Terry's Cafe London Reviews Summary

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The old time music, photos and memorabilia create a fun atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere was cozy and very well maintain interior design that you feel like you are having breakfast in an English home."
• "Quirky Cafe."
• "This is a cute little spot."
• "The decor is very unique, showing pieces of the history of the place."
• "The atmosphere is very relaxed, the decor is very homely."
• "Nice ambience (a bit of a step back in time) war time theme, with music and old East end style photos."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately there is an older man that was in there quite loudly talking about his personal life."
• "Sadly this place has become a victim of its own success."
• "It did become annoying though when a dog would sit next to you and stare at you whilst you ate."
• "Where we sat as well, we had a gust of cold air blow at us every time the door closed which was every time a drink or food item was brought in from next door."
• "The place isn’t too big so it is quite cosy inside with tables quite close to one another."
• "Very cramped and not a wide choice menu."
• "It felt like the front of staff were stressed with some complicated reservation and seating processes."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The eggs are high quality with a rich golden-orange yolk, and cooked to perfection."
• "The homemade fish finger sandwich is fab as is the salt beef sandwich."
• "Ordered the works (full English breakfast) and portion was huge!"
• "The food was 10/10- the quality of the ingredients is why this place is popular."
• "Very generous portion size and high quality ingredients."
• "The food was delicious and the fry up was definitely worth it."
• "Best English breakfast I've ever had."

Cons:

• "Don't go there if you are looking for quality 'foodie' experience! English breakfast was very traditional meaning that the beans tasted like they were taken straight from the Heinz tin."
• "One dish ('Fancy Eggs') was brutally over-salted."
• "However, I had the HOT salt beef sandwich and it most definitely was NOT hot."
• "The food felt bland, the sausage was not to my taste at all, the beans were nothing special, and everything needed more salt."
• "The quality of ingredients was good however poorly cooked."
• "Good full English, apart from the bubble and squeak which lacked flavour."
• "The black pudding and bacon undercooked, eggs overcooked, bubble was just potato, under seasoned and no vegetables to be seen, also slimy mushrooms."

Service

Pros:

• "The service is friendly and fast."
• "The service is speedy but always friendly."
• "Lovely place, efficient queueing system, fair portions, awesome staff."
• "The service and attention was amazing! He was attentive, friendly and so helpful!"
• "Staff were attentive and polite so absolutely no complaints there."
• "The staff were amazing courtesy and smiling."
• "Service was fast and staff were friendly, what more could one ask for!"

Cons:

• "However the service was poor. Not a reflection on the staff as humans of course but they need proper training."
• "Then a fourth (!) new waitress came to take our main order. When I told her about the previous order being messed up she didn’t apologize nor suggested to resolve it, just stared at me and said nothing."
• "Waited 30 odd minutes for a bacon sandwich, which was cold. The bread was soggy."
• "Had to wait longer than the 15 minutes we were told it would be for a table, ended up being closer to 30."
• "Waited 40 minutes for two breakfasts, ordered toast and it never came no apologies and no prior warning to there being a wait on food."
• "We waited half an hour for a cappuccino … and an hour for sandwiches …"
• "The service was a bit slow, we had to ask the same waitress a couple of times for napkins..."

Value

Pros:

• "Value for money was one of the reasons I deducted a star."
• "Servings are generous and prices are reasonable."
• "Prices are very reasonable for the area, you may have to queue outside but staff try and get you in as quickly as possible."
• "Prices are reasonable, and with bottomless tea for just 10p extra what more can you ask for?"
• "Prices are very reasonable for the area."
• "They are seriously good quality food at a VERY reasonable price."
• "The prices are reasonable."

Cons:

• "Slightly costly compared to other establishments but indeed is greatly compensated through great tasting food."
• "Kinda expensive for a greasy spoon."
• "At £13 for a breakfast, that coffee came as extra and 1 slice of toast an extra £, very over priced for what you actually get."
• "At just over £21 inc a £4.5 fresh orange, it kind of rivals top hotels in its price range, so not cheap."
• "But a bit expensive considering the tea and toast were extra, plus serviceable on top of that, never heard of that in a cafe."
• "The optional service charge on the bill wasn’t optional, cheeky."
• "When I requested for opting out the service charge, the service crew showed herself a very rude face without greetings any later."