Cafe Al Fresco in Fife

I really enjoy visiting Caffe Caffe (I've been visiting since waaay back when it was called La Speranza, then Cafe Al Fresco!) I always like to have the Steak Pie & Chips when I visit here, as the one from Caffe Caffe is always really nice. The chips are always well-cooked, nice and crunchy, and the beef in the steak pie is so nice and tender. The pastry is very nice too. Always want to give a shout-out to the serving staff, especially the nice ladies who serve you behind the counter. All of them are very kind and friendly, a credit to the cafe. Caffe Caffe is easily one of the best eateries in Glenrothes.

Excellent service, friendly, welcoming sensible pricing which allows couples and families to afford. A spacious place with plenty of tables and easy parking at the Kingdom Centre

excellent service and very welcoming. Food was very pleasant and the staff were pleasant and helpful.

went down yesterday(17/07/2023) for a brekfast ,server was very nice person, ordered a morning roll,came as i did request,excellent,but to be honest the quality of the coffee was Awfull,never had such worst coffee in decade,am sorry but seriously bad

Very good quality not overpriced, good service, clean tables with plenty of space to get my daughter's wheelchair about and the staff very helpful.

Been here a couple of times now and it never disappoints. Friendly service. The cafe is always busy. The soup is lovely and excellent value. The cheesecake is fantastic and it is cheaper taking away. Sadly the dog ate most of the second slice. He enjoyed it too. Will be back soon to try the afternoon tea and or the afternoon fish chips deal. Keep up the good work.

Great value fish and chip meal, tasty and good portion sizes. Staff were very helpful too. Would recommend, will definitely be back.

Had the special of fish and chips and drink and sweet very nice price . Staff very friendly . included was a slice of home made apple pie which was delicious. Only complaint , a tiny pot of cream would have got you an excellent rating ! 🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

have been there once,coffee was not good at all,poor selection of soft drinks,name is wrong spelled aswell

Visited Caffe Caffe for lunch this afternoon. Lots of very well priced options for food on the menu and my meal was delicious. Very friendly staff and quick service, as well as outstanding measures put in place during COVID, making the atmosphere feel very safe. Highly recommend visiting this cafe!

Popped in here today , for late lunch . Very satisfying . This cafe does take its fight against covid very seriously , staff all correctly masked up , always sanitising tables etc . Service efficient and friendly in particular Alana who had time to blether to me as she was busy wiping the tables . No complaints .

Now renamed CAFFE CAFFE, this place is taking their CV19 measures seriously - we felt very safe during our visit. The food was tasty as always, and good value.

Alfresco, or Caffe Caffe as it is now called, I have to say that during this terrible time of covid, this restaurant has gone above and beyond in the cleanliness and social distancing for this type of establishment. Registering people as and when they visit and only allowing you in after the table has been cleaned properly and have perspex screening between tables, staff are friendly and it's a pleasure to go into because you feel safe, well done management and staff.

Having just returned home from Al Fresco after another superb meal I have to remind people how great this establishment truly is! We dine there pretty regular throughout the year and would barely miss a week without at least one visit for coffee and fresh baking. Allan and his superb team are polite, respectful and all work terribly hard to satisfy customers high expectations. Outside of the true Anstruther fish and chips shop there isn't an establishment in the Kingdom that gets anywhere close to the amazing fish and chips and the baking is second to none. Also on the baking side it is all baked on the premises daily and unlike many garden centres, it is not a false claim of being baked daily as opposed to the many who still buy scones etc from supermarkets and market as "fresh baked" which may be true but very few are baked on the actual premises. To add to the outstanding home baking the coffee may well be the best on offer in the whole of Scotland and it is superb. Yes prices creep up over the years but a nice coffee and scone/piece of cake here is easily 40% less expensive than any comparable business and the staff team are outstanding. Thanks to one and all

Now called Caffe Caffe. I try and make a point of supporting local business and I have never been disappointed. The coffee is always pipping hot and the staff work hard to ensure your safety at this time. The manager is always on hand and mucks in. The portion sizes are good and the cake and scones are lovely. Well worth a visit.

