Went for a ‘casual business lunch’. Burgers looked great, Nicoise salad had a great tasting piece of tuna, but 5 capers, 4 olives, 2 new potatoes, a couple of runner beans and only the hard crunchy bits of lettuce didn’t leave me satisfied. It gets really noisy, so you can’t really have a proper conversation.
One thing that would stop me from ever going back there was the service though; we were served by a girl who was obviously determined to make us leave within the hour and kept drilling us for our orders with a look on her face as if she would drag us out of there by our collars if we stayed a minute too long.

Food and atmosphere great, but I was almost literally picked up by the scruff of the neck and escorted off the premises after my breakfast overran its scheduled 30 minute slot. I’d expect this sort of treatment in MacDonalds, but for the prices Automat charges there are better places to go without having to suffer this.

Automat delivered on the American style brunch that I wish I could have every weekend. Really good eggs norwegian (ask for the hollandaise sauce on the side cuz it’s a lot!), rich milkshakes, pricey but yummy brunch cocktails, and burgers that looked delightful… i admit i haven’t tried them yet but I may make the trip back just for a burger here if I can pry myself away from my standby benedicts.

They serve brunch both Saturdays and Sundays until 4pm so it’s great for late-risers and double brunch days for the truly fanatic!