Briki

Located at Exmouth market in a corner building, Briki is a café/​deli offering a nice selection of counter and hot food as well as good coffees. The service is friendly, prices are reasonable and the café itself has a lot of natural light and a good amount of seating. Yea, there’s also WIFI. Bonus. The only niggle is that if you get a takeaway coffee they come in super large cups, so if you’re like me and you like your coffee strong, best you ask them not to top it up with milk/​water to the rim. Also advised to take care when drinking takeaways as I’ve had a coulle of dodgey lids. Best to take some serviettes.

What a delight! This corner coffee shop is right on the beginning of Exmouth Market and has such character. The staff is super sweet and on top of it made me laugh. Everybody was speaking «spanishish», so I asked if they are all Spanish. No. He made me guess 10 times until I named all countries that are either Italian, Spanish or Portuguese speaking. Turns out: they are all Greek! And we had a laugh. I took the Bacon Quiche with salad to go and had a bite on the way, since I was so hungry. Because it was SO SO SO good though, I finished the entire thing while walking… yeah that happened. I’ll def be back and try some of the other sandwiches, croissants and fresh shakes and def sit down for a coffee sometime.
Try the Bacon Quiche!!!

Loved their pastry and salad combo! Their spinach and feta pastry tastes home-​made and their salads are incredibly fresh. Try their juices as well — this café is not messing around!

We needed breakfast before we caught the train to the airport. Briki looked really appealing from the outside and we had pasted it a couple of times that weekend.
I always need a coffee in the morning to get me buzzing and with it! I choose a flat white and really enjoyed it. My OH choose a freshly squeezed orange juice which was good too.
We both had a ham & cheese croissant which was freshly made that morning. It was very tasty and hit the spot.
The interior gas that rustic edgy feel to it but we sat outside as it was quite humid/​muggy and I like to take the dry weather as it comes.
It’s a little expensive for breakfast but that’s London prices for you.
Service was simple, nothing to moan nor praise about. It was simple. I could use contactless too, which was a bonus. They have wifi too!

**I came to write my review of Briki in October, read the lovely Alex S’s review and thought «well, she said it better.» And then I left, and now I’m back. Because Briki deserves it, and even though my review is basically the same as Alex’s — I’m going to write it, anyway!
Exmouth Market is a charming street to grab a little coffee and a bite to eat. Always bustling comfortably, the area has a great energy. Briki has added to it – opening recently and providing a nice balance between the chains (Nero, etc) and Caravan at the other end of the street.
I enjoyed a perfectly lovely flat white and a frittata with side salad. It’s counter service with all the offerings laid out very nicely and in abundance. We were through the line swiftly, paid and took our seats, our food arrived within minutes. Just as a proper café lunch should be. We chatted and enjoyed and the din of the place was entirely pleasant.
I’ll be back, Briki. Great to have another option along Exmouth Market at which to indulge.
Parent pro-​tip: open 8am weekends and steps from Spa Park Fields play areas.

***Disclaimer: this review benefits from the rosy glow of having visited Briki with Colleen C. … will try to be as objective as possible, but readers should be aware that the company only helped the 4-​star rating***
Briki is a new/​ish addition to the Exmouth Market strip (welcome, Briki!) but, even though I’d strolled /​stumbled (time of day dependent) past it several times, I had never had the opportunity to give it a try. Enter: Friday lunch. FRI-​YAY, RIIIITE?
RIGHT.
Lunchtime brings a buzz to Exmouth, and late October is still warm enough that almost all seats at Briki — both inside and out — were occupied during the rush. Pop inside and THIS IS AN INDECISIVE EATER’s (me) DELICIOUS NIGHTMARE: sweet and savoury croissants, quiche and frittata, several cold salads and filled baguettes and «dessert”-y options that range from the semi-​virtuous (grainy loaf) to the downright sinful (fruit-​studded tarts and large, iced cakes).
WHAT TO CHOOSE?!?
In anticipation of Halloween’s sugar rush the following day, I took a staid and conservative approach: frittata with a side of greek salad. The frittata had a combo of chicken, ham and cheese suspended within a soft eggy structure. It and the salad — fresh chunks of tomato, cucumber, red onion (only comment: mo’ feta!) — were both on-​point.
Didn’t have a coffee, but look forward to getting a coffee+baked something (my eye’s on you, flourless chocolate and orange cake!) next time I’m in the neighbourhood. Briki is busy during lunch (doing both eat-​in and take-​away), but with several people behind the counter things moved quickly.
Unilocal note: the area is a little quieter on weekends, but Briki’s got ya covered: 8am — 7pm both Saturday and Sunday.