Based on 243 opinions finded in 2 websites
Based on 243 opinions finded in 2 websites
Nº 163 in 422 in Newark and Sherwood
Nº 5 of 10 Italian in Newark and Sherwood
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It is worth seeking this excellent cafe out ! Far better value than many places to eat in Southwell . Friendly , welcoming staff and really nice food . I had penne pasta with roast vegetables in a well flavoured chilli dressing and my husband enjoyed a generous plate of scrambled eggs on nice brown toast , followed by apple pie . Vegan diets catered for , and a ( covered if necessary ) dog friendly area outside .
kathryn m . 2024-08-28
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The most amazing lunch with the friendliest, most attentive staff, thank you so much 🥰 Highly recommend, will definitely be returning x
Amy L . 2024-07-19
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Lovely little cafe. I had the meatball panini which was delicious, very nice coffee too. Definitely recommended
Paul Barton . 2024-07-15
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Good quality food served for full english breakfast (even the sausages, which often let down an english). We had a saturday breakfast here as the Crown Hotel does not do any food (a hotel?) and were very happy with the ingredients and the service. Location convenient for the market etc.
jemsgrandad . 2024-07-08
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Had a drink and scone with friends . Excellent coffee and home made scones . It’s in an ideal location for meeting up with friends .
Country Walker . 2024-06-10
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Really nice breakfast, gluten free options
Samuel Rocha Vieira . 2024-05-31
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Excelent coffee. If you want authentic Italian coffee, you need to visit Al Fresco. Lovely staff, coffee, cakes and affordable menu.
Mariana Boulton . 2024-05-15
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Fabulous family friendly with excellent coffee and delicious ice creams
Jo Miller . 2024-04-20
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Tasty fresh food served quickly. Lots of gluten free options too. The staff were all very friendly and accommodating for dogs. We would definitely eat here again.
Erin G . 2024-04-13
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Lovely food and very tasty coffee
Justin Smith . 2024-04-13
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Relaxing place to go that offers the real Italian experience, as it's run by an Italian family that clearly have a passion for their own cuisine. Opted for lunch and coffee - a delicious panini and cappuccino. Great value for money for a typical taste of Italy. Was also nearly tempted by their own delicious Italian ice cream but will leave that until our next visit.
GoingGuide . 2024-03-16
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The whole experience was warm welcoming and friendly. Good value for money and good food. The young male waiter who was serving sang and danced his way around the restaurant. I could do with some of what he has.
Julie B . 2024-02-23
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Beautiful little cafe we stopped at while on our random town visit, staff were amazingly friendly while we didn't eat the coffee was spot on!!
Lisa Alderson . 2024-02-05
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I came in with my partner today and the food was fantastic! Staff were very friendly and the atmosphere was lovely! Pricing was also really really good! Would definitely recommend to anyone! Thank you for a lovely meal! ☺️
Brendon Stickley . 2023-12-21
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Southwell's go-to place for a takeaway coffee, and no charge for an extra shot. Astonishingly good blueberry muffins. Great for lunch. Lovely staff.
Tim Simpson . 2023-11-24
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It’s such a shame that this cafe lets their brilliant coffees down with their rude staff. Will not be returning again unfortunately.
Matthew G . 2023-11-10
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Lovely, warm, polite, genial staff. Very clean café. Great big pot of lemon and ginger tea. I had cream cheese and olive sandwich and a slice of lemon and almond cake. Yum. I would revisit as it was a pleasant experience.
Ambrose's Legit Honest Reviews . 2023-10-05
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What a lovely friendly place. The food is amazing and the staff so polite and obliging. Definitely going again ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
andrea Cox . 2023-09-02
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The best coffee and food in Southwell!
Lynne Faulkner . 2023-08-04
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Fabulous home cooked food and reasonably prices Staff friendly. Would recommend to my family and friends
Clare L . 2023-07-10
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If you want the feeling of being in italy 🇮🇹 😍 order your coffee and food 😋 and relax and look who is serving you . The history the Brothers the authenticity. You will be blessed with happiness. Wow what a place and take it all in . ( LOOK AT THE PHOTOS AND ASK THE HISTORY) enjoy 😉 x
CTS WINFIELD . 2023-07-02
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A cafe with a continental buzz, (Italian owned I think), and full of local people having breakfast. Other cafes in the area don't open until 9.00 am. This opens at about 07.30, so if you are staying at the Crown, this is the one for you. No cereals (as far as I could see), but egg and bacon, bacon rolls etc, toast.
pisumcorporum . 2023-07-01
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Excellent value English breakfast and scrambled egg with salmon. Friendly staff, clean premises. One of the few cafe's open early morning. Recommended.
