W4 5TT
020 8581 1890
So how surprising is this? Sunday morning and we venture as nearly as far west as W4 will take us, it feels as if tumbleweed should be blowing down Chiswick High Road it's that quiet but as we open the door to The Hothouse Cafe we are greeted by a full house, and I mean not a table free, a barrage of conversation, a hustle and a bustle, plates of Full English, families and dogs. So this is where everyone is, and we never knew.
The Hothouse has been owned by Samy since 2010. We were there for brunch, and clearly not the first to have that thought. The menu is a mix of the traditional - full English - and the new - Eggs Royale. Pancakes are a big feature - and I'm talking American here, in style and quantity. There were four of us and despite a packed restaurant we were soon seated and served. Tea comes in mugs (I like that - tea should be in mugs) and the cappucino didn't have too much foam - important apparently. I had the Eggs Royale - Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon, which was good but not outstanding - nicely poached eggs but the muffins lacked a little something and the hollandaise was a little too bright, Mr West4urants had The Hothouse Omelette.
Master West4urants, who can happily eat the entire contents of our fridge and still have room for more, had the Chiswick Breakfast Pancake - a stack of pancakes with poached eggs, bacon and maple syrup and Miss West4urants, a sausage sandwich (for those of you who listen to Danny Baker she went for the addition of red sauce after a no sauce at all start). If I'm honest I think the food was slightly let down on the bread front and bread is important at breakfast. It could have been more interesting and not of the supermarket sliced variety but maybe that's just me.
The cafe has an atmosphere that is refreshing for Chiswick. It's not in any way fancy, or corporate but very down to earth. It's more spit and sawdust than interior design but no worse for that. I can imagine it's a great place for a fry up the morning after the night before.
Would I go back? Yes. The morning after ...
Food (for 4): £19.10
Drinks: £11.20
Total: £33.30
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