Harty's Diner - Norwich (with update)

61 Heigham Street

Norwich

NR2 4TG

Opening times

Monday - Friday

6am - 1.45pm

Saturday

7am - 12.30pm

Well done Harty's! Food score 10/10, the 1st 10 I have ever given and they deserve it. Nothing on the plate could have been improved on in my opinion, pure perfection!!!

Harty's has been on Heigham Street for many years and they refuse to let standards slip.

The Cafe is light, airy, spacious and clean.

On a recent visit I discovered the old tables and chairs had been replaced with new ones. 

Every table is fully armed for a full on condiment attack when the food arrives.

These are the set breakfast options.  Mushrooms, bubble & squeak, black pudding and hash browns are available as extras too.

A good strong mug of tea while you wait for the food.

Bread & butter was not mentioned on the menu but it arrived anyway, bonus!

The best fried bread I have ever tasted!!

Back in the late 80's I passed Harty's Diner on Heigham Street as I walked to Project 86, home of YTS. I friend of mine recently mentioned what a cracking fry up they cooked so the time had come to find out for myself..

Upon entering - The cafe is light and airy, towards the rear is the counter where you place your order. The food on offer is displayed on a large menu above the counter. 8/10

Service - The friendly staff take your order at the counter and bring the food to your table when it is ready. I was asked if I would like beans or tomatoes, before I had time to think about it they said have both if you want, that is the kind of service I like to see! 9/10

Contents - 2 sausages, 2 bacon, 2 fried eggs, fried bread, beans & tinned tomatoes. Although not mentioned on the menu bread & butter arrived too. 8/10

Presentation - It looked amazing when it arrived, everything sat nicely together and you could see how good it was going to be. 9/10

The food - Perfection at last!! Perfectly cooked juicy pork sausages, perfectly cooked tasty bacon, perfect fried eggs,the best fried bread I have ever tasted - crunchy but not soaked in oil, plum tomatoes that were intact and not flooding the whole plate, great tasting beans and lovely soft white bread and butter. In my opinion this place has perfected cooking the fry up, they shouldn't change a thing! 10/10

Value for money - When it tastes this good £5.50 is exceptional value for money! 9/10

Veggie option - Yes

Overall - Next time you fancy a fry up pop along to Harty's, you are in for a real treat!. Other cafe's should close for an hour and pop down to Harty's for inspiration.

Of all the Cafe's I have tried so far Harty's is my favourite, go and find out for yourself you wont be disappointed. 9/10

---Update---

I returned on 31/12/2010 to see if the food was as good second time round. It was to my delight just as good and I also noticed some extras that can be added to the standard fry up for 80p each, these were.. Mushrooms, Black pudding, Bubble & squeak & hash browns.

On my return visit everything was as good as it had been before, this time I had mushrooms as an extra and they were delicious.

The perfect cake to celebrate turning 40 based on the amazing Harty's Diner fry up!!

I just had to go back and try the bubble & squeak and it (along with everything else on the plate) was delicious as always!