Anywhere nice for a coffee near Kings X station?

[lucysmam]

Literally just that - we're a bit cluelessly wandering atm 🤔

Have a wander down to Coal Drops Yard, only a couple of mins away and some lovely options there:

https://www.kingscross.co.uk/coal-drops-yard

Granger and Co, just before you get to Coal Drops Yard mentioned above.

Thank you!

This is where I was going to suggest we went to a lovely little cafe last year we went every day of our visit we were staying near King's x

I think it was called Gail's

Gail's is a chain, like an upmarket Gregg's

I have another question if any of you can help with it (we're a bit pushed for time today) - where's best to find a touristy gift for dd2?

Depends where you are going to be I suppose if you are going to be in coal drops yard there is a shop that has fancy tatt can't remember the name of it sorry

Go into St Pancras Station. Lots of shops there, including Hamleys!

Was also going to say St Pancreas. As the Eurostar comes in there there are more touristy shops and gift shops

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It you have a bit of time go to the British Library

the coffee is really good and so is the food

oh and lots of interesting books to browse 😆

Caravan Coffee, by the entrance to Central St Martin's art school, just next to Coal Drops Yard. Lovely 🙂

www.origincoffee.co.uk/pages/origin-coffee-the-british-library

Original coffee at the British Library. Highly recommend

Second the British Library (which also has a gift shop IIRC)

Thank you all very much! We've just popped back to our hotel for half an hour to charge phones before heading back out so we'll make a plan for tomorrow morning before our train home 😊

I like the place with the sausage shaped doughnuts - Longboys I think. We had to test quite a few to make sure there was no major variation in quality between the different flavours. There wasn’t, no don’t thank me

Is also in Coal Drops yard

@Coughsweet I know where we're headed for breakfast tomorrow then 🤣

My friend and I have been doing overnight theatre trips and we’ve adopted a pattern 😆

If you want to have a cocktail tonight the Standard hotel library lounge is very groovy (you can also have coffee there in the day)and Decima the restaurant on the top floor is gorgeous with a magical view of the station.

@Coughsweet you were so right about the doughnuts! Definitely on our list to go back again 😋

Yay 😁