Aron C. Of Thornhill Bridge Square has just written to The Bulletin Board to recommend a café-bar-restaurant that opened on the Caledonian Road.
The Spotted Dick has been open on the Cally Road since the autumn. It describes itself as a café-bar-restaurant – I would say more unpretentious bistro style – with really good home cooked food at genuinely reasonable prices. There is always a daily special at £5. It is open 7 days a week. The Aussie proprietor and chef Cameron Yorke is keen to make his contribution to improving the Cally Road environment which none of us can be against.
It is opposite Iceland at number 292, tel 7607 5577. Check out their site at: www.spotted-dick.co.uk. I recommended it.
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Kings Cross Environment 
Cameron makes really really great food, but the decor and atmosphere in this cafe are hugely depressing. If only he’d turn the lights on or put some pictures on the wall or something! It really is such a drab place to eat it pretty much takes your appetite away. Such a shame as its exactly the sort of place the Cally needs, but I fear this one won’t be open long unless something is done to lift the mood a bit (I mean its so badly lit you can’t tell if its open or closed most of the time!)
Every time I go past, it seems to be closed (i.e. the shutters are down). Do you mean that it’s actually open???
Not impressed! Took a party from work here today. I emailed in advance to let them know (as there were 11 of us), but no one replied. I called twice and no one answered. We got there and were turned away as they said they couldn’t cook for that many people! I think it’s safe to say we wont be going back – a shame as we’d like to support local businesses and the menu looked good. The excellent Cafe Salentino next door couldn’t have been more helpful – they opened up their coffee shop next door to make room for us!
Different businesses have different styles of serving their customers. With the actual experiences of those who knew this new cafe on the block, sad to say, somewhat on the negative…but nevertheless, there’s room for improvement which is not far fetch.