Burnt Toast Cafe

All I had was coffee, but it was so good it prompted me to write a review. Best americano I’ve had in years. Seriously. Well done, burnt toast.

I looked where it appears on the map on a Sunday. Everything was closed. Couldn’t see it.

After surveying Brixton Market breakfast/​brunch options with a couple of friends on a Sunday morning, we chose Burnt Toast. It seemed to be the busiest spot of the lot and the pancakes looked heavenly while the bread divine, so seemed to be a no-​brainer.
If you’ve spent much time at Brixton Market, you can probably already appreciate the set-​up, but to give newcomers a sense, Burnt Toast has about 10 tables strewn outside a small kitchen. There are toasters on the side which I thought was a nice touch, giving us customers ultimate control over the timing and toastiness of our toast.
After queuing for about 30 min, we were seated. We were under some pressure from the clock given we were on our way to a movie, so had to order immediately. I ordered the scrambled eggs with a homemade english muffin and my friends ordered the sausage, bacon and egg roll and toasted bread with cheese and mushrooms. We also got the pancake with berries to share between the three of us. Sadly, there seemed to be some miscommunication between the waiter and me. First, he brought regular toast instead of the english muffin (easily remedied though), and second, he served french toast instead of pancakes. He said it would only be 5 minutes until the pancakes were ready which would be okay for us timing-​wise, but 12 minutes went by and the pancakes still hadn’t arrived so we had to cancel them. The food which did arrive was good, but nothing stellar (granted we did order fairly straightforward dishes). The coffee and fresh juices (orange and apple) were probably the stand-​outs.
Overall, I’m giving this place 4 stars because I really want to like it and I hope to give it another shot, but based on the food and service we had it should probably be 3 stars. I’m chalking the spotty service up to the general busy-​ness of the place and feel like I can’t properly rate the food until I return for the pancakes. Stay tuned!