Spring

C., said that we should go to Spring for their excellent breakfast meals when we were discussing new places to go to. I thought this was a great idea while I was on holiday so we agreed to meet up. C., also managed to wrangle H., and L., into it as well. This was the third time in four days, I had gone out to breakfast in the city. The other two times were Plum Tucker and Cornershop Cafe, I was officially part of the living dead at that stage.

I woke up that morning feeling like absolute shit, as I'm definitely not a morning person and for some reason, I had decided we should all get there at 9am. I was a little bit late in getting there as I had taken the train in, due to my hazy knowledge of adequate parking spaces in the city as well as peak hour traffic. I saw H., and C., there first and they both said that upon waking, they had both regretted agreeing to have breakfast so early as well. It was one of those cold mornings when you wake up early and you just wanted to call off whatever you have planned to stay in bed a little longer.

Spring is an absolutely gorgeous, gorgeous place though. H., said that she knew friends of hers who had held their wedding reception here and I can see why.

Pretty pretty

They have a quick stop/tuck shop style window at the front where all the business people were waiting for morning coffees and fresh juices. Spring also has quick lunches from here too according to their website.

Pit stop!

I quite liked the decoration of this place, very bright and slightly fancy sorta place.

Perfect little brunch spot

I liked the gate

Where we were sitting

I didn't like our flower arrangement, there were much better ones at the tables nearby to us.

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I also liked these decorative plates? It looks like something my dad would have in his house from a garage sale.

Not sure why I liked this

Here is their menu. It doesn't seem to be updated very frequently though as there are some bits that seem to be missing and some descriptions are different to what actually appear. I've included their drinks menu as it wasn't available online, they also have changing daily flavours.

Macaron frappe?

All the usual suspects

I ordered the Miss Berry drink, but received the watermelon special. It had apple, mint, watermelon and lime wedges, it was very light and refreshing.

Mint!

C., ordered the watermelon special but recieved the Miss Berry drink that I wanted and we both had no idea until L., arrived and we had both drank our entire drinks. L., ordered the watermelon special as well and was wondering why she had the same drink as I did, if I had the Miss Berry drink. The Miss Berry drink was quite sweet and I remember when I had a taste of it, that I wanted that drink over my own.

Berries!

H., ordered the cherry haven which was made out of cherries, raspberries, lemon and yoghurt. I think it sounded more impressive than it actually tasted because it seemed like a thick, slightly bland yoghurt rather than a smoothie.

Hmm

I got the farmhouse breakfast, toasted sourdough, wilted spinach, mushrooms, a choice of eggs which I had poached, bacon, tomato, sausage and then I ordered a side of bacon hash browns. The bacon hash browns were absolutely delicious, super crunchy with a soft potato mash and bacon flecked interior. My next favourite thing was the sausage also closely followed by the bacon. The veggies sorta meshed into one, I wasn't particularly fussed about them.

A big brekkie by any other name

I swear sometimes I enjoy popping poached eggs more than I actually enjoy the meal.

Pop pop!

L., ordered the brioche french toast with apple, cinnamon sugar and syrup. The french toast was lovely! Sweet, eggy, fluffy and very rich from the use of the brioche and the tartness of the granny smith slices worked very well with it as well. I think L., used only a small portion of the sugar syrup that was offered. 

Jumbo slices

H., ordered the veggie breakfast, wilted spinach, avocado, mushrooms, tomato, grilled haloumi, sourdough and a choice of eggs, which she got scrambled as you saw. She said the haloumi was quite good and she managed to eat everything barring the crusts of the toast as her braces are still stopping her.

Solid

Spring:
Atmosphere: 8, quite a pretty little location. There is a really nice little window nook that would be ideal for curling up with a book in. 
Service: 6, happy cause they split the bill. I can't think of anything else particularly noteworthy.
Food: 6, pretty standard food, nothing was particularly bad but at the same time nothing was excellent. The pricing was a bit expensive as well. Its a lovely place for a catch up though, especially for a quick coffee in a lovely setting.