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A fry-up at four in the morning, opposite Liverpool Street, from a caff that has been going since 1953.1
Why go
Harden's describes it plainly: This 24-hour caff has been serving up Great British fare to hungry Londoners since 1953.
Time Out's listing adds the shape of it, A 24-hour café opposite Liverpool Street station, serving classic breakfast and brunches
, open 24 hours a day, daily.12
Nobody has written about the cooking. Harden's own page says the venue has not yet gathered enough feedback for our editors to write it up
, which is a fact about the survey rather than about the kitchen.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: the fry-up, at whatever hour brought you here.
- Order: a milkshake, which the cafe pushes alongside the coffee.3
- Avoid: judging it as a restaurant. It is a caff with a 24-hour licence.
What locals & experts say
- Harden's:
This 24-hour caff has been serving up Great British fare to hungry Londoners since 1953.
1 - Time Out's listing:
A 24-hour café opposite Liverpool Street station, serving classic breakfast and brunches.
2
Good to know
- Where: 176 Bishopsgate EC2M 4NQ, across from Liverpool Street station.
- Hours: 24 hours a day, every day.2
- Price: Time Out put a meal for two with hot drinks and service at around £30. That is a 2015 figure.2
- Booking: the venue takes tables, though walking in is the normal move.
Verdict
could-visit — A British caff opposite Liverpool Street that has been open since 1953 and does not shut, which is a real and rare thing in the City. Harden's calls it a 24-hour caff serving Great British fare; Time Out's listing puts a meal for two with hot drinks and service at around £30, though that figure is from 2015. Fry-ups, eggs Benedict, pies and salt beef sandwiches at four in the morning is the offer. It sits mid-ladder because nobody has published a word about how any of it tastes, including Harden's, whose own page says it has not gathered enough feedback to write the place up. Go for the hour, not for the cooking, until somebody establishes the cooking.