Manzara

I love this place. People here are great. I often stop in after work to have a Börek. They have pizzas, pastries and some other Turkish food as well. Obviously, if you want your full English breakfast, a Turkish restaurant may not be ideal...
I usually do not eat in as I use it as fast food stop.

Böreks are £2.95, and the place are open until late. Friday-Sunday until 03:00.

I used to pop in to this cafe by NH Gate on my way to work in the mornings for a lovely fresh croissant or pain au chocolate. At the time they didn't do takeaway coffees, so I'd have to go next door to Starbucks for my caffeine fix. Good news is that they now offer coffees to go, bad news is that their menu seems to have gotten quite expensive! From the minute I saw the prices I had a bad feeling, and should've just got up and walked out! A standard English breakfast was £6.95, as well as the American, which is what I had my eye on since it came with pancakes and bacon. It also came with a waffle which I wasn't interested in as I have a smaller appetite. I asked the server, if I had the American without the waffle would it be slightly cheaper? She wasn't sure so she grabbed the other guy working, he came over and said I could have it without the waffle, but could get extra pancake or bacon instead for the same price. Which completely defeated the purpose of having a smaller meal! I said fine, in that case I would get the scrambled eggs with toast at £5.45, which I thought was still way too much but was fine with out of hunger. He asked if I wanted white or brown toast, I said brown, and ordered a coffee as well. When my original server came out with my meal and I saw the white toast, I was quick to let her know I'd actually ordered brown. When she started walking away with it to get it changed my hunger said "nevermind!" and told her I'd eat it anyway. To which she replied sorry, sorry! I said no worries, it's fine, and started to dig in. A minute later she comes up and says, oh, he's making brown toast for you, to which I replied, again, It's fine, please tell him not to make it. Another minute later she appears, with brown bread on a plate (which may have been toasted for all of 20 seconds), and says, he made it anyway, sorry. So while I appreciate the fact that they tried to correct their mistake (really, it's just toast, no biggie), the thing I was most upset with was when I went to pay and realised they charge VAT on TOP of their already high prices and I ended up paying £9.12 (YES, REALLY) for the most basic of meals. I could've went to any of the other cafes in the area (Le Pain, Tom's, even Ottolenghi!) and had better quality, options, service, and atmosphere for around the same price (or even cheaper!). Needless to say, I didn't tip, as the whole experience was so under-par it was ridiculous. On a side-note, there was a man who sat down and ordered a tea and received a cappuccino...to which the server (same girl) said, oh, sorry sorry! And when she went to take it away he said, nevermind I'll drink it anyway. When he went to pay his bill, she had actually charged him for the cappuccino because he drank it! Don't think he was impressed either! All-in-all a bad experience, and I definitely won't be returning! Hate to say it but will probably just end up at Starbucks next time...