Dropped in for an afternoon tea with scones ,Scones were warm just out of the oven Nice seating area ,you can watch the world go by . There is a nice breakfast and lunch menu and we will try it next time we come . The Cafe has its own Facebook page

We have used this restaurant for years which was originally called alfresco bur the change of name has not changed the great variety of meals that they offer, the steak pie and our particular favourite macaroni are especially good with the coffee and cakes being as good, we have always experienced good polite service at cafe cafe and frequent there establishment every week, well done to Allan and his staff.

The queuing/ordering system is unclear. There are menu boards featuring drinks and specials but you have to search along the counter for an actual menu. I was surprised at the pricing considering the lack of atmosphere. It looks like a pretty basic cafe. A staff member moved past me and began serving the next person in the queue without asking if I was being served. Another staff member approached me and asked me to move past other customers to give my order at the til. It was all a bit chaotic and a bit stressful.We didn't have to wait too long on the food despite it being busy.My panini was nice but I think I may have been charged extra for salad. I ordered a plain cheeseburger for my niece. I was asked if I wanted onions and said no but it was served with onions. She didn't finish it as she said it wasn't very good. £3.50 for a burger on a morning roll. I could've gotten a kids meal elsewhere for about the same or little more than that.My coffee was almost undrinkable. Even sugar couldn't save it. It had a strange brown froth which I have never seen on a latte before. Truly disgusting and it gave me a sore stomach for several hours afterwards.I recall my aunt taking me here as a child and being unimpressed even then with my 'milkshake' which was a tiny plastic cup of flavoured milk. It doesn't seem to have improved much. I only chose it as I was attending a show at the venue next to it. I'm genuinely baffled at how well patronised this place is considering the other options in the shopping centre. I wont be back.

My wife and I had the lentil soup which was absolutely beautiful and a coffee it was just a quick snack.

I’ve used al fresco for years now and always recommend it. I buy breakfasts and lunches here frequently for myself whilst working (take away) and for my family when I’m not. The staff can never be helpful enough and the food is always good and I think it’s also good value. Keep up the good work.

Dropped in at 8 o'clock in a Saturday wee bit early for them but couldn't be more helpful ordered two bacon rolls and coffee excellent value for money coffee superb the staff were lovely and welcoming definitely recommended

I ordered Scrambled Egg on a plate as I am not currently eating bread and a cup of tea. This cost me around £7-8 and the Scrambled Egg was completely tasteless. I applied my own salt and pepper and it was still not adding any taste to the food. The food was rubber like and had hard parts in it. The “pot” of tea I got given was ridiculous for the price - I got one full cup and a dribble for the next cup. Over-priced for sure!

Has a few disappointing visits but decided to give it another go. Almost scalded myself with the coffee and blistered my tongue. I so wish they would get this right. Place feels really grubby.

First of all the logistics with the ordering and paying is not great. It is not clear where to order and where to pay and which queues are which. I ordered a baked potato with cheese and asked what came with it, was told nothing. This is shocking considering the baked potato was nearly £5!!!! I fail to see how you could justify asking that price for a potato and cheese?? I understand profit margins but that is ridiculous. ( There wasn't even butter on the potato and the cheese was cheap and rubbery). Anyhoo I ordered a side of salad and side of coleslaw to go with this and these were both of very poor quality! The slaw was nippy and sour and the salad didn't even have a single piece of onion or cucumber in it, it was lettuce covered in sweetcorn for some bizarre reason. Sweetcorn? really?. Apparently the reason no sides are being served with the food any longer is because of the food waste the cafe had "masses of food waste" (Direct staff quote). I can answer your food waste problem easily..... Get better quality produce for the price you are charging! In total I paid a shocking £7 for a baked potato (With side salad - which should actually come with it) and bottle of water. £7 - You do realise that Fife is one of the poorest places in scotland? My Minimum wage is £7.70 - I had to work one whole hour to afford a potato, cheese and water! Really? Please have a look at things this is not right the produce is poor (hence the masses of food waste) and the prices too high!

Pleasant Cafe which serves breakfast, lunch, snacks and cakes. Lovely coffee. Good soups. Nice meeting place. Helpful staff. Closes at 17.30. Adjacent to Rothes Halls.

