cakes and coffees that keeps this place going.

City Pig’s analysis

After, having been to Lantana, I thought why not try the sister café Salvation Jane. It is near Old Street station and is a good sized café compared to the small Lantana café.

This is an Aussie style café that brings one of the best coffees and cakes to the City. Take-away baguettes and sandwiches are at the front. The menu for sit down is much more expensive than one may expect.

A range of food can be found here, ranging from Thai fish cakes to risottos to salads.

I noticed how small the dishes were and was not impressed seeing the cost for a main was around £9. My colleagues and I had ordered Thai fishcakes, Duck noodle salad and the risotto.

All were relatively small and we all even had room for dessert.

The desserts were amazing, the cheesecake was divine. Everything about it was perfect. It was smooth and light. The lemon polenta cake was also very refreshing and went well with my latte.

The service was efficient and polite. Overall, it was an enjoyable experience as it was spacious here too.

However, the mains could be tastier and the price is too steep in comparison to the portion size. I much preferred the coffee and cakes and think an afternoon coffee break here would be ideal.