Wickwar Coffee shop. 15.2.23.

High Street, Wickwar.

The Fat Boys were out again and this time it was Petes turn to source a venue.

It was all a bit mysterious as we drove out through Iron Acton, Steve was watching the Sat-Nav which Pete had deliberately set to the wrong location in order to confuse.

When we arrived at the Cafe there was a parking space right outside the door so it made life fairly easy.

There was no one in the Cafe when we entered but worryingly most of the tables had ‘Reserved’ signs on them, Luckily they had times on them and it looked as if we could eat and be gone well before they were needed.

So we chose a nice big oval table whilst one of the staff brought the menu’s. I swapped my wooden chair for one with a cushion, just in case.

We obviously went for the usual fare, two Big Breakfasts (£9.95) and a small (£7.50) but strangely we had to add extra Black Pudding (£1) to the Big Breakfast and a Hash Brown (£1) to the Small which seems s bit odd. These are usually part and parcel of a full English so makes these breakfast’s rather expensive at £10.95 for the large and £8.50 for the small.

The first thing I noticed was the single large sausage which was particularly good, very tasty without the skin being too tough to cut. One of the pitfall’s of most home made sausages. A portion of crispy Hash Brown. Two nicely cooked fried eggs. A small portion of fresh Mushrooms and a selection of small tomatoes on the vine. Plus two slices of delicious Bacon.
We asked where they sourced the meat and we were told they came from a Butcher in Cam a local village not too far away.

Sadly they served the toast (we were offered a choice of white or granary bread) and the pats of Butter on the same plate which meant the butter had gone soft. It was easier to spread but there was no space to do it and it got messy.

Give us a side plate!

My other pet hate is a Pot of Baked Beans. This seems to be becoming more and more a feature?

Tea was served in a pot with tea leaves and a built in strainer. It was great flavoured and strong and i loved the patterned tea cup and saucer. Sadly they still used sachets of sugar which ran out on our second brew and I had to take some from an adjoining table.

This quiet little Cafe suddenly filled up when Several cycling groups arrived (one from as far away as Chepstow ) a walking group and a group of young ladies all demanding feeding.

The staff coped admirably and everyone seemed satisfied though the noise made it almost impossible to have a conversation.

We had a second round of drinks before taking our leave.

The food was good, service friendly and unobtrusive, the venue was clean and comfortable and the price even with the extras was about what we would expect to pay for a good breakfast.