Popular, but easy to find a table for 3. Quite a noisy atmosphere both from customers and the kitchen. A clean and modern interior with plenty of seating for differing sized groups or solo dining.
Prompt, friendly and a very attentive table service.
Prawn Baguette with salad and chips. Snappy prawns in a crisp, soft centred baguette with a creamy sauce, and cut in half for easy eating. A fresh mixed salad in a vinegar dressing and very fresh, hot chips. All very tasty and filling.
Banana Mango Smoothie. Smooth and flavourful.
Regular Cappuccino. A very good coffee.
Chicken Soup with crusty bread roll and butter. Not served too hot to begin eating right away. A lot of big chicken pieces in a creamy soup, full of flavour and not over salted. A very good roast chicken flavour. A hot crusty sliced baguette with ample butter to apply to taste.
Biscoff Cake. A generous slice with a dollop of whipped cream on the plate. A slightly dense texture, but pleasant mouth feel.
Baklava with ice cream. Very sweet and flaky with a good layer of nuts and prominent honey flavour. 3 bite sized pieces served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, but not too sweet combined.
Apple Crumble with ice cream. More of an apple crumble cake, but warm, moist and light. A very generous slice with the right amount of ice cream. The vanilla ice cream was a very good paring in flavour, texture and contrasting...
Read moreZalos is busy a lot but you can see why when you get some drinks and food , many options covering vegetarian and vegan palettes and a very tempting display of sweet treats.
The coffee is ok but nothing to write home about and the staff while rushing around to keep up are still friendly and quick.
The big breakfast I had was tasty and filling if a little lightly cooked.
The eggs Benedict has dropped in quality a lot lately , changing to a toasted bagel base seems to mean the hollandaise sauce is now a light drizzle as a pose to the original smothering.
I think they are cutting costs at the expense of quality but not as far as making it...
Read moreSaw Zalo's Cafe whilst on drive out with friend who had an interview for nursing job in Stretton decided to call in for late lunch on way back , hadn't booked , had table available so didn't have to wait , safety measures implemented from walking in , staff very friendly, I had the halloumi and sucuk ( turkish sausage) baguette with fries and salad and she had the cajun chicken with rice , drinks I had a smoothie and she chose milkshake , both very nice ,payment cash or card accepted , will definitely try again especially if friend gets job as will be passing quite frequently ,they also do a breakfast menu and plenty healthy...
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