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51. Bus Cafe at Waterloo Bus Garage
📍Waterloo. Bus Cafe at the back of Waterloo Bus Garage. The ‘Full English’ is only £6 and comes with two sausage, two bacon, two eggs, tomatoes, beans and mushrooms. I don’t think they served black pudding. To my surprise the sausages were actually good quality and the eggs weren’t f’d up. Amazing for the price. To make things even better they also serve Jamaican food. I went for the jerk chicken with rice & peas and salad for only £6.50. It came with three boneless thighs. It was oven cooked rather than barbecued on a drum but the flavours were great and the value is unreal again. Most people eating here were bus drivers but you don’t have to be one to visit. I’m a big fan of the yellow fixed seating too. There aren’t that many tables so you may have to share with a stranger if you go as a one or two.
52. Greedies
📍Isleworth. You won’t catch me in these ends (Isleworth) often but this fry-up is pretty much on point. Not really a greasy spoon as they do avocado on toast with poached eggs and all that, and the full English wasn’t cheap, but still a nice little caf.
53. JP’s Cafe
📍Poplar. I’m not a fan of this part of London at all but have ended up back here three times recently on pie & mash quests. You can find JP’s in Chrisp Street Market around the corner from Maureen’s Pie & Mash. This is one of two cafes in the area (the other being Poplar Cafe) and is in my opinion the better of the two. The place had a community feel. Everybody was talking table to table. I went for the no. 2 which had sausage, two bacon, egg, beans, toast, and added tea, black pudding & bubble. The total came to £10. Everything was cooked well and the sausage was good quality. My only gripe would be the small bean portion but it was a solid breakfast overall.
54. Fernandos
📍Covent Garden. There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, Fernandos. The no.1 at Fernandos, a Portuguese-run greasy spoon in Covent Garden. £10.50 for sausage, two bacon, fried egg, mushrooms, beans, tinned tomatoes, tea and toast. A decent price for the area, 10/10 white buttery toast and a solid fry-up overall. Disappointingly they don’t serve black pudding, hash brown/bubble wasn’t included, and tinned tomatoes are listed as tomatoes.
55. The Teapot Cafe
📍Romford. Tea Pot Cafe dates back to 1953. You’ll find it on the upper floor of Romford Shopping Hall. This breakfast set me back £11.65. The cafe is clearly the hangout spot for the 70+. Positives: Nice giant plate, decent sausages, amazing bubble. Negatives: I like a little more crispness to the bacon and the black pudding was a little under too.
56. Kenton Lane Cafe
📍Harrow. The Full Hinglish at an Indian-run cafe, Kenton Lane Café, up in Harrow. It comes with paratha, sautéed cherry tomatoes & garlic, spicy hashbrowns, pickles, egg burjee, masala beans and masala chai for £11.95. I had to add the sausage and bacon. Im usually a ‘don’t mess with beans’ kind of guy but I loved the masala beans, as well as spicy scrambled eggs and hash browns. The only let down was the low-quality, Richmond-esque sausage, and it was on the expensive side at £15.65 after adding the extra items. Service was friendly.
57. Franco’s
📍Shoreditch. The Special Breakfast at old-school Italian cafe, Franco’s Take Away, on Rivington Street, Shoreditch. Sausage, two bacon, one egg, two hash brown, beans, toast and tea for £8.90. I paid £1.50 more for black pudding. Sausage a little over done (fried then fried again) but other than that a solid breakfast. The correct amount of beans, no ramekin. The sandwiches are popular here too.
58. Rheidol Rooms
📍Angel. Just down the road from Popham’s Angel location. A beautiful cafe, and a solid breakfast (good sausage, crispy bacon and three hash brown), but I’ve got to give them a yellow card on serving beans in a ramekin. If you get beans in a ramekin, there are never enough when you pour them out. Beans are not a dipping sauce, they’re there to pull the whole plate together.
59. Roll With It Cafe
📍Hayes. An Oasis-themed cafe in Hayes. I went for the The Supersonic breakfast for £10.50 and it came with two sausage, two bacon, two eggs, black pudding, beans, chips, mushrooms, tea and toast. You won’t find them on Google yet but they’re in a container in the car park of Hayes Working Men’s Club. They’ve only been here three months. The owner was previously a plumber but fancied a change. His chef was off today and his daughter was helping him out so I might have to take it easy. Positives: good sausage, beans well stewed, good chips, two of everything, good price, friendly service. Negatives: mushrooms could have been more golden, eggs not the prettiest, and bacon could have been a little more crispy. Last visit 01/02/2026. Watch the reel here.
60. Bungalow Cafe
📍Wanstead. The ‘Workman’s Breakfast’ at The Bungalow (est 1938) in Wanstead. This is the second caf I’ve visited on a residential street now. For £9.95 you get sausage, two bacon, two egg, beans, mushrooms, tea and toast. I added black pudding and bubble and the total came to £14.05. Positives; lovely caf, good atmosphere, nice big plate, beautiful eggs. Negatives; cheap over fried sausage.
61. Maries Cafe
📍Waterloo. A Thai-owned cafe near Waterloo Station. One of two greasy-spoons on Lower Marsh. The fry-up isn’t anything special but it is very cheap. The Thai food is more popular than breakfast here. In the evening it’s BYOB.
