This morning a group of us went with my flatmate Soph and her parents for brunch at the Ham Yard Hotel just off Piccadilly Circus. I don't usually go to brunch in hotels but I'm not sure why- they often have a great atmosphere and actually aren't unreasonable in terms of price... I mean I guess theres a limit to how much you can charge for eggs!
Don't get me wrong, Ham Yard is obviously a really nice hotel but it also has an eclectic decor and quite a funky vibe- there's even a bowling alley downstairs- which we spent a fair amount of time guessing how much they'd charge to hire it out. Probably not 10k like Sophie suggested. I tried to capture the atmosphere in this photo and failed miserably...Meanwhile Alex was really enjoying the water. The best Evian he's ever had apparently.
We all spent a long time deciding what to order. I went for the pancakes, which look bit underwhelming but were actually really tasty- bit stingy on the bacon front though. They were light and fluffy and quite deceptively filling.
Soph had the black pudding with poached egg... which tasted good but was disappointingly small.
Speaking of disappointingly small, Al had his classic- eggs beni. This got a thumbs up and I must admit looked good- minor gripe though- the eggs were slightly cold. We also all got a juice- orange, pineapple, carrot and ginger. It was really good and thankfully not too "carroty" like we feared. Plus we felt cool and bang on trend.
The service was a bit hit and miss- due to the small portions we ordered toast for the table and this didn't come until we had all basically finished eating, plus our waitress certainly wasn't sunny side up... brunch themed puns!!
The menu wasn't that extensive on the brunch front- there wasn't even a full english option. Also, the portions were small. However the quality of the food was nice and the atmosphere was really cool so I would recommend it. Next on the list is The Wolseley for brunch, continuing on with the breakfast in hotels I can't afford to stay in theme....
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