Cafè Plaza in Braintree

I work in the shared office space at The Plaza and I've always been happy with the food/drink they have to offer! One of the baristas, Ella, made me an amazing Iced Oat Blueberry Matcha, and it's the perfect pick me up halfway through the day 💚

Great food, great service! Plaza club with halloumi side

Been a few times now and everything is always wonderful. Dirty hash browns are amazing. Service is very very good. Sometimes busy and no seats but that shows how good it is. Would highly recommend.

The place is unassuming but the food is fantastic. It never disappoints every time I come.

Great food, amazing location after a walk around the local country park, highly recommend a visit

Went today for some breakfast. absolutely amazing down to the service, presentation and taste of food. I had the mexican breakfast and my friend had a breakfast bap and they were both amazing. Well worth the visit would highly recommend!

My first visit was very pleasant. I really enjoyed the Mexican Breakfast.

First time visit and very impressed. Staff were very friendly and welcoming. The sausage rolls were lovely and the red velvet cake was delicious.

The best cafe in and out off Braintree. I have office at the plaza and we have food every single day and they have not let us down in over 2 years! Graat management and great staff will not use another cafe anymore!

Great food, Great Coffee, Friendly staff! 🫶🏻

I had lunch with my daughter at Cafe Plaza on Rutherford Park, Braintree on 1/2/25. I had a sausage bap and my daughter a breakfast bab. Both were delicious and large portions. The cafe was really clean and had comfortable seating. Service was great and quick. There were cakes in a glass case which looked really good but unfortunately too full after the baps. Would definitely recommend this cafe

What a great find this place is. A lovely walk nearby and access to notley park. This cafe is lovely. Dog friendly made it perfect. The food and sizes, very impressed. Look forward to visiting again. Lovely friendly staff as well

Delicious food and lovely staff. The cafe was busy but they took time to explain the menu choices and offer different options. Really sweet with the children as well. Thank you! 🤩

Won’t waste my time again. Got to the counter and asked if they had a take away menu, replied; well we have a menu. Asked if everything on the menu we could get as take away, replied; well most things. So great start with unhelpful staff. Ordered 2 toasties. Was told numerous times while waiting; sorry for the wait, yours are coming. After 35min we asked how long, told ours would be out next. After 40+ min and 2 other orders going out, asked again to be told they were being done now. Asked for a refund as 40min for 2 take away toasted sandwiches was ridiculous and would mean I didn’t then have enough time to have lunch before going to work. Staff didn’t seem to understand my frustration and not being advised about a significant wait when we initially ordered seems poor service. Don’t think they cared in the slightest. Shame as the sweet and savouries we’ve had off the counter previously have always been good and perfect spot for a coffee after a dog walk but will never go back again.

A real gem. Went for breakfast and the choice is great and reasonably priced. Cakes and sausages rolls also looked amazing. Great service, really friendly staff. Dog friendly space. Location is a little odd as just in the lobby of the plaza building but if you get past that, it's a lovely little place and I will definitely be recommend to anyone!

Just wanted to say how brilliant the young serving Staff are here..polite, engaging, funny. Credit to the business!

Not only is the food excellent at cafe plaza the staff are equally so. I visited last week with my daughter and she accidentally dropped her phone into a car park drain. Once I let the staff know what had happened they did their utmost to help us, fortunately an excellent maintenance man on site was able to retrieve the phone. Fantastic

Good atmosphere, welcoming staff. Enjoyed my time in the cafe as it was peaceful

3 of us went on bank holiday Monday after a walk at the discovery centre. 2 of us had the special of bbq pork belly in sourdough toastie with fries and it was amazing... We both absolutely loved it! My child had the oreo smash brownie and it's a firm favourite with him too. I can particularly recommend the honeycomb latte...so good! Staff are always lovely and friendly. Perfect way to spend the bank holiday.

Frequented this establishment this morning with our Border Terrier. Very reasonably priced (£4.50 for door step bacon sandwich) and great quality food. The seating area is clean and service was prompt. This is a good stop off if using the Discovery centre and surrounding footpaths, for a brisk route march. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great cafe, lovely staff, tasty menu, excellent location. We had a wonderful family brunch. Thanks so much for a really enjoyable relaxed visit. Adding to my favourites 👍👍

Had a good English breakfast here. There is the added bonus of a small play corner for toddlers. Everybody happy 👍

Great food, great tea and coffee. Friendly helpful staff who you can have a joke with.

Had a delicious iced coffee yesterday. Lovely clean facilities. Staff were welcoming and helpful.

Lovely cafe serving very good quality food. Great service with lovely staff who are very helpful.

Wonderful place that accepts dogs! They even have a bowl of doggie biscuits on the counter. Not a restaurant but a wonderful cafe with great atmosphere.

Food is really good, variety of cakes as well. Nice atmosphere and good meeting place

Had the special, Spicy sausage, in a tomato sauce, egg, chorizo & herbs with sourdough bread. Absolutely amazing, good kick on the sausage, portion size was ample for lunch.

