Visited today for breakfast and will definitely be back. The Grand Central site is the only HBC to do breakfast and it's fairly new so they were handing out 50% off vouchers outside.
The restaurant is more stripped back and industrial than other sites. I don't like the feel as much as the Brindley Place one but not everywhere can have a canal.
Staff were super friendly. Usually you order at the counter but they did table service today as it was reasonably quiet.
I had a tea, Edd had a coffee, neither of which were anything to write home about but were only £1 each with breakfast. I chose the Full English which was one slice of bacon, one sausage, a fried egg, a flat mushroom, a little pot of beans, a fried tomato and a slice of toast for about £6.50. The bacon was the best bacon I've had in a breakfast- thick cut, perfectly charred and smoky. The sausage was tasty and good quality and the mushroom also had that wonderful charred flavour. The egg was over cooked and I wish the bread had been better quality.
Other options are a breakfast burger, breakfast brioche rolls, pancakes and granola. The pancakes looked great so I'll be having them next time- maybe with a side of that delicious bacon... read more