Alexandra Coffee Shop in Dumfries & Galloway

Was recommended by Shirley a lady who frequently visits for her Latte. We had a light lunch, mine was haggis with cheese panini very nicely served up. My wife had the cheese brie and cranberry toastie with light salad dressing. Value for money and lovely service from all who work there.

Delicious, hot breakfast, that wasn't greasy. Coffee made just as we like it. Friendly, helpful staff. Impeccably clean. The takeaway lunches looked delicious too.

Has fantastic coffee and croissants here. Friendly service and great selection of cakes! Highly recommend if you are in the area

This is a great little cafe in the centre of Stranraer opposite the Millenium Centre. It is small, just 5 or 6 tables, and it is this intimate setting, along with the excellent food that makes it so delightful. There are no airs and graces here, just good food served by a very pleasant and attentive lady, having been freshly prepared in the kitchen by another lady. The breakfast menu choice is extensive, but I highly recommend that The Full Monty which consists of 2 link sausages, 2 rashers of bacon, a slice each of square sausage, haggis and black pudding, 2 slices of potato bread, 2 halves of fried tomato, baked beans and 2 fried eggs ! Phew ! Plus toast and tea or coffee ! The early bird price - £5.25. They also make their own Scotch Eggs, I took one home for lunch one day, it was huge and, more importantly, delicious

This is a very good cafe opposite the museum and the hot chocolates are excellent. The cakes looked very tempting as did the other food on offer. The lady serving was incredibly friendly.

Ung is too much troubleWe had afternoon tea today for 8 of us. The food was excellent, best afternoon tea I have had in ages. Brilliant selection of sandwiches and cakes and fresh cream scones. Service is excellent, nothing is too much trouble. Will definitely be returning.

We stopped in here for a drink and a cake. The ladies were so friendly and helpful. What a super wee place. Our friends are staying in a caravan park near by and we have recommended they come here. Really enjoyed our stop.

Popped in on Saturday with my grandson wee both had a roll and cake, juice and a pot of tea, spotless clean and very polite young waitress all brilliant A+++++

we realy enjoyed our visit her with excellent service and coffee.Right in the middle of the shops it was a welcome break

This is a must visit place to eat in you visit Stranraer. All is the soups are excellent and they have many regulars who pop in for take away lunch and know the soup schedule! We always have a soup and a proper fluffy jacket potato. And the homemaker cakes are also a bonus- we usually order at the same time as we known the cakes can suddenly fly off the shelves and your choice will then be gone!

We stopped in here for a wee coffee and cake break while passing through Stranraer. Nice home baking and a mug of coffee which was ok.

Go in here regularly, nice home baking,lovely staff.Cosy cafe for a wee chat.Not a big place,but certainly a good place for a cuppa

This is easily our favourite lunch stop in this part of Scotland. The potatoes are fluffy, the cakes are fabulous (we order all at once in case some one else orders the one we want from the cabinet!) and the soup is absolutely stunning! We always meet people who are regulars and some even know the soup schedule! We were so happy to have lunch on our first visit, we made sure we squeezed in smoother in the same week. We return every time we are in Scotland, but not usually this frequent! Yummmmmy!

Beautiful home made soup and a choice of two different kinds with lots of bread and butter followed by fruit scones with jam and a large pot of tea with a pop of hot water provided as well. Fantastic service

This wee place does amazing food all Cooked fresh and home baking is beautiful keep up the good work girls xx

Alexandra Coffee shop is a small cafe opposite the towns museum. The dining area is small but very clean. The staff are very nice and the food they serve was very nice. Service is swift. We tried the soups they had on offer and sampled the cakes. All very tasty and nice and hot.

We had to visit 3 times in 2 weeks as it was soooooo good! We bumped into some locals who know the soup menu for the week and they said minestrone was to die for! We always have a soup and sandwich combo and the soup is homemade and is always stunning. They usually have at least 2 to choose from and they’re always busy and you often have to wait for a table! Locals pop in all the time with their lunch orders during their break. And also, the homemade cakes are a scrummy! We always order ours at the beginning of the meal as you often see the items disappearing out of the glass display fridge at an alarming rate!

We stopped here for a cup of tea en route to Cairnryan for the ferry to Belfast. I chose a Gypsy Cream and my husband had a Fresh Cream & Strawberry Sponge and we both had tea.

Great scones and a good cup of tea. Can’t ask for more. Used to frequent this cafe way back in the 70’s and 80’s when the kids were wee.

