A friend recommended The Cafe In The Crypt to me as the food is all home cooked. It's located in the basement of the church. You choose your food from the self service bar, pay, then find a seat (of which there are many). The food was good quality and very reasonably priced. I would definitely go there again.

I had a very bad experience here. Very unfriendly service and hardly any food choice so that I took a mix of two side salads in the end. I digged in the salad and what did I find? Something was moving there, a fat little caterpillar, as green as the salad. I took the plate back to the till and the staff didn't even bother to apologise. Their main concern seemed to be to treat the case discreetly so that no other customer would hear about it.
For something as unacceptable as a caterpillar in a salad I got my 3 pounds for the salad back, nothing extra and not one 'sorry' from the staff!
An awful place with inexplicable unfriendly staff, it doesn't deserve this nice setting in a church. One star is still too much.

What an amazing place! You can feel the history of the venue looming over you as you tuck into your traditional cafe grub. Check it out.

Oh dear! We'd heard good things about this place via a friend and Time Out, and just had to write and say NO!

Was it an off day in the kitchen? Or a sign of some deeper malaise? The staff were inattentive (it is only self service), unfriendly and tables were left laden with trays (and I just love the little pot for tips on the cash desk). My tuna avocado was left undressed, not even a garnish was offered, and without the ballast of salad it nearly rolled off my plate, especially when one of the staff backed into me at the cutlery point - no, don't worry, no apology necessary; chance would be a fine thing.

Sorry I know sarcasm is not good in a restaurant review, but it was my friend's food which has filled me with such irritation that I can't help but succumb. The vegetarian option that was available for him was a Root Vegetable Bake in Tomato sauce with Cous Cous. So far so veggie. It turned out to be chunks of suede in a watery tomato sauce, with nary a flavouring of herbs or spices to enliven the proceedings, this was laid on a bed of similarly treated cous cous, the bland covering the bland. Some undercooked cabbage limped at the side of the plate, and the whole thing smelt distinctly... dodgy!

This repast was meant to see us through an evenings entertainment, but honestly it was revolting! My poor friend had to put it aside and lope off looking elsewhere for sustenance while I finished my bare avocado and small piece of ciabatta (65p). I did feel mean, but needs must when hunger arises.
My main gripe is, its one thing to serve bad food, its quite another to charge £7.00 for it (the veggie dish) and act as if you should be grateful into the bargain. I like cooking, I think I cook quite well, and take a pride in it, and I just feel plain insulted when someone gets paid to make trash like this, harsh words maybe, but I won't be back, unless... Hmm maybe a certain troubleshotting chef would take the place in hand - if only.