Drink: Cappuccino (Small, £3.75)
On a cold Saturday morning, we gathered at The Wolseley for our first official Veni Vidi Vesci meeting. We've been wanting to come here for months, and made a reservation more than 2 months ago. Although it was completely booked up already, and the only time slot available was 9.45am...!!
A few of us were late, but the waiter didn't seem too annoyed that we were delaying their table turnover by 15 minutes. We had a nice table in the mezzanine overlooking the main floor, and the atmosphere was good. Even though the place felt like it was buzzing, our area was quiet and felt very private as well.
Full at 10am!
After studying the menu, I opted for a Potato Rösti with Avocado, Tomato and a Hen’s Egg. My general rule when ordering at restaurants is that I want to eat something which I won't be able to make easily by myself. Therefore, this "Rösti" was a perfect choice- I didn't even know what it meant! I was given the option of having the egg fried or poached, and chose poached.
Turns out, it's basically a posh Swiss hash brown. (Sorry you can't see it in my photo- it's underneath all the veg!) It was cooked perfectly and tasted great, especially when the runny yolk soaked into the Rösti and made it into eggy gooey yumminess... It wasn't seasoned much, but it was probably intentional as the waiter offered to bring me ketchup. KETCHUP? Not gonna lie, I felt that ketchup has no place in a fancy French cafe, but it did taste right. And the ketchup came in a cute glass container, my reaction may have been more aversive if they brought me a Heinz bottle!
Potato Rösti with Avocado, Tomato and a Hen’s Egg (£8.75)
We also shared the mixed bread basket. (Contains: croissant, pain au chocolat, danish, amandine pain sucré au beurre normand, cannelé bordelais) It was a mission to share the minuscule pastries amongst the 5 of us, but we cut each of them into 4 and just took whatever we wanted. I don't remember most of what I ate, but I know that the cannelé was delicious, moist and not too sweet.
Mixed basket (£8.50)
The cappuccino was rather underwhelming, nothing exciting. One particular gripe is that they brought our drinks out together with the food, so my drink went cold whilst I was concentrating on my food. I don't know about you, but when I go for weekend breakfast or brunch, I like to sip my drink first whilst waiting for my food. I felt like I was robbed of that opportunity.
Cappuccino (Small, £3.75)
The service was adequate, and I really appreciated the fact that they didn't kick us out at 11.15am as stated in our reservation. They let us sit until noon, and probably even longer if we didn't have to go. Overall I had a good experience, and breakfast was not as expensive as I thought it would be. But maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I didn't have to drag my sorry self out of bed at 8am on a Saturday!I would like to return, possibly for lunch or afternoon tea, but given the fact that we had to book months in advance- I probably won't bother. My conclusion: Generally overhyped, but come if you can.
3 out of 5
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