The attention here is superb. The vibe is a cute café feel that is very open. I ordered two eggs and chips which some toast and a Coke. The view is great, you can take a little stroll around the park once you’ve eaten. I would definitely recommend it to anyone especially staying at the hotels nearby. The proximity is very convenient.
Jose D.
Tu valoración: 5 Pasadena, CA
Great location to relax. No wi-fi, plenty of seating. Good food and atmosphere with friendly quiet staff.
Martin S.
Tu valoración: 3 Hayes, United Kingdom
Quite a nice café in the square but quite expensive. Only had a snack here but no problems with it.
Alexander N.
Tu valoración: 1 London, United Kingdom
Absolutely horrible service here. They openly argue with customers. The food is bland as well. Never coming back here again.
Jeremy
Tu valoración: 5 London, United Kingdom
The greatest little park in Bloomsbury area. The fountain in the middle helps for the fresh air in the hottest days. Stop there for a few minutes and enjoy the silence.
Michae
Tu valoración: 4 London, United Kingdom
It is really good place and my favourite to sit near fountain to read a book.
Atzenb
Tu valoración: 4 Berlin, Germany
It’s a really nice place!
Ben Y.
Tu valoración: 4 New York, NY
This place would get 5 stars if it had better prices! The food they have there is great to pick up quickly between class, but really can’t be frequented every day because it might set you back. The prices aren’t terrible, but sometimes the portion doesn’t fit the price. Also, their hot chocolate is deplorable. It really should have wifi… and it really doesn’t. What coffee places don’t have wifi these days? Psh. ONTOTHEPOSITIVES. They have absolutely amazing large chocolate covered donuts that will blow your pants off. These are fantastic! Their sandwiches are quality as well and they have many nice Italian baked items. They have this garlic bread-type thing which has the texture of a churro but is shaped like a slice of bread. It’s fantastic(but a tad too expensive). Anyways, the place is located right in Russell Square which is super convenience when leaving any of Birkbeck’s buildings, and it’s a quick place to stop and pick something up!
Monsieur R.
Tu valoración: 3 17ème arr., Paris
Grand square carre qui fait penser a la place des vosges mais sans le charme
Skater
Tu valoración: 1 Berlin
Ist ganz schön, die Lage. Aber es ist doch deutlich zu teuer für Nudeln, die alles andere als al dente sind und eine matschig-fade Tomatensoße oder für ein Getränk, das nach Chlorwasser schmeckt… Kann man also eher nicht empfehlen, zumal es in der Umgebung nicht an preiswerteren Alternativen mangelt…
Sian
Tu valoración: 4 London, United Kingdom
I really like walking through Russell Square. I came here recently for a picnic(en route from Fitzrovia to Farringdon) and it’s a lovely little spot for it. Because people forget that it’s here. You’re only five minutes from Tottenham Court Road. Just a lovely little bit of greenery, that isn’t ruined by people playing football in the middle. It is a bit noisy at rush hour, but if you’ve got a bottle of cheap bubbly, you probably won’t care. Come after work, sit about in the sunshine and enjoy. Fun, isn’t it?
Aisa M.
Tu valoración: 3 London, United Kingdom
Nothing too special about this café, except for its convenience to school, the Tube, the British Museum and all things Central London. It’s a fabulous place to people-watch; I used to go here every Friday mid-day after lectures and ‘read,’ but instead commiserate with classmates and comment on white-bearded bespectacled men in intellectual conversation. Food’s not fabulous, but not horrible either — they have a wide variety, from fry-ups to paninis and pastries. Service ok. Location, though is ab fab.
Fazan K.
Tu valoración: 1 London, United Kingdom
I had the most dissappointing baked potato straight outta a microwave! I was dying for a traditional baked potatoe with a thick, wrinkled, crispy skin not a streamed translucent one! i came straight out the gym hungry as could be. Our uni does sell the traditionally baked pots, but they also give you wooden cutlery that you cannot cut the skin with! so i went searching in vain! Will not be returning not even if a mega-super hot date asked me there! that’s how mad I was at that pathetic excuse for a jack-pot!
Flobu
Tu valoración: 1 London, United Kingdom
Lovely location but correspondingly overpriced. In a neighbourhood overflowing with similar lunch places, there’s no excuse for the tragic, microwaved jacket potato I was served — plunked on a bare plate, drowning in flavourless cheese. You’d be much better off picking up a takeaway sandwich somewhere else and relaxing in the park on a bench for free.
