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76. Ferraris
📍Farringdon. Fancy some sweet & sour chicken for breakfast? Ferraris has got you. Ferraris Snack Bar is one of three greasy spoons around Smithfield Market (the other two being Beppe’s and Smithfield Market Cafe). The main difference with this caf is that they also serve Chinese food. As well as their F3 fry-up I had to try one of their popular sweet & sour chicken with rice & chips – an absolute ‘carbaside’ that I thought I’d only see up north. The breakfast itself was maybe a 6.5/10. Cheap sausage, egg not great, mushrooms a little underdone, and weirdly no bacon. The novelty of being able to get Chinese for breakfast is a winner for me though.
77. Euro Cafe
📍 Caledonian Road. Full breakfast at Euro Cafe on Caledonian Road including the perfect fried tomato – overripe and fried until it’s nearly falling apart. Basically the opposite of a Norman’s tomato which is pale, hard and lightly seared on one side. Loving the excessiveness of toast AND fried toast & crispy bacon. Negatives – no tea, cheap sausage and a sad looking egg but a solid fry-up nonetheless at £10.90. Euro Cafe was used in a scene in Guy Richie’s ‘The Gentleman’.
78. Broken Gate Cafe
📍Sudbury Hill . Chips and hash brown on the same plate is wild. Working my way through every greasy spoon within twenty minutes drive of my house whilst I’m on pat leave. Full English at Turkish/Bulgarian run, Brokengate Cafe, in Sudbury Hill (which is apparently still London Borough of Ealing). Ealing is such a big Borough i don’t think I’ve ever been up here before (and there’s no reason to). £12 for a Full English; two sausage, two bacon, chips, hash brown, mushrooms, tomato, beans, 2 eggs, tea & toast. Not an awful sausage. Disappointingly no black pudding. Not a cheap breakfast for the area but it’s massive.
79. Jack’s Cafe
📍Walworth. Let down by a deep fried cheap sausage, and not the prettiest eggs, but other than that a solid breakfast. £10.30 with tea and toast (once black pudding was added). This cafe has been run by a Greek-Cypriot family for just over twenty-five years and has a friendly community feel to it. If you don’t know Walworth, it’s pocket of London between Elephant & Castle and Camberwell which has avoided gentrification. They’re open Sundays and serve a roast dinner for under a tenner.
80. Millwall Cafe
📍Millwall. This cafe is located inside Millwall’s football ground, The Den. The fry-up is big, well priced and comes with a proper sausage. The breakfast is solid but the area is pretty rough, and if you’re not a Millwall fan you’re not going to feel that relaxed here.
81. Polo Bar
📍Liverpool Street. A 24-hour cafe across the street from Liverpool Street Station. Sausage, three bacon, black pudding, egg, mushroom, beans and toast. Once tea and service is added you’re looking at £16.50, with no hashbrown/bubble, so it’s on the higher-end of fry-ups. Decent egg, bacon fried crispy (maybe a little on the burnt side), good black pudding. Mushrooms and tomato a little underdone and the sausage, although not bad quality, had been cooked a while ago. Polo Bar is spread over three floors and they serve a lot of people throughout the day so most-likely they pre-cook some items. I’m a big fan of the plates and I love the fact it’s still open 24-hours in a city that’s not known for being up late.
82. Kings Cafe
📍Willesden. A Turkish-run King Cafe in Willesden. It’s a beautiful dated caf and I’m a big fan of the owner sitting out front on a wooden chair. The breakfast is £11.50 and comes with one sausage, tow bacon, one egg, beans, mushrooms, tea & toast. I added black pudding for £1.50 which brought the total to £13. Positives; bacon nice & crispy, everything cooked well, and big portions – three hash browns, loads of beans and a mound of mushrooms. Negatives; cheap sausage and an over easy egg, although it wasn’t the worst.
