The Whetstone Cafe

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Enderby Road Industrial Estate, Enderby Rd, Whetstone, Leicester LE8 6HZ, United Kingdom

£1–15

About The Whetstone Cafe

Cooked breakfasts anchor the menu at The Whetstone Cafe, a café on the Enderby Road Industrial Estate in Leicester. The full breakfast brings together sausages, bacon, black pudding, mushrooms, egg and a hash brown, while the counter also turns out cobs, including sausage, bacon and a cheese and pickle version. Dogs are welcome, and outdoor seating gives their owners somewhere to sit and eat outside, with plenty of tables indoors as well. Orders are taken on a walk-in basis, so no booking is needed, and anything on the menu can be packed up as takeaway for eating back at work or at home. Parking sits close by for drivers arriving from the surrounding estate. The kitchen runs daytime hours from Monday to Saturday and closes on Sundays.

Good to know

Parking
Free of charge street parking · Free parking lot · Parking
Good for kids
Good for kids
Dietary
Vegetarian options

Menu & Prices

42 dishes · mains £1–90

Beans On Toast£5.50
Scrambled Egg On Toast£5.50
Ham, Egg & Chips£6.50
Sausage, Egg & Chips£6.50
Cheese, Beans & Chips£4.50
Chicken Curry£7.50

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Reviews

4.7/5

159 reviews

What reviewers say

Reviewers most often mention standard breakfast, sausage and bacon cobs, hash brown and cheese and pickle cob.

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What reviewers say

Reviewers most often mention standard breakfast, sausage and bacon cobs, hash brown and cheese and pickle cob.

Customer Review Summary

Breakfast is the main draw at this Leicester cafe, with several reviewers calling it delicious, great, or among the best in the area, and one saying they would choose it over other local breakfast spots. Sausage and bacon cobs also earn praise, with one reviewer calling them great. Reviewers repeatedly describe the place as clean and spotless, with friendly, quick service, easy parking, and both indoor and outdoor seating. One reviewer says staff chased them outside to return a forgotten umbrella.

Customer Review Summary

Featured reviews

Sophie Wills
3 months ago
“Ordered a cheese and pickle cob ended up with plastic dairy slices and pickle, if you don't have cheese just say trade disciption”
Dean Williamson
4 months ago
“The place is spotless staff fantastic food just as good..”
Willow
7 months ago
“Lovely food, quick service, and when we forget our umbrella they picked it up and came over to us outside to return it. Indoor and outdoor seating.”
Michael Mowbray
7 months ago
“Clean and tidy, unfortunately the food wasn't great, very little flavour”
Steve Gardner
8 months ago
“Great breakfast. One of the best in the area”

J P
12 months ago
“Lots of cafes around whetstone / Blaby / Enderby etc - this place is up there with the best of them. Been twice recently. Food is great, I would choose here over other cafes and anywhere else that does breakfasts locally …. I will be there again tomorrow for my weekend fix 😁”
Nick Megson
1 year ago
“Found this little gem of a cafe by chance, wow it’s first class. Eat in or take away, lots of seating, so clean. The breakfast is absolutely delicious, the quality is outstanding Fantastic business”
Jade Irvine
1 year ago
“First time coming here with my husband, we were looking for some comfort food, and did we get it, absolutely amazing food and great service, would recommend A+++”
Derek Maynard
2 years ago
“Picked up a couple of sausage and bacon cobs on the way out from the recycling place, easy to park, staff were friendly and the cobs were great!”
Newfie Lover (Newfie babies)
2 years ago
“Cannot fault the customer service and it was lovely clean area to eat. Parking was a plus So why only 3stars The food I wasn't impressed with at all. Had Standard Breakfast for 8.50 each. The sausages didn't taste nice, the black pudding was more like Rich Tea Biscuit, the mushrooms were just tinned ones, egg was OK. Hash brown although large again not very nice. Bacon was OK. In all fairness I cannot fault the service or the cafe itself. I guess I was expecting more in the reapect of better produce for the price. Even the brown sauce was awful, very tangy like very cheap sauce. I don't think it's worth the money you pay, but that's only my opinon. Again the service, eating area,and parking brilliant to have.”
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Hours

Monday: 8 AM – 2 PM
Tuesday: 8 AM – 2 PM
Wednesday: 8 AM – 2 PM
Thursday: 8 AM – 2 PM
Friday: 8 AM – 2 PM
Saturday: 8 AM – 12 PM
Sunday: Closed

Highlights

Great coffee
Great tea selection
Popular for breakfast
Popular for lunch
Popular for solo dining
Vegetarian options

Amenities

Free of charge street parking
Outdoor seating
Dogs allowed outside
Takeaway
Dine-in
Good for kids
Vegetarian options
Casual
Kerbside pickup
Coffee
Quick bite
Solo dining

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Vegetarian options
Casual
Kerbside pickup
Coffee
Quick bite
Solo dining

Dining options· 4: Breakfast
Brunch
Lunch
Seating

Parking· 2: Free parking lot
Parking

Highlights· 1: Great tea selection

Location

Cafes near The Whetstone Cafe

The Whetstone Cafe

£1–15Outdoor seatingVegetarian options

4.7159

Coffee Bean4.2190
0.8 mi£1–15Outdoor seating
vegetarian breakfasts, all day breakfast, bacon sausage sarnie
Cafe Oasis4.5211
1.3 mi£1–15
bacon sausage egg baps, cappuccino and latte coffee, full breakfast
The Firsty Cafe4.465
2.2 mi
full english breakfast, cold cobs takeaway, veggie sausages in veggie breakfast

Place	Rating	Distance	Price	Mentioned in reviews
The Whetstone CafeOutdoor seating · Vegetarian options	4.7159	—	£1–15	standard breakfast, sausage and bacon cobs, hash brown
Coffee BeanOutdoor seating	4.2190	0.8 mi	£1–15	vegetarian breakfasts, all day breakfast, bacon sausage sarnie
Cafe Oasis	4.5211	1.3 mi	£1–15	bacon sausage egg baps, cappuccino and latte coffee, full breakfast
The Firsty Cafe	4.465	2.2 mi	—	full english breakfast, cold cobs takeaway, veggie sausages in veggie breakfast