Cafe Zen is a very friendly cafe the prices are reasonable and the food is always very hot Cafe Zen is run by a local business man who has taught his staff to be extremely polite and presentable the tables are cleaned within seconds of a table being vacated so you don't have to sit at a table waiting for it to be cleared of dirty cups/plates.
Cafe Zen is situated across from Burton College (And almost on top of Burton market), so you do get quite a few college students in for lunch, which Cafe Zen encourages as they are a community cafe. This is not to say students are the only clientèle as the customers range from the very young to pensioners who are all made to feel very welcome.
My husband and I go to Zen's Saturday and Sunday for our breakfast and we are never rushed, we take our papers and take our time on the note of papers Zen offers daily papers to read on the premises every day.
Zen's menu is quite varied ie: all day breakfast sandwiches panini's - wraps pizzas burgers jacket potatoes etc all cooked/made fresh.
Cafe Zen has tables outside for those who wish to eat alfresco or dare I say have a ciggie with your coffee!
I can't rate this place enough for its friendliness and good budget but fresh food the only down side of this establishment would be their toilets they aren't the best in town however they do seem to be trying to rectify this but if you find they aren't up to standard I can thoroughly recommend the market toilets yes the market toilets worth a visit even if you don't want to go!
Oh nearly forgot to mention the upstairs rather remarkable.
And one last thing as Cafe Zen is a Muslim run cafe they do not serve bacon.
May I just add I have marked down Zen because of their toilets but maybe I am picky food wise for the type of venue is definitely a 5* read more