The Pot

So I arrived mega early for my passport appointment (I saved money doing so, so didn’t mind that much)
After a 3 hour coach journey I was feeling the urge for a breakfast coming on! So I pulled up my fav app. you guessed right Unilocal of course! ;) in search of a near by café.
The pot was the first one that showed on the search and with a decent review next to it’s name and only being 100 metres away from my location it was the winner (after all who wants to walk miles for breakfast!)
The café is located in a western arcade type row of shops which was nice, as the pervious review stated it isn’t your every day greasy spoon café but at the same time it still has that homely none chain café feel which was a welcome surprise.
The lady behind the counter told me to grab a table and she would be over to take my order. I went with «the big one» which was everything on the breakfast menu pretty much and I did remember not to say «full English» as I was in Wales after all haha.
The café was pretty full and everyone seemed like locals to the café because the staff were chatting away happily with 90% of the people that were eating in.
The food was lovely and arrived on my table really quick but you could tell nothing was rushed, if I had to pick a fault and this is only me being really picky it’s the bread they served with the breakfast I always go for thick bread but this was medium (told ya I was being picky).
But that takes nothing away from it being a really lovely local café with lovely staff if your ever in Newport and need breakfast make sure you drop in. I will be going again if I’m ever in Newport or passing through :)

Proper old fashioned café, a bit too nice to be called a greasy spoon, complete with plenty of regular customers who are on first name terms with the waitresses/​chef and a middle aged pot washer with a dark quiff, pot belly and Elvis t-​shirt. Very busy which makes for nice ambience even if it means you’re ravenous by the time your bacon and eggs arrive (at least that means everything’s cooked fresh to order.) I ordered a big breakfast which included a big mug of tea/​fresh coffee for £5.50, after waiting 30 minutes for it to arrive (it was busy) the toast was perfect, nice thick white slices and not overdone, the fried eggs were also lovely and the portion of bacon, egg, black pudding, sausages, beans and tomato was enough to fill me up until the evening (and I’m a 21 year old 6′ male). OK, so they can do a good fry up and a nice cup of tea, so should any half decent café, however they also had plenty of wholesome, home cooked dishes on the menu like steak pie and the desserts, including bread and butter pudding, were only £2; unfortunately their big breakfast had defeated me. In short: a relic and a gem.