Mick Fowler . 2023-06-23
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Coffee certainly not as good as it used to be. Very disappointed. Won’t be visiting again.
Jane Priestley . 2023-06-11
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Lovely place, delicious food and coffee and absolutely amazing customer service. Love this place!
Rachel 2020 . 2023-05-13
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A lovely warm greeting from all the staff as we entered. Followed by a couple of delicious panini's. Wish we had room for some of the lovely looking cakes!
Reviewaplenty . 2023-05-02
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Grabbed a gluten free breakfast sandwich and cappuccino to take away. The gluten free bread was really good quality and the customer service was excellent. Very friendly and helpful staff.
Phyllie Y . 2023-04-10
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Lovely friendly staff, food looked great, we only had tea.
Marian Bradbury . 2023-03-18
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The best coffee in Southwell. Friendly, helpful staff. Our favourite coffee shop. We tried them all! 🙂
Jack Van der Schyff . 2023-03-11
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My sister and I have been visiting Alfresco for a few years now. Consistency across the board from the warm welcome and efficient service to the delicious food and coffee. We love it.
Melanie Thompson . 2023-02-10
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Had breakfast great food and very friendly staff would recommend to all
Kevin Gilbert . 2023-01-10
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The food was absolutely top rate. Highly recommended.
Adam Humphreys . 2023-01-06
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Excellent food and service. Some great cakes available. GF catered for which is important for me. Enjoyed our visit
Alan Clark . 2022-12-06
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I had a tasty bowl of carrot and corriander soup with 3 small slices of warm bread and butter. Could have done with a couple more slices of bread to balance out to soup.
Jules Sulek . 2022-12-05
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Excellent breakfast in southwell
Trevor Chillman . 2022-11-21
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Best coffee in Southwell by far. Delicious, fresh, homemade, authentic Italian food with plenty of vegetarian and gluten free options too.
Linda Moakes . 2022-10-10
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Very nice was worried when it was no longer Yummy Mummys but needn't have been. Very busy so must be good.
Stuart Chilmaid . 2022-10-01
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Amazing coffee, amazing service and excellent quality cakes.
Jan Apostol . 2022-08-25
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Superb coffee shop with an excellent choice of cakes, paninis, coffees and more. Service was first class and a very pleasant spot to while away some time in this lovely town. It is that good I've been every day during my week break in the area, changing my cycling routes to make sure I ended up at Alfresco.
Hugh Mulligan . 2022-06-16
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Friendly staff, pleasant coffee.
Si Biggs . 2022-05-26
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A very warm and friendly cafe at the heart of its community with everyone chatting to each other. Great service and delicious Italian treats.
Iain Every . 2022-05-17
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Really nice breakfast and coffee. Nice service and all at a good price.
Nigel English . 2022-05-02
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Excellent little cafe... Great coffee lovely food... Served by a very pleasant and efficient lady... Would recommend.
John . 2022-03-01
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Friendly family service, lovely food and reasonable prices. Thank you!
Suzannah Breen . 2022-02-14
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Friendly staff and great coffee, interesting food options too.
Jacqui Peet . 2022-02-09
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Very popular Italian coffee shop, centrally located. Excellent coffee, very friendly and helpful service. Snacks, pastries, panini. Seating indoors and outdoors.
Jane Ballard . 2022-02-07
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Called today, stunning food lovely staff, thank you guys, we will be back
Angie Cook . 2022-01-22
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My first visit. Shared a very quick and delicious lunch in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Deffo going again - and probably again!
Lynne Cox . 2021-12-14
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Great breakfast, nice outdoor seating area, excellent service.
David Eastwood . 2021-11-23
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For a taste of true Italian coffee, visit this coffee house, set in the centre of Southwell. Owned by an Italian family, this cafe produces a range of Italian coffees made and prepared with perfection. In addition to that are a range of cakes and snacks, plus breakfasts and lunches (including delicious home made Italian pizzas). Plenty of seating indoors plus extra outside to the rear of the cafe. overall a pleasant and relaxing atmosphere. Drinks and snacks are also available for take-away if requested. Can be very busy on Saturday mornings.
