This is a cafe in a church. I mention that because I didn't realise it until about half way through our visit! I'm not sure quite how I missed the large sign over the building ("United Reformed Church"), but the inside isn't a typical church - it looks like a medium sized hall spilt into a cafe and a lecture room, with a strange igloo type structure in the middle. The inside is not cosy, it is quite airy and bright, with plastic chairs and a canteen like lay out.
We arrived at that awkward time between breakfast and lunch, which this country doesn't quite know what to do with. We asked about breakfast and they said that they could rustle up some bacon, lettuce and bbq sauce sandwiches. I asked for mine with just bacon (I dislike hot lettuce) and my friend asked for his with tomato instead of lettuce. We both requested brown sauce instead of bbq.
Our bacon, lettuce and bbq sauce sandwiches arrived quite swiftly and once I had got rid of the limp green stuff and exchanged brown for the bb sauce, they were actually quite nice. The coffee was nice and the service was lovely, if a little vague over the substitutions that we wanted!
The loos were clean, but had that common design flaw of water pressure that is too high for the relative size of the basin - hence splashes all over the floor. But they were generally fine.
I wouldn't go back - it's not special enough for the trip that you have to make slightly out of the way, but if you are in the area, looking for a quiet place to have a regulation bacon sandwich, I'd try it! read more