Broochels Cafe

Having walked past this café many times on the way into Oldbury, this morning I finally got round to going and sampling their sandwiches. With it being my girlfriend’s day off and with us both having slight hangovers, we thought two sausage and egg sarnies would sort us right out.
The café is situated just in the shadow of the M5 in amongst a lot of garages, scrapyards and factories. It always seems busy with vans and lorries parked up outside. This morning was no exception, with some people eating in and others waiting around for orders.
My order was made quickly and the woman behind the counter, although rushed off her feet, was friendly and polite (sausage and egg costs £2.05)
As for the food, once I’d rushed the sandwiches home, I’m sorry to say I was a little disappointed. The egg was fresh and cooked to perfection, but the bread was very thin which led to it dissolving and making eating a bit messy. I also forgot to ask for any sauce and wasn’t asked if I wanted any, so it was lucky we had some ketchup in the fridge. If they had thicker bread (they serve baguettes, so maybe that’s the way forward?) then it would probably have got 4 stars.

Good clean café with basic food menu, upmarket version of the greasy spoon, slightly more expensive than the Green Olive up the road but food not as good. In all, good enough to eat in but not my first choice, would rather take an extra two minutes walk. expensive cag