GoingGuide . 2021-10-10
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I had the Pizza and pot of tea for a quick lunch. The food was fresh and delicious and the service impeccable. It was lovely to see Maria who I've not seen for 8 years and she still remembered me. I was very moved by this. A lovely, hard working, good family serving you the best. Great value for money too. Kindest regards, Steve the Optician. X
Riderstormhell . 2021-10-01
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Great place for a coffee and a catch up
Brenda brendatony@talktalk.net . 2021-09-26
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Amazing people thank you for helping to warm some milk up as he's autistic and disabled so hard to find somewhere I rushed in to there shop and the lady said yes we can I'm so great full for this thank you also wish I could of stopped for some food as the place was very clean an the food looked lovely. So will be coming back to try some as it all looked so yummy
S G . 2021-09-13
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Great service and the food was great
Craig Bradford . 2021-09-12
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Best coffee in Southwell! Nice relaxed atmosphere and friendly staff. Never have a problem getting the kids of their computers to come here - lovely cakes, milkshakes, hot chocolate!
CowFam . 2021-09-11
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We just wanted something simple to eat and drink and came upon this place. The weather was glorious and we sat outside. We had ham sandwiches and a drink and and it was spot on. Very fast friendly and efficient service and would come here again. The price was very reasonable.
Hifilad . 2021-09-09
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Full English breakfast was lovely and wife had a tuna salad that she loved, staff and service were brilliant
Trev Sparks . 2021-08-16
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Lovely lunch, staff couldn't do enough to help and served food off the menu, very good prices will definitely be going again!
mark s . 2021-07-24
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Lentil and tomato soup was lovely. Excellent coffee ☕
Jenny Meyah . 2021-05-18
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Even in miserable lock down Maurizio greets you with a wonderful happy smiling face and the best coffee in Southwell by far. He's always there around 7am baking his home made scones, having joyous banter with his Brothers. It's the cleanest and best run place as well. He will definitely make a great husband for one of the local ladies he charms as well. Keep up the good work matey!!
Philip H . 2021-01-05
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Family run business who look after their customers really well!
Martin Richardson . 2020-10-31
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Safety and service is excellent when you go here. A place to relax and enjoy coffee and food
Roy Edwards . 2020-10-15
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Lovely coffee in the courtyard good social distancing in place, reasonably priced. Didn’t eat but the food looked good.
JCJOHNCONNOR . 2020-09-26
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Good food and quick service would like to see flora made available to expand vegan options as only butter was available. Vegans will travel a long way to be catered for 👍
AlexPiggott1981 . 2020-09-24
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Omg I visited this cafe today as a first as I usually go to west Bridgford cafe and well I wasnt disappointed!! The paninis are the best around infact I wont go anywhere else for a panini, the Male staff are always so friendly and engage with you I enjoy there story's of italy so much, never had a problem unlike some of these comments I have been going to alfresco for some time now mapperly west bridgford and never ever experienced what these reviews are saying maybe its other cafe owners who write such bad reviews or people with attitude problems themselves as I have met most of the staff over the years including the women and they have always gone beyond for me, nothing is to much trouble for them!! Well done alfresco keep up the hard work and I'll be in for my panini fix soon
Emily G . 2020-08-18
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Avoid this establishment if you want an enjoyable drink and experience! The male staff member, who I assume is the owner has a MAJOR attitude problem. By the looks of the reviews too, it does not appear I am the only one who has asked noticed this.
Victoria_Pitch1998 . 2020-08-12
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Fabulous coffee, lovely staff and so nice to be able to go out for drinks and cake again!
Sally Collins . 2020-07-06
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Called in for a coffee and pannini. Very busy local cafe which was very lively. Enjoyed our food and the service was very good.
MikeH755 . 2020-03-11
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I love visiting this lovely cafe in Southwell. It has a delightful little patio at the rear where you can sit in the sunshine and enjoy coffee overlooking the sunlit Indie shops and boutiques in bull yard. It’s a sweet cafe and the coffee is superb!
