Vita

good food, good prices.
atmosphere is not great but for the prices you really cant complain.

This café is plonked in a sort of Café Village, Eat is next door, there’s a family run sandwich shop opposite and some others I can’t remember in much detail.
All of this is about 50 metres from Oxford Street on Wimpole Street and gets very busy at lunchtimes.
I like Vita for several reasons.
1. It is open very early, I’ve been here at 7.30am and it’s been open and serving, which is a wonderful thing when it’s winter and it’s pitch dark, cold and unforgiving.
2. They have a great selection of things to eat. All sorts of sandwiches, rolls, bagels, toasted all of the above, soups, samosas, pastas, salads. It’s halal too, if you like that sort of thing. Everything I’ve tried has been very tasty, and usually quite intersting too.
3. It is cheap. Hooray! The prices in here are a dream, sandwiches rarely top £2.50, unlike at Eat next door, where that’s just about the minimum. (I’m not knocking Eat, I love it, but it is a bit pricey.)
There are two reasons why Vita is not my favourite place in the world.
1. The staff are perma-​grumpy.
2. There’s not much of an atmosphere if you fancied eating on the premises. They have a few tables outside, which is ok if the weather is glorious, otherwise get it to go.