Family · Brighton
Cheap, cheerful and genuinely kind to families — the kind of Brighton café where a waitress turns your plate so the eggs face the right way. The full English is the draw, around £9.90 for the saver version with a cup of tea, and it lands fast and hot, which matters when someone small is unravelling. Portions are big: one family reports a spaghetti carbonara so enormous it bought them fifteen minutes of quiet. Milkshakes get high marks from children, there's a proper kids' menu, high chairs, and the team will go off-menu for fussy eaters if you ask. Buggy access is fine and there are outdoor tables. Two honest caveats: it's noisy inside with hard surfaces and little to soften the sound, and the fry-up can be hit-and-miss — the beans and sausage don't always match the eggs.
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