1) Total retro tables, chairs and mirrors- this place is old school! Love it!
2) Quick food: Egg bacon beans toast ready and served within record time! just a few minutes. Nice thick bacon. Yum.
3) staff really friendly, you really feel that you are supporting their business not some faceless conglomerate. Love the staff here.
4) Prices are super keen, have never spent more than a fiver here. Ticks the budget box! Veggie burger and chips, around the 3.50 mark. Bargain! full breakfast 3.50 with coffee
5) Apparently home-made desserts (including Jam roll and custard!) on offer, I have always been too full to try. Home made savoury pies including vegetarian pies also on offer. Will try these in due course!
6) Canned drinks have always been proper cold. i know this is not hard to manage but so many places fail dismally on this count.
7) portion control is on the generous side in my opinon!
Negative: Wouldn't be over ran by the beef burger, looked very much processed.
I like the Hope workers cafe a lot.
2) Quick food: Egg bacon beans toast ready and served within record time! just a few minutes. Nice thick bacon. Yum.
3) staff really friendly, you really feel that you are supporting their business not some faceless conglomerate. Love the staff here.
4) Prices are super keen, have never spent more than a fiver here. Ticks the budget box! Veggie burger and chips, around the 3.50 mark. Bargain! full breakfast 3.50 with coffee
5) Apparently home-made desserts (including Jam roll and custard!) on offer, I have always been too full to try. Home made savoury pies including vegetarian pies also on offer. Will try these in due course!
6) Canned drinks have always been proper cold. i know this is not hard to manage but so many places fail dismally on this count.
7) portion control is on the generous side in my opinon!
Negative: Wouldn't be over ran by the beef burger, looked very much processed.
I like the Hope workers cafe a lot.
This intriguingly named cafe is self-styled as a workers' lunchtime hotspot. The food is average for a greasy spoon, but very well-priced (£3.40 for an English breakfast and decent coffee) and reaches you quickly.
The interior is quite interesting with a large mirrored counter in front of the kitchen, retro framed adverts and a distinct lack of Formica - unusually for such an establishment all the furniture is wooden, with ornate-ish cast-iron table legs (unfortunately it's not exactly quaint, but I appreciated the effort).
It's clearly a family enterprise, and the staff are quite friendly & gracious, so all things considered I would probably go back - but not every day like many of their customers appear to. By the way there's a minimum charge of £1.50 between 12 and 2pm, but that's unlikely to be an issue.
The interior is quite interesting with a large mirrored counter in front of the kitchen, retro framed adverts and a distinct lack of Formica - unusually for such an establishment all the furniture is wooden, with ornate-ish cast-iron table legs (unfortunately it's not exactly quaint, but I appreciated the effort).
It's clearly a family enterprise, and the staff are quite friendly & gracious, so all things considered I would probably go back - but not every day like many of their customers appear to. By the way there's a minimum charge of £1.50 between 12 and 2pm, but that's unlikely to be an issue.
This is a stock-standard greasy spoon type menu- with a few differences- "bubble" and black pudding, chips with breakfasts.. you get the drift.
Things I like! The woman who takes the money is a teeny bit snobby but maybe thats just my opinion but shes also really good.