Lovely food, lovely staff and lovely atmosphere. Popped in for some coffee and lunch and had a great time. Highly recommend

Siempre pida uno de sus sopas, una chaqueta de patata (correctamente) y un desayuno horneados mini para nuestro pequeño (aunque el desayuno ha dejado de ser servido) y 3 tartas diferentes!

Really friendly little cafe it only has 5 tables but they are low priced and have home made cakes Easy to find and just across from the interesting little musuem

Great coffee and some fantastic cakes to choose from or the freshly prepared snacks. Well worth a stop if you are in the town

Excellent food,tucked away on the corner before going down to the harbor ,very friendly and efficient staff

Intimate charming cafe with delicious home made food makes this a delightful place to visit. So much more stylish and tastier than the usual places. Highly recommended.

Visitamos esta pequeña cafetería durante el comienzo de diciembre y estuvimos muy contentos con el servicio y la comida.

Had turkey and cranbury sandwitch that was prosesed meat I thought it would have been real turkey and a mochiato that came in teeny weeny cup and was not expresso it cost 160 for that disapointing when I ask if they do brown bread said no its 50 50 why no rown bread

fantastic coffee shop. great food and lovely staff. also great for a takeaway during the summer days.

I always make an effort to have coffee at this marvellous small cafe when I am in Stranraer. It is...

We called here for dinner and had a sandwich and soup with scone and jam to finish.Lovely soup there were 2 mushroom and a pea had one of each both very tasty and filling.Not a massive place only 4 tables but gets you talking

Arriving early for our ferry crossing called into Stranraer for a break . This was a nice find . We had tea and cakes . Good service nice fresh baking and a good pot of tea . Will call again

Popped in for a late lunch - I had mushroom soup and a prawn roll, while my wife had a baked potato with cheese.Both meals were very well done and very tasty. We then had some of the excellent cakes - I had a custard cream, and my wife had a Bakewell slice.All very nice; all good value; all served by friendly staff in a spotless environment.

Warm, genuine friendly greeting on a chilly day. Swift, efficient service, good wholesome food. Spotlessly clean (including the loo's). Good coffee and tea served with a smile. Pity it is not a bigger establishment but the size is part of it's charm!

We stopped off here on our way home from Fernhill hotel. We had a lovely coffee and scone,we have been here before for the same reason so we knew it would be good.

Stopped in for a light lunch with my son whilst in town for a football match. Very friendly & quick service, two toasties and drinks were delivered very promptly. Couldn't resist the home baked lemon cake and it was every bit as good as it looked. Prices reasonable for a town centre.

This is a small coffee shop with all the fairs of a usual coffee shop with a good selection of home made cakes, and a choice of sandwiches, soup etc, although it was the cakes that caught my eye and were soon to disappear into a stomach

Three senior citizens visited in May last year for coffees in mugs and a slab of delicious fruit cake.Outstanding coffee for Scotland (they prefer Irn Bru or tea!) and in a handy sized mug with chocolate dusting on top.The fruit cake is heavy in fruit and maybe there is even some alcohol in it? Plenty of calories but great for a rare treat.Small room and sometimes not easy to get in or move around but that makes it even cosier for the diners. Closed on Mondays.

This cafe is great. You can have a sit down lunch or takeaway and no matter what you order it is good. I would always recommend the soup as it is the best in town. The staff are very customer friendly and always make us welcome. Look forward to my next visit.

We were in Stranraer for a Clan Gathering and decided to explore the town with a recommendation to include the Museum in our wanderings. It was a good recommendation teaching us a lot about the local area using clear, well presented and entertaining materials.Well after so much education, and being near lunchtime, we were looking for another recommendation for a local cafe or restaurant. The staff on reception confirmed what we were told at the Castle of St John - also worth a visit - that the Alexandra Coffee Shop served good home made food. It was just across the road so we wandered over only to see four people already queuing outside because as we discovered the Alexandra Coffee Shop is very small and only has space for around a dozen people at a time. That is a drawback if it’s busy but perfect if you want good food complimented by friendly personal service.As luck would have it a table came free not too long after we arrived and we also had the pleasure of sharing it with two other people which made for interesting conversation as we enjoyed our lunch. Normally sharing a restaurant table would not be the norm but somehow in the Alexandra Coffee Shop it seemed perfectly natural and even desirable given the friendly cosy environment.Being on a diet at that time we were reasonably restrained but I can say with confidence that had we not been counting calories we would have taken a serious tour of their home made cake selection - yum!So if you want to have lunch, or enjoy morning or afternoon coffee or tea with cakes, then Alexandra Coffee Shop is the place to go in Stranraer. Later in the day we did drop by another coffee shop further down the hill but although that was a reasonable venue it just wasn’t the same!

