Ullapool
The Seaforth bar and restaurant is located in the centre of Ullapool
close to the ferry terminal. The All day breakfast, as it is advertised, is only
served between 0900 and 1200. I think you should probably change the name of
this. The restaurant/bar has plenty of room in it but it is still cosy with a
nice open fire near the bar, which is stocked with plenty of whisky, enough to
make anyone thirsty. We were seated immediately and the food arrived within
15 minutes.
The breakfast was served with toast, but there was no choice of brown
or white. There was also no choice of eggs. The fried egg that was served was
over cooked as the egg wasn’t runny and it was probably cooked at too high a
heat as the bottom of the egg was crispy. The breakfast appears grilled but
it only comes with one sausage which was a bit tough however the black
pudding was good. One slice of chargrilled bacon is served with the breakfast
which tasted excellent, it’s just a shame there was only one rasher though.
Mushrooms and a grilled slice of tomato was also on the plate along with
stingiest amount of beans ever seen on a breakfast. The beans also looked
like they were re-heats as they were clumpy with no bean juice. Finally the
tattie scone was the nicest we have tried with a dash of pepper on the top to
enhance its flavour. There is also the option to add a lorne sausage for £1
extra but we only noticed this option once it was too late to order it.
The cost of this breakfast is £6.25 or £7.25 with the lorne sausage.
Tea or coffee costs £1.50 extra which takes the total to £8.75.
The breakfast contains quite a lot of ingredients and is only missing
haggis, the choice of how you would like your eggs cooked and a choice of
white or brown toast in order to be eligible to achieve 5 stars. However the
quantity of the ingredients leaves you hungry as there was only one rasher of
bacon and one sausage where usually you get two, there was also very few beans.
The breakfast gained points for having a tomato and mushrooms, although there
was very few mushrooms. If you remove the toast from the plate, the breakfast
looks really small, and it was, as we were all still hungry. There were some
beautiful flavours coming from the bacon and tattie scone but the over cooked
egg, clumpy beans, tough sausage and small portions lose this breakfast
another point. If the portions were bigger and all the food was cooked to
perfection then this breakfast would easily score 4 stars but it only scores
3 out of 5 for now.
In summary this is a breakfast that has some of the best cooked
produce we have tried and also some of the worst cooked – eggs, beans and
sausage. The amount of food on the plate also lets this breakfast down quite
substantially as this could have been one of the nicest we have tried.
Recommendations for the Owner
to achieve Full Scottish Breakfast Greatness:
(In order of priority)
1. Increase the portion size of bacon, sausages, beans and mushrooms.
2. Improve the cooking of the fried egg.
3. Improve the quality of the sausage.
4. Give the customer the option of how they would like their eggs
cooked.
5. Add haggis to the menu of add on options.
6. Give the customer the option of brown or white bread.
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Breakfast served at times
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9 - 12 am Mon - Sun
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Breakfast advertised as
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All day breakfast
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Price
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£6.25
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Breakfast contents
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Fried Egg
1 Sausage
1 Rasher of bacon
Black Pudding
Tomato slice
Tattie scone
Beans
Mushrooms
Toast
Lorne Sausage £1 Extra
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Tea/Coffee Included
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No
Tea/Coffee £1.50
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How cooked
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Grilled
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Service Time Queuing
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0
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Service Time Waiting for Order
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15 mins
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Star Score
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3/5
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Points deducted for
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No choice of eggs or bread
No haggis
Cooking quality
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Website
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