Reynolds Let’s Graze

Great place to get good, hot sandwiches for lunch. It’s a small place with good character. Come in for coffee and takeaway.

Escaping the lure of Itsu, I ducked into Reynolds on a rainy lunch-​stop.
I had a Mediterranean tart and salad. There’s a choice of three salads. Being a glutton, I chose all three. The tart is more of a quiche, but it’s none less for it. All the food tasted very fresh and tasty. The salad wasn’t too rich, and it came with my favourite pearl barley.
It felt great and indeed tasty to escape the tyranny of the usual lunch chains. £6.45 was slightly more than normal, but worth it for the quality.

I come here every now and then at lunchtime, for one of their tart and salad combos (£4.95). Both parts are consistently delicious and varied.
It makes a welcome change to just getting a boring sandwich from across the road.

I love the idea of tiny sandwiches.
You can walk in and pick one or two, and if you’re feeling a bit adventurous you don’t have to worry about lunch being ruined with a dismal outcome. Luckily, I don’t think there’s a bad option to be had at Reynolds.
The mature cheddar and chutney was fantastic, as was the tuna salad with cucumber and mayo. Sure, they’re a bit pricey (~ £2 each) but can you really put a price on pretending you’re a giant eating the tiny lunches of mere mortals?

One of my top Fitzrovia cafes! And this one has delicious food as well as coffee. They have DELICIOUS and utterly fresh snacks and meals. Little hummus pots, sarnies, wraps, salads, and most importantly — cakes! The carrot cake here is ridiculous…

Happy Friday
It is a truth universally accepted that a good coffee can turn an ordinary Friday into a very happy one indeed, especially for a coffee nut like me.
I walked into Reynolds Let’s Graze to satisfy my coffee itch and was instantly charmed by my Aussie waitress. Is it just me or all Australians in London happy? I’ve never met a miserable one yet and long may it continue… but I digress…
Great customer service from Little Ms Sunshine was backed up by a very nice Americano, in place of my usual latte, because their coffee machine was «…on the blink!»
I sat at the back of the shop in the corner among chunky, rustic wood furniture with a centrepiece farmhouse table and chairs;so cute I felt like I was in a little village shop.
What made my experience even better was the coolest background music selection, I’ve heard in a long while.
Amii Stewart’s Knock on Wood, followed by the Temptations Papa Was A Rolling Stone and finally as I was leaving Sly and the Family Stone Dance To The Music. I nearly changed my mind and stayed !
I didn’t have time to eat properly, so I picked a pecan flapjack to go (sooo good !), but I also snagged a menu, and their picnic selection is certainly worthy of further investigation.
Now all I need is a sunny day and someone to share my picnic with.

Tiny little place with a charming atmosphere. When I went the staff were all very young and very nice (yep, the sign outside is right!). I tried the falafel wrap and their couscous with feta, cooked bell peppers, avocado and olives (yum. yum. yum.). Reynolds is a great place to stop by for a healthy lunch or snack, and probably a better option than most of the other places nearby on Market Place for sure.

wowza — what a great lunch stop! sure, the concept is about eating small meals more often (i believe the recommended frequency is 6 times spread through the day) and the price is right/​comparable. but walking in there just made me want to get more so that i could try a whole variety of yummy goodness!
and to back up the does-​the-​body-​right m.o., the sandwiches have little, if any sauce/​butter and the non-​mainstream/​new face salads are crispy fresh.
i was sad when i ate up all the food and no more :(…for now.

I like Reynold’s for both its concept (eating a little, often, instead of three square meals a day) and atmosphere. Organic, handmade food sourced from the New Covent Garden Market, the café has great coffee (my favorite is the latte) and a really friendly staff. A couple times I’ve been stuck waiting for friends to arrive and each time the barista’s have encouraged me to sit and be comfortable while I wait. If you’re used to spending about £5-£7 on lunch than you can try a little bit of everything rather than spend it on a whole meal/​sandwich.
Bonus: You can join their e-​mail list to get sporadic updates on the café’s happenings and each week they choose five people (one per day) for a free lunch.

Sat outside with a good friend, drank a lovely and CHEAP coffee (flat white), lovely staff, yummy lunch of bean salad and salmon wrap, all for £4.30. Like this place mucho!
Will be reviewed on my bloglet in my «best coffee shop in central London» series… !

