Michael F.
Yelp
We visited this place on a Sunday morning for breakfast. To be clear; I'm talking about the cafe upstairs, not the shop.
The furnishing of the place is nice, sort of akin to one of those furniture shops that has white beds with pink sheets and vintage shabby chic wardrobes with chicken-wire doors.
We needed a table for three, and were seated among other people on a long thin table a la Wagamama, I quite like that but it means you need to hope for good eating neighbours.
In terms of pricing the food isn't that bad, with smoked salmon, poached eggs, hollandaise sauce on sourdough coming in at £11 or thereabouts, so not awful. That is, until, you get your portion.
This place is all about the presentation, and though I appreciate it, it's disappointing when portion size gives way completely to presentation. I ordered scrambled eggs on toast and literally received one long slim slice of toasted sourdough with a pile of scrambled eggs, no butter, no trimmings. Seriously no butter?!
Also, to add to my irritation, our, and everyone else's drinks arrived without spoons. Unhelpful if you put sugar in your coffee, or to stir your milk into your tea.
I asked a server about spoons, I was told they're coming as they're all in the wash. Ten mins later they checked on our food and we were told again, spoons will be here soon, they're still in the wash. They never arrived. We stirred the drinks with our knives.
Overall, this place has great potential but it lacked the attention to detail needed and the substance to make it worthy of the prices.