83. Nile Cafe
📍West Kilburn. As I’m closing in on fifty London greasy spoon visits they’re definitely getting a lot more niche. I think this spot is Egyptian owned. The breakfast (£10 with tea) loses points on the sausage quality, streaky bacon instead of back bacon, the way the eggs are fried, not serving black pudding and accidentally putting bbq sauce in the brown sauce pot. It’s still a nice little neighbourhood caf if you live nearby, especially if it’s sunny as you can sit outside, and run by lovely people, but not one worth travelling for. No opening hours or photos on Google.
84. Breadline Cafe
📍Trafalgar Square. With this location (just off Trafalgar Square), beautiful signage (oddly hidden by a black canopy) and old school seating, I feel like Breadline Cafe has the potential to be great. Everything cooked on point but let down by the Richmond’s (unless you’re into that) and no black pudding, hashbrown, bubble add-on options. Still a solid option for a cheap fry-up or bacon butty in central London.
85. Dans Cafe
📍Greenford. I know a lot of people like it, but I’ll never understand a tinned tomato instead or a fried/grilled tomato. Big fan of the signage, fixed seating and crispy bacon. Not a big fan of the cheap sausage or egg.
86. Peoples Choice
📍Barbican. People’s Choice Cafe (est 1962) in Barbican. The sausage has about as much meat as a Greg’s vegan sausage roll, but not a bad fry-up other than that. £10.45 with tea & toast. I’m a big fan of the branded mugs but Beppe’s is still my favourite in this area.
87. Jenny’s
Jenny’s is a Turkish-run cafe in Hayes. The current owners have been here around 31 years but prior to that it was a Wimpy which is why it looks like one inside. Pros; the price (the breakfast, burger and drink came to £9.10), the bacon was cooked well, service was friendly and I loved the look of the place. Negatives; cheap sausage, overdone egg, too much bean juice. Despite it not being the best breakfast I actually loved this spot and would return.
88. Express Cafe
📍Brixton. The set 4 at Turkish-run, Express Cafe, Brixton Market. I must have walked past this place so many times and never noticed it was there. The breakfast was £11.50 and came with sausage, bacon, black pudding, egg, bubble, beans, tea & toast. Positives – the bacon and black pudding were cooked well, the toast was nice, and there were a good amount of beans. Negatives – cheap sausage, never a fan of the egg being cooked like this, and the bubble was basically just mash. Although the breakfast wasn’t the best I’m a big fan of the green & orange fixed plastic seating, tiled flooring, and the people were nice.
89. Bell Cafe
📍Hounslow. The Bell Special at Turkish-run, The Bell Cafe in Hounslow. The breakfast is £11.50 and comes with two sausage, two bacon, two egg, black pudding, hash brown, chips, mushrooms, beans, tea & toast. Positives; I respect a caf that has balls to serve chips and hashbrowns at the same time, the eggs weren’t cooked in a mould, tea and toast is included, the hashbrown and chips were solid, and the black pudding was fried a little crispy (how I like it). Negatives; two big fat low quality sausages, I wasn’t a big fan of the bacon either, it came with two sloppy tomato slices instead of a nice half, and what’s with angle the toast was cut at? Service was friendly. Overall I didn’t hate it, but I wouldn’t go back.
90. Goodfillas Sandwich & Coffee House
📍Brentford. Goodfillas Sandwich & Coffee House is an Irish/Goodfellas themed cafe in Brentford. The full Irish breakfast is £10.95 and comes with two sausage, two bacon, three hash browns, two eggs, black pudding, white pudding, tea and toast. Pros; the black pudding and white pudding were very good, the sausages were slightly better than average, the portions were good portions, and the price wasn’t bad at all. Negatives; the eggs, hashbrown, and bacon and had all been pre-cooked (buffet tray style) and the beans were a little on the cold side. Last visit 16/07/2025.
91. Big Bites Cafe
📍Hanwell. The Full Breakfast at Big Bites Cafe, Hanwell. The Full Breakfast which is far from full comes with one sausage, two bacon, one egg, chips & beans for £8.50. I had to add tea (it didn’t come with toast either) and black pudding which brought the total to £11.20. Positives; It was fine, no knock-off sauces. Negatives; cheap sausage, bacon and black pudding a little undercooked, no tea or toast included in any of the breakfasts, and not that cheap. Last visit 30/07/25. Watch the reel here.
