The Heaton food scene has definitely come on in leaps and bounds since I lived there as a student some 10 years ago, so it was nice to finally get back and try one of the places on offer. Incidentally, the 'Naked' part of their name relates to the food ethos of serving up clean, organic, health-concious food, and not the dress code...
A nice setting but do have to agree with the previous review, they would benefit from having larger premises as we were fortunate to get the last remaining table for brunch - I guess this indicates the place is popular - but it did feel slightly cramped. The table next to ours was tucked into a window space next to the door which meant people had to squeeze past my chair to get in/out and also for the waitress to bring their order. Not a major problem, but still slightly distracting when you're trying to eat.
Very pleasant service from the people behind the counter, the breakfast menu was particularly tempting... but we arrived just after 11:30am when they switch to the day menu! So an all-day breakfast offering wouldn't go amiss in my gluttonous opinion. One other customer was tucking into a couple of pancakes, they did look pretty darn amazing, so next time I manage to go back I think I know what I'll be after first.
Our food was fresh and rather good. I went for the beef meatballs with corgetti (courgette made into spaghetti, a new one for me!) and my friend had the sweet potato frittata. Both came promptly, but for the price I would've liked a little bit more 'stuff'; my friend's frittata came with a couple of asparagus spears and a bit of salad, the plate looked a little sparse. Having said that, we both cleared up our food with no complaints.
Will be back at some point, although I do want to try out other brunch places on offer in Heaton too - but the Naked Deli has set the bar pretty high. read more