62. Bar Bruno
📍Soho. Where to get a proper fry-up in Soho? It’s Bar Bruno. Sausage, THREE bacon, black pudding, TWO eggs, TWO hash browns, ASWELL AS bubble, beans, mushrooms, toast and tea for only £12.50. Hell of a deal. Nice green leather booths too.
63. Cardinal’s of Mayfair
📍Mayfair. Where to get a fry-up in the heart of Mayfair? No, it’s not The Audley… It’s Cardinal’s of Mayfair. The full house breakfast (fried egg, 3 rashers of bacon, sausage, beans, toast & tea)at this Italian-owned caf will set you back only £10. Not bad for the area at all. They also do great ciabatta sandwiches and pasta dishes too.
64. Number One Cafe
📍Hackney. The next best option if you can’t be bothered to queue at E Pellicci. Number One Cafe was famously used as a meeting point in a lot of the scenes in ‘Top Boy’. I love the classic fixed green seating. The breakfast isn’t anything special but it does the job.
65. Roehampton Village Cafe
📍Roehampton. This part of South West London really doesn’t feel London. The full house at The Village Cafe in Roehampton.; Two sausage, two bacon, two eggs, two toast, mushrooms, tomato, black pudding and tea for £13. Cheap sausage (I know some like it cheap) but a very good fry-up and a lovely caf.
66. Bridge Cafe
📍West Acton. Get in losers, we’re eating breakfast. Fry-up at Bridge Cafe, West Acton (aka the ‘Losers Cafe’ in The Apprentice). I thought this place had closed down for good but the two friendly old blokes (Gerry & Frank) who run it had actually just taken a 19 month break. The Bridge Set Breakfast with toast & tea starts at £6.50 (I added black pudding & hashbrowns).
67. Harry’s Cafe
📍Acton. Next to Acton Main Line Station (Elizabeth Line). If you live in the area this is one of those strange places (there’s a giant burger and sausage on top of the building) you always drive past but never stop. The exterior has the look of a run-down bar on the Ayia Napa strip. £9.50 for all this with tea and toast. Cheap sausage and an over-cooked egg but everything else cooked right and incredible value.
68. Pinner Cafe
📍Euston. £9.80 for egg, bacon, sausage, beans, tomatoes, mushroom, black pudding, fried slice, tea and toast. Not the best quality or presentation, but great value, still did the trick, and old bloke working here was super friendly. I like a place that chucks in a fried slice as well as toast but not a fan of the sausage being cut down the middle, or slices of tomato vs a nice a half. This little area behind the British Library has managed to stay fairly un-gentrified. It’s on the same the street as The Cock Tavern – a proper boozer that’s open from 09:00 and serves a solid Guinness at reasonable price.
69. Franx
📍Tottenham Court Road. Five minutes from Tottenham Court Road station. Bacon, egg, sausage, beans, tinned tomatoes, mushrooms, toast & tea for £10.95. £1.50 to add black pudding. Decent price for the area and not a bad fry-up at all but Bar Bruno tops it for me as the best greasy-spoon in central.
70. Crossroads Cafe
📍Peckham. £10.90 for the “Full Breakfast” at Crossroads Cafe in Peckham. Positives: bacon nice and crispy, egg yolk still runny, tea and toast included, friendly service, HP & Heinz. Negatives: cheap sausage, no black pudding.
71. Moulin Grill
📍Wembley. The Moulin Special at Moulin Grill, a British-Greek Cypriot owned caf in Wembley. Egg, bacon, sausage, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, chips and toast for £10.95. After adding black pudding and tea it came to £14.90. Positives; everything cooked well, friendly owner and service, good egg, the toast wasn’t “woke”, nice Freddie Mercury painting. Negatives; Tottenham memorabilia, cheap sausage, tomato only cooked on one side. Last review 08/09/25. Watch the reel here.
72. Double Six Cafe
📍Euston. Egg, bacon, sausage, beans, hash brown and a fried slice for £8. I had to add black pudding and a tea. Hashbrowns and black pudding cooked perfectly and I respect cafe that forces a fried slice on you with every set breakfast. Let down by a cheap sausage and the way they fry the egg.
73. Broadway Cafe
📍Muswell Hill. 2 sausage, 2 eggs, bacon, beans, bubble, black pudding, mushrooms, tomatoes, tea and toast for £14.50. It was a solid breakfast let down by the sausages. They were somewhere between a cheap sausage and a good quality one, but looked like they’d been fried by Stevie Wonder… Completely burnt. Never should have made the plate. It’s a lovely looking cafe. I like the giant windows that let in so much light, and make it great for people watching, as well the font used on the signage and menu, but the sausages f***d it.
74. Boston Sandwich Bar
📍Brentford. Boston Sandwich Bar opposite Brentford Station. This greasy-spoon has been run by the same family since 1941 and it’s by far the most popular workers cafe in the area. Back when I had my first job at a tech company in an office on Great West Road I used to come here most mornings for a sausage & egg roll. This breakfast came to £7.80 (without the Ribena). It’s not breaking my top twenty but it does the trick. Nice white round plate. Service was friendly. Yeh the egg was broken but no major complaints from me.
75. Frank’s Sandwich Bar
📍Olympia. They’re definitely not winning any awards for that fry-up but £6.50 ain’t bad at all. Coronation chicken sandwich for lunch. Frank’s Sandwich Bar – popular with taxi drivers & Olympia exhibition goers, and also used on an old Pulp album cover.
James Dimitri 