Suggestion: A bit of research or a vacation project. Query local sources as to English Breakfast ingredients. Report back. I now have 10 recipes for banana bread. I expect there may be 100 recipes for 'English Breakfast'.

I absolutely adore a good English breakfat for about the first 3 days and then it becomes a little hard to take.
However, since many hotels and B&Bs include it in their rates, its a good way to defray the high prices of London.
Susi36, you stayed at a place that charged 23 pounds for breakfast? That is about 46 dollars!
I am sorry, I cant bring myself to call the "quid" or pound "sterling" It sounds so pretentious!

I found a review of the 50 Best London Breakfasts. It was dated 5 Oct 2002.
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/l...=5&dir=499
Seriously.
M

I just went to www.enjoyment.independent.co.uk and typed in find "50 best london breakfasts" and the article appeared in a group of 13.
M

would it be weird to order english breakfast at a london resturant at, say noon? anyon here have any idea if is this menu item is served/eaten all day ?

My recollection is that the Stanhope Arms, a pub on Gloucester Road across from the Underground station, advertises a full English breakfast all day. I suspect other venues offer the same.

We never use Priceline - too expensive & not great choices... Re 23 pound breakfast - YE GADS!!!! Forgot, as one reply stated - many of the supermarkets have cafes - and they really are quite good - Sainsbury's, Tesco, Safeway - and "all-day breakfast" is an option - as well as make up your own combination depending on how hungry you are. Our "last meal" in England on every trip is a stop at a Tesco just before we get on the M25 toward Heathrow - to purchase biscuits, sweets, and have a final sausage or two!!!

Chevychasen: An all-day breakfast is really easy to find, though more frequently found at the lower end of the market. Certainly pubs and cafes are likely to offer it on their menus and it's not considered at all unusual.

Personally I've never really understood the way some people think that certain food should only be eaten at certain times of day. After all, what could be better for breakfast than cold curry or pizza!?

"English breakfasts are something I'd never do, a true one is greasy, and tastes cheap. "

Exactly! I was curious as to what the attraction for the OP was - especially if they are from the US (where even the worst full American breakfast is better than a traditional English breakfast). Give me fresh FL oj, two over easy, VA style ham, farmers sausage and rolled country biscuits any day!!!!

bardo1: What absolute rot! Both 'American' and 'English' breakfasts are versions of the same thing, and as such where you choose to eat it is going to directly affect the quality. Possibly the only difference lies in the fact that we often include baked beans but don't have pancakes or chuck a load of syrup over it.

Get over yourself.

Phew! Sorry, but I was a bit irate when I posted that message... Still am, in fact!

<i>&quot;VA style ham&quot;</i>

Auck!!! It's so incredibly salty! Tastes like eating 4 tablespoons of salt right out of the shaker!

We like to have one full English breakfast when we're in England - Just like we like to have one good ole American breakfast when we're on vacation in the US. Both are way too unhealthy to eat everyday, but they are a nice treat on vacation.

mmmmmmmmmm .... kippers.

The best meat market in my city, which has wonderful KY country ham, says if the ham is too salty, it is too old. It has been hanging so long that the salt has worked its way into the ham.

Suzi,
Do check with your hotel and be sure that breakfast is not included.
As we are retired and on a fixed income, price is important to us and I search dilligently for something within our budget.
We stayed at a lovely small hotel - the Darlington Hyde Park and one of the reasons we chose this (besides the 76 pound rate for a double) is that breakfast was included.
They did have an extensive buffet - with juices, fruits, cereals etc if you were in a hurry but we ordered a cooked English breakfast and it was perfect. We did order the bacon done well as we prefer it more cooked. We had 4 minute boiled eggs, sausage, bacon (crisp!), mushrooms, tomatoes, and wheat toast and our beverages. Do have an English breakfast - it will set you up for the day and it's a lovely experience.
Have a wonderful stay.

I asked the same question earlier this year for planned trip to London In March.One of the places recommended to me was &quot;Balans&quot; located on Old Compton street in Soho.We ended up having a Full English Breakfast here twice.The regular price was &pound;5.75 but they were having a 2 for 1 special at the time which we took advantage of.The quality was good enough that we would have eaten here even at full price.
Here is a link to them that has a copy of their menu.
http://www.balans.co.uk/soho.html#

For once, the health-conscious me and the thrifty me are in complete agreement: twenty-three pounds for a heart attack on a plate? No, thanks!

One of the best things about UK are the great full English Breakfasts...SOME people, including my husband, feel!!!. Outside of London it almost ALWAYS is included...and quite often IN London. We have traveled the world on our own, had lots of experiences, and lived overseas....but have, on occasion eaten at Garfunkels and did fine. We have no intention of being snobs about it, as so many people do with eating out in general. (this sometimes reflects less traveled people!)

Suzi36: You described the breakfast perfectly, and it seems very few of us have answered your question directly...sorry.!!!
Threads on Fodors have a way of getting off the subject &gt Am sure you are staying at a very nice hotel, and then breakfast usually is not included. Will you be out in the countryside , Cotswolds etc on this trip?...you'd easily get your nice breakfasts included at the places you stay.

Balans also has a location on Kensington High Street - close to High Street Kensington tube.