Al Fresco has been a stopping off point when shopping in the Kingdom Centre, Glenrothes for almost 26 years. Good breakfasts, snacks or meals, a new ice cream counter, lovely cakes including real, proper doughnuts! Nice smooth coffee (Lavazza I think).

Always a good place to get a snack or cooked food,tried there burgers last week really tasty,use normally once every couple of weeks

Lovely staff, so polite and patient. Food was tasty also. What I'm most impressed with was listening to the staff chatting to their regulars, they were lovely and had a genuine interest in what the customer was chatting to them about.

Stood like a pillock waiting to be served at the ice cream counter. Luckily and lovely young woman/man?? Was cleaning tables and noticed me waiting and came over to serve me, he/she apologised for the wait and got my son his raspberry ripple cone. I paid by card but it took ages to go through though. All round okay service and my son loved his ice cream but I forgot he was lactose intolerant and he sh*t in the back of my Ford Fiesta on the way home

Stood like a idiot waiting to be served no one present only to be told by a lady down the corridor that their is no one there stating the obvious .

a lovely cafe within the Kingdom Centre in Glenrothes. Outdoor plants and parasols add to the illusion of being outside. Reasonable menu and served quickly. Nice staff, very friendly.

I like this café, the staff are friendly and a good quick service. It’s not too expensive but usually quite busy.

My wife and I visit the cafe fairly regularly throughout the year as it remains, in my opinion, the best in Fife for it's coffee and all the amazing fresh baked cakes/pastries/doughrings. Recently I had the immense pleasure of having an afternoon "fish tea" and I felt compelled to remind anyone who is unaware of how great Al Fresco truly is. For under £8 you enjoy fish in batter that is so fresh that you feel it has just been caught and done in an amazing crispy batter. Fresh chips and salad top it off and amazingly you also get your choice of any of the cakes left and a cup of tea! Absolutely amazing and as tasty as you will find anywhere but I defy anyone to price match this awesome deal anywhere else in the UK, it simply is not available anywhere else for the price and the taste is sublime. Alan Lambert has more than taken on the mantle from his dad Bob, he is exceeding the previous high standards of over forty years service to the people of Glenrothes and visitors from further afield. Brilliant cafe with some of the nicest staff that you will find anywhere in Fife. Thanks!!!

This was our first visit, the staff member who served us was rude and looked bored, I stood in line to pay for a good 5mins then sat down waiting another 10mins, I approached the woman who took my order only to be told as I was not seated she returned my meal, which by now was dried up, she did not offer to replace, her whole attitude left a bad taste in my mouth....and upset what was otherwise a nice day.....NOT IMPRESSED.....

We both had the mac n cheese with chips. They were both very pleasant but nothing startling. Chips nicely cooked, mac n cheese was nice, plenty cheesy creamy sauce, we don’t like it served stodgy which it definitely wasn’t. Would have preferred a stronger/punchier cheese used but that’s maybe just us.

This cafe has changed dramatically for the worse over the past 5 years or so. Staff are friendly and helpful.

This cafe has been established for a lot of years and always gives pleasant, efficient service. The staff are very friendly and helpful. There is hot food available at the hotplate to choose from, or you can order items to be freshly prepared and brought out to your table. The choice of cakes is excellent, and the hot drinks are lovely. There is also some lovely ice-creams to choose from.

Decided to treat myself to a panini during a short lunch break - wish I hadn’t! At just over £5 for a cheese & ham panini and a small soft drink, I expected a wee bit of salad or a few crisps on the side. What I got was an oil slick when I bit into the offending item. What is on the plate in the photo is a dribble compared to the grease which run down my hand!! After two bites, I finished the drink and left. If I hadn’t been pressed for time, I’d have handed it back and complained - but I’ll just vote with my feet.

Well over prices, small portions and staff not very friendly at all.

A very busy cafe,a variety of food from rolls to sandwiches to steak pie and a variety of good cakes.

