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This cafe offers you nice food and a place to rest after a long walk around Fitzrovia Chapel. Gitane offers you great dishes of Persian cuisine. Nothing can be better than eating nicely cooked salads. This place serves good coffee.
Most reviewers find the staff terrific. The enjoyable service is something these restaurateurs care about. You will like affordable prices.
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Address
Oxford Circus
60 Great Titchfield Street, London, England, United Kingdom, W1W 7QF
Features
Сredit cards accepted
Outdoor seating
Wi-Fi
Wheelchair accessible
TV
Takeaway
Opening hours
| SundaySun | 10AM-5PM |
| MondayMon | 8AM-6PM |
| TuesdayTue | 8AM-6PM |
| WednesdayWed | 8AM-6PM |
| ThursdayThu | 8AM-6PM |
| FridayFri | 8AM-6PM |
| SaturdaySat | 9AM-5PM |
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The food detective in me came out and I wanted this food ASAP! On further stalking, I landed on Gitane’s website. A modest Persian cafe tucked away in the ever popular Great Titchfield Street (opposite The Riding House Café)
I LOVE Persian food. It’s one of my go-to comfort foods or the top choice whenever I am eating out. The aromas, fresh ingredients, technique of cooking and taste is so appealing! When I read they do brunch on Saturdays, I HAD to go and visit them. How had I not heard of their brunch before? This situation had to be fixed asap!
Gitane, Love-Food-People, is exactly that! The moment you enter this lovely cafe, you instantly feel at home. There are very few places that have the ability to do that. It’s such a cosy space and full of bright light even if you’re sitting away from the window. The interior has been expertly done and is super cute!! You can easily bring your laptop, grab a hot cup of coffee and work away.
Anyone can open a cafe or restaurant but if it’s a result of your passion– then it will always shine through. Such is the case with Gitane. Run by a husband and wife dream team– Bahman and Negar decided to share their dream with everyone in 2012.
While during the weekdays Gitane serves busy workers in the area with their quick snacks, on weekends they offer a much wanted respite from the craziness of the high street.
Brunch every Saturday from 9:30am till 2PM makes it even more special. Honestly, given the choice between The Riding House Cafe and Gitane, I’d pick Gitane as how often do you get to try Persian brunch and there’s no hassle of queuing.
When it came to choosing our brunch dishes, we were spoilt for choice. They don’t have an extensive menu however all the dishes sounded so good that it made it harder for us to choose! We got there in the end :P
We decided to go for a mix of sweet and savoury!
First off was the traditional Persian omelette. Very similar to the masala fried eggs we make back home and I also shared the recipe a week ago with you guys :D They came cooked in a skillet, ready for us to start eating them right from the pan. Fresh sourdough breads were a perfect accompaniment. The portion of tomatoes used in this recipe are perfect and do not overwhelm other flavours in this dish.
Next up was a sweet version of the omelette called Khagineh. As the food is made fresh to order, you can taste every single ingredient in the dish. The maple syrup and generous sprinkles of pistachios took this dish to another level. It was the perfect amount of sweet. Even though I am more of a savoury person, I still loved this version of the omelette.
And last but not the least, the lovely host Bahman. Such a humble and down to earth guy! The passion really shines through and you understand why he gave us his job in the city to work on his dream along with his lovely wife Negar. The dynamic husband and wife duo have some great ideas around expansion of their baby.
They also do supper clubs so if you’re interested in those.
On my way out, I cheekily grabbed a takeaway of Tachin- after all that’s what united me with one of my favourite cafes and brunch places in London. I highly recommend this place! You will not be disappointed :)