Relish

Nice little cafe and conveniently located. Very impressed that the staff have learning disabilities (hats off to the owner who gave these opportunities) yet are still professional and have great customer service. The food is lovely and reasonably priced. Have tried all their jacket potato options and omelettes and all are lovely. The salads are fresh and nicely seasoned. The cakes are also nice! They also give discount to NHS staff and probably council workers too. Nice and clean. I’m a regular visitor and will continue to visit!

This cafe occupies a corner of Barking Learning Centre (an "up market" version of Barking Library) and is staffed mostly by local people who have learning disabilities, and are given training. The chef is professional and provides a good a la carte selection, as well as daily lunchtime specials. My favourite is the Relish Burger (comes as beef or veggie), but does tend to put too much salt on the chips (what any American cousins reading this would mistakenly call "fries"), so ask him to hold off (there are salt cellars on the tables!), which comes with a decent salad garnish. Not sure of opening hours, but closes mid afternoon. It can be booked for evening functions. Prices £-££.