Jones Dairy Café

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Thu Oct 18 2012

Jones Dairy sits on a narrow cobbled side street off Columbia Road, its interior a charming one-time stable with a huge, picturesque stove occupying one corner and a tiny counter another. It’s a ramshackle affair, all mismatched tables and chairs, and the kind of granny crockery you’d once have found on Brick Lane for pennies. Outside, a few equally rickety tables are perfect for sunny days – unless it’s a Sunday, when the parade of people tottering along with huge plants from Columbia Road Flower Market can be overwhelming.

Daily specials (written on a board) include smoked salmon with fennel and orange salad, and flaky, crumbly pasties and rolls, while mainstays include a range of all-day breakfasts, from traditional fry-ups to the likes of Mersea Island oysters and Norfolk herring kippers. All are excellent, come with bread and butter (you can help yourself to jams and preserves from a tray), are reasonably priced and served by friendly staff, making the experience a retro one in the best sense.

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Address:
Jones Dairy Café London
E2 7RH

Phone:
020 7739 5372
Website:
www.jonesdairy.co.uk
Opening hours:
Meals served 9am-3pm Fri; 9am-4.30pm Sat; 8am-3pm Sun
Transport:
Tube: Hoxton rail
Price:
Main courses £3-£8
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1. Jones Dairy Café
  - London
    E2 7RH
  - 020 7739 5372
  - www.jonesdairy.co.uk
  - 51.529490,-0.069836

Facilities:
Eating and drinking facilities. Café. Restaurant and bar facilities. Take away. Brunch. Outdoor facilities. Tables outdoors
Occasions:
Local flavour

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I had excellent food and the service was super. Will definitely go back!

shoreditch local Sat Feb 4 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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A place that needs to be visited multiple times. Has a shop filled with great produce at the front and a cafe (somewhat hidden) around the side. Incredible breakfast on a Friday and Saturday and then oysters shucked on the street outside on the busy Sunday market day along with great smoked salmon beigels. Can be slow at times but worth the wait and Saturday papers are provided.

Spitalfields Local Fri Nov 4 2011
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Staff are consistently prickly, so I've given up on this place.

Shoreditch local Fri Feb 11 2011
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Very very expensive. Paid £7 for 2 small slices of cake. No prices for cakes on the menu and weren't told beforehand. For £7 i would expect something really special - not just the sort of dry sponge cake you can cook badly at home... Service not good either. No wonder the place was empty (Sat afternoon).

John Sat Oct 30 2010
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Popped in this morning for a cup of tea and a croissant, and asked for some jam. They acted like this was an outlandish request (surely quite ordinary?). Really strange service attitude. A mixture of disaffection and surliness. We didn't like the vibe and ate our breakfast on the hoof instead.

N5Girl Sun Aug 1 2010
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