Don't know the area too well so can't advise you on breakfast (though i think Travelodge do a decent buffet breakfast for £6.50) but for dinner there's a large Pizza Express just across from the station.
If you're close to the station i'd get the tube for more choice. Tottenham Court Road Stn is a good stop with several inexpensive/informal options. From there it's a 5 minute walk to New Oxford St and you'll find a great little place 'Italian Kitchen' or a 5 min walk to Soho offers 'Tai Buffet' on Greek Street, all you can eat buffet for £6 or on Old Compton Street there's a great little pizzeria (forget the name but green decor) where you can get a huge pizza for £5 and you can take your own wine there too. - All good, tried and tested by myself!

Hi marcuschap72

Thanks for the info. We probably won't have time to go out of the area - we're mixing business with pleasure and will be rather rushed to fit in everything we want to do - so it's good to know about the Pizza Express. We may go for the Travelodge buffet if we can't find anything else but I was hoping for something a bit cheaper - maybe that's too much to ask for in London?

I stayed ther in Feb - there are 3 travelodges in Kings Cross!

The breccy looked poor - Im vegan so went into town for breakfast. I would second the vote for the Tai Buffet - selection was fab (the one i went to was all vegan but meat eaters in there who loved it!) Breccy wise there are cafes that looked ok if after a 'fry up' i opted for a juice bar in town.

I recall seeing a couple of italian bistros that looked good near Kings cross, theres also lots of good Indian buffet places near to Euston, just down the road. There is a pizza express opposite Eueston i think?

This guide was very useful to me:
CLICK HERE.

Long link but lists places in the area (mods/admin hope it doesnt stretch things being a long link?)

Alison
*Edit to shorten link. Pippy *

We stayed at the Farringdon Travel Lodge just after Christmas -This is just a couple minutes walk further on from the Kings Cross one - We always stopped for breakfast at a little cafe on the way to the station -it was ideal - fresh cooked food, good choice of menu, very friendly family run (not English) and damn good prices. But sorry I cant remember the name - it seemes quite new and already popular with the locals.

Hi Guys

Thanks for the extra info. I think we'll just have a snoop around when we get there on Sunday and see what we can find.

Just thought I should report back on how things went. For breakfast there were actually a couple of little cafes directly opposite the Travelodge, so we got a couple of bacon rolls and then some danish pastries from the supermarket a few doors down. We were then able to take all this back to our room and take advantage of the free tea and coffee!

We had a bit of a nightmare trying to find somewhere to have dinner though. We had planned to go to the Leicester Square area, but there were delays on the Tube so we were worried we wouldn't get back to the station in time. We tried to find the Pizza Express by King's Cross but couldn't see it so ended up eating chips from a paper cone in a chippy opposite the station. Not very glamourous but it filled a hole!

Regarding Bobian's post above, I feel fairly sure that the cafe he is referring to is called Costas (no relation to the chain). It is family run place on Kings Cross road, on the right as you walk from Royal Scot or Farringdon travelodges back to Kings Cross. It really is a good place to eat with all food freshly prepared, clean and at reasonable prices. I always use this cafe when I stay in the area.

Immediately opposite the royal Scot Travelodge there are about six takeaway places but they are all pretty average.

terryw