Teej T.
Tu valoración: 4 Urbana, IL
The sandwiches are a bit too pricey for what you get, but the espresso is fantastic, and you have to give points to a place where you can sit in teh park and enjoy a coffee.
Prudence I.
Tu valoración: 4 London, United Kingdom
Russell Square is not my favourite London square, nor is this the nicest café in the world but I used to meet a friend for breakfast here when we both worked nearby and in the early morning sunshine and quiet this is a lovely place that feels a world away from boring office jobs. I always stuck to a cup of tea and a doughnut, never quite feeling up to the perfectly decent looking fry up they do but these were perfectly satisfactory as the doughnuts were enormous. One thing I didn’t like was that the manager was always really rude to his staff which does tend to put you off a place. Still, sit outside and it’s great.
Minal P.
Tu valoración: 5 London, United Kingdom
This café in one corner of Russell Square park has unbelievable charm due to its lovely location. You can sit outdoors on a warm day, although it is always busy with tourists stopping for a bite to eat, students and people on a lunch break. They make a fantastic cappuccino, and the sandwiches are very good. You can also get some nice pizzas to share, on a thin crust, or soups and pasta. I think its a bit awkward having a large meal if you don’t manage to get enough tables between all of you, which is what happened to me the last time I was there. It was a place to linger on in though, and we ended up staying out till late in the afternoon, soaking up the sun. You just might end up getting soaked full stop, in this weather!
Filimb
Tu valoración: 4 London, United Kingdom
One of the best parts of a walk into central London from King’s Cross, which I heartily recommend DURINGDAYLIGHTHOURS. Tourists should avoid Bloomsbury after dark, it is full of cut throats and gangs of teens on bikes. Russell Square is a noisy haven from the traffic that echoes, that orbits it perpetually. Squirrels abound, seemingly unfazed by the constant rumble. They will take any bits of food from your hand, not because they are tame but because they are starving to death, and they would rather demean themselves by getting your human stink on them than be too weak to stay up a tree, safe. The colours of the leaves are glorious at this time of year and this is probably the last warm day to really experience it. Get down there! Warning: there is a fountain in the middle that comes seemingly from the very earth, try not to walk on it as it could jet right up you. Video link:
Leonie
Tu valoración: 4 London, United Kingdom
The square was recently refurbished based on the original designs but with the addition of a modern fountain that changed height and is popular with birds. The square is very tranquil and there are lots of benches and it is a good size. In the summer it is very popular with tourists and school trips who picnic here after visiting the British Museum. Luckily there is space for everyone. There is a small café in the NW corner that serves all the usual café fare and is OK value for money. They have seating inside and out which gets popular in the summer. A nice square to visit if you are close by and fancy resting a while in a relatively tranquil park area.
Peterb
Tu valoración: 4 London, United Kingdom
Russell Square is a beautiful square with an interesting modern fountain at its centre. It’s a great place to hang out and is usually busy on weekday lunchtimes with office workers eating their lunch there. Probably not worth a trip there specifically to see it, it is probably worth visining for half an hour or longer if you are in the area. There is a café on the side of the square, and a few shops near by, if you want to get something to eat or a paper to read.
Juliam
Tu valoración: 3 London, United Kingdom
This café has ultimate charm because of it’s lovely view out on to Russell Square gardens. A nice place to spend the afternoon, meet friends or warm up, there are a good number of lunch options here. Staff are friendly and helpful and food is served quickly, however it isn’t anything outstanding. The freshness and quickness is one of the main selling factors for me I’d recommend this café more for a cup of freshly brewed italian coffee, which is truly delicious and strong, or the thick hot chocolate. Bread pudding is good as well. Prices are fairly standard, around what you’d pay for a sandwich or coffee anywhere else in london. It’s a stop off point for tourists going to museums or shops, and rather busy at most times. Go for the convenience and get a window seat, to enjoy this café to the full
London
Tu valoración: 5 London, United Kingdom
A really nice place to enjoy your lunch — the square is surrounded by busy roads but is actually a little spot of rare calm right in the middle of London. There is a fountain in the middle with benches running round it and a little café on one of the sides. There are lots of other small and cosy cafes nearby too as well as the Brunswick for restaurants and shopping, and of course the British Museum is just a stone’s throw away. There’s your whole Sunday planned for you!