What a great place, heard about it through word of mouth. Ordered the door stop sandwich which certainly lived up to the name. Staff were really friendly and helpful, tables etc all clean and easy to access.

Lovely place to stop for a quick bite.

Friendly and very helpful staff, lots of food and drink options

Had eggs benedict. Absolutely perfect,yoke runny,plenty of ham and tasty sauce. Capichino to drink

Had the most amazing lunch today from the Mother’s Day menu! Was perfectly cooked and presented beautifully! Tasted absolutely delicious. Amazing staff and service👌🏼 such a fun atmosphere! 🤩🥞🍳🫶🏼

First time visit, will definitely be returning

We enjoyed a wonderful lunch here - the food was incredible and so reasonably priced! The staff were so welcoming! We loved that dogs were allowed inside the building - we will definitely be back for a cuppa and slice of cake after a dog walk very soon.

This place is fantastic! As unrealistic as it may seem, everything that I’ve ever ordered here has been fantastic! Could not recommend highly enough.

The staff couldn't have been more helpful. However, that's where it stopped for us. The food was average at best. Our expectations were quite high given the price, but the quality was akin to Wetherspoons food with a sprinkling of micro herbs on top. All of this I could have got over, if it weren't for the lack of hygiene. Considering people were allowed to bring their dogs into the cafe, we did not once see any of the tables being sanitised between guests. Our table was covered in mud and dog hair from the previous guests and the floors were filthy. I love dogs as much as the next person, but I think if dogs are going to be allowed into a restaurant then I'd rather see some extra cleaning being done to ensure it's still hygienic enough to eat there. Sanitising tables between guests as a minimum should be standard.

highly recommend they catered for six of us and everyone's food was excellent, staff were all very welcoming and friendly. will definitely be back more often

Amazing food! Really recommend! I'm not a fan of the new business park/industrial estate.. just seems like such a strange place to have such a lovely little cafe but it is nice to have a lovely place for a coffee and bite to eat when we are walking at the discovery park, dog friendly too so always a winner for me!

Think we found our new fav cafe! Breakfast was delicious

Great cafe, nice coffee, Really good breakfast and OMG the sausage rolls are amazing 👍🏻

Good food, nice service for a birthday lunch

Without a doubt the best cafe around. The food is exceptional. The family who run this business have no doubt a fantastic talent.

Such good coffee ☕️ always service with a smile. Oh and the dirty hash browns are yummy 😋

Had eggs Benedict with Hash browns, the eggs were perfectly runny and the hash browns were perfectly crispy. Lovely friendly staff. Xx

Kelly and the team provided excellent food and drinks with a service to match. Well worth the visit - thank you

Me and my business partner work in the building and it's always nice to pop down to the cafe for a coffee and some good food! 5 STARS!!

Too crammed, tables far too close to the serving counter/till. Young girl behind counter totally ignoring customers - tbh we nearly walked out. BUT the food we had was good and sure it will do well - just acknowledge customers and create a bit more space near the counter please. 😉

Surprised at so many positive reviews. I found this place completely soulless. Reminds me of sitting in a hospital canteen. No atmosphere, no character. The beans on toast was a joke, barely any beans on the toast, toast un buttered, dry and awful. Poached eggs were not proper poached eggs, served with hard yolks and in a perfect half moon shape which didn’t suggest they were poached properly. Very disappointing and the game needs upping if I were to return.

What a wonderful little cafe All Homemade Delicious food, beautiful service.

Our second visit. Really nice place for a coffee and lunch. Easy (free parking - just sign in at the food counter) Good food and coffee. Lots of choice. Friendly, personal service. Gets busy quickly, not a negative comment, but there is outside seating if the weather is fine. Definitely recommend

Lovely little venue. Ideal after a walk around Great Notley. Indoor and outdoor seating and on a sunny day good place to watch activity on new buildings.

Great food and amazing staff giving the most friendly welcome. Can't wait to come back and try more dishes!

Food very tasty as expected. All the staff were so attentive and helpful. So glad it is now opening at the weekends XXX

Fabulous breakfast freshly cooked and enjoyed on a sunny Saturday morning after Parkrun. Would highly recommend

Nice friendly cafe good service.

Great food, friendly, helpful staff, parking, nice outside seating area as well as inside, lovely stop off point after a walk around the discovery centre 😁👍🏻

Lovely food, friendly staff, great atmosphere.

Had lunch, eggs benedict with carrot cake to follow. Food and service was great.

Staff are friendly and welcoming and the food is great

My office is at the plaza so I order from here most days - always great food/coffee, well priced and friendly staff. Would recommend to anyone in the area!

Great service , friendly staff and delicious food 🤩

Pastrami sandwich was fantastic, one of the best I've ever tasted. Worth a visit.

Just popped in for a coffee and a cake, the coffee was very smooth and the Biscoff was to die for! I will definitely have to go back for lunch as the food looked delicious.