Blighty Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "It's cosy and particular, you can enjoy a cup of coffee and a meal either inside which it has 2 floors."
• "Nice as atmosphere, it feels quite out of the box and alternative."
• "Able to find a nice armchair corner to study with garden view."
• "This is a unique place well thought out and delightful."
• "The general aesthetic is charming, and a little quirky."
• "Cosy atmosphere, entirely dedicated to countries of the commonwealth."
• "Such a lovely and calm place, perfect for having a lazy breakfast."

Cons:

• "Odd commonwealth and Churchill homage decor that is just the wrong side of kitsch."
• "I have no idea who consulted these folks to decorate their walls with Mr Bean, but this is the border of Hackney and Islington - it's just looks like a reactionary eyesore and its bloody expensive too."
• "Slightly weird british imperial fetish going on."
• "Why insist on a colonial name and aesthetic in one of the most diverse roads on Islington?"
• "I liked the quirkiness of the decor, but it almost seemed forced."
• "The mushrooms were flavoured with garlic and some kind of herb, totally wrong with a full English breakfast."
• "Odd converted house into an eclectic café."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are friendly."
• "We were checked On every 5 min to see if our needs are being satisfied."
• "I was greeted at the door."
• "On arrival staff greeted us at door and made us feel very welcome and we took a seat."
• "The staff are wonderful and kind, and even brought my cat some food while we were dining there."
• "Excellent customer service."
• "The service was lovely Maria and Hussain looked after us well!"

Cons:

• "Service can be a bit slow from time to time."
• "Chaotic ordering system, food took nearly an hour to arrive."
• "The staff is quite unpleasant, bad faces, bad answers."
• "From our arrival the man on the til made us feel very unwelcome, almost trying to talk us out of being there."
• "The staff always seem stressed which often projects onto the waiting customers."
• "You have to order at the front and the staff aren't overly interested in taking your order."
• "Lazy Service (you need to order at the counter and than take drinks and food to your table)."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "What a discovery - great cooked food, amazing coffee (hot and not warm)."
• "The food was delicious and the coffee was quite literally perfect."
• "Their special Full English breakfast (also available for lunch) came with oven baked bone marrow served in the bone."
• "The food was superb - all elements cooked really well and seasoned with thoughtfulness."
• "Food is always excellent, well presented and delicious."
• "I ordered the Full Vegetarian Breakfast and it was sensational!"
• "The food and coffee it’s perfectly delicious."

Cons:

• "Not the cleanest place."
• "On my last visit Italian female waitress took tea bag from floor and put it back in jar."
• "Tomatoes and asparagus was RAW!!!!! Avocado was black.... you can not serve black avocado."
• "The cafe is freezing and they don’t put the heating on :("
• "Then had to wait almost half an hour for some soggy French toast."
• "The turkey was soo processed, and there was barely any Brie or cranberry on it."
• "Everything we ordered was dry and cold. Clearly not made same day or even day before."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Not many Vegan options but they were lovely, definitely worth a visit."
• "The value for money is great with decent-sized portions, and they never go light on the avocado."
• "The food is totally one step higher than most cafes even though the prices are absolutely affordable."
• "Great food at reasonable prices."
• "Price is good."
• "Definitely recommend and to finish prices are very, very competitive for London."
• "They do tasty coffee and cakes."

Cons:

• "Far too expensive for what you get."
• "You're deluded if you think that you can charge £12.50 for a breakfast and then make customers wait 1 hour for nothing."
• "Breakfast too expensive for what it is 9.50 and coffee not included."
• "I also felt the tea was overpriced - more expensive than the coffees - and so I think £4 for a mug of tea with a splash of oat milk (50p extra) was a little much."
• "The level of hygiene at this place is highly suspicious."
• "Paying £20 for 2 sarnies and 2 coffees was a rip off due to the poor quality."
• "I bought a vegan banana cake for £3 pounds and they gave me something unrealistically small for this price."