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26. Little Portland Cafe
📍Maylebone. Little Portland Cafe is a Greek Cypriot run cafe in Central London. The Big Breakfast is £9.90 and comes with a sausage, two bacon, two eggs, beans, hashbrown, mushrooms, tea and toast. I had to pay extra for black pudding but still unreal value considering it’s a few minutes walk from Oxford Circus. Positives; proper sausage, good eggs, bacon nice & crispy, great value for central London. Negatives; hashbrown a little over done and mushroom portion was more of a garnish. I saw they also do souvla too. Last visit 23/06/25. Watch the reel here.
27. Cafe Barca
📍Hammersmith. The breakfast here is only £8.95 and gets you two sausage, two bacon, two eggs, tomato, chips, beans & tea (I added black pudding but they didn’t charge me). Good quality sausage, everything cooked right (black pudding maybe a little under done if I’m being critical) and great price. The service is super friendly here too. I also tried the peri peri chicken, with salad & chips which was only £9.95 with the can of Rio – another great deal.
28. Maria’s Market Cafe
📍Borough Market. Right in the heart of Borough Market. Unfortunately Maria sold up a few years ago now. Austin from Terry’s Cafe initially took control for a short while but it quickly changed hands again. The breakfast looked pretty similar to Terry’s last time I saw it which is a bit disappointing as I like place to do their own thing. It looks like the prices have gone up quite a bit and the Google rating has also dipped so maybe it’s not what it used to be.
29. Le Swine
📍East Sheen. The newest cafe just on this list. I’ve been eating Le Swine bacon buttys since 2014 so it’s great to see they’ve finally got a permanent bricks & mortar digs. Loving the menu – I went for a set 1 breakfast (added black pudding) and a bacon, sausage, egg and cheese bun. Good quality sausage, bacon, black pudding and perfectly cooked tomato. Very happy that they’ve opted for tinned beans over poncey homemade ones too. I prefer button mushrooms over portabello and would have liked to see a hash brown included but a great breakfast nonetheless. You already know the buns are top notch. Don’t forge to order one of their deep fried profiteroles too. Go give them a visit in the new year.
30. Mario’s
📍Kentish Town. Established in 1989. It’s a small but beautiful cafe run by a British Italian. As well as English breakfasts the focaccia sandwiches coming out the kitchen looked pretty good too. After adding black pudding, homemade chips and tea, this breakfast came to £16.90 – definitely on the expensive side. Positives: proper sausage, egg runny, hand cut chips, great vibe. Negatives; sourdough toast (bit woke), small portions, high price. Last visit 07/08/2025. Watch the full reel here.
31. Chris’s Kitchen
📍Camden. Chris’s Kitchen in Camden is a Greek Cypriot cafe which dates all the way back to 1958. The set 2 is £8 and you get 1 sausage, 2 bacon, beans, mushrooms, toast. I added hashbrowns for £2. Positives; run by a nice old couple, everything was cooked perfectly, nicely done eggs and fresh bread for the toast. Negatives; a cheap sausage but I’ve had worse, and they don’t do black pudding!?
32. Nells Cafe
📍Northfields. Set three at Nells includes two sausages, two bacon, two eggs, black pudding, hash brown, beans, tomato, mushroom, toast and tea for only £8. Incredible value and not cheap ingredients like you’d find with some other fry-ups that cost more than this. Cash only. Best fry-up in Ealing.
33. Arthur’s Cafe
📍Kensal Rise. An Italian-owned cafe next to Kensal Rise station since 1950. Always busy with builders throughout the week. One of the few cafs that’s open on a Sunday.
34. The Hope Workers Cafe
📍Highbury & Islington. Another Greek Cypriot run cafe. As well as a good fry-up you can get good Greek Cypriot dishes like moussaka and kleftiko.
35. Take a Break Cafe
📍Northolt. Take a Break Cafe is a Turkish-run greasy spoon in Northolt. I don’t know why (although I am a big fan of it), but the walls are plastered with famous actors and actresses. I got the number. 10 breakfast and added black pudding. For £13.10 I got two sausages, two bacon, chips, hashbrowns, two eggs, beans, mushrooms, tea & toast. Negatives; I’m not a fan of eggs being cooked like this, although they were still nice and runny, and the mushrooms could have been cooked a little longer. Positives; for the first time in a few breakfasts now the sausages were actually decent quality, the hashbrowns were 10/10, and the Afghan bloke working there was super friendly, going round and speaking to most tables.
