Breakfast Nomination #2 - Cross & Corner in Canonmills

Breakfast nomination #2 - Cross & Corner in Canonmills
2nd recommendation by my Assistant Manager, Ally. 

Originally review on June 14th 2015

"Imagine if humans laid eggs." 

His score: 4.8/6
My score: inoffensive but expensive

He ate: a "full" cooked breakfast for (£10!!!) and English Breakfast tea for (£2.50!!!)
I ate:  the exact same (!!!)
Total cost: £25 (!!!)

Our pros: decent food; good service, though nothing special; really nice layout and Victorian-style décor (cornicing etc and Gary liked the milk bottle lights); sugar and sauce brought to the table, and the place was in a nice area.
Our Cons: it was really expensive for what we got; some of the food was a little salty and other parts bland; nothing stood out about the place, and the service was good but nothing remarkable or special - just sufficient.

Our experience: There's not a huge amount to say about this place.

The food was nice, though for £10 the portions were very little.

My bacon was (imo) overcooked and my poached eggs were a little bland and the yolks not runny enough. However, Gary said his poached eggs were great and could maybe even rival his mum's (sorry Louise, if you're reading this!).

We were given brioche with our breakfast which would've been a nice touch but it was very dry and could've done with a little butter with it to make it a bit nicer.

We each got a pot of tea but £2.50 each seemed a lot and for the entire breakfast £25 seems shocking as we've had full breakfasts with tea before for less than half that price.

The place looked nice and the service was fine but nothing really stood out about this place.
Had it been a little cheaper, I think I would've enjoyed it a bit more and it, like many of the places we've been to, seemed like it would be nice to return to for dinner at some stage.

Afterwards, Gary and I both agreed that had we been in that area again for breakfast and had to pick between this place, Blue Bear Café and Urban Angel then we would pick Blue Bear again.

This place is not the kind of place that I would go out of my way to recommend to people but it wasn't bad either, hence it's "inoffensive" review.

Oh, and the review's opening quote was the stimulating conversation I was initiating with Gary whilst we munched our poached eggs.

What’s next: Next time we will be reviewing McDonald's breakfast menu on Princes Street, as nominated by Weebl. Aye, cheers. If only I wasn't too proud to back down from a challenge....