Stopped in here for a morning coffee and was pleasantly surprised. Coffees were hot and the selection of morning rolls and cakes were impressive. Service was excellent and highly recommend

Visited today and had steak pie and a latte. Would recommend the steak pie with what seemed like fresh real chips. Reasonable prices and will most likely visit again

Hamburguesa y patatas fritas, sólo Dios sabe cómo cocinar las hamburguesas, ya que no tenía color gris y estaba adecuadamente excepto insípida. También se sirve con cebollas que no estaban ordenados. Patatas fritas con frijoles - lo suficientemente simple para llegar a la derecha pero...

A través de la encimera ordenados para llevar. Orden llevado a un par de minutos, pero luego hicieron esperar casi 10 minutos sin ninguna explicación y otros 4 se sirve sentarse en clientes y recibir su orden antes. Terminamos de cancelar la orden como ya...

Detenido en mientras espera a la mujer que estaba de compras.

Hemos visitado varias veces al aire libre, y siempre me pareció simpático, limpio y eficiente. Esta vez fue sólo una taza después de las compras, sigue siendo el mismo buen servicio y a un precio razonable

Bob comenzó su primer café hace más de cuarenta años en Glenwood, creo. Desde entonces, él ha estado siempre en la vanguardia de un práctico lugar para un aperitivo ligero o un café y un pastel. El café aquí es excelente y la casa para hornear sin duda el mejor de la ciudad.

This cafe is ok, the food is good and freshly made cakes and scones.Staff friendly.The toilets are in desperate need of repair and facelift. I will not use toilet facilities.

Nice place but charge .20p for payment by card. Come on people it's 2017 sure you can absorb the charges involved if any.

I suppose it depends on what time of day you visit. My husband and I always went for a homemade burger which was amazing. This was readily available from mid morning until mid afternoon. Within the past year, we have struggled to have a burger without having to feel guilty about having it made especially for us. This was during lunchtime visits. My effort to show workmates that there are healthier choices than McD.Pull your socks up Al Fresco!

Popped in for a bite to eat and was pleasantly surprised at the wide variety of food available and at a very reasonable price too. Friendly staff and quick service, would recommend!

Had lunch here while doing some last minute Christmas shopping and spent all Christmas weekend being ill. Don't recommend at all

Popped in here for a break whilst out getting last minute shopping in the Kingdom Centre. Late afternoon (Hogmanay) so not a huge amount of food choices left, but no matter as we only needed hot drinks anyway.Quite a large open café, with a good number of real and artificial plants to screen the various seating sections.Dishwasher apparently wasn't working so drinks were served in paper cups - not a problem but just seemed a little 'downmarket.'Staff are reasonably friendly and polite.Convenient place to get something to eat and drink. Usually has a good range of hot and cold food, snacks or meals, normally caters very well for coeliacs also.Prices are fairly reasonable.

We use Alfresco for coffee breaks whilst at the Kingdom Centre shopping however it appears to be popular with other shoppers for their breakfasts and casual lunches

Almost lost a lip, the coffee was scalding. Salad served with panini limp and uninteresting with a wierd taste and cakes stale. The prices did not reflect a self service shopping centre cafe, they were off the scale. Toilets were disgusting and waitress clearing tables was more interested in chatting than doing her job. Grubby place, stale food. Will never be back.

Quick lunch visit. I have not used this cafe for ages but decided to have lunch here . Staff very nice and fairly good menu but the price for my stovies was a bit steep. £3.70 for a small bowl which to be honest would not fill anyone with a hearty appetite. A slice of bread and butter would have been very welcome but costs extra . I do appreciate that the rent in this shopping centre is high so the owners have to reflect this in the price but at least offer a decent sized portion. Cannot fault the staff as they were all very nice.

Met here with a friend, we both had the tea and biscuits; sat at the upper end of the café which was very cold; toilets disappointing as the hand-dryers are not very efficient; there was a roll of what appeared to be a toilet roll sitting which we had to use to dry our hands

Visited this cafe today for the first time in a while, and was shocked to be charged £8.45 for a cheese roll (unbuttered & with a mouth full of salad), medium latte, tea for one (which was almost cold) and a very small portion of chips, which looked & tasted as though they were last of the batch on the hot plate. When I checked the receipt I noticed that the latte was almost £1 cheaper than the cheese roll which was £3.30. It has been a while since I was in this cafe and it will be even longer before I'm back, Standards have slipped since my last visit.

