Cafe Giardino - Crawley

I was rudely rushed to place my order before even looking at the menu. We ordered a vegetarian breakfast and a full English at £9.95 each. I had to pay extra just for a splash of oat milk in my tea. The food was cold and portions were small, with minimal toppings and overcooked eggs. My husband's meal was burnt and cold, but at least he got more items than mine. We paid £25.90 for two disappointing breakfasts and rude service. If we wanted ketchup, we had to get it from a pump dispenser like at McDonald's. Overall, a terrible experience for our first visit to Crawkey. We will definitely not be returning.

I ordered scrambled eggs with salmon and a sausage sandwich at this restaurant. However, when my order arrived, it was incorrect - I received two fried eggs on toast with the salmon served on the side. When I informed the server of the mistake, they just shrugged their shoulders at the chef. My dining companion mentioned that the bread was dry and that the sauce was located at the other end of the restaurant instead of being provided in sachets or pots on the tables. Overall, we were very disappointed with the experience and felt that it was overpriced.

I went to County shopping center in Crawley and decided to stop by Cafe Giardino for some coffee and cake. The shopping center's website mentioned that they accept blue light cards, but when I showed the cashier the webpage, they refused to honor it. The cashier's response was "don't blame me." The coffee and cake were decent, nothing outstanding but still enjoyable.

Awful! I ordered a Full English . This basically was a sea of watery beans with the remaining ingredients thrown on top. All food was pre-cooked and re-heated on griddle microwave very quickly. None of the food had any taste, totally bland and needed sauce and salt to even be palatable. This suggests the very cheapest ingredients were used. The reheated scrambled egg was hard and horrid. The mushrooms, swimming amongst the beans were tasteless and probably from a tin. The single rasher of bacon was not nice from being reheated. Even the toast was horrid: I expect to butter my own toast with real butter. The toast was placed on top of the beans and had been slathered in something not butter, probably margarine without being asked. The hash brown was swimming in oil and dumped in the beans and was not nice. I left half of this overpriced breakfast, a total waste of £9.99 and would advise against eating there. This is not my first poor experience there, a few years ago I had a similar experience. I hoped they had improved, but obviously not.

First time going here, I had the chicken, bacon and sweetcorn panini with a strawberry milkshake and slice of chocolate cake. I thoroughly enjoyed my meal! My partner had tuna melt panini with a strawberry smoothly which she thoroughly enjoyed. Staff are very friendly and it’s a very nice place to eat at