36. Wrights Bar
📍Aldwych. The no. 3 at Wrights Bar, an Italian owned caf just off Aldwych. This place has apparently been here for at least a hundred years and is popular with students from LSE and Kings College, as well as local office workers. Two sausages, two bacon, one egg, beans and buttered bread for £7.90. After adding black and tea the total came to £9.20. Positives: proper sausages, great price for central London, nice runny egg yolk, and the font goes hard. Negatives; excess bean juice, bread was mainly ends.
37. Mr. G’s Cafe
📍Stepney Green. Across the street from Stepney Green station. The current owner has been here 55 years. The cafe was originally owned by his father. I was told the “G” in “Mr G” stands for “Giovani”. The All Day Breakfast is £9.50 and comes with one sausage, four bacon(!), one egg, beans, bubble, and a fried slice. I added tea and black pudding which brought the total to £13.30. Positives; beautiful caf, big portions, bacon cooked nice & crispy. Negatives; cheap sausage, not the best egg (but it was runny). The owners were really friendly too. Last visit 15/08/2025. Watch the reel here.
38. Rock Steady Eddie’s
📍Camberwell. I’d been past Rock Steady Eddie’s (est 1989) in Camberwell so many times, I thought I’d finally give it a go yesterday. Let me start by saying this place is full of some absolute characters (somebody described it as “a place for people who don’t know where they are”); There was a ninety year old man in a security guard outfit with a much younger woman eating a Toblerone, one man on another table was just staring at me the whole time, another went and sat at my table when I got up for a second, and everybody else was horribly hungover… far worse off than me. Loved the vibe. I don’t think this place has had investment (or a general tidy up) in years… The O is missing from the sign outside and inside they still have a tape player with a massive stack of tapes. The fry-up was good. It hit the spot but is nothing to write home about. The service was incredibly slow. I’d still recommend if you’re looking for a fry-up in South London. Also great that it’s open on Sundays too.
39. Browns Breakfast Bar
📍Feltham. You’ll find this cafe in a container off the side of the A316. It’s only accessible by car. The lady running it has been here for five years. The set 5 is £9.50 and comes with one sausage, two bacon, one egg, bubble, beans, tinned tomato, mushrooms, black pudding, bubble, tea and toast. Proper sausage. Great value. Last visit 6/10/25. Watch the reel here.
40. Mapps Cafe
📍Hackney Wick. Mapps is easily one of the most popular cafs in East London. It’s busy every day of the week and even more when West Ham are playing. ‘The Special’ is a tenner you get sausage, three bacon, beans, egg, chips, tea and toast for a tenner. Pros; proper sausage, great toast, Heinz & HP, nice owner, friendly service. Negatives; the tinned tomatoes make it very sloppy, although the sausage is decent quality it’s deep fried and overcooked, the bacon could be done a little longer, and the place is chaotic. Last visit 12/11/2025. Watch the reel here.
41. Cafe Royal
📍Park Royal. One of the strangest caf set-ups I’ve seen – In one corner there’s a couple of fruit machines, in the other there appears to be some kind of make-shift office with a man hunched over his desk (the owner apparently). Yes, an office inside a greasy spoon. On top of this, when you order you’re given a raffle ticket with your number which is called out when your breakfast is ready, as if it gets so busy that remembering who ordered what, or just shouting out the order is too big a task. Now for the breakfast – The plating was all off. The way the beans were placed at the bottom of plate, then everything else on top, had me thinking this breakfast was put together by a psycho. Beautiful crispy bacon right on top of the wet beans… The bacon, mushrooms and hash browns were on point. The sausage was cheap, the ketchup and brown sauce were runny, the tomatoes were barely cooked. This cost £10.20 with tea and one slice of toast. Not bad but I expected cheaper for Park Royal. Would I go back? Absolutely.
42. Cafe Anglais
📍Colindale. A Turkish run cafe in Colindale, down the road from Bang Bang Oriental Food Hall. Visually a beautiful breakfast; a nice oversized plate giving everything the right amount space and all the items cooked correctly. On the downside, the sausage wasn’t as good as it looked, maybe a little heavy on the tomatoes, and at a whopping £17.70 (after tea and toast was added) it’s got to be one of the most expensive greasy spoon fry-ups I’ve had in London. They were renovating (apparently for years now) so I couldn’t experience the place in it’s full glory but it had a nice neighbourhood atmosphere. Overall a very good breakfast but very expensive, especially for the area.
