Riland Cafe

Breakfast Review:
Its stinks of cooking fat, but its a greasy spoon, they all do. The clientele is pretty much exclusively workmen, (I didn’t see any women), all of which are looking for a huge, fried breakfast.
I had cycled for about 20 miles and was starving so I went for the jumbo breakfast. It cost me £5.00 which included a mug of coffee or toast.
After paying the lady that seemed to be the cook too, just about 5 minutes later, she came over to my table with a huge plate, a mug of coffee and a side plate of 2 rounds of thick toast. The plate had 2 sausages, 2 bacon an egg, a round of fried bread, black pudding, mushrooms, about half a can of beans AND tinned tomatoes with the toast. I was starving but gave up.
It was then that i was told that after the ‘Jumbo’ breakfast, they had the ‘Mega’, which cost £10.00 and was double of what I ordered!
The ingredients were all cheap, but still very tasty.

If you’re a calorie counter then look away now.
This isn’t the place to enjoy a refined breakfast. You’ll struggle for instance if you fancy a quick blueberry muffin and latte before a power walk in Sutton Park. If however, you just fancy a Full English in all its greasy glory then The Riland Road Café is the place to come. I just like to keep things as traditional as possible, going for a plate of the finest bacon, sausage, beans, mushrooms and fried eggs. The steaming vessel of tea and plate of doorstep chunks of bread and butter on the side just make things brilliant.
This is my favourite part of the Riland Road Café experience — the quiet time just before the feast. I sit back, grab one of the complimentary papers, nibble on the bread with proper butter, and glance occasionally into the kitchen waiting in anticipation for the fried flavours.
TIP: Don’t drive here unless yoiu can park a few roads away and walk in.

Four sausages, four slices of bacon, three eggs, two slices of black pudding, two hash browns, two slices of fried bread, three slices of toast, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms and a large mug of tea. That, my friends, is the Mega Breakfast — eat like a fat king for a tenner.
It’s this calorific plate which sets apart Riland from the rest. People who achieved the rare feat of polishing off the lot used to get a T shirt — it’s what the ladies like. Other than that, things are pretty much what you’d expect in terms of menu and appearance. No bad thing.
Ironically for a place dealing in mega proportions, perhaps it’s the little things which make the largest difference. A good selection of newspapers and meal deals which add a soft drink to your breakfast baguette could be what makes you give them your business instead of a local chain pub.
Downsides are that Riland Road is an absolute nightmare to drive along, with parking even worse. The café offers three off-​street spaces, but negotiating them is its own pain. Throw in a funny junction at one end plus double-​decker buses and soon enough, walking seems like a good idea. And to be honest, if you’re eating the Mega Breakfast, walking is what you should be doing.