Milliemikaela . 2020-02-28
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It was an excellent breakfast as Guest House we were in didn't provide. Only thing is couldn't get a strong cup of tea
Trevor Jordan . 2020-01-29
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Tucked away in the side street is this lovely little cafe. Quick service great coffee lovely cake. Well worth a visit
RobEll4348 . 2019-10-24
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It's all about the best coffee and these people deliver!They keep it spotless too. Good choice of food and the occasional glass of wine or Prossecco, what more would you need.Much better than your mass-market Costa, Starbux etc.Support your local Independent Coffee Shops
Philip H . 2019-09-13
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Their panini special is simply the nicest panini I have ever eaten. Will definitely return if in the area.
Charlie A . 2019-09-12
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Left my expensive glasses on the table phoned to see if they had stored them in the back the rude man very quickly said no didn't try to check with other staff or have a look very rude and unhelpful
Charlotte Lee . 2019-09-02
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Bright modern cafe with good coffees
Geoffrey Martin . 2019-08-08
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I love this place! Great coffee and window seats to watch the world go by.
Stephen Hodkin . 2019-07-24
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the website says that you do cannoli so I went to both of your cafes today and neither of them do there. At the small site i was told he had no idea about the website and never been to your other site so he had no idea and also when I told him it was on the website he wasn't interested and at the other site the gentleman just laughed about the cannoli and also the kitchen was closed which also wasn't on the website I feel your website needs updating as it's false advertisement that you're selling a rare Sicilian dessert, I also traveled 50 miles to both of your sites today just to have a cannoli. I did have the tomato and mozzarella salad at the West bridgford cafe and that was really nice. I didn't appreciate the attitude of the male member of staff who serve me so I walked out also why is the kitchen shut when there's no advertisement for that on their website I was told I could have a drink and that was it will not ever be returning which is a shame because the menu looks quite nice. also if they don't do cannoli is why are there pictures of cannoli is on their website for something that they're very rarely do
Kataylor1985 . 2019-07-15
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Limited choice of food but also offers a takeaway. The mochachino was very good but the risotto was under seasoned and bland. You order as you enter then sit down and the food soon arrived. The staff were pleasant enough. Didn't go outside as it wasn't obvious there was an outside - the building fronts a road.
Julie P . 2019-05-14
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Popped in for a Sunday morning and this place is great, I had a hot choc and the rest had coffee. the staff friendly and helpful.
andrew e . 2019-04-29
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I was disgusted by the attitude I received. A couple of people at tables , I was sat minding my own business, I WOULD have gone on to buy a drink but , there were no menus on the table , I was there for 5 mins , I needed to settle as I’m recovering from surgery and I was asked if I was ordering. I said not sure at the moment, I was then told if I wasn’t ordering anything to leave. They then said if I wanted something I could stay.i left . Other busines in town got my custom.
Disgruntled12345222 . 2019-04-01
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Great coffee, great food and great service
Vaughan Andrewartha . 2019-03-26
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The staff here are really friendly and helpful. Shame that close on Sundays. I tried to go back after a great lunch on Saturday,,
Peter C . 2019-03-19
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Kleines Cafe mit sehr netter Bedienung, italienischem Cafe und ausgezeichneten Muffins. Preiswert.
Jochen Glos . 2019-03-11
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Lovely bright cafe. Lovely breakfast. Great friendly service
Sue Fox . 2019-03-09
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Went in for a quiet drink. The unfriendly staff watched me struggle to get my pushchair into the cafe then pounced on me to ask me to leave it out of my view by the door. Yes sure - just take £1000 cash out the till and leave it in your window why not join me in that stupidity?!Went to sit down, with my pushchair which was out of the way of everyone whilst being right next to me. The staff continued to eyeball me and continually kept asking me to move the pushchair and were extremely rude to my mother who went to order a drink. The worst of the lot, then proceeded to kick the pushchair when he had ample room to walk, run or dance past me, I’m guessing to prove a point. All it did was prove to me and everyone in the vicinity that he was as stupid as first thought lol! Well done you!I like to support local businesses where they deserve it. The arrogant individuals who work in this establishment have an attitude problem and I shall avoid this business like the plague and tell all my friends to as well.
SLR87173 . 2019-02-15
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Excellent value high quality coffee.
Roy Crosby . 2019-01-20
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We had the home made soup today for lunch. A large bowl full, served with lightly toasted bread and butter only £3.95....absolutely delicious and excellent value. All the food is home made, good value and delicious, we're very fortunate to have this superb cafe in Southwell.
