A popular five-star rated café in Sutton has been named in the Good Food Awards list for a second year running.
LA Café, on Sutton High Street, first opened two years ago in May 2021, serving a mix of French and British cuisine.
The café, situated in the arch of the railway tunnel in close proximity to Sutton station, features a vibrant and colourful décor with modern touches.
The menu features a continuously changing soup selection, with different daily specials which, according to owner Ankur Baria, “never get repeated".
The café also serves a range of coffees from Gorgeous Coffee, along with a range of baked goods, desserts and breakfast rolls made in-house.
Some of the café’s most popular dishes include its breakfast baps served in pretzel bread buns with a ”signature” truffle sauce, and French-style scrambled eggs.
Since opening in 2021, the café has received 572 Google reviews with a 5-star rating from its customers.
According to owner Ankur Baria, some café regulars have become well-known to staff members for their long-standing loyalty to the café.
Ankur said: “We have some regular guests who come almost everyday and have the same thing.
“We have a customer who comes to eat our spicy chicken sandwich almost every day for years, he must have eaten this sandwich at least 300-400 times so far.
“We also have a guest who drinks between three and four flat white coffees on an average every day and some times he will end up having seven coffees in a day.”
LA Café was one of three cafés in south London named in this year's Good Food Awards for 2024, and this year marks the second year in a row that the restaurant has been named for this award.
The Good Food Awards first began in 2022 and aim to celebrate “culinary excellence” from food businesses across the UK, from cafés and restaurants to takeaways.
LA Café owner Ankur Baria said: “We are absolutely thrilled to be a winner for this year as well, making it an extraordinary achievement for two years in a row.
“We are all about quality from start to end.
“We don’t compromise on ingredients, service or on our standards.
“We have always been proud of the top end quality of the food and service we deliver to our customers and a lot of it has come from word of mouth and consistency we pioneer in everything we do.”
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