Hitit Cafe

http://www.hititcafe.com/

A new cafe on Hills Road, where Cafe Avalanche used to be. Turkish based, but they do a full English too.

Troby

Quite a plateful, but those beans weren't to my favour

It's a pretty good breakfast - Not a budget one at £7 - but it's big. It's also a case of the Good the Bad and the Ugly!

The Good:
Within seconds of ordering, I could hear sizzling coming from the kitchen at the back. Service was good (there was only one other customer mind you). The breakfast came pretty quickly, probably in less than ten minutes, piping hot from frying pan onto plate. The bacon and mushrooms were particularly nice the egg was done perfectly. Tomatoes were also good and the hash browns were lovely and crispy, but a bit unflavoursome in the end. Presentation was nice, with some green stuff sprinkled over to make it look like they cared, and they did. All comes with toast and mini jam.

The Bad:
Sausages - budget, low on flavour, a bit weird let the side down.

The Ugly:
Wet beans, stealing important plate space, albeit separated by a sausage barrier, were not great.

I noticed they also do a Four Items breakfast, for a fiver, and I think I'd have been happy value and quality and size wise with just a bacon, mush, tomato, egg combo. Maybe next time.

Coffee was fine, from expresso machine.

Ambience slightly lacking as it was pretty empty, and annoying local radio playing weird music mix including some dreadful warbling Dexy's Midnight Runners b-side.

Views of the Price Regent, Hills Road.

• Food     3.5
• Value    3
• Service  4
• Ambience 3
• Coffee   3.5 

Seefud

Yes, this was a bit of a mixed bag. On the downside, way too many beans for me, I'm rarely pleased to see a deep fried frozen hash brown, and the sausages were economy style. But the rest was really quite good, especially the mushrooms, which I enjoyed possibly more than Cote or Browns. It was nicely presented too, the service was good, and I did enjoy the coffee.

Ambience wise, it was quiet. And definitely more Cafe than Café. I get the impression the cook does care about food, but doesn't quite love a full english. It's not a destination dining experience but if I go back, it will be to try his Turkish Breakfast:

Turkish Beef Sausage (sucuk), Egg, Tomato, Halloumi, Olives, Feta Cheese, Turkish Bread, Butter - Jam

Cheeky!

• Food     =average(2,4)
• Value    3.5
• Service  4
• Ambience 2
• Coffee   3.5