The Breakfast Club Hoxton Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were very friendly throughout, good atmosphere and music."
• "Service was incredibly quick and friendly."
• "Staff were absolutely amazing! Very attentive and worked hard."
• "The early morning service was amazing happy staff and a great atmosphere."
• "The service was very prompt and friendly."
• "Great service from staff."
• "Service is excellent as well as the food."

Cons:

• "The first time I was quite crudely told to stand outside in the cold until a table was free."
• "The orange juice never came, we complained."
• "Moreover, the waitress was surprisingly rude after being reminded we had ordered a simple filter coffee more than 15 minutes earlier."
• "Friendly service but very slow."
• "Service was bit slow and relaxed, no drinks for ages."
• "Sometimes the staff are not as friendly as usual."
• "They kept asking if we wanted the bill and one server in particular was very short with us."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was amazing and the egg yolks were pure orange so everything is clearly fresh!"
• "The gluten free pancakes were perfect! A tiny bit crispy on the edges- just how I like them."
• "The pancakes were my favourite!!"
• "The food itself was nice, but wasn't ground breaking."
• "The food is really good quality and the servers were exactly the right amount of friendly and cheery without becoming American and cringy."
• "The breakfast was excellent - quality sausage, delicious pancakes with crispy bacon and maple syrup and tasty fried potatoes."
• "The food tasted amazing, the burrito was spicy hot though!"

Cons:

• "The bread was as hard as a rock."
• "For a breakfast place the eggs Benedict were over cooked and not runny."
• "The butter milk chicken has no flavour it’s just chicken with crispy batter the French toast had way too much cinnamon."
• "Pancakes are super dry, the taste is not good (must probably be a pancake mixture, not a homemade one!)"
• "The pancake ball is very oily and greasy."
• "The food was of decent quality, bacon came out quite undercooked."
• "The tofu scramble came out as cubes (chef needs to google what a tofu scramble should look like) and the real scrambled eggs were a strange bright orange colour."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Interesting decor, great service, really good coffee."
• "The music and general atmosphere was also pleasant."
• "Such a fun and buzzing atmosphere with a super cool decor!"
• "Ambience is great, all the staff are friendly and smiling."
• "The colours in the space are vibrant and energising, table and chair arrangement made it easy to move around."
• "Amazing atmosphere."
• "Great atmosphere and customer service."

Cons:

• "The location of this one is nice on regards to the neighbourhood, but not pretty when considering the street-view."
• "The music, however good, was too loud for my taste."
• "On the expensive side and the music is a bit loud, which gives it a more pub like feel."
• "It’s always really busy so service generally suffers and it’s hard to conversate with the people you are with without shouting at each other."
• "The hipster vibe is definitely present with sharing tables, photos on the wall, and laid back vibe of the servers."
• "It has a very hipster vibe, so beware if that gets on your nerves."
• "Freezing cold interior as was most of the food which was slow to arrive."

Value

Pros:

• "The Breakfast club is a great place to drop in to if you're hungry and want a good meal at a decent price."
• "For London, I was content that the cost was reasonable."
• "With the brekkie deal, our meal plus tea cost £10! Can't argue with that."
• "The dished are really good quality and affordable."
• "Plenty of choice, great quality for a reasonable price."
• "Incredible prices for London and very generous portion sizes."
• "Their portions are surprisingly big/reasonable with good price."

Cons:

• "charged over £40 for breakfast including a £4.50 tip which wasn't mentioned until we checked the receipt."
• "Scanning the menu, I was taken aback by the prices - it felt like they had almost doubled."
• "The enjoyment was overshadowed by the thought of the cost per sip."
• "Disappointed with what we got for the price."
• "The prices are very high for breakfast but they do use quality ingredients."
• "This place has good (not great) quality food…. but you pay a huge premium for it."
• "The prices are a bit high for the amount of food but hey, that’s London for you."

Wait Time

Pros:

• "We arrived in peak time on Sunday and did not have to wait longer than about 10ish minutes to be seated."
• "You'll probably have to Queue a bit to get in depending on the time you arrive but the staff were open and honest about waiting times so no complaint."
• "No queue also which was great."
• "We were lucky to get in straight away."

Cons:

• "Arrived to a line of people waiting to to be seated. Politely informed, could be 20 to 30 mins, but if we wanted to explore Shoreditch, a text could be sent when our table was ready."
• "Waited ages for a table and didn’t live up to any kind of hype."
• "Long queue after 9:30."
• "The queue is long on weekends mainly so make sure you arrive early to get a table."
• "The place would be worth it, but you need to wait 40 mins queue to get there, as they do not take reservations."