16th April 2007
All about the sausage
A wise man once said to me, A Full English breakfast is all about the sausage. At 6.95 without tea or coffee, Raoul's full English breakfasts are not bargain basement but yes the sausage passed muster.
What's missing at Raoul's is the warm service and the familiar local faces of the wait staff that went with the passing of Coins. No doubt this place will become 'the' venue of the moment in Notting Hill and I'm sure that Saturday morning, will see the Notting Hill banker brigade out in force but the front of house needs work here.
Service is cold but efficient. My FEB came without tomato or brown sauce, probably early teething troubles but with the over designed interior and unsmiling staff, the mood of the place seemed a perfect compliment to the grey July weather outside.
A wise man once said too me 'A Full English breakfast is all about the sausage'. He was only partly right, 'A Full English breakfast is all about the sausage served with a smile'