Would recommend, good food . The staff are all nice and friendly some has a great sense of humour which makes a difference to you're day. Go there a few times a week.

Tasty ham & cheese Panini, with coleslaw on the side - all really nice, think the coleslaw was homemade. Prices very reasonable. Friendly cheerful atmosphere. Will go back.

Having been here many times, I thought it about time for a review. This more like a family style restaurant than a cafe. Good quality "plain fayre" served with a smile at reasonable prices - great stuff

I enjoy popping in to Cafe Al Fresco for a coffee and a piece of home baking. Usually spoiled for choice.

Dreadful cakes this visit and not much better last time. Won't go again. Rothes hall cafe next door is better but closed today.

Used to come here many years ago and always happy with food, quality and friendly staff. Brought my son for lunch and as he is not a small child at 8, we opted for larger size. Staff member rude on service as I asked about the size, where I got no real information. When it was brought over it was small plate of macaroni and 10 chips! £4:20. We didn't but drinks as saw the again small cups bought by customers in front. Not greedy but expected much more from a cafe. Again spoke to staff member regarding my expectations but couldn't be less interested. Managed to share some of my dry baked potato with my son.Sad but won't be back or recommend to others. Staff member clearly needs to develop customer skills!!

Excellent food and good prices. Plenty to choose from. Great it has a takeaway service. Good location. Wasn't busy even though it was lunchtime during the week. Definitely be back

I have been here many times over the past three years and consider it to have some of the friendliest, nicest staff I've ever come across! Their food, although limiting on menu, appeals to everyone and is of the highest standard. Their tiffin is incredible and credits to the baker! Dishes always clean, therefore whoever is on dishwasher is doing an amazing job. The service on the coffee is second to none, and all the young members of staff are always full of enthusiasm and are a credit to the establishment. Will return soon!

I read the negative reviews and reckon its a concerted effort to disgrcae what is a decent place for lunch.Firstly the service is prompt and friendly and the girls work hard.I have eaten here several times and i all honesty it wont win awards but for the price I challenge you to find better.

Fancied a burger and coffee. Burger burnt, onions defy description and were stone cold and I almost got 3rd degree burns from the coffee it was so hot. I took my burger back but waited so long to try and get a member of staffs attention I gave up. Overpriced, dirty tables and staff unhelpful. Noticed there was an awful lot of food left on plates from other diners so clearly it wasn't just me that was unhappy.

We dropped in at lunch time for a quick snack. The menu was limited however enticing. However having ordered the food, it took ages to arrive, was very dry and quite frankly inedible. The rocket salad off so they replaced it with something rather drab. I don't think they understand basic customer service.

I went in here with my boyfriend and at first I thought it would be a nice experience, there was a nice smell in the resturant so I was hopeful, once I saw the food I was served however that hope died, it looked like a school dinner, only it looked like it had been cooked, cooled off and re-cooked twice, I had ordered sausages, chips and beans and my boyfriend ordered a couple of their burgers, we both had some cola to go along with it, in total they charged us £16 for this (I feel I should mention that the cost of our meal in a cafe in England would have been closer to £6 than £16 so I have no idea where they got that price from) having said that my actual food was ok, it wasn't anything I would write home about but it was edible, I've given them a 1 out of 5 because my boyfriend's burgers were PURPLE in the middle, the cola was flat and we attended on Sunday so it was probably re-heated leftovers that they served us, in short I would AVOID THIS PLACE >:(

Stop here on a regular basis whilst down in glenrothes town centre good spot for a pot of tea or coffee always got a good choice of scones or home baking and if around lunchtime have a good choice of well prepared hot meals, brought to your table by friendly staff plenty of tables and good value.

Great place for people watching if you're into that! I had the macaroni with chips last time I went and it was lovely. They do really good coffee also. The prices are very reasonable for what you're getting!

Lovely fish and chips just as good as you get round the coast very quick service as well if you arrive in the morning I would recommend the breakfast

The wife is gluten intolerant and since finding out that's what has been bothering her, she has been missing her macaroni cheese and chips. She was able to have this here yesterday and so far no untoward effects. They make their own chips from potatoes here and only use the one fryer for this. They also sold a range of GF cakes.

