Latest favourites and wishlist by ivanoats

Sacred Cafe - review by rjohnhalligan

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:42:38 +0000

Sacred Cafe - review by rjohnhalligan

Rating: 3.5

Location: 13 Ganton St, W1F 9BL, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7734 1415

Website: http://www.sacredcafe.co.uk/

Tags: cosy, amazing brew, quick bite

Really great place to chill with an excellent flat white.

Sacred Cafe - review by rjohnhalligan

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:42:38 +0000

Sacred Cafe - review by rjohnhalligan

Rating: 3.5

Location: 13 Ganton St, W1F 9BL, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7734 1415

Website: http://www.sacredcafe.co.uk/

Tags: cosy, amazing brew, quick bite

Really great place to chill with an excellent flat white.

Sacred Cafe - review by rjohnhalligan

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:42:38 +0000

Sacred Cafe - review by rjohnhalligan

Rating: 3.5

Location: 13 Ganton St, W1F 9BL, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7734 1415

Website: http://www.sacredcafe.co.uk/

Tags: cosy, amazing brew, quick bite

Really great place to chill with an excellent flat white.

Sacred Cafe - review by rjohnhalligan

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:42:38 +0000

Sacred Cafe - review by rjohnhalligan

Rating: 3.5

Location: 13 Ganton St, W1F 9BL, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7734 1415

Website: http://www.sacredcafe.co.uk/

Tags: cosy, amazing brew, quick bite

Really great place to chill with an excellent flat white.

The Breakfast Club - review by mandylayton

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:04:54 +0000

The Breakfast Club - review by mandylayton

Rating: 3.6

Location: 33 d'Arblay St, W1F 8EU, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7434 2571

Website: http://www.thebreakfastclubsoho.com

I find this place can vary so much from visit to visit. I have been many times. The staff are pretty crap and don't really give a monkeys about the punters and most think that they are all a bit to cool to work in a cafe! The food can vary. Normally it's pretty good but had a fry up one weekend and it was awful. The ambience is cool but I like better service so will trying other places from now on.

The Breakfast Club - review by mandylayton

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:04:54 +0000

The Breakfast Club - review by mandylayton

Rating: 3.6

Location: 33 d'Arblay St, W1F 8EU, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7434 2571

Website: http://www.thebreakfastclubsoho.com

The Breakfast Club - review by mandylayton

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:04:55 +0000

The Breakfast Club - review by mandylayton

Rating: 3.6

Location: 33 d'Arblay St, W1F 8EU, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7434 2571

Website: http://www.thebreakfastclubsoho.com

The Breakfast Club - review by mandylayton

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:04:55 +0000

The Breakfast Club - review by mandylayton

Rating: 3.6

Location: 33 d'Arblay St, W1F 8EU, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7434 2571

Website: http://www.thebreakfastclubsoho.com

The Breakfast Club - review by gjbm

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:32:30 +0000

The Breakfast Club - review by gjbm

Rating: 3.6

Location: 33 d'Arblay St, W1F 8EU, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7434 2571

Website: http://www.thebreakfastclubsoho.com

Tags: quick bite, average brew, avoid

I've been searching for a decent breakfast place in Soho for ages, but it seems the search goes on..

I've been here 4-5 times (out of desperation!) and the same set of issues have recurred:-
- The staff seem to act as though customers are an inconvenience.
- Poor food. One breakfast I got I had to send back twice because the sausages were so undercooked they were still frozen in the middle (seriously).
- Slow service. For 'cosy' in some of the other reviews read 'slow and disaorganised'. Also tends to open late (i.e., delayed start, not 'late openings'), and fairly slow service, so not a good place if you're meeting someone or are in a hurry.

Pretty disappointing all round. Shame, as it looks promising from the outside.

Cantaloupe - review by CristinaA

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:15:33 +0000

Cantaloupe - review by CristinaA

Rating: 3.3

Location: 35-42 Charlotte Road, EC2A 3PD, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7729 5566

Website: http://www.cantaloupe.co.uk

Cantaloupe has tastey food and really good wine.

ven though it's busy most nights there's alway a chilled vibe and a lot of laughter.

I went for a meal for a friends birthday and will definitely be going back to Cantaloupe

The Breakfast Club - review by CristinaA

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:26:25 +0000

The Breakfast Club - review by CristinaA

Rating: 3.6

Location: 33 d'Arblay St, W1F 8EU, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7434 2571

Website: http://www.thebreakfastclubsoho.com

Tags: cosy, proper food, good brew, crowded, lively, cultured

This is definitely my sort of place, laid back, cute, cosy and random.

They have an array of baskets at the counter filled with biscuits, cereal bars, cakes, chocolates, and you can order hot and cold meals from the menu. Most importantly they serve good coffee and the staff super friendly.

I love this place.

The Breakfast Club - review by MissGosh

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:36:17 +0000

The Breakfast Club - review by MissGosh

Rating: 3.6

Location: 33 d'Arblay St, W1F 8EU, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7434 2571

Website: http://www.thebreakfastclubsoho.com

Tags: cosy, quiet & relaxed, good brew, quick bite

My favourite place for a leisurely Sunday breakfast: the coffe is good, the prices are reasonable & the chilled out atmosphere is infectious.
The decor is great too - don't be afraid of exploring & adding to the "secret" messages if you can find them!

