Queen of Queenstown - Our Cafe of the Year 2020

Bespoke Kitchen - one of the best cafes we visited in Australia and New Zealand and winner of our Cafe of the Year 2020.

Very impressive.

Terrific Two Magpies - Cafe of the Year 2019

Great bakery cafe on the A12 at Darsham near Southwold - well worth a visit.

Adnams Broadside Bread Pudding

Cafe of the Year 2018

 Spider on a Bicycle in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire gains Great Cafes' Cafe of the Year award for 2018.

 Set up by two sisters it just gets it right in every department - design, food, coffee and mission.

Congratulations

Cafe of the Year 2016

We gave our Cafe of the Year last year to a social enterprise in Norwich.  This year it is Lincoln's Rising Cafe run by charity BetelUK that gets our vote.

 See http://www.risingcafe.co.uk/ for more about how they help those with addictions

 The charity BetelUK deserve a huge vote of thanks for their work and the quality of the cafe

  Afternoon teas are their speciality with Classic, American Alliance, Over the Border, Cream and Kids

Simple items done well - hot dogs, sandwiches, light bites and salads

Congratulations Chessington

Chessington Garden Centre's cafe has won joint Best Destination Garden Centre Restaurant 2014.  Owner Jolyon's passionate leadership plus manager Caroline's attention to detail is a winning combination (plus it may help being one of our long standing clients).  They have taken the Cafe Tour, use us to audit the operation every year and always strive to get from very good to great.

Get Stuck In

Yorks Bakery Cafe with their own cakes and traybakes including Salted Caramel Brownie, Black Treacle Tart, Peanut Butter and White Chocolate Blondies.

Love the 'Vote with Your Coffee Bean' satisfaction monitor by the way out and offer of a free coffee when you complete their on-line survey.

Free water available in recycled beer bottles

Breakfast Bar None

 All you can eat breakfast bar at Yorks Bakery Cafe, Birmingham - another reason they get our Cafe of the Year accolade.

 £5 per person for unlimited porridge, cereal, fruit, toast and bagels available until midday (2pm at weekends).

Great Cafes Cafe of the Year 2013

 I am awarding Cafe of the Year to Yorks Bakery Cafe in Birmingham.

Great coffee (from the Caravan roastery in London), good food and terrific ambiance - more reasons why they get the accolade on  Monday.

Cafe of the Year 2013?

GreatCafes really likes the Ode Cafe in Ness Cove, Shaldon, South Devon.  Set up by Tim & Clare Bouget it is currently the highest rated sustainable cafe in the UK.

 Smart marketing, switched on to social media and a great view

 You enter directly into the kitchen area

 Wood burner and simple communal tabling provides an atmospheric backdrop.

More to follow.