I’d heard good things before visiting Reynolds and can’t deny like a few reviewers before me I did baulk slightly at the prices.
Though having tried quite a few items from the neat selection I’m swayed. I can easily spend £4 on a sandwich in this locale and many aren’t nearly as tasty. It also feels better giving Mr Reynolds my money than the unhelpful staff of Apostrophe or other chains by which it’s surrounded.
Having met Mr Reynolds this morning on my increasingly common morning coffee run I liked him. Despite his questionable approach to my colleagues Costa cup. It does help liking the proprietor and despite the prices I suspect this place might become my regular.
Side note: the coffee is cheap compared to many if it’s neighbours and seems good to my unrefined palate, so if for no other reason worth a visit.

As it says on the board outside, good coffee, fresh food, nice people. That pretty much sums this place up.
I often stop here for coffee on the way to work in the morning, as it’s lovely and I don’t have to wait for very long. Maybe the longest I’ve stood around is 10 minutes?
During that waiting time, I always scope out the food. Almost every time I say to myself how good it looks. The concept is that they serve smaller portions, encouraging you to eat less at regular intervals throughout the day.
From little salad pots filled with cous cous, hummous and salad to duck wraps, it’s all fresh and makes my mouth water just thinking about it. Great soup and porridge also available if you fancy something hot.
I don’t think the price is that high (as pointed out below). Yesterday I paid £2.30 for a wrap and a bottle of water. I’ll definitely be heading back next time I want something to grab and go.

Great coffee they claim on the board outside. Great café claim the guides from regional and national newspapers on the walls. Reynolds is a café in the true sense of a community hub. People meet and know each other and smiles are seen all round.
Why should you drop by? Well, lunch is done differently here. You buy single sandwiches and wraps, not two so you can get two flavours for the same price of a sandwich from a chain like EAT or Pret. A duck wrap and a mozzerella and parma ham roll for around £3, add a coffee to takeaway for under a fiver.
Nice long bench tables for eat in, this is a place for a quick bite to eat or a catch up with a mate.

Really cute place to grab coffee or a snack or even your lunch. Since everything is in smaller portions, you can have a light bite or grab a few things to make a more varied meal. Staff are friendly and there is free wi-​fi for anyone looking for a place to use their computers.

I just discovered Reynolds last week, and I think I’m in love with it. I’m presently munching a Reynolds lunch at this very moment. The philosophy of the place is that it is healthier and more enjoyable to eat frequent, small bits throughout the day rather than eating three big meals. So, while Reynolds does have normal Pret-​sized sandwiches, they specialize in half-​sandwiches, half-​wraps, small little rolls with fillings inside, and little cups of salad, pasta, and veggie snacks. They have a good variety and weekly specials, and some yummy-​looking soups that would be great on a cold day.
I really don’t find this place to be particularly expensive compared to the other non-​McDonalds lunch options in the area.
My lunch today cost 5.10GBP (sorry, have American keyboard with no pound symbol!) and consisted of:
– A little cup of cold edamame beans in some sort of soy/​miso-​based sauce (the beans are out of their pod/​husk/​edamame casing so you actually get loads of them.)
– A little cup of hummus and carrot sticks (this particular item was only 1GBP! Crazy cheap!)
– A delicious bread-​roll with salmon and cream cheese
– Half-​sized wrap with hoisin duck and veggies. Gorgeous!
Honestly, compared to Leon and Ping Pong and the other lunch options around my office, Reynolds is not all that expensive and definitely worth every penny. The in-​built variety and the ability to try so many different things each time on each visit makes Reynolds an excellent place to break up the monotony of Pret and Eat.

With the idea that it’s better to eat small portions through out the day, this tiny but charming café serves healthy food in a cool environment. Thy have every day specials and the most delicious soups, perfect on a winter day. They also have amazing wraps and triangles a staple of the place, it sounds weird but its yummy my favorite Bangkok Chick, with peanut butter and chicken, please don’t think its a weird combination, its like satay chicken and peanut sauce. If you are into more traditional combination they have them for sure.

I’ve bought stuff from here a few times. The food is always fresh and delicious. It seems to be a bit more expensive than other sandwich places, but maybe that is because the portions are smaller so you buy more. Haven’t tried the soup, but I’ve heard lots of good things about it from friends. Not much room, so I usually buy to take away.

I work near here and since Reynolds opened I have been going nearly every day. They do sarnies, wraps and salads but in smaller portins so you can have a few things rather than one, fat, mayo drenched, Pret sandwich. The soups are really good and I think their coffee is the best I have had in the UK.
The people in there are nice and you can chat to them if the queues not too long! Top place.