A Higgins . 2019-01-18
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Simply the best coffee in a lovely coffee shop in Southwell and I’ve tried them all! Today I had gingerbread flat white ☕️
janeb601 . 2018-12-22
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The food here is amazing, waiting time not very short but definitely worth it. The atmosphere is lovely too and prices are low. The only thing to consider here is that they only accept cash payment.
Constantin Maican . 2018-12-11
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Good place where we had lunch. Authentic Italian coffee shop.
George Hill (Winter98) . 2018-10-22
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Went in for bacon cobs/rolls only to be told by unfriendly and unsmiling staff that they only do sandwiches or paninis. Fair enough. So we ordered bacon sandwiches. 10 minutes later another unfriendly member of staff sidled up to us with the "sandwiches" - 2 bits of limp, plastic supermarket bread with 2 bits of limp, undercooked supermarket bacon stuck in the middle. £4 a pop. Unbelievable. We could have bought the whole pack of bacon and the loaf of bread for less. So what were we paying for?? Sitting in the grubby little cafe?? What a privilege. This lot don't have a clue what catering is about - find a charity box if you want to get rid of a tenner...
southwing123 . 2018-10-05
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I often go here to meet with friends for coffee. The coffee is great, they offer soya milk too which is great for me. The staff have always been friendly and accommodating when I have visited. The only reason I have taken a star off is because this place is cash only and because the food menu is quite limited. Otherwise it’s a great place to catch up with friends for coffee. You’re never rushed out of here by the staff even at busy times. I would recommend.
Alison S . 2018-09-22
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Me, my partner and our little boy visited this cafe today, we were greeted by a female member of staff who was very friendly. However, when my partner asked a male staff member for an ice cream which was part of the set Bambino meal we had ordered for our little boy, the staff member asked if he had paid for the order. My partner said that he had and the staff member then very rudely asked again to see a receipt. It wasn’t until the female staff member confirmed it had been paid for that this rude member of staff stopped questioning my partner. I found this service terrible and wouldn’t recommend the place at all.
kirsty h . 2018-09-04
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A little taste of Italy in Southwell. Good authentic Italian coffee, ice-cream, cakes and food
Southwell Cakery . 2018-08-30
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Popped in here this morning for a coffee, the weather was nice so sat outside in the little courtyard out of the back of the cafe - as we had not eaten we both ordered some food, I had scrambled eggs with smoked salmon and toast and my husband had a bacon panini - I asked for my scrambled eggs to be cooked a certain way any they were only too pleased to oblige, the coffee was delicious, the food came very quickly and was also very enjoyable, it seems like a regular meeting place for the locals as everybody seemed to know each other, there was a lovely buzz about the place - will definitely return
Andrea_pd50 . 2018-08-18
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We stopped here in a bit of desperation after a morning exploring the Minster and finding that the posher deli cafe over the road was full - I think we made a good choice.
. 2018-08-16
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Had coffee twice served by polite waiting staff; however, the two blokes that run the place are the grumpiest café owners I've ever encountered - bordering on rude. Won't be returning!
. 2018-08-14
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Between us we had a cheese and tomato sandwich, scrambled egg, warm chicken salad and a risotto. Talk about variety!
. 2018-07-19
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We had a light lunch here whilst visitng Southwell to see the Minster. It is a delightful cafe with good home made food, using high quality ingredients. My husband had soup. It was home made and came with very tasty bread, I had a panini which was delicious and it came with a small but very tasty salad on the side. Usually accompanying salads annoy me as they are very often tasteless, and far too much, this was just right with a lovely dressing - classic Italian. My only very small complaint was that the young girl who brought our coffee didn't clear our empty plates - she was young and she hadn't been trained to do it, and of course at that age many youngsters don't use common sense. A little niggle, and I can't say it spoiled my meal. Next time we visit Soutwell we will certainly eat here.
. 2018-04-08
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Vi var på besök i Southwell och passade på att äta lunch där. Det blev kaffe och toast på Alfresco Caffe. Där finns lite av varje, några maträtter, smörgåsar och fika. Trevligt ställe och trevlig personal. Snabb service och rimliga priser. Några beställde panpizzor som såg väldigt goda ut.
. 2018-02-22
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