Breakfast is a versatile meal. Some have yoghurt and a little granola, maybe some cereal, others enjoy eggs and toast, maybe with salmon and avocado if they’re feeling fancy.
Then there’s a traditional full English breakfast. It’s not for the faint hearted, it’s packed, stacked and greasy, but it’s absolutely delightful and sometimes nothing else can touch it.
We’re talking sausages, eggs, bacon, toast, beans, mushrooms, hash browns and all the extras from fried bread to black pudding. We’re big fans (and yes, we’ll have Scottish and Irish versions, too).
You can’t eat it every day, but, when nothing else will do, here’s where you can tuck into a top full English breakfast in Abu Dhabi.
Appaloosa
Grilling and frying up a full English, Appaloosa has you covered all-day long. The sports bar is home to an English breakfast deal that’s perfect if you’ve had a long lie in. On the plate you’ll get your choice of eggs, bacon. Sausages, hash browns, black pudding, grilled tomato mushrooms, baked beans and fried toast, and you can order it until 9pm.
Dhs59. Daily noon-9pm. Marriott Hotel Al Forsan Abu Dhabi, Khalifa City (02 201 4131).
Circle Café
Circle Café is a top place for breakfast, with an unlimited deal on weekends. If you’re looking to get stuck into a proper English breakfast we recommend ordering the Big Circle Breakfast that comes with grilled steak, eggs, mushrooms, bans tomato and toast. Okay, it’s not traditional but it’ll definitely do the job.
Dhs68. Various locations including Saadiyat Island and Khalifa City, www.circle-cafe.com.
Cove Beach
Most people come to this snazzy beach club to soak up the sun, enjoy some beverages and blow up their Instagram with pictures that could make most people instantly jealous. On the food front Two.0 has opened at the venue and serves daily breakfast including, you guessed it, a full English breakfast. On the plate you’ll find bacon, hash browns, grilled tomatoes, sautéed mushrooms, baked beans and sunny side up eggs. All you could want really, although if you eat all that you might sink in the infinity pool.
Dhs70. Daily 9am-11.30am. Cove Beach, Makers District, Reem Island www.covebeachabudhabi.com.
Easy Tiger
Easy Tiger’s full English breakfast isn’t for the faint-hearted, or the small stomached for that matter. Put in an order in advance and you can get the most epic cooked breakfast in town. With sausages, bacon, fried eggs, toast, beans, hash browns, mushrooms and more, all the bases are covered and then some. The large version is meant to feed four people (though it still seems like a lot) and costs Dhs150. A smaller version costs Dhs80. The choice is yours.
From Dhs80. Dailly noon-4am. Al Ain Palace Hotel, Sheikh Khalifa Street (02 678 0522).
Jones the Grocer
If you make your way to this trendy Aussie café, you can still tuck into a proper full English breakfast. Order a traditional cooked breakfast and you’ll get eggs whichever way you want on sourdough, beef sausages, beef bacon, sautéed mushrooms, baby spinach, vine tomatoes and home-made hash browns. What else could you really need?
Dhs68. Various locations including Khalidiya and Al Mamoura www.jonesthegrocer.com.
Porters English Pub
There are a lot of reasons to like this charming two-level pub and the big breakfast is one of them. Make your way to the Grand Millenium Al Wahda veune any day of the week and you can tuck into an all-day breakfast all the way through until 2am. On the plate you’ll get veal Cumberland sausages, grilled beef bacon, two fried eggs, baked beans, hash browns, mushrooms and wholemeal bread.
Dhs62. Daily noon-2am. Grand Millennium Al Wahda, Hazza Bin Zayed Street (02 495 3936).
Tashas
There’s plenty on the menu for a healthy start to the day at this trendy spot, but you can also enjoy the works. Look for ‘the classic’ on the menu and you’ll get two eggs cooked how you want, beef bacon, two lamb sausages, mushrooms and tomato, plus a side of toast, just for good measure.
Dhs78. Daily 8am-11pm. tashas, Marsa al Bateen (02 445 0890).
The Coffee Club
If you’ve got a big appetite and you are in the mood for a full English breakfast then The Coffee Club is a good options. The popular chain offers the ‘big breakfast’ that comes with Cumberland sausages, veal bacon, eggs, cherry tomatoes, button mushroom, sourdough toast and a hash brown and it’s a right belly-buster.
Dhs67. Various locations including Yas Mall and Abu Dhabi Mall www.thecoffeeclubme.com.
The Retreat
It’s all on the plate at The Retreat if only a full English will do and you have an insatiable appetite. Head along and you can tuck in to all the big guns including sausages, bacon, hash browns, black pudding, mushroom, eggs cooked the way you like them (might as well be fried though right?) as well as tomato and baked beans too. Not bad huh? Maybe it’s best to skip lunch after this one…
Dhs68. Daily noon-3pm. The Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort and Spa, Sas Al Nakhl (02 616 9999).
The Sportsman’s Arms
The Sportsman’s Arms deals in Irish-American food and the breakfast here is labelled as the full Irish. We’re not going to argue when the plate is piled with your choice of egs, beef bacon, beef sausage, baked beans, grilled tomato, mushrooms and hash browns, served with your choice of rye or sunflower bread.
Dhs85. Sat-Wed 8am-midnight, Thu-Fri 8am-1am. Breakfast from 8am-11.30am. The Sportsman’s Arms, Zayed Sports City (02 447 1066).
The Third Place
Make you way along to The Third Place and you can tuck into a top English breakfast. If you’ve got the appetite you can tuck into the big breakfast that comes with beef bacon, beef sausages, eggs, grilled tomatoes, baked beans and hash browns all served with a basket of toast. Plus you can also enjoy a coffee or tea and a glass of orange juice complimentary with the breakfast.
Dhs70. Daily 8am-10.30pm. The Third Place, Corniche Road (02 681 1877).
