Sun 3/2 Cafe Hula

Address: 321 Hope Street
Website: www.cafehula.co.uk

I have been a bit tardy with this review because it hurts me. I can't write the glowing review that I imagined I would before our visit last Sunday.

It started off well, K picked me up post gym and we got parked right outside, a very good start. Then V and M joined us, we got a good table. I got a latte and k got tea, everything was going sweet.

The menu says brunch to 1130 and it was 1145 so we had a wee panic but the waiter assured us brunch is on all day, so back to the happiness.

I love Cafe Hula it is so cosy and their nighttime food is good, i highly recommend the chickpea and chorizo stew, good times. This was my first daytime visit.

I ordered scrambled eggs with bacon and toast (£4.75), k went for french toast with bacon & maple syrup (£4.95), v and m both went for the make your own omlette , v with patatas bravas and spinach and m with just patatas bravas (£5.50 and £5) then we just settled down for some chat.

A few minutes later I saw the waiter sit out 2 plates and put side salad on them for the omlettes, fine i thought until another plate appeared 5 minutes later with toast on it, that better not be my toast i though. The toast then sat there for 15 minutes before scrambled eggs and bacon joined it. I mean how hard is it to provide people with hot toast? It wasnt even very busy so that isnt an excuse, it really dampened my, previously all positive, feelings for the place.

I'm a pussy so i didnt send it back, yes i know i should have but i just dont operate that way. Anyway the toast was thick so didnt go that hard way that normal toast goes, the scrambled eggs were amazing which makes it even sadder that the toast was rubbish and the bacon was served crispy, which was nice. K loved her french toast even though a bit of it was a bit burnt. V and M really liked their omlettes too but V found hers to be a bit oiley, she was left with an oiley puddle on her plate but M wasnt. I mean patatas bravas in an omlette is a genius idea, i would have paired it with chorizo but M is a veggie and V didnt fancy it, the fool!

So all in all if my toast had been warm it would be a really good review, I love the decor and the chilled atmosphere but I really think that it is the little things that matter and if that is going wrong what else is or is going to?!