Lantana

Food is ok, nothing special and too fat for my taste. The level of service is...well I am not sure we an call it service at all. Part of our order was wrong, we had to go to the bar to get someone's attention. After queing outside for around 20min we were given a table next to the door. Waiters going in and out did not care closing the door behind them (in January!). After closing it 10/12 times ourselves, we asked the waiter who was passing by (Luka) to close it. Reply: "Can't you see I am carrying stuff?". Nice. We did not pay for the service and when we explained why, no excuse at all, just a rude and sarcastic reply.
Toilets are in desperate need for cleaning.

I have to say,, best breakfast and coffee in London. Having moved to London recently from Melbourne I have been in desperate search for a good latte and breakfast/brunch. The coffee was fabulous and the food amazing. I had the corn fritters and grilled haloumi - both fresh and full of flavour! I went back twice last week and will be back this weekend. In relation to comments about bad service, etc, I cant complain. Sure, the staff were not as doting as they may have been if the whole cafe wasn't full with a line out the door, but the food and coffee made up for it. However, perhaps I was just giddy with happiness at finally having had a good brunch experience in London. No offence to the English breakfast, but give me a Melbourne breakfast of poached eggs, bacon, roasted tomato, mushrooms and smashed avacado on toast and Im in heaven. Lantana comes close to what I could have had at a good Melbourne cafe. Love it!

Went for brunch on a Sat morning. Finding a place that does really good Gluten Free options is difficult in London, and this is the best I have had. Loved the food - the fact they can substitute of the meals with the bread was really exciting. A little pricey, but worth it. Head guy was really helpful and friendly. It was busy, but it didn't matter and people seemed happy.

The staff and the management of this place are truly appalling. Offhand rude and complete disregard for thier customers. People standing in line were ignored, people on tables were ignored, there is a real arrogance and total lack of courtesy which I'm assuming they derive from the award received 2 years ago BUT that was 2 years ago and this place is complacent to the point of a joke.

Time Out should be paying attention to most of the comments below ( but not the two below from Leticia whom I suspect are staff or the owners, please notice the carefully placed info in those comment especially leticia " also found out they are open during the summer for drinks between wed- fri". And to other supposed poster "Jonathan Dove", whoever you are, places like this may get packed from time to time but the staff do not have to be rude and obnoxious in the process to thier customers who are waiting. The rating is not deserved anymore, pay attention Time Out!

The scrambled eggs were overdone, the toast dry burnt on the edges and it took about 15 minutes to attract the truly obnoxious waitress to order another tea, she waved us off but didn't come back for another 15 minutes so I had to go in and let them know we were leaving and wanted the bill to which she shrugged and said "whatever" and her boss who was observing us stifled a giggle.

A total dive whose staff must get thier attitude from the management who engender such behaviour.

If I could have given no stars I would have.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS, THIS PLACE IS A DUMP!

Amazing breakfast (particularly whatever the special for the day might be) and coffee is always fabulous. Great vibe and atmosphere, you absolutely can't go wrong for brunch/breakfast. Also found out during summer they are now open Wed-Fri for drinks (had a fab mojito) and delicious tapas. Highly recommend, especially after a tough day at work!

A welcome infusion of cool low key authentic Australian cuisine in this busy district - just off the Tottenham Ct Rd / Goodge St interchange. Service was friendly & excellent. Note to readers of comments below: All restaurants in this area of town get overwhelmed from time to time.

Being Australian and having been to Lantana a few times with friends, I thought I'd take my English boyfriend along to show him the wonders of an Oz breakfast and great coffee that I've come to expect...DISAPPOINTED!!! In line with the comments above the service is appalling..i.e. not noticed for about 5 mins waiting for a table so had to ask if we should get our own. Seated a a table then asked to move to a smaller one so a part of 3 could sit were we were...served lovely coffee but without sugar...when I requested sugar - waiter forgot - had to get up and get own sugar....meal was lovely as usual, but honestly don't know how they get by on good food. I'm sure like most Australian expats we love the concept of an amazing Oz styled cafe in London, but without the great service - serving Vegemite on toast, strong lattes and poached eggs simply won't really cut it.

Avoid at all costs!. Went with boyfriend for brunch, staff were dismissive (but sycophantic to regulars).

The food seemed no different from an Ottolenghi's or other high end cafe.

Very good food and coffee - and staff always really nice to me. My favourite by far is the corn fritters. My boyfriend's Lantana breakfast of choice is the slow baked eggs. YUMMMMM.

Had a BERT for lunch the other day - it was one of the best sandwiches I've ever had. Think it was the Aioli that did it, but it was pretty perfectly crafted overall. I've always found the staff to be friendly, although occasionally struggling to keep up with the lunchtime rush.

The service is beyond unfriendly - it is really rude. I've been putting up with it because I do think the coffee and cakes are great. But I'm not going to return again as I've had enough. Each time I walk in, my heart sinks as I have to negociate with yet another mealy mouthed harpy.

The BERT is one of the best lunches I've ever had. I could eat one every day!

Just had a Bert sandwich (egg, bacon, tomato, rocket and amazing mayo) there. A fellow diner actually said 'I hope this never ends'. Recommended.

Unfortunately I was let down by Lantana. The service was pretty unfriendly to be honest. The coffee (a latte) was ok but nothing special and it was overpriced. I don't think I'll go again. I prefer monmouth coffee co., flat white, nude espresso or taste of bitter love.

Yes, yes, yes. Give me more of those sweetcorn fritters, and when I'm really splurging, top them with an egg!