Good place for lunch in town?

Meeting a couple of lahndan mates for lunch in town tommorrow, anyone have any suggestions that isn't the standard chainy-crap. A pub that serves decent food would be good, or a reasonably priced restaurant. Otherwise it's three 99p baguettes and a bench...

somewhere small in the chinese quarter, literally just around the corner from mr egg are a couple of nice cheap place, one is malaysian.

Or Bodega on Bennetts Hill (opposite the briar rose).

City centre is tough mate.
There's a place opposite the Hippodrome called the Green Room. Reasonably priced, good for people watching.

yea i work in central at the weekends and i'm yet to find THE lunch spot.

polpo is really nice (italian tapas)

but personally, id go to wasabi or somewhere like that and head to soho/golden square and sit out in the sun

so yea, 99p bag-wet ftw

If you go to Condor Cycles on Gray's Inn Rd a few doors down on the same side heading north there's an ace place called Provencale or something french. You get a little hot buffet of chicken/beef casserole, curry, general hot food & 2 veg for around £5 and it's delicious. can't recommend enough.

^^^ probably a bit out of the way!!

OP reading fail southerners.

nah, well worth the journey!
gets coat

oh fucking stupid sub forums! could somone remove sub-forum new posts from the twitter feed!

done this soooo many times! fuuuuu

There's a really nice place to eat in Paris.

do they serve snails

^ that just put me off my lunch.

cafe soya have cheap lunch deals, well worth a check.

Warehouse Cafe next to Sprocket cycles

greggs

Chop & Wok FTW, one by the Alex the other by Rackhams on same road as Slaters/Carphone Warehouse.

£6, for any box of noodles/meat/veg, prawn crackers and a can of drink. Cooked fresh - amazing for the money, way better than wagamamas

Me & Shredder have noticed Cafe Soya's slipped a lot recently, I used to eat there at least once or twice a month, would pass now.
Warehouse is great food but small portions, sorry Warehouse.
Chop & Wok isn't vegetarian friendly. They have tofu or veg options but unlike true Thai veg places (in Thailand) they cook meals in the same pan without segregating or cleaning between orders. I ate there and was ill pretty much straight after, sounds bogus but I've been veggie since '85 and if I eat stuff with a ton of meat juice in it it freaks out my stomach.

I had a great brunch in a diner inside the Mailbox, can't remember the name but it's small, single storefront sort of breakfast place, they're way cheaper than everything else around there.

mmmm chop and wok

yumm is awesome...had breakfast AND lunch there yest (I wasnt paying obvs)

Not bogus re: meat juice if u been veggie since 85 mate, thats nearly as long as i've been alive. I dont eat eggs (they're wrong) but having been convinced to try one.for first time in 23 years recently i felt sick as a dog for about two days!

Eggs aren't wrong. They still contain a soul which is the best part of any meat dish.

^ This.

Mmmm meat juice.

I eat way more than my fair share of eggs (about 20 a week), and feel great for it.

Bet your farts are foul though.

ask the birmingham polo crew.....