43. Casa Fabrizi (Formerly Alpino)
📍Angel. Chapel Market’s iconic Alpino Cafe (est 1959) is sadly no more. A few months ago they moved across the street and are now operating as Casa Fabrizi because apparently the landlords got too greedy. It’s a bit of a shame because the original location was a vibe and the new one is quite sanitised. On the plus side the fry-up is just as good. £9.50 for all this with tea & toast. Good sausage. Thick bacon. Their pasta dishes are just as popular as the breakfasts.
44. Peterborough Cafe
📍Parsons Green. Peterborough Cafe off Parsons Green going full Five Guys with the fries. £10 here will get you sausage, two bacon, egg, two black pudding, fries, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, toast & tea. There’s a big TV in the middle of the room playing Westerns which makes you feel like you’ve walked into somebody’s home. This cafe stays true to the name “greasy spoon” because you’ll leave here feeling like you need a shower. Great breakfast and vibe.
45. The Noshery
📍Isleworth. The Full Monty at The Noshery in Isleworth (I replaced the bubble with chips for my daughter don’t get angry at me Union Jack profile people). The caf has been Turkish-run for six years but I’m not sure about the history before that. The breakfast was £12.45 for sausage, two bacon, two eggs, black pudding, beans, mushrooms, and bubble/chips/hash browns, tea and toast. Great to see a good quality sausage at Turkish greasy spoon as it’s often not the case. Overall a very decent breakfast, everything cooked well, service was friendly and i love an extra large white place. The only let downs were the eggs – I’m not a fan of them being fried in the mould, and the lonely one piece of toast.
46. Magic Food & Cafe
📍Hanwell. A cash-only Polish-run cafe in Hanwell. Despite being under ten minutes cycle from my house I only just found out about this place recently as it’s very hidden at the bottom of Trumpers Way. I went for the number two breakfast which was £9.50 and came with egg, bacon, sausage, beans, tomato & chips. I updgraded to a Polish sausage which cost an extra 50p (£10 total). Positives; The egg was cooked well and I’m a fan of being able to sub-in a Polish sausage. Negatives; tomatoes could have been cooked a little longer, i prefer a thicker chip, and the knock off brown sauce they’d sneaked into the HP bottle had a weird taste. All round a solid fry-up though. The Polish hotdogs look decent too. I’d eat here again.
47. George’s Cafe
📍Brentford/Chiswick. A Thai owned caf on the Chiswick/Brentford side of Kew Bridge. It’s only £5.50 for two sausage, one bacon, one egg, beans, tea & toast or £5.80 for Thai dishes. Positives: Unreal value, proper sausages, they do Thai food, nice egg, lovely owner. Negatives: The place hasn’t got much atmosphere, they don’t do black pudding, and a lonesome piece of bacon doesn’t sit right with me but I can’t be mad at that price. Full review tomorrow.
48. Ace Cafe
📍Acton. A cafe for bikers, petrolheads, rockers since 1936. They used to serve a decent fry-up but last time I went quality had definitely dropped. All the items were pre-cooked and the black pudding was very under-cooked.
49. Jack’s Cafe
📍Dalston. A Turkish Cypriot-run cafe in Dalston. The number four is £9.50 and comes with sausages, bacon, egg, beans, mushrooms, bubble, tea and toast – I added black pudding. Good quality sausage and served on a nice big plate. A solid breakfast but the bacon, black pudding were a little underdone (I asked for well done)and it took a while to come. Also you know I’m not a fan of the egg cooked like this. Nice owner and people working there though.
50. Jesse’s Cafe
📍Walthamstow. The caf is run by a lovely old Turkish Cypriot couple. I’m a big fan of the red leather chairs and fixed seating, as well as the crockery. Nothing’s more classy than the name of the restaurant printed on the plates. I love the Old English font too. The breakfast isn’t winning any awards… The sausage was cheaper than some of the women i used to date, the egg was ugly, and the brown sauce was a strange tasting knock off brand. Toast, beans, black pudding, bacon – no complaints. I love the plates & mugs so much, and the owners were so nice, it’s a gem regardless.
James Dimitri 