Tower Hamlets
Caffe-in

Caffe-in

334 Hackney Doad, E2 7AX, Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom

Cafe • Cafés • Vegan • British


"I went to have breakfast after the flower market on a Sunday morning. I was looking for somewhere to sit and it was suggested that I should eat off of the (sloping lid of an upright piano. Purlease. I shared a table with some nice ladies. I ordered eggs florentine. Eggs florentine is a classic recipe you don 't buggar about with it. It came with a few raw spinach leaves. I remonstrated that eggs florentine was a classic dish involving cooked spinach. (Obviously one advantage of serving the spinach raw is that you have to provide much less of it . I was told that they were unable to cook the spinach(! . I was referred to the menu which said spinach as though thad had alerted me to the fact that it would be raw. I suggested that if you want to depart from a classic recipe, then you should say so on the menu. I didn 't want the nouveau eggs florentine. My blood was up. I left £3.50 for a £2.50 coffee on the table. I said, as I was leaving, that I had left money on the table. All the waitress could say was payment is at the counter . It 's just all rubbish. At the point I left, the only other people there were the two nice ladies. Was it too much to scoop up the price of the coffee plus (if I may say, in the circumstances, generous tip from the table? Are there hipsters out there who want to eat breakfast on a Sunday morning off the lid of an upright piano? Good luck to you. There 's a point where bohemian morphs into ropey."

Partridges Of Sloane Square

Partridges Of Sloane Square

2-5 Duke Of York Square, Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom, SW3 4LY

Tea • Coffee • Terrace • Sandwiches


"Came here for breakfast which wasn’t bad. Great to sit and people watch during the Saturday markets. The peppermint tea was good. When I asked the skinny Indian waiter with spectacles for the brand name, he said he didn’t know and told me to just go inside and I would find it because according to him, they sell everything they serve. My husband asked for the bill, he brought it over and it was paid by card. This same waiter then just stood there looking at the bill folder to pressure my husband to leave a tip!!! Terrible behaviour!!! My husband then put over £2 and when we stood up to go inside to buy our groceries, I again tried to ask what brand I should be looking for inside. The waiter just couldn’t be bothered to check and then my husband tried to ask him how we would find out which brand it is. The waiter merely shrugged and couldn’t be bothered. Then his colleague, another waitress came out and said loudly and protectively to us, “What’s wrong?!” as if we had been abusing the waiter!! It was bizarre! Then when we explained and asked her for the brand name of the tea, guess what she said?! They don’t even sell that brand inside Partridges but to order it online! At this stage, it was obvious why she was protective of the waiter he had obviously been lackadaisical or stupid like this with other customers before! How ridiculous! Not a terrible experience, just a stupid one!!!"