Winner: Rocotillos, Bristol (readers' award)
It's amazing that Rocotillos isn't permanently packed, but it is still possible to saunter in of a weekend and squeeze yourself into one of the little booths. The breakfasts are huge and surprisingly reasonable, with an American feel, which is in keeping with the pale-blue diner aesthetic. If you are feeling really brave tuck into one of the rarely finished Ten Gallon Tex's Serious fry up - early morning minute steak anyone? Finish off with a freshly squeezed orange juice or treat yourself to a Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough or Phish Food milkshake: you'll get a glassful of shake, and then the metal jug from the blender to finish off. If you get there before 10am, then you'll qualify for the breakfast club: eggs, bacon and the works for £1.95.
· Rocotillos, 1 Queens Row, Clifton, Bristol (0117 929 7207)
Runner up: Smiths of Smithfield, London
Loud dance music and a disco-black interior may not make for the best breakfast setting, but hey, the Smiths All Day Big Breakfast comes in five incarnations, including ham, eggs and chips for £6.50 - not bad for the historic meat market's most famous eatery. But if you're not feeling carnivorous, there's porridge, waffles, muffins, pancakes and chocolate cookies. If you can't quite face solids, there's the Monkey Business smoothie with apple, banana, peanut butter and vanilla ice cream, or if you feel the need to be healthy, the Veggie Breakfast juice of carrot, tomato, apple, tomato, celery, coriander, ginger and black pepper. After which you can collapse into one of the squashy leather armchairs and admire the view of the railway tracks, before considering the lunch menu - for next week, that is. And the good news is that it's all on offer for brunch at the weekends, too.
· 67-77 Charterhouse Street, London EC1 (020 7 251 7950)
Best of the rest
Bacon butties in Wales or Turkish eggs in London, these are your favourite ways to start the day
Scotland
Café Gandolfi
64 Albion Street, Glasgow. (0141 552 6813)
Venerable Glasgow institution with cultured atmosphere and no-nonsense cooking. Hungover? Stare into your coffee with a bacon roll or eggs en cocotte; just being there makes you feel better.
Wales
One Planet Adventure Café
Coed Llandegla Forest, Ruthin Road, Llandegla, Denbighshire (01978 751656)
Set in miles of walks and mountain-bike trails, this super café is a must for fresh-air fanatics, who swear by the award-winning bacon butty. The same bacon features in the full Welsh breakfast alongside local sausages, egg, black pudding, beans, tomatoes and toast - all for £4.95.
N. Ireland
Cargoes
613 Lisburn Road, Belfast (028 9066 5451)
Breakfasts at this brilliant little café/ deli are prized for their organic ingredients - eggs, bacon, sausages, tomatoes and so on, plus the house-made granola and fruit compôtes.
Yorkshire and Humberside
Anthony's at Flannels
3rd floor, 68 Vicar Lane, Leeds (0113 242 8732)
Coffee in leather chairs, Aretha Franklin on the soundtrack, soothing staff and sophisticated breakfasts: whisky porridge, eggs Benedict and smoked salmon with scrambled eggs on toasted brioche are favourites here.
North west
Jam Street Café
209 Upper Chorlton Road, Manchester (0161 881 9944)
Friendly caff beloved for its full English as well as vegetarian breakfasts, plus pancakes or waffles with maple syrup.
North east
Belle & Herbs
200 Heaton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (0191 265 1000)
Arty café offering pain perdu, cheesecake, power smoothies and breakfast panini stuffed with sausage, bacon, mushrooms and cheese - what's your poison?
Midlands
Wig & Mitre
30-32 Steep Hill, Lincoln (01522 535190)
A real log fire, books and newspapers make for a real treat at this 14th-century inn, where readers talk of having champagne with their full English.
East Anglia
Farmcafé & Foodmarket
Main Road (A12), Marlesford, Woodbridge, Suffolk (01728 747717)
This roadside oasis of farm-fresh Suffolk produce is a boon for travellers in search of every type of breakfast, from kippers to kidneys and home-cured bacon to really good sausages.
South west
Primrose Café
1 Boyces Avenue, Clifton Arcade, Bristol (0117 946 6577)
Start with a refined base of toasted bagel, scrambled eggs and grilled tomato, then add mushrooms, bacon, sausages, beans or salmon at will. Belgian waffles with berries and crème fraîche, home-made muesli and eggs Florentine or Benedict are other good options.
South east
The Place
Camber Sands, New Lydd Road, Rye, East Sussex (01797 225057)
Stroll over the famous dunes, then sit in the brasserie for big plates of food from the buffet or cooked to order; locally smoked whiting is a popular option.
London
Mess Cafe,
38 Amhurst Road , E9 (020 8985 3194)
Upmarket greasy spoon, with free newspapers to peruse over the enormous (and delicious) 'Mess breakfast'.
The Providores and Tapa Room
109 Marylebone High Street , W1 (020 7935 6175)
Lounge in theTapa Room at Marylebone's hippest restaurant, eating toasted sourdough with Manuka honey, Turkish eggs with whipped yoghurt and hot chilli butter or porridge with brown rice, apple, maple syrup and miso.
