I'm surprised this place has such good reviews. Been in there a few times now and its fine but for someplace that Italians frequent, and is run by I am shocked at the quality. Most italians I know including my own family would drag this place when they visit.

The pasta dishes are never al dente, the sauce is good but not homemade good just the good tinned sauce. The cheese has this strange after taste thats i can not describe. However for the price you pay i dont expect more than that food is decent enough doesnt make you sick so fresh enough too.

The worst thing about this place is the grated cheese they give you to add to your pasta is that cardboard that you buy pregrated from the DRY good section in the store that never goes off and tastes like sand. It was disgusting and I dont even know how they can serve that cheap stuff to people. For goodness sake guieseppe comes every thursday buy the hard cheese from him or at least buy the "fresh" grated cheese from the fridge section of the store, not the crap that can sit in the cuboard for 10 years and never go off.

I love a good breakfast and when i lived in Worcester Park, South West London, had a favourite cafe called the 'Sunshine Cafe', a cheese omelette, chips, peas and salad was always on a large oval plate, sometimes, if i was not really that hungry, it was a challenge and with a double espresso, what a filling and satisfying breakfast, all of this for around £7.

Then i moved to Milton Keynes and found almost everything was cheaper, apart from this place, but, trying to be fare:

Pro: The place looks lovely inside, plenty of seating, large TV, chairs and settees, outside seating with umbrellas, nice. The menu is large, plenty of choice, but that for me is where the pro stops.

Cons: The portions are about 33% of the size and the prices leave a lot to be desired, i didn't see a set meal, you just pay for each item individually e.g. espresso double £2, Omelette £4.90 and salad £2.50. Thankfully there is a Greggs across the road so i could top up, £9.40 all in all for a small breakfast and I need to pop into Greggs as well to finish off, i miss my old cafe.

I wont be going here again, not for me. I have attached a photo and tried to make sure there are plenty of other objects in the shot so you can see the size for context.

Actually, thats not entirely true, i would go there again for an espresso, £2 is a good price for that and the place is nice, but they need to sort out their portion sizes before i eat there again.

Nice atmosphere, great people, but the "english" breakfast was one of the worst that I had; it wasn't cooked and the ingredients were low quality.

I just had an over priced English breakfast here. I wasn't sure if I was sitting in the storage part of the cafe but since I was served, so it was part of the sitting area. Being worried about the shelf above the area where I was sitting, I went to order my food, I was surprised when I was asked to pay £10.10 for my meal I was having. When the girl who was by far the best part of the experience as she was polite and respectful, I looked the plate, half cooked bacon, ONE toaste,some burnt mushrooms and beans and finally an egg. It was the most unEnglish ( sorry makinhup words as I go along) English breakfast I've ever had. when I was leaving, unhappy with the quality of the food and its high price (coffee was literally more expensive than coasta) more interesting wss that the lady at the cashier FORGOT to give me my change... so I paid £10.20. 10p is nothing no adays but it is a bout priciples. When I was leaving, the owner in a sarcastic way reminded me by saying thank you by shouting "Thank youuuuuuu", i thought what should I be thankful for? I will remember this place for the rest of my life and certainly not for good reasons.