Browns Cafe in Calderdale

We have had the odd breakfast roll and tea here and sat outside so this was our first time inside ,I needed to use the toilet upstairs and the state of them carpets upstairs were a disgrace when was the last time they saw a Hoover should have realized when given the menu because that too was dirty. It’s not hard you pick up damp cloth you clean. The full breakfast was two horrible sausages A few very finely sliced mushrooms quarter of a tomato cut in two beans and bacon were just warm .the egg was ok .and limp toast. Shocking dirty place .we only managed to eat half of it yes it’s cheap good it’s not .

I have given this review on this mornings experience only of breakfast Yesterday I had a lovely jkt potato with chili filling ! My friend had a toasties, we both had drinks, 15 mins tops ! Lovely friendly service too !! This morning it took 30 min to serve me the following Warmed up bacon, warmed up sausage, an egg about 8 slices of a mushroom and tomato that looked half eaten? 2 slices of bread, and 1 soggy hash brown cooked on a hot plate?? It went back he returned with 2 more ? looked exactly the same, we don't deep fry them he said, I use hot plate ? Why you serve chips ? NB the unshaved scruffy look, doesn't bode well in catering, if I'd have sent a breakfast out presented like that, looking like that, I'd have been sacked !!!!

Value for money. Dog freindly and look after your pet also. Good service and good decent food.

This is one of Halifax’s hidden gem ‘s the food in this wonderful establishment is all home made the standard is very high . All staff are very Wel trained and practice very high standards of customer service you can reach this cafee from inside or outside the market .The cafee has extra seating upstairs a perfect area for a quiet space this café welcome s special needs and dogs are made extremely welcome this is a must visit for any persons visiting halifax

A very friendly waitress and good food, home made scones . A nice afternoon tea. Reasonable pricing and they prefer cash!

So what if it's not a name brand? They do decent food, give you a great price for it, and will serve it piping hot. All within 10-15 minutes, and they always decorate for the holidays!

Amazing place for home made pie cheese onion available for us vegetarian Amazing worth the trip and perfect quiet zone upstairs away from the busy busy of the cafee amazing place to chill out very friendly staff always polight and you are made welcome no matter what your disability is upstairs is a great area if like me you deal better in more quiet areas worth the trip

What a great little place plenty peaceful seating upstairs the food is nice suitable for vegetarians which is very hard to find nice food in Halifax for this I give browns a big thumbs up totally dog friendly

Went today for a coffee and sandwich I asked for a bacon sandwich with no fat wen it came it had fat so I sent it back for the Ower to start swearing saying I'm not f.....g dissecting it an the young girl brought me my money back nice girl but won't ever eat there again so rude an disrespectful also I'm a fegular there

What a amazing visit today the owner allowed my dog to come in with me I sat at the back as I am more happy in a smaller space the owner gave my fur baby a free sausage and gave her a drink of water he was so nice he went on to explain his cafee is open to everyone anyone is welcome no matter what disability I was so happy I could take my dog in as she helps me big big thumbs up to browns in Halifax

Best place to come , filling hot jacket potatoes as well, friendly staff

The food was nice. I had a panini and it tasted good. The others also said that the food was good too

Although when we arrived they had clearly been run off their feet due to the piece hall Xmas market and it being rememberance Sunday the waitress still had a smile for us and got us a table. Yes the place was a mess and tables uncleared but the town was bonkers crazy today. We didn't wait to long to be served and the food although basic was tasty, hot and served in decent time.

Waited 25 minutes for a freezing breakfast and only 2 other people was in at that time so not rushed of there feet .. we will never eat here again bacon and sausage was nasty and cheap 😒

Great value great service would highly recommend

Called here for a spot of lunch as the cafe looked like a nice to eat. Ordered the hunters wrap we expected salad not pringles.. staff were lovely when I asked for a knife she must of pulled out 5 knives and placed them in the sink.. don't think we will be back.

Dirty cutlery, tasteless milkshake could hashbrown over priced

Friendly staff, brilliant food, great atmosphere. Would recommend to anyone

Amazing food and the staff are friendly and welcoming and always a nice atmosphere for a cafe

Good clean cafe' good food quick and efficient service good owner and friendly staff I recommend this to all who wants a good coffee and something to eat and rate this a 5 star cafe the best in town

Prior to covid this was one of the if not the best cafes in Halifax. However, today on my visit it’s been very poor. Staff were about 14/15 and with a very poor customer service manor. I ordered a latte, flat white, and toasted current tea cake. I cannot flat the grass cake but the staff member asked me what a flat white was only to be brought a black coffee and the latte was salty. It will be a while before my return

Great breakfast, friendly staff, best cafe in town

Ordered bacon sandwich and hot chocolate cjared me £9.30 (which didn't realize whsat had been charged). Bacon sandwich was awfull it was either off or it was fat they had cooked in. Complained was refused refund. After kicking up a fuss was returned £3 i was so annoyed jist walked out i will never go thete again

I had seen the review about the jacket potato from another reviewer and I was rather intrigued - how wrong can anyone get a jacket potato. I ordered one with cheese. Service was quick, the meal was pretty cheap and the potato was surprisingly very nice and I couldn’t really fault it. Now, I do wonder if the guy who has rated a potato so poorly actually complained to the staff there because I asked if my table could be cleaned down (it wasn’t dirty in the first place) just to see if they were going to be ‘funny’ with me and a lad came and cleaned the table within a couple of minutes of me asking; so I doubt that the staff wouldn’t amend his order. It appears to be one of those cafés with no airs and graces where people who are salt of the earth seem to frequent. Almost everyone through the door was a known customer and although I don’t spend much time in Halifax I might pop back in again. People may look at my review and be surprised that I gave 5 stars and I understand that in the grant scheme it isn’t a five star establishment however in relative terms I couldn’t fault my visit - I didn’t have dirty cutlery, the meal was cheap, the staff were faultless, the tables were relatively clean with the turn over and my meal was nice. Now, I do see that people have written some negative reviews which I can’t comment on as I didn’t have the same meal but my meal was fine and I have had far worse jackets from large successful chains.

