Jakobs

If you’re looking for some local flavor that’s been around for over 20 years, and the strongest most delicious macchiato ever, this is the place to hit up for lunch. In the marketplace-​like glass case, you can pick from a variety of main courses from salmon, fish cake, curried chicken, or fried chicken, and add in sides whether straight veg like broccoli and snow peas or heartier ones like glazed pumpkin, sweet potato medallions, creamed cauliflower, or chickpeas and eggplant. Or you can mix and match the sides into a «salad» plate option, in a variety of sizes, choosing between 2 – 6.
Once ordered, you take a seat and they bring out your food to you. The staff are incredibly friendly, willing to explain every dish, the daily specials and offerings. You can even order grilled meats like chicken skewers with sides of rice and veggies. To the side, there is also a modest dessert table where you can choose from a slice of apricot cake, chocolate pear cake, hot brownie with ice cream, or other goodies like baklava and fruit tarts. They also have standard pastries like chocolate croissants and other things in the window to go with an espresso-​based drink, or even Armenian coffee.
Operates without any ego, these folks are all very humble and kind. A great place for lunch or a coffee and dessert. Mid-​afternoon, it is also quiet and people come here to study or work.

Wonderful workers — very warming and personal.
Good fresh fruit juices (apple and beetroot was sweet; lemonade).
The humous and falafel wrap (it comes with a salad) is to die for!
The small lentil salad is great too.
They usually add pomegranates which gives a sharp sweet taste.

I just had take-​away there but I confirm that it was fresh and tasty. Service is fast and prices are reasonable for the area.
A healthy alternative to pizzas while watching a game!

Super restaurant chaleureux et délicieux qui propose une nourriture saine et succulente. Le personnel est charmant, bref que du bon !

20 Gloucester Road London SW7 4RB — Organic Middle Eastern Cuisine, love their fresh juices and ready to go food when looking for something easy and good at lunchtime.
Emily Rose Reeder

Special experience — excellent dinner in a wonderful setting. Happened upon here on a Greek night, with excellent live music. They fit us in comfortably to the front room of a small, crowded restaurant. Food and service are simply exceptional. Plenty of fresh vegetarian options abound — I had a pumpkin stuffed with goat cheese that was delightful. The meze style dishes — hummus, tsatsiki and such — were absolutely exceptional. Service is warm and personal.

Amazing fresh and very tasteful food. I love it for take away and dining in. Always friendly and nice service. I also love the atmosphere and the pleasant music.

Jakobs was a staple for me while studying abroad. I would order a mix of salads including the hummus or a pressed chicken breast with basil/​tomato/​fresh motz. All around great food for the price and the staff was so friendly! I always recommend this place when people are in London.

This place was a mixed bag from the start. By the end of my visit, it reclaimed some of the magic that I had heard about.
As told to me by a friend, this was a must stop visit while I was traveling to London. Upon her suggestion, I stopped by a few days before I had to go home. Staying in Notthing Hill Gate, I was able to cut through Hyde Park and walk to Kensington. Luckily I was able to obtain some open-​space WIFI that the Kensington Gardens was able to provide me. So I arrived without any problems.
Outside, the restaurant-​café seems unassuming. Inside? Inside is a whole other story. Another world, in fact. It’s not immediately made aware to you when you first walk in. You’re greeted by a friendly staff behind the counter, though. Your options are predominately Mediterranean and it did take me a while to figure out what I wanted to settle for.
A gripe I had with one particular dish was the hummus. I prefer hummus with little-​to-​no tahini at all. My actual preference would there be none. However, I’ve never had hummus with so much tahini that I felt as though I was eating sesame seed paste with a small amount of chick peas. That ain’t right.
[To be continued. It gets better … Trust.]

Unfortunately, I only went here once during my stay in London, but it did not disappoint. The prices were great and the food was amazing. And it had a lot of good vegetarian options!

An email about London today had me reminiscing of one of my most favorite haunts when I studied abroad there way back in the day. This place may seem unassuming (read: like any other deli you could find), but there is something so endearing and special about this quaint spot that I just had to share my fondness for it. It’s family-​owned and they’re more than happy to extend a family tree branch your direction, too.
From their paninis to their market fresh salads to their pastries to their full-​blown entrees, Jakobs just does everything right. I can still remember sitting in their very Spanish/​Moroccan looking dining area (with the perfect light shining through on a spectacular Spring day) and thinking, ‘someone pinch me.’ And you know it gets the super stamp of approval when every time a parent of someone in our program visited a visit to Jakobs was definitely in the cards… and naturally they fell in love with it immediately, also.
Not to mention, it’s a blast when dusk hits, especially for a large group. The servers go above and beyond to make you feel like you’re attending a party in their living room, complete with live music and dancing. We spent a very memorable Valentine’s Day evening there one night and closed the place down.
It’s just a phenomenal spot that has a permanent place in my heart, and I hope I still have a permanent place on their wall of adoring patrons!

Great place with delicious fresh healthy food, in good portion sizes. We came here after our 5k run in Hyde Park and it is really a gem. Fantastic deli selection. The staff were friendly, pleasant place to eat and the price is cheap-​ish (£40 for 3 of us including drinks, and each main comes with two side orders of your choice).
Would go again and would recommend.

There were twenty of us there for a birthday. It’s a cute little place! Food is good and service is personal. It’s worth a try if you feel like trying Middle Eastern mezze.
Ask for their kookoo — very lovely!

This family owned resataurant is a real gem. You feel welcome the moment you walk in the door. The food is phenomenal and so absolutely fresh. I could eat it every day. I had a whole sea bass which was light and crispy. An awesome bean and pea salad and various other sides. All extremely fresh and just the right spice. I strongly recommend this place for lunch or a picnic or a snack. It’s great for just about any time of the day.

Love this place — all organic stuff!
Great, fresh fare meant mostly to take away but so delicious. (Edamame /​pea salad is so good and so is the mixed vegetable dish).
Tons of vegetarian options available, grilled salmon, sandwiches, desserts, fresh fruit. So good!
(only down side = long queues, little seating, and sometimes they run out of stuff but great food otherwise)

My friend use to live in this area and took us here one day… I was so sad that I had already eaten because the sandwiches looked SOOO DELICIOUS!!! So of course, the next time I was in the area, I just HAD to come back because she raved endlessly about this place.
Also, I LOVE places that are super cute, friendly and family owned which equals. MY KIND OF A PLACE!
The next time we had our little Hyde Park getaway, I got a chicken sandwich with all the dressings, even HUMMOUS (so good!), and they toast it for you. and the sandwich is actually large enough for 2 meals! (I ate it in one. but you know.) And for only about 6pounds (sorry, I’m on an American comp so I can’t get the GBP sign quickly)… such a STEAL!
They also have a lot of Mediterranean dishes that you can take away… It’d be perfect or a quick healthy meal you don’t wanna cook.
Also a great sandwich to grab on the way to an afternoon in Hyde Park. :)