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Breakfast Club Hoxton
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Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, American [Edit]
Neighbourhood: Shoreditch2-4 Rufus Street
London N1 6PE
020 7729 5252
- Nearest Transit:
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Old Street (Northern, Northern City)
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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££
- Good for Children:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
9 reviews for Breakfast Club Hoxton
Best breakfast I've had in London, and right up there with one of the best Eggs Benedict I've had ever (which is a bold statement, since I consider SF to be the motherland of brunches and benedicts.)
While the All-American breakfast seems to be the obvious choice - skip it, and go with the Eggs Florentine (Benedict with spinach instead of ham.) Or the smoked salmon version which was tasty too and ingredients were super fresh. Great coffee and juices concoctions too, and not super expensive. I could find an excuse to go every Sunday, I think. Also remember to get your bacon streaky (is there really any other way??)
Atmosphere is funky and cool, of course aided by the tiny bathroom disco, which was a little strange, but hilarious. The only downside is the service is pretty slow and slightly inattentive, but don't let that stop you from checking it out. Also, to avoid waiting an hour to eat you should come before 10:30, especially on Sundays.
I once had a guy tell me that the World's smallest disco was in his pants (which sadly, turned out to be the case...) so you can only imagine the confusion when I was told that in actual fact, the World's smallest disco is in the Breakfast Club's toilets.
This time, I wasn't disappointed. Fraggle Rock? More like Fraggle Rock 'n roll... ...see what I did there? (Nice one Laura. Real nice.)
Turns out, the goodness doesn't just stop at the potty, but extends to the food as well, which is much less awkward when it's not typed in the same sentence, I promise. Like the other BC branches, the food is a pleasant blend of Brit meets Americana, with ample options from both sides of the pond.
It's remarkably tough to get breakfast right, but these guys make it look easier than Claire Standish on Prom night.
I have to say, I love what the interior decorator did with the place. In it's old incarnation (pre-BC) it was a dark and rather meh location. Now every time I walk past, looking in through the big open windows, I really do want to walk right in and sit down. I love the loos as well. So props to them for making the place look welcoming.
They do rather standard food, nothing that I find exciting on the menu. Tea, toast, coffee, and the jerk chicken all get good marks. Portions are very large (but I don't actually think that's a good thing, or at least it doesn't contribute to stars). Prices are ok. There are caffs where you could get a decent breakfast for half the price nearby, but those caffs don't have such a lovely interior and they shut at 3pm.
This is definitely a place that makes me want to hang out a while, and since it's never totally packed, that's easy to do.
They've been open a week and I've eaten breakfast here twice...so keep that in mind as you read this review - I'll try to restrain myself.
OH
MY
GODBESTTHINGEVER
(face melting)
Now that THAT is out of my system I can tell you that this is a wonderful, joyous place that's full of life and energy and fun people and good food. I've been greeted by gracious staff each time I've been in (including the twin sister of one of the servers at the BC-Soho...wtf?) which makes me happy.
What makes me happier is that the cook is right there for everybody to see and that the smoke from his efforts make his area smell like bacon. I love my bacon and this place delivers the goods. The menu is far larger than the Soho location and I plan on trying everything on it eventually. They also don't shy away from giving you all the food you could possibly want; so there's a high probability that a heart attack will get in the way of accomplishing all of my goals.
Sure "Mei L." (if that IS your real name) loved the bathrooms, but I was taken by the Disco anteroom - painted black with a innocently spinning mirror ball hanging from the ceiling. Disco party! I'll bring the illicit substances if you bring a lack of inhibition...and bacon.
Hmm.. ok
So I had a really cool memory of the breakfast club, from when Chris O. and Mei L. had dinner there, and we came and joined them after the Yelp GoGame (wasn't that an awesome 4th of July game!! - YeeHaw!!)
So, I'd already experienced the ubercool toilets disco, and tasted a few morsels of falafel and hummus. So we decided to come and check this place out for our staff lunch this Friday.
