Diesel Car Magazine
Menu   ≡ ╳
  • Home
  • News
  • Features
    • Doctor Diesel
    • Gadget Inspector
    • High Mile Club
    • Hot Deals
    • Jeerbox
    • Legal i
    • Meals on Wheels
    • The Extra Mile
  • Trusted Tuners
  • Road Tests
  • Competition
  • Subscribe Now!
  • Back Issues
Home › Features › Meals on Wheels › Meals on Wheels – Billy’s on the road

Meals on Wheels – Billy’s on the road

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Admin — No Comments ↓

Web01One of the popular routes between the M23 and Goodwood takes you along the A29 through lush Sussex countryside. On the edge of Five Oaks village, near Billingshurst, is a wayside café-restaurant, Billy’s On the Road. It takes its name from its female chef-patron owner, and bills itself as “Fresh, fast and fun”. It’s a fair description of what to expect inside.

It used to be a Little Chef, and tucked discreetly behind is a Travelodge. Two years ago the café was taken over, refurbished and rebranded, given a homely 1950s ambience and some clever features. There is genuine artwork on the walls, fresh flowers in the vases, and a children’s area with a classic old doll’s house and bulging bookshelf. The wow feature is a vast coin-in-the-slot glass-topped model railway that doubles up as a convivial bar-table with its own built-in entertainment.

The coffee served is a bespoke blend from fresh-roasted beans and prepared in a barista-style espresso machine. Food is freshly cooked on an open grill that wafts mouth-watering smells. The staff are friendly and welcoming, and the wifi – when working – is free to use. It is all in a very different league from what was there before.

“Big on breakfast, Big on Brunch” says the extensive menu, and everything is served all day. The staple is Billy’s Big Breakfast, fairly priced at £7.95 for a very generous plateful: two fried eggs, two rashers of bacon, sausage, fried potatoes, mushrooms, beans or tomato, and toast. Other offerings include a variety of other breakfast dishes with names like Boy’s, Cowboy, Smoky, Fishy, Squeaky, Nutty Butty, Frenchie or Swiss, plus staples like fish and chips or spaghetti, steak sandwich and toasties.

Web02It’s novel to sit tucking into a lavish Billy’s equivalent of a full-English, with a locomotive chugging along beneath the glass table top under your plate. No wonder it’s a favourite with local school children and classic car clubs, as well as canny drivers heading for Goodwood and the south coast.

Service 4.5
Ambience 4.5
Quality of food 4
Value for money 4

DieselCar verdict 4.5

A29 Stane Street, Five Oaks, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 9AE
Telephone 01403 784289
Website www.billysontheroad.co.uk
Opening hours 7am to 7pm (Monday to Friday)
7am to 4pm (Saturday)
8am to 4pm (Sunday)

‹ The Time Tunnel – January 2013
Peugeot prepare for 2016 after Dakar disappointment ›
Tagged with: Meals on wheels
Posted in Meals on Wheels

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

*

Follow Us!


Email Newsletter Sign up
Please take a few moments to register for our free regular e-mail newsletter to get all the latest news, views and special offers from the diesel world delivered straight to your inbox



Poll
Search
Tags
Audi BMW Citroen Dacia Diesel Diesel Car & Eco Car Used Car Top 50 Doctor Diesel Fiat Ford Gadget Inspector Geneva motor show Golf Honda Hybrid Hyundai Infiniti Jaguar Jaguar Land Rover Jeep Kia Land Rover Leaf Lexus Mazda Mercedes Mercedes-Benz Mini Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Nissan Nissan Leaf Peugeot Range Rover Renault SEAT Skoda SsangYong Subaru SUV Suzuki Toyota Vauxhall Volkswagen Volvo VW
Resources

Are you a collector of car brochures, magazines and memorabilia? Motorworld Car Brochures has a collection of almost 100,000 different pieces of literature and has a large number of items for sale, many of them super rare or no longer available. Visit our website to find out more.

  • Terms & Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Advertising
    © Motorworld Media 2016
    Registered Office: 4 Capricorn Centre, Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, Essex. SS14 3JJ
    Company Number: 8818356

    Site by: 5874 Design

    Shares