Boston Tea Party - Eggs Royale

Been here a few times now and I just can't stop ordering the Eggs Royale with avocado, it's just so good!!

THE LOOK

This brilliant brunch is an absolute burst of colour! The vibrant yellow hollendaise sauce is poured generously over fresh, pink smoked salmon all sitting on top of half an English muffin. This is how it is as per the menu (£6.95) but I always like to add half an avocado (£1.25) to mine to lighten the dish a little more and to add a dash of colour! I adore the drinks here as the majority of them are served in mason jars! On my last visit I tried the Iced Coffee (£3.30, pic 3) served in one of those jars and to be fair if it was served in anything else I don't think it would look very appetising!

Rating: ***'

THE TASTE

This really is my favourite brunch anywhere!! My poached eggs are always runny, what more can you ask for! <3 Even though I get full just after half way through I just keep going and even lick my plate clean! Everything is freshly made, the only minor grumble I have is that my avocado was slightly under ripe once but that really is nit picking! My Iced Coffee was so refreshing, the perfect brunch drink and you really can't taste the avocado in it! I've also had the brownie here before (surprising as I'm not a brownie fan usually) but it was scrumptious! It was so gooey and moist that I couldn't wait for my Eggs Royale to arrive before I finished it.

Rating: *****

THE PLACE

I've been here a few times and sometimes you get taken to a table and other times you seat yourselves. It really is made for brunch but unfortunately you can't book between 12-2 or for a group less than 8 people. You simply order at the counter but I would really recommend one person ordering for everyone because I've ordered with a small group of friends before and even though we ordered directly after each other we were left waiting for each other. 

Rating: ***

Eis Cafe - Locoshake Take 2

Slowly working my way through the menu...

THE LOOK

As you can see these milkshakes are simply FABULOUS!! The mason jar is drowned in lashing of Betty Crocker fudge icing and then the shake it topped with luscious whipped cream, a gooey chocolate brownie and a massive toasted marshmallow! As tempting as the place may seem it definitely isn't a date place as you get in such a mess, or maybe that's just me...

Rating: *****

THE TASTE

Having already tried the PRETZEL LOCOSHAKE this one didn't quite measure up. This one is still AMAZING but slightly too sickly for me. The brownie was the perfect consistency, so soft and chewy <3 My recommendation would be to save the marshmallow til last because once you've eaten that it's game over! The shake itself is pretty similar to the other one but still delicious maybe even slightly chocolatier! 

Rating:  ****

THE PLACE

Please see the other post for details! 

One point I must add is that they do NOT do some of the things they have on their Facebook page!!

Island Bar - Cocktails

Absolutely love this little bar, been so much recently, just can't get enough!!

THE LOOK

Each cocktail here is completely unique! Picture 1: Birthday shots. We went here for my housemates 21st and were given these shots for FREE, no idea what they were but they look incredible. Picture 2: Fab. I have had this cocktail a few times and each time it has looked different: the amount of ice changes, the cream differs and sometimes you get sprinkles sometimes not... Picture 3: Blue Hawaii. I adore the colour of this cocktail, it is the perfect Hawaiian blue and the strawberry really makes it pop. However, some of our friends ordered this cocktail after I did and each time it was served in a different glass. Cocktail 4: Passionfruit Bellini, by this point I couldn't think of another cocktail I wanted to try so asked the barman for something sweet and cheap and here's what he produced! A much classier look compared to the others but still the perfect bellini.

Rating: ****

THE TASTE

The shots were surprisingly nice, I though since they were free they'd be so weak but they were lovely and sweet. We drank them through the fire with a straw but you have to be quick so that it doesn't melt! The Fab cocktail does what it say on the tin, it tastes just like the icelolly, there's really nothing else I can say!! I was a bit disappoint in the Blue Hawaii, all I could taste was pineapple and it seemed basically non-alcoholic, not one I would have again. The passionfruit bellini was one of my favourites, the barman asked my favourite flavour and used that syrup for it so it was very personal to my taste! A sweet cocktail but not too sweet. My absolute favourite cocktail here, which unfortunately I didn't manage to take a photo of, is the COCO-POPS cocktails. It is so easy to drink!! I think I had at least 2/3 last time I went! It's literally like drinking the chocolatey milk! 

Rating: ****'

THE PLACE

Island Bar is the perfect little TIKI BAR. The main bar is downstairs and the Tiki Bar is upstairs, which is only open at selected times. The Bar has a different menu during the week, which I personally think is better that the weekend one! In the corner there is a games console so ADULTS CAN BE KIDS AGAIN and play games or simply get up and dance to the music from the in house DJ. It's the perfect place and very versatile; you can either go for a casual drink or get dressed up and party the night away!

Rating: *****