eat café

The 2012 edition of The List's Eating & Drinking Guide is out now – only £5.95 (+p&p).

This review is taken from the current (2012) edition.

Opened in autumn 2011, this expansion of the highly rated eat deli into 'Southside central' is a relaxing day-time café/evening bistro that hasn’t taken long to find its feet – nor its fan base judging by the eager lunchers who come in for a coffee and cake, a takeaway or a proper sit-down meal. The breakfast and brunch menus are available till 5pm if the sandwiches, salads and mains such as the spaghetti with braised pork and fennel ragu don’t grab – the sauce in this dish has happily more than a hint of the much neglected vegetable. If feeling guilty after succumbing to the temptations of dessert or cake, a glance at the menu note regarding the freshness and sustainability of the ingredients will help re-polish the halo. The fact they offer discerning Italians’ favourite mineral water (Ferrarelle) is enough of a sign that quality resides here.

• High point: Quality of ingredients
• Low point: Quality comes at a price