Review Cafe Sentral - London

I bought the $11.99 crepe + bubble tea + chips combo. The store opens at 11am on weekdays. I came in at 11:15am and the guy was perfectly ready to help me. This place is the only place I've seen sell hot bubble tea. He recommended original, almond, and coconut flavors for hot bubble tea. I'm drinking the almond one and it tastes great - no gritty-ness. The bubbles aren't sweet though (otherwise they would get five stars). There's soft music playing. I got the most expensive crepe (smoked salmon), but even so I think I only saved maybe two dollars by getting the combo. The prices are fine considering that it's a place you can sit down for a while. They have a couple board games along with free WiFi. My crepe came with a mini bowl of grapes and banana chunks. Inside the crepe there was smoked salmon, spinach, cream cheese, onion, and maybe mayo. It was served hot and tasted fine. The chips are just the snack size ones, and you can choose from flavors like Lays Ketchup, Ruffles all dressed, etc. This is a nice place! I hope they add more pot tea options in the future, like Sweet Dreams in Waterloo has. They do have hot fruit tea (refillable pot for $7.49), which I'd like to try later. Would be happy to come again. PS: they charge $0.50 for each extra bubble tea flavor (I don't think tea shop 168 does this) and the standard $0.50 for tapioca or jelly.

We will be back!. My friends and I were impressed with Cafe Sentral. The tangerine orange atmosphere is unique and casual. Our server was polite, though not an overly sociable fellow. <br/><br/>It took a little longer than expected for the food and drinks to be served, but everything is freshly crafted by hand and delicious. The strawberry yogurt smoothie was especially good. I found the prices reasonable for the quality and portions that you get. <br/><br/>If you are not in a rush, I recommend checking the place out.

Yummy crepes!. Used Groupon not knowing what to expect! Found the cafe clean, terrific service and a charming atmosphere. The chicken and tenderloin crepes were great. 1st time experiencing bubble tea....will try again minus the bubbles! HIghly recommend for a lunch time treat.

Best crepes ever!!!. I've just been there and ate "fruit mania crepe". It was sooooo amaaazing. Crepe is filled with a delecious vanilla icecream and topped with nutella chocolate and served with really fresh strawberries and bananas and wipped cream. It is really a great dish. I really enjoy it. I'll defenitly go there again and you have to try it.

Great addition to London!. London needs more places like this. I went to cafe sentral at 11pm and had a desert crepe and bubble tea with a friend. Where else can you go in london at 11? The crepes were amazing and bubble tea was the best I ever had!

Waste of my time. Absolutely terrible!<br/>I came here armed with a groupon deal, and I'm glad it was on sale! I'd never pay such exorbitant prices for such lousy food! My fruit mania crepe contained discolored and flattened berries! This was of course I waited over 20 minutes for that sorry excuse of a crepe with an embarrassment of a bubble tea came to my table.

Yummy Crepes, Low Prices. I went here with a Groupon deal and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of food and beverages offered. I ordered a blueberry fruit smoothy, which was quite tasty, and the vegetarian crepe. My boyfriend ordered a beef crepe and we split a dessert crepe. The crepes are light and fluffy and presented really nicely with a side of melon chunks, blueberries and pomegranate seeds. My veggie crepe was quite flavorful and had a really nice vinaigrette inside. My boyfriend said his beef crepe was good, but that the side of fruit didn't compliment the smokey barbecue flavours. The dessert crepe was the star of the show -- filled with ice cream and Ferraro Rocher candies and topped with chocolate sauce and whipped cream. The prices ($5.50 for a veggie crepe and $7.50 for a beef one) were absolutely reasonable. I'll definitey be returning.

Top Quality!. After demetres closed we had nowhere to go for GOOD crepes, so we decided to try out cafe sentral. Their crepes are top quality! They are fresh and the presentation is as good as if not better than demetres. I have never had a bubble tea before but since it seems that bubble tea is one of their specialties, I tried a chocolate black tea with these tapioca balls. It was very good! we will definitely be regulars at cafe sentral.

Utter disorganization. We tried Cafe Sentral using the groupon they recently offered. We went first thing on a Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately there was only one person working at the time, and he was completely flustered by the four couples in the restaurant.<br/><br/>It took roughly an hour just to receive two crepes and two drinks. This was mainly because he screwed up at least three orders prior to coming to ours. I even went up to clarify our order just to make sure he didn't mess it up as well.<br/>It became clear why this was happening when I saw the scraps of paper he was scribbling our orders on.<br/><br/>When we finally got our food, it was actually quite good. We had the breakfast break crepe and fruit mania crepe. Ingredients and fruit were fresh. Both were tasty. The peach and blueberry yogurt drinks were good as well.<br/><br/>Hopefully this was an exception and usually they have more than one person working at a time. But given the regular prices and very slow service, we won't be returning.

Will definitely return, especially for dessert!. Used a Groupon deal to try Cafe Sentral out. We enjoyed ourselves and will definitely go back. <br/><br/>The blueberry yogurt drink was exceptional. I don't know what the secret is but I could never make a smoothie at home that tasted quite so good. The $4.99 pricetag felt high until I tasted it. Yum. <br/><br/>We had two savoury crepes: chicken ranch and the steak. Both were good, but the chicken was better. They were not served at the same time but that was ok with us. The generous sides of fruit were a pleasant surprise. <br/><br/>Then we shared a dessert crepe, strawberry banana hazelnut. Terrific value and the vanilla ice cream is possibly the best I've had. Again, I have no idea what the secret ingredient was but wow -- I'll be back for more. <br/><br/>Music was good, service was extremely friendly. <br/><br/>Have only minor constructive criticisms. We found it difficult to plan a complete meal. Savoury crepes as main and then another crepe for dessert is kind of overkill. Maybe as a "cafe" it's not supposed to be a full meal restaurant, but we might be more likely to visit more often if we could get perhaps a set menu/combo with smaller portions for $10-$12 each. If I could be sure we could have a complete meal for 2 for under $30 with tax & tip this could become a regular mid-week thing for us. <br/><br/>The decor's nice but it feels sparse. Maybe they need plants or something just to warm it up a touch. I'm sure it's just because they're a little new. <br/><br/>In summary this is a nice in-between place, kinda fast food and kinda full-service. London doesn't have a lot of good midweek options and Cafe Sentral is a step in the right direction.

The music was NOT suiting at all and the whole place smelled of weird chinese food.<br/>I myself had chocolate bubble tea and desert crepes which were mediocre at best. Actually, I liked the crepes however the bubble tea was very amateurlly made and was dreadfull. Glad I tried this place out while it was on discounts. Certainly not going back.

Taro Bubble Tea and Chicken Crepe After The Bar!. The best late night snack after the bar. Good music, chill atmosphere and awesome food.

Best Bubble Tea in London!. These guys have the best bubble tea in London! Ordered a strawberry milk tea and it was even topped with whip cream. I also tried a desert crepe, the presentation and freshness was amazing. This is definitely going to be my new favorite hangout!