Workplace Cafes for London Offices
LP Food at Work creates and manages workplace cafes where your team can relax, refuel and reconnect during the working day.
From breakfast and lunch to snacks, drinks and superb coffee, we design the cafe around your space, budget and the way your people eat and drink at work.
A Workplace Cafe Designed Around Your Team
The LP Cafe brings great food, design and innovation into your workplace. We make the most of your space, creating somewhere your team will choose to spend time.
Your cafe can serve hot and cold food, healthy snacks, drinks and coffee throughout the day, with options to eat in or take away.
We look at your team, dietary preferences, office attendance, footfall and budget, then design a bespoke cafe catering service around what will work.
What Can an LP Workplace Cafe Provide?
Every cafe is different, but your service could include:
- Breakfast, from grab-and-go choices to hot food
- Freshly prepared lunches, sandwiches, salads and soups
- Healthy snacks and treats
- Hot and cold drinks
- Barista-served or self-service coffee
- Options for different dietary requirements
- Seasonal menus, promotions and new products
- Staffing, sourcing, food safety and budget management
We can design the cafe, write the menus, develop the range and manage the daily operation, while staying in close conversation with you about how the service is performing.
A Flexible Alternative to a Full Workplace Restaurant
A workplace cafe can suit offices that want fresh food and drink throughout the day without the scale of a full staff restaurant.
It works particularly well where space is limited, attendance changes through the week or people want breakfast, lunch, coffee and snacks at different times.
If you are unsure which option is right, we can review your footfall, facilities and budget, then help you compare a workplace cafe and a fully managed staff restaurant.
Breakfast and Lunch Catering Built Around Your Team
We look at when your team arrives, how long they have for lunch and whether they prefer to eat in or take food away.
From there, we create a range combining familiar favourites, seasonal food and healthier choices, with enough variety to keep people interested.
We can involve your team, listen to feedback and use daily sales to understand what they want. You talk, we listen, we deliver.
If coffee needs to play a bigger role in your workplace, explore our dedicated office coffee bars and barista stations.
A Cafe That Keeps Changing
Your workplace cafe should continue to evolve. We review sales, footfall, popular products, waste and feedback, then adapt the menus, promotions and product range.
As office attendance and working patterns change, the service can change with them. Our catering team stays close, helping you improve the menus, design and flow of your facility.
Why Choose LP Food at Work?
- Independent and close to our clients: LP has been independent and founder-led since 2001. You have direct access to our founders and an experienced senior team who stay close to the service.
- Designed around real workplace behaviour: We use footfall, buying habits and feedback to shape a cafe that works for the people using it.
- Creative about food and realistic about budget: We bring fresh ideas while keeping a close eye on costs. We treat your money as if it were our own and are honest about what your budget can deliver.
- B Corp-certified: LP Food at Work is a certified B Corp committed to improving its social and environmental performance and providing sustainable catering every day.
Speak to Us
Whether you are planning a cafe for a new London office or reviewing an existing workplace catering service, tell us about your people, your space, your budget and when the office is busiest. We’ll bring ideas, practical advice and an office cafe service designed to work in real life.
Workplace Cafe FAQs
What is a workplace cafe?
A workplace cafe is a food and drink service created for the people working in an office or business. It can provide breakfast, lunch, snacks, hot and cold drinks and coffee, with the range and opening times shaped around how the team uses the workplace.
What is the difference between a workplace cafe and a workplace restaurant?
A workplace cafe will often provide a flexible mix of breakfast, lunch, snacks, takeaway food and drinks throughout the day. A workplace restaurant will usually have a broader lunchtime meal service, and may include hot food counters, a larger kitchen and a bigger catering team. The right choice depends on your space, footfall, budget and what your team wants.
Can LP design and set up a cafe in a new office?
Yes. LP can help shape the cafe service around your new space, including the layout, equipment, menus, staffing, suppliers and budget. Talk to us early so we can help you make the most of the space available.
Can a workplace cafe serve breakfast and lunch?
Yes. An LP workplace cafe can provide breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks and coffee. The exact range and service times will be designed around your team’s working patterns, expected footfall, facilities and budget.
Can a workplace restaurant cater for dietary requirements?
Yes. Dietary requirements and allergen management can be incorporated into menu planning and daily service. Allergens shouldn’t be an afterthought – your customers want real choice. The precise options will depend on the workplace, kitchen setup and agreed menu.
Can other catering services be included?
Yes. A workplace restaurant can be combined with office coffee bars, barista stations, meeting room catering, corporate hospitality and pantry supplies. LP can manage individual services or a wider workplace food and drink programme.
What if we don't have space for an on-site kitchen?
That’s no problem. We can prepare everything off-site in our own production kitchens, bringing it into your workplace daily to serve your people. Talk to us about your space and we can find a way to make it work.