Staff were friendly but hopeless. We were the first customers and everything seemed to be rushed. Breakfast was horrible, sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes were not cooked whereas the beans looked like they had been cooked for far to long and turned to mush. The lattes where not very good either, were very watery and sickly. My dad was sick for the remainder of the day.

Unfortunately staff seemed clueless, food was uncooked and a disappointing.

We had Jacket potatoes that must have been baked the week before, just mush , staff obviously don't care what food they serve.

A fantastic cafe,the staff treat you as friends and go above and beyond to make you feel welcome, thankyou for making my birthday extra special xxxxx

Best corned beef hash that I've had for years. As they're part of the "Eat out to help out" scheme, I only paid half price but will be more than happy to test the rest at full price. Excellent

Lovely food go most sundays very clean

Went to Halifax for day out and can't recommend Browns cafe highly enough ,best potato pie and peas ,gravy ever ,great value, service with a smile definitely go again ,one not too be missed .

Meet my grandma here every monday for coffee and we absolutely love it. The coffee and food is reasonably priced and the staff are friendly and helpful. Always look forward to going there once a week

The best breakfast also friendly staff a nice place to eat a must call if you are in Halifax called today still the best by far

Needed a quick bite to eat for lunch so decided to call in... Wish I had walked straight past. The stew in the Yorkshire pudding was water with morsels of beef... The staff are rude and abrupt with no thoughts for customer service for the price I expected a good meal at a good price and not slops from a trough.

Hair in food hygiene clearly not 5 so they lie to customers as well

It's okay found staff a bit ignorant but it was wnd of the day and probably had a busy a guy called in 20 mins from closing and wanted a cold sandwich they refused to serve him I'm sure they could of made an exception

This is our favourite stop when out shopping. The menu is varied, from toasties to baked potatoes and stews and more .Reasonably priced and the staff are friendly We are usually there at least once a week.

Worst jacket potato I've had in a long time - dry, extremely hard skin, asked for the salt told they would put extra in - they didn't, on the plus side the coffee was good but to make the statement "Best jacket potatoes in town" is stretching it a bit.

Ordered the Full English breakfast, safe to say that everything except the tea was awful. Bacon was extremely salty, sausage didn't taste like sausage (more like mince), eggs over fried, beans looked tried out or old (reheated multiple times?), and worst part was that mushrooms were not fully fried. One side was fried and other was still White and dry (RAW) which is the last thing I want when eating a full English when I'm 8 months pregnant. I also got the THICK (ERM NOT EVEN CLOSE) chocolate millshake which geniunly tasted like Yazoo chocolate milk poured in a plastic cup and served..I'm extremely dissapointed to say the least.

Naz and his wonderful chef Aaron create a sensational low-price friendly dining experience. Having a young child we found it highly accessible with a door leading to the market at the back and one off the Main Street. The steak baguette is sensational in both taste and price. Aaron does a delicious homemade mushroom soup that really set the meal up nicely. Nothing is too much trouble for Naz and his team and we will definitely be visiting again soon.

Fantastic service and staff anyone coming to Halifax should visit browns. Baked potatoes are to die for

we call her almost every sunday for our breakfast sandwiches whilst granddaughter is at drama, its always nice, the staff are always friendly, they also have seating outside when its a nice enough day, i would defo recommend

Go to this cafe weekly , always nice to me. Food is cooked amazingly. Clean and tidy area to sit and do my uni work.

Browns cafe has a pleasant feel to it. The staff are friendly, take care in their preparation and the food was very well made. The level of cleanliness was high and there was plenty of food to choose from on the menu.

Nice friendly place lovely coffee at a very reasonable price

After parking in central Halifax to get some cash this cafe seemed the only one conveniently located for a snack. We sat at the back but there were tables upstairs also; a range of food was on offer including coffee and sandwiches, hot panini and jacket potatoes. Service was slow and erratic and the place was not very tidy. We settled toasted sandwiches as a takeaway at quite reasonable prices – but would need renovation and makeover before revisiting.

Nice cafe lovely coffee great food, cheap but really great value for money I would highly recommend they have wearing on 2 levels and outside seating area

Nice sweet simple place. Only had a hot choc so can't comment on the food. Cooky seating upstairs drink served to table. Good location for rest if town. £2 something for a hot choc and KitKat I think

I went in here for a quick working lunch.

Friendly staff, speedy service, lovely pot of tea.

Nice friendly local cafe. Great selection and great service.

Arrived for a ham salad sandwich for lunch to takeaway. It was busy and the staff were a little bit stressed talking badly of customers outside who had changed their order. The cafe didn't take card, so I went for cash and came back. The staff member took my order and then another member of staff asked if I was being served. It seemed very disorganised as I was then asked by another member of staff to repeat my order. The food was nice, however the cafe would value the staff being aware of their own and others responsibilities. Training and organisation required.

Table of 4, lunchtime. Staff overwhelmed, long wait for drinks, longer wait for food. Soup was a bit strange tasting, sliced bread was buttered, yet said served with a roll on the menu.

On a break from working nearby in central Halifax we happened to pop in here for lunch. It’s a basic town centre cafe, no pretentiousness at all. Basic menu - we had a hot panini and an ordinary toastie. Nothing special and nothing to complain about food-wise. Coffees were really nice but the cutlery was far from clean. Big surprise was that they do not accept cards of any sort - strictly cash only - and yes its 2017 even in Halifax!