The Kitchen — Restaurant in England

Nice place on the whole. I found the avacado bagel from the breakfast menu to be very pleasant, the (optional) bacon served with this was crisp and salty, spot of for me as a detest bacon that's flabby and greasy. I have had a goats cheese pannini and various cakes from here in the past, these were all very tasty too.

The cafe is table service, but its not super clear to me whether the expectation is to pay at the till or to wait for the bill to be brought over. Its not a big deal either way though. To be fair it was getting busy just as I was finishing up.

Most importantly, the food is tasty and good quality. The menu seems to focus on flavour and quality, they pick a few things here and aim to do them well rather than try to please everyone with a million options. Wide variety of drinks, most of which are the "top end" versions of what they are (e.g. artisan fruit juice, not 25p a litre super market stuff).

Prices are good value, its a touch more than your "branded" high street cafes and chains, but its far higher quality food and a pleasant atmosphere. I had a pot of tea, (delicious!) apple juice and a filling breakfast for about £12. To me that's affordable and I will happily return to eat here, particularly for...

Visited the Kitchen for the 2nd time in a few years. Owners have now changed. Warm friendly welcome an early opening at 8 Ordered a Bacon Sandwich on thick Farmhouse bread and a Latte as advised filter Coffee would take longer to prepare. ..??? Bacon sandwich below expectations As Bacon was very , very minimal, bread was cold and used from frozen(not super fresh) . Latte as Latte is good hot. Paid over £7.00 for a small (Original Hovis sized pieces of bread ) and 1 slice of Bacon though cooked well seemingly cut in half so had to spread the bacon over the slight bit of bread which lacked the 5.00 worth of what should have been a fully loaded Bacon Sandwich. Although was OK, would have got better Value for money from Greggs with a full sized Latte a Bacon baguette, fully loaded with Bacon spilling out the Baguette can sit in or take away and unlike what I had very filling all for the bargain re visit...

I have been there today with my partner for lunch. Very nice, cozy place with great food selection for a quick bite or a light lunch. The soups of the day one with spicy sweet potatoes and the other with mushroms were excellent as well as the burger. The pizza was good, not too big and made of a thin crust which makes it even lighter if you are looking for a light lunch and dont want to over eat. Most of all i liked the atmosphere: this is a small, family ran friendly place full of soul and character. You will feel it in the nice choice of furniture and pottery as well as the smiling faces of the owners who would come and chat with you at the table. Lastly, very clean place. I saw the waitresses properly cleaning and disinfecting the tables each time a customer left. Not a minor thing comparing to the majority of the places i have seen in UK. Highly...