92. Crystal Cafe
📍Hometon. The “full” at Crystal Cafe, a Turkish-run cafe in Hometon. Egg, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, hashbrowns, tea and toast for £10.70. After adding black pudding it came to £12.50. Positives; nice golden mushrooms, friendly service, and I’m a fan of the tiling (floor and walls). Negatives; cheap sausage, bad egg, black pudding and beans a little underdone. Last visit 7/11/2025. Watch the reel here.
93. Cafe Bianca
📍Deptford. For £10 you get 1 sausage, 1 bacon, two eggs, bubble, beans, tea and toast. Despite being in the heart of Millwall territory they appear to be big Chelsea fans. Positives; Chelsea memorabilia, includes black pudding, nice horse painting. Negatives; in Deptford, toast cut at weird angle. Last visit 29/08/2025. Watch the reel here.
94. Canteen Cafe
📍Cambridge Heath. It wasn’t a very memorable one. I went for the No. 4 for £9.50 which included sausage, two bacon, one egg, beans, black pudding, tea and toast. After adding hashbrowns it came to £12. Positives: Most items were cooked right, tea and toast included, the owner was a white bloke wearing a durag. Negatives: cheap sausage, beans not warm enough, toast cut at a weird angle, not much atmosphere. Last visit 16/01/2026. Watch the reel here.
95. Park Cafe
📍Park Royal. The Full English at Polish-run, Park Cafe in Park Royal. It came to £11.90 after I added tea and black pudding which weren’t included. Positives; service was quick and friendly, served on a big white plate, bacon nice & crispy. Let downs; cheap sausage, not a fan of the egg cooked like this, plus it was overcooked, mushrooms and black pudding a little under-done. Also I’m not sure how people feel about the sausage being cut like this but I’m sure people are going to kick-off.
96. Saray Broadway Cafe
📍Hackney. A Turkish-run cafe on Broadway Market. As far as I know this is the only greasy-spoon with an in-house gozleme lady. I’ve actually been getting takeout spinach & cheese gozleme here for a good ten years but this is my first time trying the fry-up. It’s a 6.5/10 breakfast for me – it does the job on a hangover but there are better options not too far. The bacon was nice and crispy, tomatoes cooked well (although I prefer a single half) and everything else was cooked right too. But the sausages are cheap and the eggs are way over-cooked. Still worth coming back for the gozleme.
97. Valencia Cafe
📍Bloomsbury. The fry-up isn’t that bad but the plate it’s served on is awful.
98. Old English Coffee House *Permanently Closed*
📍Belgravia. *Permanently closed*. The closest greasy spoon to Buckingham Palace? Breakfast at the Old English Coffee House in Belgravia. Sausage, 3 x bacon, 3 x black pudding, egg, beans, tomato, toast and a good coffee for only £9.50 (slightly more than you’d pay for a single croissant in these parts). The place is could definitely do with a bit of fixing up – there’s a whole window missing from the front. Overall the breakfast did the job but I’m not a fan eggs done this way and the tomatoes were barely cooked at all.
99. New River Cafe
📍Stoke Newington. That sausage sure ain’t winning a beauty contest. Breakfast at New River Cafe in Stoke Newington. Sausage, two bacon, black pudding, mushrooms, beans, bread & tea for £10 on the dot. A nice neighbourhood but not not an elite fry-up.
100. Poplar Cafe
📍Poplar. The set 4 at Poplar Cafe, a Turkish-run cafe in Poplar. It’s a big cafe with a big menu and was heaving at lunch. £9.80 for bacon, sausage, beans, mushrooms, hash brown, tea & toast. Everything was cooked right but the let down was the cheap sausage (as usual) as well as the egg cooked in the weird circle thing. A solid caf with efficient service but it lacked character for me (just like Poplar in general).
James Dimitri 