Another dessert restaurant with cookie dough, crepes, waffles, shakes and piles of ice cream flavours. Brightly lit, pleasant, and tasty.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 123-124 Western Road
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Semolina
Alleged Italian, although you wouldn’t particularly know it from the menu; this is for info and not a bad thing at all. Small (like what, 20 covers?) and personable place with just amazing food at really good prices. Had amazing beef croquettes, cod dumplings, confit pork, beautiful chips, great desserts – really punches massively above its prices.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 15 Baker Street
Baqueano
Family-run Argentinian steakhouse and you can really tell; they are super passionate about their menu and great service in general (some little taster desserts for example). Some amazing starters, and a few different mains, which were all fine but the steak was just amazing, so have that (it was the cheapest one too!).
Verdict: Awesome (but have steak)
Location: 125 Western Road
The Dyke Alehouse & Kitchen
The old Dyke got a bad review from me, but the new Dyke, while a shadow of its former self (as in, half the old pub, maybe less, no garden) is an excellent pub. Had a great venison pie, lots of nice tables, friendly service, all good.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 218 Dyke Road
Caffee Bar Italia
This cafe is in fact a little Italian with Italian spins on some cafe standards (like mozzarella on a vegetarian breakfast!) and panchetta with scrambled eggs. Excellently there is a mini-soft play/toddler play area upstairs so great if you have one of those. Points off as really rather cold up there and pretty much everyone I saw had their order delivered wrong.
Verdict: Ok if no kids, Awesome with kids
Location: 24 George Street
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Moonstone
Family-owned Sri Lankan restaurant; with only average experiences in actual Sri Lanka, wasn’t sure about this – and I was very wrong. Amazing food, attentive service and all very reasonably priced indeed.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 208 Church Road
Billie’s
Pretty small but lovely cafe with a very cosy friendly vibe. Totally amazing breakfast hashes – crispy potatoes and loads of cheese on top whatever you’ve ordered. Huge too!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 34 Hampton Place
Tutti Frutti
A pretty standard caff type place, but decent seating, clean and with friendly staff. Some very cheap options (eg egg on toast for £2), ok but not the best.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 92 Dyke Road
Can’t find a website
The Office
One of the few booze places right in North Laine, and it’s…fine. Very friendly, but pokey outside bit at the back with crappy tables and pretty small all round. Better probably to go to a proper pub.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 8-9 Sydney Street
Pizza Knight
Classic pizza/chicken takeaway. Prompt, and the cheesy garlic bread was everything I hoped for (and the reason I made my order), but all the fired stuff was really pants. The chicken wings and nuggets tasted really weird like they were using really old oil or something.
Verdict: Don’t go
Location: 14 Lewes Road