13/30 - Warwickshire Services, CV35 0AA

Overall Score 16/30

Food               3/10

Venue             3/5

Service           3/5

Value               1/5

Cleanliness     3/5

We were on our travels again.  This time our breakfast wasn't helped by the fact that there was a football match on nearby and there were coach loads of fans milling around.  The noise was certainly greater that you would expect on a normal day.  We did our best to put that aside and not let it influence our views.

This time round Mike ordered the traditional breakfast and I went for the low carb option.  It was great to see that there was an option for this but the very bread based sausage didn't really count.  I was also left feeling rather hungry by the time I'd finished.

Overall we were both underwhelmed with the quality of the breakfast itself.  It was fairly cold and the bacon was dry.  The eggs were cooked fresh but in his rush to serve us unfortunately he broke the yokes which didn't help.  The size of the serving was also unimpressive as was the comment that they were out of mushrooms and this was all they had left.  As such I had to choose another option to replace the missing mushrooms.

Otherwise it was pretty much as you'd expect for a breakfast at the services: expensive and basic.  Including toast for Mike and coffee each it came to £17.50

The service was mixed.  The young guy who served the breakfast itself was trying where as the girl on the till was too busy talking to a colleague to want to serve us.  All in all you got the feeling that they weren't prepared for the football crowd and it had thrown them off their game.

We really are going to have to do some research for places to stop before we set off next time!

16/30 Sorriso - Sorriso, Baldock Services, SG7 5TR

Overall Score 16/30

Food               4/10
Venue             3/5
Service           3/5
Value               3/5
Cleanliness     3/5

www.sorriso.co

Out on another of our trips we stopped at Baldock Services driven by the need for food.  Rather than the usual services style food we stopped at Sorriso which looked more like a traditional breakfast cafe.

We both had the breakfast on the 2 for £10 offer and were offered toast with it more times than we'd like to remember (about 4 times we think).  The order system was a little strange as there was a breakfast counter which looked as though you'd be served from it but you actually needed to go to the till.

The place was mainy clean but looked a little tired with some floor tiles missing.  Most of the tables were low coffee tables with only a few that you could sit up at to eat.

As with many cooked breakfasts this one was let down mainly by the sausages which were basically flavoured bread.  The bacon needed more cooking in our opinion and slightly more for the eggs.  The beans were cold and it didn't seem that there were many and as such the plate looked a little empty.  However it was great to have fresh mushrooms and tomato.

All in all this was a fair breakfast at a Service stop.  We felt that it may be fairly new (the website backs this up as this particular location is not shown there) and that the staff were trying but not quite getting it right.