Cantaloupe - review by ilovelucy

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:50:35 +0000

Cantaloupe - review by ilovelucy

Rating: 3.3

Location: 35-42 Charlotte Road, EC2A 3PD, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7729 5566

Website: http://www.cantaloupe.co.uk

Tags: brazilian, good value, lively

Came here last Friday night for dinner with my good friend Giselle. Really didnâ¬"t know what to expect as Iâ¬"d been to the bar many a time on a Friday night after a hard slog in the City but never tried the food. I guess the saying back then was â¬SEatingâ¬"s cheating!â¬ so no wonder I cannot recall many memories of Cantaloupe.

Anyway I digressâ¬¦..on a very wet Friday evening, Giselle and I turned up for a civilised meal at Cantaloupe. It was somewhere that we would never had chosen but since Cantaloupe very kindly, via Trusted Places had given us the opportunity to sample their food and drink free of charge, we thought why not? The interior was just as I had remembered it â¬ kind of the shabby chic that Shoreditch is famous for. It wasnâ¬"t packed at the bar but with the DJ warming up you could tell it was going to be a busy night. We headed straight to the restaurant at the rear of the bar. This section was portioned off with comfortable booths on one side and tables on the other. With the skylight giving the restaurant a sense of light and space, it was quite a pleasant area. At 7pm, we were the second table to be seated but it didnâ¬"t take long to become busy, with plenty of groups of young professionals and couples arriving. One nice thing about Cantaloupe was the lively atmosphere â¬ it was like the atmosphere of the bar was somewhat transferred to the restaurant in a positive wayâ¬ you could hear the tunes but it wasnâ¬"t so loud that you couldnâ¬"t hear what each other was saying. So we got the â¬SFriday feelingâ¬ without actually being in the bar.

Giselle and I got stuck into the cocktails whilst making our minds up about what to order from the Brazillian menu. My mojito was superb â¬ perhaps one of the best Iâ¬"ve tasted â¬ and Iâ¬"ve tasted many in my time â¬ the consistency of the mint to the rum was spot on. We then ordered. It was difficult to decide as there were many delicious dishes and the exotic dishes sounded most appealing. Giselle had the croquetas de jamon, (slt cured Serrano ham and parsley cakes) which were perfectly creamy inside with the parsley and ham making good combination. I ordered La Bomba â¬ mixed seafood in a spicy sauce, apparently this is what Brazillianâ¬"s eat before they go out clubbing to give them energy. This starter came in a sundae glassâ¬ and I could smell the Tabasco a mile off. However I loved it â¬ itâ¬"s not really for the faint-hearted, but the spicy sauce went brilliantly with the sweetness of the prawns and the squid was cooked perfectly so tender.

For the mains we both chose beef, but Giselle was a little more adventurous than I was. She had the â¬SCarbonada Criollaâ¬ Argentinean beef casserole braised in Malbec with pumpkin, apricots and oregano with sweet potato mash, whereas I chose the fillet steak â¬ for which I had a craving all day. Their steaks apparently come from a cross of Hereford and Aberdeen Angus cattle that have roamed on the lush, rich grass of the Uruguayan pampas. As the journey from the wild open pastures to the table allows the meat to age for five to six weeks, the steaks are even more tender. And tender it was â¬ my knife sliced through the plump medium-rare fillet as if it was butter. It was perfectly cooked and had the intense flavour which is associated with prime beef. Along with the steak came french fries and chimmi-churri salsa which surprisingly went very well with the meat, deliberately subtle as to not disguise the flavour of the steak. Divine! Not too sure what Giselleâ¬"s casserole was like but despite it being a rather large portion of food she cleaned her plate with ease â¬ a rare feat for Giselle so I came to the conclusion that it must have been good. The manager Paul recommended the Argentinian Malbec wine which excellently complimented our beef dishes.

Service was attentive and helpful but we didnâ¬"t feel as though we were rushed. Good thing as we had lots to catch up on. Very full but not wanting to miss out on desserts we chose the cheesecake and the cheeseboard to share. The cheesecake was dreamy â¬it had a rich depth of flavour without being too sour or sweet. Hmmmâ¬¦ Nice selection of cheese on the cheeseboard (sorry canâ¬"t remember what they were but were a great match with the second bottle of malbec!)

After we polished off the remainder of the Malbec, I asked Giselle the time, she rummaged in her phone for her bagâ¬¦.quarter past midnight, she shrieked and we ran off to catch the last tube! We were shocked that we had been there for 5 hours â¬ sitting in the same place, eating, drinking, gossipingâ¬¦.Time flies when youâ¬"re having fun eh!

5th View Bar & Food - review by anjali28

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:33:01 +0000

5th View Bar & Food - review by anjali28

Rating: 3.4

Location: 203 - 206 Piccadilly, W1J 9HA, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7851 2433

Website: http://www.5thview.co.uk

Tags: posh, cool & smart, young and fun, friendly

The view in this place is awesome. It really is. Try to get a place by the window, and you'll never regret it. It's a comfortable place, with varied seating - a bit away from the window area, you have sofas as well as tables for larger groups to suit all kinds of parties/people. That's the quieter area, useful for business meetings. The area nearer the window has louder music.

One thing - if you happen to want coffee there after around 7.30 PM - don't ask. They don't serve coffee after that time. Go straight for the alcohol!!

Cantaloupe - review by gilka

Thu, 22 May 2008 23:24:35 +0000

Cantaloupe - review by gilka

Rating: 3.3

Location: 35-42 Charlotte Road, EC2A 3PD, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7729 5566

Website: http://www.cantaloupe.co.uk

same owner as Cargo. The food is tasty but the portion that we got were small! Take away is disorganized so everything was just wrapped in foil. The waiter run after us because they mixed up our order... Atmosphere is a bit bland... There are better options around for food like Ruby just next door!