Sunday afternoon, the wife and I had a quick snack here, my wife had a soup, buttered roll and a Latte, I had a small roasted coffee, my wife said the soup was excellent, coffee was good too, would recommend.

It's a little cafe/ restaurant ... That provides a cosy , little getaway from the hustl mad bustle of the Kingdom shopping centre . The service is very good with friendly, helpful staff , and the food is tasty and varied .

It is a very good self service restaurnat located in the town center that offers a variety of food at reasonable prices from cakes all the way to full meals. The staff are very polite and usually good service however at really busy times there may be a little wait at the tills.

What a surprise I was looking a lunch after a workshop and thought a usual baked potato would be my only option as coelic but what a choice.I was overwhelmed as I am limited normally with choices.I choose macaroni and chips,I have missed this so much and was smiling all the way through.thanks I will be back to try more well done

Dropped in yesterday for a latte and an Apple tart, lovely selection of cakes and pastries. we were very pleased with the quality and variety For a quiet Monday morning the Café was about half fullwith a few breakfasts being served ,fast and friendly service and the Café is smart and clean We would certainly go back and try their lunches next time we are in Glenrothes

After doing some shopping on Saturday 10 Jan, we stopped in this cafe for lunch, food looked good, and decision made, bowl of soup, bowl of stovies, tea & coffee, simple. While waiting at the counter, I noticed one of the male assistants serving chips with a tea towel over his arm, some of the towel was in among the chips, he walked away and when I looked again the same tea towel was half in the chips and half hanging over the serving counter. When our food arrived, the butter portions were so hard that they had to be put onto the tea pot for a few minutes to soften off. I don't know what the problem with the stovies but I had to peel a crust off the top before I was able to eat them. Couldn't though, no taste even after adding far more salt than I would have normally. I left more than half the portion of stovies, only good thing was the tea, my aunt said that the soup was good. We've used this cafe before and hadn't been to impressed with the food, but decided to give it another chance, after this visit we won't be back

Would recommend any one to try cafe Al fresco in glenrothes shopping centre good food staff really friendly please try

Good food.... especially the cakes/scones are very good!Best coffee in Fife I would say for sure.worth a visit if your in town.

It is very good value for money and fresh made food. Very child friendly. Some of the tables and chairs have seen better days but apart from that lovely place.

For a quick coffee and a home made cake then this is the place for you! If you have been out the country for a while and you want to get an instant feeling of being at home then try the breakfast which is excellent. At £5 it is fairly going up in price over the last 18 mtgs but then all good things are worth that little bit extra. Superb

Although located slap bang in the middle of the Kingdom Shopping Centre it can be forgiven for not being exactly Al Fresco but more Open Plan.Having said that the food was delicious, the staff helpful, knowledgable and very friendly. Not only did they know what Gluten Free food was but offered alternative substitution menu items, their own Gluten Free Bread and made us aware that all Gluten Free food is cooked separately and to order so their may be a bit of a wait. Only ask for a large coffee if your are really thirsty or not in a hurry because it's HUGE.Great place for breakfast before a spot of Retail Therapy...give it a try, you'll not be disappointed....

Good range of baked goods and deent lunch menu. Sometomes it can be a bit overcrowded and disorganised at lunchtimes but a good value for money venue.

so good I wouldn't visit anywhere else for coffee when in Glenrothes town centre. very friendly helpful staff, amazed how these ladies can remember just how you like your coffee, always made to feel at home

Visit regularly when shopping or just a cuppa. Friendly staff. Seating is a bit cramped with difficulty to getting sat down. Food, snacksand mome baking excellent.

I've been going to this place for years. The homebaking has always been brilliant. Good breakfasts, paninis and lovely main meals. Since diagnosed coeliac, I've discovered they do a good range of gluten free homebaking, quiche and sandwiches (on homebaked bread). Staff are all very friendly and helpful. Prices are good. Although inside a shopping centre, it's all open plan under a glass roof and gives a nice 'outdoor' feeling.