Monsoon Cafe

The Monsoon Café has likely the worst service on earth, rude, careless and distracted. The grub isn’t that good either.
So why the 3 stars?
Because it’s a nice bright place, because it has a better hygiene score that most joints on the High Road, and it’s cheap. Recommended? Huh, not really, but I’ve seen worse.

Monsoon is an average little café on the High Road in Willesden Green, right by the Library Centre. They have a pretty extensive range of food at cheap prices (sandwiches, paninis, crepes, soups, breakfasts, chips, jacket potatoes etc) I’ve had a jacket potato there a couple of times, and it has to be said, it was HUGE with a very generous amount of beans and cheese and all for £1.99 (but seriously, it would probably take me days in the gym to work off the amount of beans and cheese they pile on that thing…)!
There is outdoor seating, which is nice in the summer, although the seating is on Willesden High Road, so uh, not THAT nice… :)
The staff are friendly!
Good if you want to meet someone in the area for a quick coffee, no frills.

A nice and cheery café near Willesden Green library. The food and drinks are average. I find it magnetic however because its painted bright orange, it makes it seem really sunny. A meal costs around £4 and theres table outside to watch the world go by.

It is a delight moving from Camden Town to Willesden Green.
No longer must I pay tourist prices for everything I buy.
I think I almost fell over when I came to the Monsoon Café.
Huge plates of food start from £3 and finish at £5. Lovely freshly squeezed juices about half the price they are in more fashionable neighbourhoods.
And the best thing is that the baked goods are made from scratch across the road at Willesden’s very own mini-​bakery-​empire that is Monsoon (other branches in Kilburn and by Willesden Green tube).
It makes me feel great to know that I can have a great meal, change left over in my pocket and still support local business.
Service is friendly but occasionally overworked and please remember this is a ‘caff’ not a restaurant. But if you want a great meal at a brilliant price, do head over to Monsoon and eat your freshly-​made-​fill.