Little Yellow Pig, Nantwich

My awesome veggie breakfast which I had at Little Yellow Pig in Nantwich. Arranged around a pot of baked beans in the centre are avocado, halloumu, a pair of fried eggs, spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes and two slices of toast!Ever since opening in 2014, Little Yellow Pig has been something of an institution in Hoole, Chester. Initially a small coffee shop, it expanded into the adjoining space. Now it’s expanded again, adding a second location in the narrow streets of Nantwich town centre. Opening in August last year, the new location is a cosy little spot, with an L-shaped seating area that holds 16 people at most. While it has more traditional coffee shop furnishings (lacking the mismatched tables and armchairs of the original), anyone familiar with Little Yellow Pig in Hoole will immediately feel at home with the quirky décor and eclectic posters on the wall, including Mr Little Yellow Pig himself.

There’s a standard espresso-based menu, with Hundred House‘s seasonal Bon Bon blend from in the hopper. There are also bags of coffee for sale, either whole bean or pre-ground. However, the real draw is the food, all cooked in the kitchen at the back, with separate breakfast, brunch and lunch options, backed up with a small selection of cakes. Take a seat, have a look at the menu (which is conveniently placed on the back wall), then go up to the counter to place your order.

You can read more of my thoughts after the gallery.

  • A familiar name in an unfamiliar place. It's the new Little Yellow Pig in Nantwich! It's the...
  • ... best picture I could get of the front thanks to someone parking on the double yellows!
  • Despite the signs for the two other businesses, this is the correct door.
  • The counter is just inside the door, to your left as you enter.
  • It's a busy little spot, with the kitchen behind it, accessed via an opening in the back wall.
  • The seating starts with a four-person window-bar which runs across the front...
  • ... and continues down the right-hand side, where there's a padded bench seat.
  • The window-bar, as seen from behind. The padded bench down the right-hand side...
  • ... has four two-person tables, which, like these two, can be combined if needed.
  • This is the third of the four tables, which is where I sat.
  • Another view of my table.
  • And here's the view from my table, looking back towards the door.
  • There's one more table, then the bench ends just before the door to the toilet.
  • There are two more tables, tall ones this time, tucked around the corner from the counter.
  • The seating is more typical for a coffee shop compared to the original, but the decor...
  • ... will be very familiar to anyone who has been to Hoole, including this fellow.
  • And here's the light bulb which was reflected in Mr Little Yellow Pig's head!
  • The menu, unusually, is on the back wall, but makes sense. Take a seat, check the menu...
  • ... then go up to the counter to order.
  • Don't worry if you can't now see the menu: there are copies on the counter...
  • ... and on the table in front of the counter.
  • The cakes, meanwhile, are displayed in the window by the door...
  • ... while there are also doughnuts to be had!
  • The concise coffee mneu is on the back wall behind the counter...
  • ... while the La Marzocco Linea espresso machine is off to the right.
  • Talking of which, the coffee is the Bon Bon seasonal espresso from Hundred House...
  • ... which I had in a flat white, served in a glass. This went very well with my...
  • ... awesome veggie breakfast (plus an extra slice of toast) which is where I'll leave you.
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I was a bit late to the party when it came to the original Little Yellow Pig in Hoole, not visiting until 2018, four years after it opened. Since then I’ve been several times, most recently last summer, just before the second Little Yellow Pig opened in Nantwich, which is in East Cheshire, just to the west of Crewe.

It’s a part of the country that I either bypass by train (via Crewe or Shrewsbury) or road (M6 or A5/A483) on my way to/from my Dad’s. For a while it looked as if the second Little Yellow Pig would suffer the same fate as the first, but at the start of the month, driving back from my Dad’s to Guildford, prior to flying to America, I made a point of taking the A51, popping into Nantwich, and visiting Little Yellow Pig for breakfast.

Located on Pillory Street, on the southern side of the town centre, it’s just a few minutes’ walk from the train station (on the Crewe to Shrewsbury line), with several carparks nearby. Sandwiched between a cupcake shop and an Indian Restaurant, and sharing a door with the Chinese Medicine Centre which is upstairs, this is a much smaller space than the original in Hoole, although it’s more reminiscent of how Little Yellow Pig used to be before it extended into the adjacent space.

A long, old-fashioned multi-paned window runs across the front, with the door on the left. This leads into a small, square porch, where a door at the back gives access to the Chinese Medicine Centre, while the door to the right opens into Little Yellow Pig.

Occupying a cosy space with a low ceiling, Little Yellow Pig is roughly half as deep again as it is wide. The counter is on the left, just inside the door. A fairly small, busy affair, this has the till at the front and the La Marzocco Linea espresso machine on the right-hand side. An opening at the back leads to the enclosed kitchen which occupies the space behind it, leaving an L-shaped seating area along the front and down the right-hand side.

The seating starts with a four-person window-bar, which runs along the front, although since display space on the counter is at a premium, the cakes are displayed in the window (and removed if the window-bar seating is required). The remaining seating is on the right-hand side, where a padded bench runs along the wall, stopping just before the door to the toilet at the back. It’s lined with four two-person tables which can be pushed together to form groups of four. Opposite the last two tables, a pair of tall, two-person tables stand against the wall of the kitchen.

I’d come for breakfast, quickly settling on the veggie breakfast, along with a flat white, of course. Little Yellow Pig uses Hundred House’s seasonal Bon Bon espresso blend, which makes for a rich, smooth flat white, while the breakfast didn’t let me down. An overcrowded plate held a pair of fried eggs, avocado, spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes, halloumi and a pot of beans, along with a slice of toast, to which I added a second slice, both toasted to perfection. Each element was excellent, with the whole ensemble setting me up nicely for the long drive ahead.


December 2021: Little Yellow Pig, Nantwich has won the 2021 Best Breakfast Award.

42 PILLORY STREET • NANTWICH • CW5 5BG
www.littleyellowpig.co.uk +44 (0) 1270 626217
Monday CLOSED Roaster Hundred House (espresso only)
Tuesday CLOSED Seating Tables, Window-Bar
Wednesday 09:00 – 16:00 Food Breakfast, Lunch, Cake
Thursday 09:00 – 16:00 Service Order at Counter
Friday 09:00 – 17:00 Payment Cards + Cash
Saturday 09:00 – 17:00 Wifi Free (with code)
Sunday 10:00 – 15:00 Power Yes
Chain Regional Visits 6th November 2021

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