Turkish Chocolate Delight

 Simit Sarayi has individual chocolate profiterole pastries, chocolate bagels

 and chocolate Pops on a stick

Charge It

Itsu provide what their customers want - mobile phone charging points

Doing Simple Well

The menu at our Cafe of the Year 2018 Spider on a Bicycle with Turmeric Oat Milk Latte selling well in Aboyne, Scotland

Ace plate presentation, food quality and menu

Great cake and traybake display

Simple Health

Flavoured water with fruit eye appeal and protein shakes at Simple Health

No longer just Rubbish

The big players get bin smart

Camp Fire Treat

S'mores Pie - a camp fire treat of biscuit, chocolate and marshmallow - from Konditor & Cook

Still Take Cash!?

The cashless revolution continues.

Blasted Hot

No kitchen, no worries for street food vendor Dirty Bagels who melts the cheese on one's pulled pork bun with a blowtorch.

Lots of Cake

Lots of cake offered by our 2018 Cafe of the Year Spider on a Bicycle in Aboyne, Scotland as part of its recruitment of cafe superstars.

Comptoir Bermondsey

Great display and product at Comptoir Bermondsey

Spending a Poem

The Starfish restaurant in Tarbert has poems on its walls - and my favourite Sea Fever by John Masefield in the gents.  I must go down to the seas again.......

Differentiate yourself and stand out.

Setting the Scene

We can't all have cafe restaurants set on an island (Gigha in Scotland) with tables overlooking the sea and be included in the Michelin guide but we can dream.......

Others such as Cafe Ca'Dora in Tarbert rely on good food and interior design

Coffee, Crepes and Craic

 Sweet and savoury crepes and waffles at Shamrock & Thistle cafe in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

 Little wonder it is featured in the latest Scottish Independent Coffee Guide No3 @indycoffeeguide

 A simple to achieve and operate hot food offer

Ice Offer

Even small cafes can now offer ice and these Polar ice machines are counter top, inexpensive and don't need plumbing in.

Star Uniform

 The Starfish restaurant in Tarbert has staff T-shirts with great messages on the back.  Such an easy way to create ambiance plus the seafood and service was great.

Special

 Love the door panels used to feature Spider on a Bicycle's soup and special of the day

 Comfy mis-matched seats with wood burner and use of natural materials

 with credit to all the crowdfunder investors who made the project possible

Our worthy Cafe of the Year 2018

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

Don't Be Dull

 Scotland is justly proud of its home-baking tradition and scones and we found special scones - Chocolate and Ginger and Orange and Chocolate plus many more - at many locations.

Not Your Usual Station Catering

 The Carriage cafe bistro within Ballater's old Station features the royal carriage and a full afternoon tea experience backed by the Prince's Foundation and Dumfries House Trust