Hoxton, American - Restaurant Guide

“A fix of huevos rancheros never disappoints” at this collection of 11 all-day London ‘cafs’ (with another four across England and two pubs), whose menu mixes British greasy-spoon fare with American diner classics (pancakes, fried chicken, milkshakes) that certainly “set you up for the day”. “Basic, but with a nice buzz”, they are also “great for oldies, with half-price mains for the over 60s”.

Game for a laugh? ‘Bottomless’ (hence the name) lasagna for £20 a head is the inspo’ for owner (aka ‘Chief Béchamel Officer’) Joe Worthington’s Shoreditch-fringe newcomer, just south of Hoxton Square. It opened too late for survey feedback, but the general buzz is that for a fun cheap eat you need look no further; with the Standard’s David Ellis declaring it an “absolute hoot… a riot of a good-time” in an “American-Italian trattoria where the shtick plays within a hair’s breadth of parody” (“better than Big Mamma, just about, and not nearly so pleased with itself!”).