Garden Breakfast Cafe Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Everything tasted delicious."
• "It is hard to describe how great the food here is. Best breakfast place I have seen in London by a mile."
• "The food is very tasty - I especially love the garlicky mushrooms that come with the cooked breakfasts."
• "Always good quality food. Never had a bad meal."
• "Delicious breakfast, tea, and latte."
• "The food was great."
• "The food here is made fresh on daily base."

Cons:

• "I had a bland pasta pomodoro."
• "We visited mid-week and had the worst café breakfast ever. None of the items were fresh."
• "Pancakes tasted like packet pancakes from the supermarket that were tasteless."
• "Three plain pancakes were in the plate with a side pot of melted Nutella: no garnish at all, neither icing sugar nor maple syrup."
• "Bland and expensive."
• "The food is average, so is the coffee."
• "Overpriced, gigantic pancakes that are more like muffins."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff was nice and friendly, we had to wait for a little while to get served but once we ordered everything came relatively fast!"
• "The service, food and feel for the cafe has always been consistent."
• "The service is excellent."
• "The service was very friendly."
• "Excellent friendly service."
• "Professional service."
• "The customer service was astounding and I will definitely be revisiting."

Cons:

• "Been here a couple of times but the service could be much better."
• "The staff didn't seem that friendly if I'm honest."
• "Sub par service, half decent food!"
• "Staff was very rude - they brought us the wrong orders, blamed us."
• "not great presentation. cakes tasted nice however service was not good."
• "The quality of service never meets standard here."
• "The service is very questionable."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "When the weather's good, sit in the garden - it's tall walls offer a great secluded spot to enjoy a decent breakfast!"
• "On a summers day the garden in this cafe is a little oasis in an otherwise grey London cafe scene."
• "Awesome ‘secret’ place in London. The atmosphere is lovely, quiet and ideal for work or for a nice chat with friends."
• "The place has a great atmosphere, especially the outdoor seating."
• "The outdoor garden is just beautiful❤."
• "A lovely quiet patio area to enjoy their super brunch."
• "In the summer the garden at the rear which is secluded and peaceful is open."

Cons:

• "It makes me self conscious and feel unwelcome."
• "We were treated like we were an inconvenience. Staff were rude and one waitress in particular just huffed any time we asked for anything."
• "Uncomfortable setting inside, unwelcoming staff and poor service."
• "All of the staff are rude and abrupt."
• "The thing that lets the place down is how moody the staff are."
• "The service is also cold and unfriendly, often looking miserable/unhappy."
• "The staff were rude unhelpful and patronising."

Value

Pros:

• "The food was good value and well presented and the service was prompt."
• "Good value for yourself around Finchley."
• "Very reasonably priced place to get something to eat and a coffee, the food is very good."
• "Prices were a little bit higher than I expected, but again, the quality of the food was great!"
• "For what you get, prices are definitely reasonable."
• "Though the prices reflect the quality."
• "Reasonably priced and well sized portions."

Cons:

• "On a summers day the garden in this cafe is a little oasis in an otherwise grey London cafe scene, it's only drawback is it's rather too pricey."
• "Prices were a little bit higher than I expected."
• "It's a little pricey though and the interior could be a little more welcoming."
• "Sadly the prices have gone up significantly and the quality of food, drinks and service is not good enough to justify the high prices."
• "Average coffee for west end prices."
• "Bland and expensive, I expected so much more from reading the many positive reviews."
• "Overpriced for what is basically a very average meal."