Friends Cafe

Totally saved me when I had an hour wait on a very cold Sunday morning. The breakfast I had was freshly made, delicious and cheap. Great service and friendly atmosphere.

great for sunday breakfasts, scrambled egg and a giant mug of tea. good for the soul

Friends Café has nothing to do with the television series «Friends.» It’s sad, but I’m always disappointed when I see a coffee shop or café named friends and no-​one seems to have gone all the way and set up a sofa like Monica, Chandler et al used to sit on.
Instead, Friends Café is just a straightforward greasy spoon coffee shop and café. 70 p for a cup of tea was a bargain last time I came in. I only had a ten pound note to pay with and I just couldn’t tell whether she was joking or actually properly annoyed at me as she gave me my expanse of change for just a small purchase. Small businesses like this like their change, you know.
I digress. Friends Café is small and has about 8 tables set out to grab a quick bite to eat. They do a good cooked breakfast which I’ve had before and they have a few other meals like omelette or some cake if you’ve got a sweet tooth.

There are a number of eateries in Levenshulme but when it comes to Sunday breakfast one of my favourites is Friends Café on Stockport Road. It’s particularly good if you have guests staying and don’t feel like serving up a mountain of toast. Or for when you just want to sit and relax with the Sunday papers.
Like many establishments in Levenshulme the décor is eclectic. This is what I love most about it. You’ll find no showy abstracts here. Instead the walls are filled with black and white photos of a bygone Levenshulme and interspersed with African masks and wooden ornaments.
The tables don’t quite match but they’re clean and well tended by friendly staff. Along one side of the room there’s a breakfast bar with modern, shiny stools. It’s strange how they don’t clash with the old fashioned glass fridge over in the corner but somehow it all seems to work. Even the flowers are a quirky mixture of those long curly stems and carnations.
Pop in for a slap up weekend breakfast or a quick lunch. The food is good, the portions generous and the prices fair.