We had a lovely stay at the City Inn with the exception of the breakfasts. Lovely hotel with great views over the river which at night time is particularly lovely with all the reflected lights.
However, we ordered breakfast in our room on the first day and what arrived was extremely overcooked. Potato scone was more like a biscuit, tomato was burnt on top and mushy underneath, black pudding was so crisp and bacon very fatty. We had also been sent croissants but there was nothing to spread on them by way of jam, marmalade or butter. We therefore decided to go down for breakfast the next day and my husband decided not to have anything cooked but I decided I would like bacon, tomato and a poached egg. Again the bacon was so overcooked that I could not stick the fork into it so I sent it back to the kitchen after eating my egg which was lovely. Tomato again was mushy.
My point is that if poached eggs can be done to order, while it is cooking the bacon could be done at the same time for all the time it takes to cook. Same with the tomatoes. It is not a good idea to keep things for too long on a hotplate. I would rather wait a few minutes longer for a perfectly cooked breakfast than have what I would call a sub-standard one. We have had breakfasts all over Europe and I can honestly say this was the worst one we have ever had.
Everything else about the hotel was lovely so it was a shame about the breakfasts.








