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The Café

CafeManchester

4.7 out of 5 stars4.7(166 reviews)

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+44 161 740 2888
193 Victoria Ave, Manchester M9 0RA, United Kingdom
£1–15

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About The Café

Breakfast leads the menu at The Café, a cafe on Victoria Avenue in Blackley, Manchester, where the signature megabreakfast puts an oversized version of the full English on the table. Breakfast deals pair the meal with a tea or coffee, and barms fill out the counter offer, from egg, sausage and bacon to ham and cheese salad. Daily specials change with the day of the week, and hot chocolate comes with cream and marshmallows. The room is finished in pink and green. Orders can be eaten in or wrapped to take away for eating off site, and high chairs mean families with young children can settle in for a sit-down breakfast. Reservations are recommended. The kitchen runs Monday to Saturday and closes on Sundays.

Good to know

  • Reservations
    Accepts reservations
  • Accessibility
    Wheelchair-accessible seating
  • Good for kids
    Good for kids · High chairs · Kids' menu

Menu & Prices

53 dishes · mains £4–4
  • Hot Turkey + Stuffing Barm£3.90
  • Steak Canadian, Onion & Mush Barm£3.90
  • Hot Chicken + Stuffing Barm£3.90
  • Jacket Potato With Beans
  • Jacket Potato With Cheese
  • Jacket Potato With Tuna
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Reviews

4.7/5
166 reviews

What reviewers say

Reviewers most often mention full english breakfast, megabreakfast for £9, egg sausage bacon barms and £1.30 hot chocolate.

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Customer Review Summary

Breakfast is what brings most reviewers back, with the full English and the megabreakfast singled out repeatedly for size and price, tea or coffee included. Close behind are the barms, egg, sausage and bacon or ham and cheese salad, described as hot, tasty and well wrapped for takeaway, alongside poached eggs called spot on and daily specials that several say have never disappointed. The caveats centre on ingredient quality: one reviewer says plainly not to order the coffee, calling it the weakest thing on the menu, while another describes the sausages as chippy style rather than butcher's, a trade off they link to the low prices. One sharply dissenting account reports chewy bacon, undercooked sausages, tinned tomatoes, staff shouting across the food and uncomfortable seating. Against that, the staff are described again and again as cheerful and chatty and the room as clean, and reviewers keep returning to the extras that come free, cream and marshmallows on a hot chocolate, and a chocolate on the side.

Featured reviews

  • Bradley Moss
    “Excellent local cafe with amazing staff Thanks The Cafe”
  • Patrick Heron
    “Food was freshly cooked and lovely. Remi and Amanda were very nice and polite. Very welcoming place”
  • Steven Lord
    “Breakfast is awesome 👌 Pouched eggs are spot on Ham/cheese salad barms are the best 👅 Specials all the time depending on the day never had a bad meal there..”
  • Paul Livesey
    “Best cafe for breakfast we have found!! Can get everything without adding extras! Definitely be back, and the staff are amazing xx”
  • freddie
    “the food is disgusting, chewy bacon, raw sausages, tinned tomatoes. service was terrible, staff didn’t use their manners and kept shouting across the food, all there spit in the food. disgusting. seats are uncomfortable, and ugly. no effort at all used into this cafe. owner should really do something about this. and the name “the cafe” yea mate i’d change that. terrible cafe, never go here.”

Hours

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Closed

Highlights

  • Great coffee
  • Great dessert
  • Great tea selection
  • Popular for breakfast
  • Popular for lunch
  • Popular for solo dining

Amenities

  • Wheelchair-accessible seating
  • Accepts reservations
  • Delivery
  • Takeaway
  • Dine-in
  • Good for kids
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  • Casual
  • Coffee
  • Healthy options
  • Quick bite
  • Catering
  • Dessert
Dining options· 4
  • Breakfast
  • Brunch
  • Lunch
  • Seating
Facilities· 1
  • Toilet
Popular for· 2
  • Solo dining
  • Good for working on laptop
Atmosphere· 1
  • Cosy
Family-friendly· 2
  • High chairs
  • Kids' menu
Offerings· 1
  • Small plates
Highlights· 1
  • Great tea selection
Crowd· 2
  • Groups
  • Tourists

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