I love this place! It’s my favourite café on our High Street and deserves all its 5-star reviews. I had the avocado, bacon mozzarella and sun-dried tomato wrap with a side salad. The wrap is a perfect combination of flavours and textures; The side salad was so much more than just the usual letters, tomato and cucumber you get in most places and included beans, olives and more. The service and our waitress were excellent and manager is friendly and welcoming. I can’t recommend Benson’s enough!
Visited Oysters with my partner whilst staying in Braintree looking after our friends pets when they were on holiday.
This restaurant was recommended to us and we were not disappointed. We ate in the restaurant next to the take-away and ordered cod, chips, mushy peas, side of onion rings along with a pot of tea for my partner and (as they are licensed) a bottle of beer for me!
Our food was cooked fresh to order, very generous sized portions, served piping hot and absolutely delicious. Lovely crispy batter on the fish, with perfectly flaked fish underneath and superb chunky chips.
Our server (Bruno) was very polite, friendly and attentive and this added to our experience of dining there.
There are toilets available (although you have to climb a flight of stairs) and they were very clean. If you are driving there, you can park in Sainsbury's car park (1 min walk away) for free after 18.00, or it's just £1.50 for 2 hours to park during the day.
The prices charged are reasonable and we will definitely visit again.
I’ve been craving some fried bread for a while. After visiting this place I will not be touching anymore fried bread, or full English in general, with a barge pole for a while. Belchers satisfied the craving so much that I had to do a couple laps up and down Brighton pier to bring myself back to life. Has a man ever jumped to his death into the freezing ocean from a fry up overload… probably not but it was close to being a world first.
The atmosphere cultivated is exactly what you want from any proper cafe. A warming welcome from a sweet lady which feels like she’s essentially welcomed you into her living room contrasted by some of the most bleak looking geezers you’ve ever laid eyes on solemnly chowing down on an extra portion of beige.
The stain glass full English in the window was beautiful and lures you in for a colourful culinary experience. The reality is your in for every shade of brown in the working man’s rainbow. And your reward you’ll find at the end is big pot of regret.
Don’t get me wrong this is a positive review. It’s the real full English experience. It’s like I was in Layer Cake and was about to watch Morty take a kettle to the face.
One bloke came into the cafe and the dialogue was as such (names replaced):
Geezer 1: alright carol how’s it going?
Carol: alright Steve, just the usual today?
Geezer 1: just a cuppa tea carol
Carol: so no food today?
Geezer 1: nah a full English as well of course (insert look of surprise and disgust at carols suggestion)
Notes on ordering etiquette: swapping of items is tolerated BUT not the tomatoes which in hindsight is fare. I respect da rulez from Carol. Carol knows about breafastnomics and she doesn’t hold back on teaching you.
Ordering tip: an additional half size portion of bubble n squeak between two people is definitely enough food. You don’t want to find yourself staring into the abyss off the end of the pier.
Only criticisms would be:
- sausage was laid end-to-end (see picture)… savage behaviour
- the egg touching the beans could be considered negligence
- I can confirm the bacon was not cooked on a radiator
Ongoing debate: is it acceptable to serve fried bread alongside untoasted buttered bread? Someone has since told me you should make a friend bread sandwich (normal bread outside, fried bread in the middle)… i will be returning to conquer such a feat
Witton St, Northwich, CW9 5AH, United Kingdom, England
Called in here for just drinks & what a friendly warm atmosphere this bar has! Lovely bar with very interesting display of musical instruments. Good selection of drinks at very reasonable prices. A definite must when I’m Northwich centre. 👍
Decidimos llamar aquí para una bebida, ya que se veía tan encantador por dentro. No puedo decir lo suficiente lo encantador que era el personal. Fueron muy amables y acogedores y trajeron las bebidas a nuestra mesa. Tienen un gran menú de bebidas y los alrededores son encantadores. Ahora seguimos volviendo. Se lo recomiendo.
129 Kenton Rd, Harrow, HA3 0AZ, United Kingdom, England
Authentic Kannad food. I would recommend this place for few reasons mainly quick service, quality food, reasonable price and no hidden cost like service charge or tip etc.