The Salisbury Cafe — Restaurant in England

I'm organising an event in the local area and was looking at catering options nearby to our venue. I wanted to give our attendees an option to grab some breakfast not too far from our meeting point, and thought I'd get in touch with this cafe. I wanted to ask about whether they could do a deal for our people, like a hot drink and a breakfast roll for a fiver per person.

When I called, I was repeatedly and very rudely hung up on without even an apology or explanation. Eventually someone said, "We're too busy to take your call."

More fool me for trying to support a local business and give them free advertising / promotion. Admittedly, they must be a success if they are too busy to take a call and talk about this. But I certainly won't be recommending them, and that's even before...

Where to begin? It was extremly busy, (Saturday morning, to be expected) but our coffee took about 25 mins to come, the food took 45. I noticed other breakfasts were coming out with extremely burnt toast, so I asked the waitress if I could have mine less toasted. "If it comes out like that! AH AHA AH!" was her reply...10 mins after my food arrived, she gave me my barely toasted bread... The mushrooms and tomato were sopping wet, which made everything else soggy and cold There were too many tables in there, people kept brushing up against us when leaving/entering The salt and sugar were both crusted over. It was a really off-putting.

All in all, a really bad experience, one I wont...

Another 💎 in Westcliff.

Friendly and uplifting service, cosy small corner can serve about 20pax. Massive menu, cook from fresh

I tried their Vegetarian breakfast, first time encountering one that includes Halloumi Cheese and Avocado by default with 2 poached eggs! I didn't even have to order anything extra as I normally do elsewhere.

Cons: ventilation can be a bit better, £3 a cup of Americano is slightly expensive but everything else is so great that made up for it. Parking in the side...