It was one 'bad' experience. From the staff being extremely busy on a Friday lunchtime, to just really terrible food, it wasn't pleasant. I'd ordered the wrap with spinach and halloumi cheese, and I'm sorry to say, it tasted terrible. The cheese was all clumped into one end of the wrap, whilst the falafel, spinach and roasted tomatoes were loosely on the other half, and eating it, either you got a mouthful of just two or three layers of cheese and wrap, or you would have to bite off the spinach, hummus and sundried tomatoes part.. The salad that accompanied it was poorly dressed (though I doubt it was dressed at all), and whilst it's great to have uber healthy sprouts on the salad, the lack of seasoning totally spoiled it.
The coleslaw was more watery than mayonnaisy, and the wrap appeared to be half soaked or drenched in it's own juices, I'm guessing.
Can't say I was terribly impressed with the green smoothie I ordered either, it was ok, but honestly, I've had way better.
The waitress that served us seemed to be permanently trying to keep busy, but wasn't taking any time to take care of us, the customers. It seems it was more important for her to clear tables off of empty tables, as the lunch hour was finishing, than to take our money and let us leave. We ended up making our way to the door, to pay by the entrance, and only then did she seem to take an interest in us.. probably hoping we might tip her for ignoring us, and giving us some terrible food.
The only saving grace, at this meal, was the nachos starters. With melted cheese, we took the veggie option with refried beans, and it had sour cream, and guacamole, and with that starter we were all just in heaven!! It was amazing and yummi, and next time if I ever dare go there again, I'll be relying on that dish alone to make sure I have something remotely edible and yummy.
I'm sure they have better dishes, and their service isn't always 'that' terrible.. but whatever you do, don't order that halloumi panini.. it's like chalk and cheese when you eat it, literally.. :(
Rarely have I ordered an English breakfast I couldn't finish. In fact stuff rarely, once, at the Breakfast Club. This wasn't because it wasn't good, it was just because it was massive, overflowing, all encompassing and ridiculous.
Putting aside the world food shortages (which probably coincide with the expansion of this mini chain) the food is good but large. This was an English breakfast with a proper sausage, quality bacon, luxuriant black pudding, and all the rest. Much better than equivalents I regularly have at the Wolseley, Roast etc..
The decor is a bit like a new version of TGI Fridays but then TGI Fridays was once cool wasn't it?
This just-South-of-Hoxton Square branch of the popular Soho breakfast spot/sandwich joint/free WiFi paradise opened last Wednesday and it's about to be my new favorite place in London. That is, as soon as they get the free WiFi installed next week.
Unlike the Soho outpost, which is adorable but smaller than than my ex-boyfriends...closet, this Breakfast Club is spacious, sunny, and oh so happily decorated. There are comfy leather couches, worn benches, picnic tables, kitschy wall decorations, enamel buckets full of condiments, surfboards, colorful lettering, and assorted antique-y chairs of all kinds. Most importantly, the bathrooms fill me with an overflowing abundance of joy that bubbles out of my pores and stretches a smile across my face.
You walk into the 'Bathrooms and World's Smallest Disco' to a revolving disco ball and four different stalls independently wallpapered with memories of my childhood. He-Man and Masters of the Universe. Ghostbusters. Fraggle Rock. Strawberry Shortcake. This place makes me feel like a five-year-old-dancing with adorable little monsters to the Fraggle Rock theme song.
Besides the toilets, the food is AWESOME (that's a bad switch in topics in one sentence). An excellent flat white, creamy and strong and perfect for an unnecessarily early morning. A delicious bacon bap/butty/bit of perfection is a soft white roll generously swabbed with butter and stuffed full of salty savory stupendous streaky bacon. My companion's BLT was another bite of blissfulness. Plus the people working there were incredibly friendly and chatty and about to be our new best friends when we show up there every day for free WiFi and our daily dose of bacon.
If the food in London wasn't so damn good this place would get more stars. The fact this is the second branch I have visited also has affected my judgment. Yes the food is lovely, yes the smoothies make me dibble in the glass (never try mine if I offer!) but in this area there are possibly not better breakfast places but definitely better eateries!
It will soon be getting wifi and it's a nice lace for meetings but sorry Breakfast Club Hoxton, I love your mamma shop more.
Okay I have just realised this and I didn't include the toilet love - I've just added a star!
you'll find me here every sunday from now on.
this place has a feel-good atmosphere with friendly and laid back staff, relatively quick service, delicious food, wifi, reasonable prices and decent bloody marys.
the wallpaper in the loo is trippy.
the brits haven't quite caught onto brunching, but this is a sweet start.