Every visit The Family take Lunch at The Alexandra, the food is excellent and the staff extremely helpful even with Young Children, over the past 35 years I have never had a single problem and nothing is too much trouble. I Highly Recommend a Visit for Lunch in a Lovely, Clean and Pleasant surrounding

This place is lovely, it has polite staff, a cosy, intimate feel.The food was delicious, we ordered homemade tomato soup with crusty brown bread which was perfect and a hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows and as a treat a strawberry cream sponge. I recommend this place to anyone, such a vital asset to Stranraer and the community.

Nice lunch reasonably priced and they treated us like valued customers although it was obvious we were visitors. Smashing staff!

Just what was needed on a chilly Saturday afternoon, good selection of teas and coffees plus soup and snacks. Soup and toastie option far too much for one but too nice to leave. The cakes look as good as they taste but could do with bigger portions.Friendly staff and clean loos!

Dont agree at all with rumdiver this little coffee shop is absolutely top class. Fresh scones, soup,rolls,sandwiches and home baking daily it is a mecca for visitors and locals alike. We visit every week sometimes 3 times a week the quality is consistent and superb. Teresa and her staff have no control over the pile driver in the harbour! Which incidentally was repairing the pier part of which had fallen into the harbour after severe gales. Stranraer is'nt a holiday resort it's a hard wee working town which welcomes friends and strangers alike.

We have visited the area since 1970 and remember when queen Victoria's plinth was in the middle of the road outside the Alexandra. Many changes have been made in the Stranraer area some for the better others not so. Sadly the demise of the Alexandra Coffee shop is one of them, it just isn't what it used to be, it has lost that feel. The noise from the pile driver on the sea front didn't help either. We hope that in due time the coffee shop will return to the quaint shop we used to frequent frequently.

Just had a holiday in Scotland and my wife and I were ready for a cuppa! We went in to the Alexandra and although it was small, was very pleasant and the staff served you with a smile!The coffee was lovely and we asked if we could buy some sandwiches to take out, no problem and they were good.There was also a nice selection of cakes that looked good! If you are in Stranraer, I would try this Coffee shop.

I stopped in here today with a friend. We had a toastie and a drink. The staff were friendly, the home baking looked delicious. The toastie when it came had a small salad with it and crisps. Price wise it compares favourably with some of the other places in Stranraer. I will go back.

Very friendly coffee shop. Lovely cakes and coffee. Very reasonable prices. Very clean. Small shop. I would recommend this shop for a snack.

While visiting Stranraer we looked for somewhere to have a cup of tea and light snack. We dropped in here and we couldn't have found anywhere better. A clean welcoming environment, welcoming staff and the home-made cake was absolutely beautiful. would certainly go there again and recommend to others.

On a day trip by the Stena ferry from Belfast my wife and I took a bus into nearby Stranraer.Things have changed there since our last visit some years ago but in one of the main streets we came upon this coffee shop.Our light lunch was absolute bliss! Quite a range on offer-soup, sandwiches and much more. Pleasant staff, nice decor, prices modest. Oh-and the sun was shining!

Been in a few times now - my mum loves the coffee they serve here and is convinced it's the best for miles so it has become the place to go for our weekend lunch when we're in Stranraer.Always a friendly, happy service, the food is delicious, and is reasonably priced and the cafe, although small, feels spacious and is spotlessly clean!Must-visit for anyone in Stranraer! :)

Found this great cafe on a recent visit. Cakes were very tasty and the coffee was excellent . It's a small friendly cafe at one end of the shopping area worth the walk as all the food looks good

Popped in for coffee while our husbands were at football. Asked for toasted sandwich which we wanted to share. Got 2 plates with 1/2 sandwich,salad and crisps on each. Coffee lovely and when I was overheard to say I had forgotten my sweeteners the young girl brought me some. Very friendly and seemed to go out of their way to be helpful. Only 5 tables but they were never empty. A wee gold mine.

Staff always friendly and helpful. Food excellent and well priced! I'm a regular visitor and have tried almost everything on their menu and its all fab!!!

Had a beautiful lunch served with a very friendly lady, would certainly return if in the area again.

great place for a nice cup of tea and lovely home baked cakes and a catch up with friends