And what a great place and on the High Street at Clapham Junction. We walked past everday and there was always a que but today was our lucky day as there was tables waiting. The place is just heaving with young hipsters day in day out and I can see why... It offers a big breakfast and " wifi " . So many other restaurants around them seam to be empty but don't want to offer the wifi and standing on their digs as they say it only attract people to sit at tables and no money. But as the cash register rang at The Breakfast Club and the customer turned over these guys are doing a great business, why would they que otherwise. It was so great to see how a well run place is going.
The place was a 1950's fit out and with some modern quirkily touches open fronted to take in the morning winter sun.
At the entrance there was a old sink and metal cabinet with painted overheads that look like the came from a demolition site or old council flat. These were setup with menus and water bottles. As the rest of the area it was set up with laminex tables and chrome vinyl 1950's chairs and a big English porcelain bull dog on the
As for breakfast yes you could do the typical big breaky that pulls the crowds but we opted for the more interesting tit bits off the menu.
Had the birchlier muesli to share which was served in a old enamel campfire bowl and looking like true food critic we dissected it to work out what they had used to make such a great muesli. Following this I had a bean dish wich was Ham Hocks and a tomato and bean stew with a egg on top with so sourdough toast, I loved it... and Sandy did have a poached eggs with paper thin English smoked bacon with a lime, avacardo and harrisa sauce, also so realy Yumo.
All in all another great breakfast and the atmosphere of the 1950's and the young people filling the space was fun and very active to watch.
But will we change the breakfast menu at The Retreat ... well that's a biggish NO ... it was good ... real good in fact ... but Sandy to me is the " Queen " of the breakfast dishes that we have tried over the past 3 months.
But I'm proberly a bit bias.
Do Ya Think !!!!
No we do agree that Sandy is QUEEN of breakfast but if I come across a waiter with a euro 8 jacket and flashy suede shoes we may have a royal flush.
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