Wilko Cafe - Menu

We had only been in the wilko cafe for light snacks and hot drinks in the past, but whilst in the city centre we saw a poster advertising breakfast so we though... read more We had only been in the wilko cafe for light snacks and hot drinks in the past, but whilst in the city centre we saw a poster advertising breakfast so we thought we would try it. Plenty of seating available. The options were a 6 item or 8 item breakfast, I assumed I could pick the items but it was a set breakfast, no swapping of items allowed. The 8 item was £5.50, 6 item £4.50. My 3 year old was going to have a children's beans on toast but at £4 that seemed rather expensive. That may explain why there were no other children/families in the cafe during our visit. She went for a lunch box; I usually have a tea with breakfast but at £2.20 it seemed a lot when a luxury hot chocolate with all the extras was £3. Very strange pricing on some items. Hot chocolate was nice. However, the breakfast was poor. The sausages were the cheapest of cheap, rubbery and not very nice. Strangely the sausages were pink in the middle, but I believe that was the type of sausage rather than undercooked. The bacon was small, egg was OK. The hash brown was nice though. It was all hot to be fair, but just so cheap ingredients. I understand if it was a good value breakfast, but it was more expensive than Sainsbury's cafe and worse quality. I was disappointed; as mentioned we usually go Sainsbury's, or Brewers Fayre on the outskirts of Exeter which does all you can eat for £9.50 and kids go free. Exeter City centre is lacking in cafes that do a good breakfast, if Wilko upped their game they could do well. Won't be rushing back any time soon!

I had got to Exeter very early and decided to grab a quick coffee before looking around the town. I needed the toilet and asked the unlock the door so I could g... read more I had got to Exeter very early and decided to grab a quick coffee before looking around the town. I needed the toilet and asked the unlock the door so I could go before ordering my coffee. I was berated by a very rude woman who told me in no uncertain terms that it wasn’t a public toilet and was only for cafe customers which I had intended to be. She reluctantly unlocked the door but I felt so angry at her attitude that I left and went to Costa instead.