The Gorge Cafe - Reading

I have been to this cafe a multitude of times and only once had a semi bad experience. Today's visit was with my friend as it was her birthday. We went in and the young girl was singing at the grill. I startled her and we had a laugh about it. She came over to the table with our breakfast and sung happy birthday to my friend. The food was fantastic and the price was good. We travelled from Bracknell to have this food and it was really worth it.

Went for food at 10am on the 8th February 2023. We have a service dog and instead of asking for paperwork they proceeded to bad mouth us out loud behind the counter in which all customer could hear, they were swearing and making inappropriate and rude comments causing my friend (who owned the support dog) to suffer an anxiety attack at the table and no being able to eat. The service and respect from this please is dreadful and they really need to change their attitude toward vulnerable people. After I had sat and listened to them shout about the dog I approached the counter and said excuse me to the rude young girl and said he is the paper work and next time try asking for it instead of assuming in which her response was “whatever I don’t care” and turnt her back on me and carried on cooking. The whole experience was disgusting and I have never met any one in hospitality being that nasty and rude towards a vulnerable person with a disability, I will never be returning worst experience I’ve ever had!!

Simple straight forward menu, ordered at the till. Friendly efficient staff and swift service. Down to earth, consistent, says what it is on the can and no pomp or frills! I cannot recommend highly enough. Options for vegetarians and children/smaller appetites available.

When upon arrival I was looking forward to eating here, the cafe was full of construction workers (which is always a good sign) however when the breakfast came I was utterly disappointed, the ‘prime sausages’ as they call them were cheap nasty 1% pork sausages, the hash browns were soggy and greasy (oil clearly not hot enough) the eggs and toast was ok and same said for the beans. Even my cold can of drink was sticky on the outside and dirty, the table was not clean and the condiments were in poor state. I now feel sick whilst writing this, I wouldn’t recommend eating here at all, I for sure will never return to pay £9.10 for a disgusting half English breakfast.

If you want an old school greasy spoon to serve you a ludicrously large and absolutely perfect fry up then this is the spot for you. Would give more stars if I could