Cafe Royale

Vegetarian breakfast. I thought it was more than enough and fresh, greasy but I liked it. I won’t eat it that much because I’m watching my figure but I might have an affair with it every once in a while.

I can’t comment on food as my partner and I did not have the chance to eat there, however we did sit down to eat.
My partner chose an all day breakfast and I (being a vegan) chose the vegetarian breakfast with no eggs.
My partner took the initiative to ask whether the vegetarian ingridients were cooked in the same fat/​oil as the meat option.
The replay, just before we left was: yes we do cook all the ingridients in the same oil as unfortunately we only have one fryer.
This is unacceptable, for obvious reasons.
Vegetarian/​vegan stay clear of this place.

Had an all-​day breakfast here at lunch time today. Went for the vegetarian version as it seemed to have more to it than the standard; they were happy to swap the veggie sausages for a meat one. Very well made, hot, tasted great, couldn’t ask for more for ~£6. Included tea or coffee.

Café Royal can be found on Preston Street just off Western Road, I often pop in after a hard days shopping for some lunch away from the hoards of human beings. Presto Street has quiet a few restaurants along it, mostly Asian and Indian cuisines, so its nice to have Café Royal flying the flag for British food.
The décor is very traditional and very dated, but in a kitch way. It’s similar to that of an olde worlde tavern except with the smell of burgers wafting though the air. Its menus a pretty standard café menu with British mains, sandwiches, chips etc etc. It comes highly recommended for a lunch time bite, but maybe not for a romantic meal.

Situated in one of Brighton’s most heavily populated restaurant areas Café Royal is one of the more underrated places on Preston Street. You’ll rarely pay over £10 per head for a decent meal and you can always expect good service. The only thing that threatens to put a dampener on proceedings is the slightly tacky décor. It borders on kitsch but doesn’t quite manage to pull off what would otherwise be a rather charming interior. All in all you’d do a lot worse than Café Royal. Try the homemade steak and ale pie!

I’m not much of a coffee drinker… In fact I generally dislike the stuff and do my best to avoid caffeine in general. Red Bull and vodka has been off my night time beverages for a good while now. And yet, Café Royale has one me over.
I needed to «take a load off» so to speak, and rest my tired little legs in a warm and sheltered environment and get some reading done for uni. As luck would have it, I was walking by here and thought I’d pop in. Not long having eaten, I decided to just have a coffee, and heard that cappuccinos are easier to stomach, and was pleasantly surprised to see they’re pretty cheap here. As Mike says, there’s something in the décor here thats at once alluring and disconcerting… It looks unassuming from outside, but is definitely worth a look inside, as its uniquely pleasant. My coffee was brought over a moment later, and looked incredibly appealing, but I tend to care more about substance than style and thought I knew what awaited me beneath those swathes of froth. I felt as though I was being rude by not drinking it, and after about 5 minutes, thought I should have some, seeing as I needed to drink it all before I left (so as not to look ungrateful). In that moment… I was converted. Well, partially converted at least.
I enjoyed it so much I nearly ordered another, but then noticed that my hand had started shaking and decided that two coffees would have been excessive. Still, I will be returning to Royale for another one some time, and also to sample their nice hearty meals, as the gentle wafting of roast dinner from the table behind me flared up my nostrils. Definitely worth a look if you’re walking along Western road and don’t mind peering slightly further than Costa.

There’s something about this place that I can’t put my finger on. I think it’s the décor, as it’s kind of charming whilst bordering on tacky. It has a quasi-​kitsch appeal that some will find endearing but will lead others to expect the worst. This is perhaps why the quality of its food is often met with an inflated sense of surprise. Most dishes are under £10, which makes you expect a lot less than you receive but once you tuck in you’ll realise you made the right choice. There may be more instantly appealing places nearby but this is exactly why you should give Café Royal a try. It’ll never be rammed but will always have an interesting if not exciting atmosphere. I recommend their homemade steak and ale pie: gorgeous!

Situated on in a little o flurry of restaurants on Preston Street, Café Royal is a traditional British café/​restaurant. It has a a very royalist theme with the décor and the wall and tables are brimming with quaint British bitsys. Its a great place to have a bite with visitors from overseas as its so ridiculously traditional.
The menu had all the usual egg and chips, gamon and chips, chips and chips, as well as main meals like burgers, salads, fish dishes etc etc. The décor has a lot of old wooden features which are reminiscent of an old tavern, Its a nice change to have a café that has made mega effort with the interior so much so that it almost feels like a proper restaurant.