Cafe Smile in Peterborough

No flexibility on menu. Sticky tables. Very dingy atmosphere.

Luke warm plate breakfast goes cold quickly

I was expecting more from the chef, something fresh at least, if they advertised it! But instead I got caned tomatoes which tasted quite bad and left juice in the plate mixing with everything :( ! As for the coffee I suggest a better barista and a different coffee bean roast.

Awful service and dirty, The lady who was serving pushed something down in the bin then made a customer hot drinks without washing her hand. This is no excuse for being short staffed.

We ordered food and did not have to wait a long time for it. The meals were piping hot and cooked to a very high standard. Although the staff were under pressure they maintained great customer service. Well done.

Had coffee and a jacket potato there on the 13th of April. The lady at the till was not the friendliest, did not smile once. I would be expecting more smiles at a place called "café smile". The lady who actually brought the food was absolutely lovely and friendly.

Arrived at quarter to 12 to find breakfast was over. Bit of an annoyed face on the woman at the till, no problem, we are here food food not a smile I guess. Ordered an all day breakfast and a Mocha, half an hour later and food finally arrived, was cold, undercooked bacon and pale sausages and a barely cooked hash brown. Could hear plenty of women having a chat and a laugh put the back in the kitchen though... I guess even mixing the drink was too much work.

Always a friendly community atmosphere. The staff are helpful and polite :-) Cheap eats. Seems to be a safe space for people LDs and or autism. Sometimes short staffed, but the staff do their best in spite of this.

Went for breakfast. Lovely fresh cooked food. Nice staff . Not too long to wait

Lovely breakfast, well worth the wait as it was all freshly cooked.

Cafe smile? not a smile insight. Hardly any vegetarian food on menu and when visiting they had a limited menu. I popped in to grab something to eat as my glucose levels were dropping. but £2.20 for a bottle of pop?! crazy! The guy who served me was nice enough. All i can say is i’m glad I dont live in the area as I will never visit again.

Turned up about 1:30 p.m. for a sandwich and told the kitchen was closed....not a bright idea to close at lunchtime is it ???

Very lovely egg sandwich and great customer service. And great price for my sandwich and drink.

Great scones. Service bit slow as always short staffed. And for some reason they are normally low stock on stuff. Coffee is nice. Staff very polite. IF they have a scone they are lush .

Due to staff shortage food was limited... Still very nice. Cafe was cold as air con was on

Nice and clean food choice good and priced fair

I was suggested to try this place by a good friend Mr G, safe to say the food didn't disappoint. Everyone was friendly and the meal was really nice. Will definitely be going back again

Staff where friendly. And helpful

Nice cafe, charging points for phones, laptops etc. Plenty of seating.

Good service, food is cooked quickly and the latte is nice. Sausages are hit and miss though.

Staff are friendly wasntl happy with full breakfast as sausage wasn't browned asked for sausage and bacon to be cooked more refused saying kitchen now shut. Food usually nice and reasonable with the prices. Shame that one member of staff refused.

Decent portion of tasty food from the café, served up reasonably quickly.

Really nice coffee and vegan chocolate cake - the calories don't count because of that right? ;D

Popped in for a breakfast after an hour of shopping in QD. Was told it wasn't available. Also told bread was frozen so couldn't have a sandwich. Table's were still full of used plates and cutlery from other people. Very poor quality of service

Had a latte , quality carton of juice, slice of tasty cake and a muffin for less than £8 ! I thought this was great value . This is why I pop in there when in QD , decent food and drink at reasonable prices .

Very reasonable, great service.

Friendly staff good prices .Nice coffee and milk shakes .I would recommend this place for a light snack and drinks. Clean environment. Clean toilet but I felt vulnerable as the door didn't seem to lock securely. I would have been in full view had the lock failed .My only negative comment.

Like the refurbishment since we were last here 3 years ago. Thank you Covid! The menu is simple but well executed. Café staff just as professional, courteous, and friendly as they were on many previous visits. Hygiene looked to be spot on. Has to be 5* minor grumbles:- table leg wonky, door lock on men's cubicle very stiff. But still a well deserved *****.

A cheese scone, best I've tasted in many a year...👍🏿

Ordered pot of tea x 2 and slices of lemon drizzle cake, which wasn't too bad but maybe cream of some description just to moisten, but that is just my own personal opinion.

Freshly cooked and tasty food, friendly service as well. Would definitely recommend it and will be revisiting.

Great breakfast at a reasonable price

Given off and out of date soya milk.

Very nice. It's been a while since I've been and I took my mum out for a coffee and a sausage roll. Team seemed to be a little stressed when we arrived and it wasn't busy but it didn't taint our experience. Everyone has off days and their food is lovely! As you can see from the picture. My tummy was satisfied!! :-)

Excellent food and good service

Good food very reasonable ... plenty of space between tables

Very friendly staff , loads of choice on the menu the food looked really good and the hot chocolate is actually really hot,yay .

Slow service that was very lacking, not very busy but you'd have thought they were. The current system of hands up when ready to order made me feel like I'd gone back to school and was especially uncomfortable sitting like that for 5mins (although me and my friend just had to see the funny side) Uncompromising menu my friend wanted to be a little awkward and switch out beans for extra mushroom, or something along those lines, which most places can accommodate without issue, but they couldn't manage that. It took a while to get the order correct when putting it through the till but we got there in the end. The food was actually pretty good and not really greasy like a lot of places (we had breakfast). Price was maybe slightly steep when you look at the service and the type of place it is but it was OK.

Friendly staff, good food at a reasonable price.

Great tea and great service! You must try the chocolate cake 😊

Our first visit to Peterborough, and we’ve managed to cram in several coffee shops during our two-day stay. By FAR the best coffee (decaf) was at the Cafe Smile. A round, rich flavour, and lovely warm milk. Delish!

I had passed this traditional Portuguese restaurant which was always full of people eating lovely food so I decided this is a place I had to visit and after holidays in Portugal I have to say the food did not disappoint me or my freinds.The hospitality was outstanding the recomondation of food was superb and the atmosphere bought back memories like being abroad . From start to finish it was fantastic! This place is a piece of art and culture to Peterborough this place is a diamond we will defiantly be dinning back again

Whilst in town the wife and I decided to call back into Cafe Smile, have eaten here some six months ago at the weekend, we thought we would try the mid-day meal, mid-week. We were not disappointed. Always a friendly smile, help with choosing from the dish of the day. Lunch time, you mostly want to eat and get back to work, this place is ideal the food is served quickly and is tasty too. On this occasion I chose the roast spatchcock chicken, the wife a pork, clam and prawn stew. Great home cooked food, service quickly, its tasty and comes with a smile.

I was attracted to the camels logo on the window blinder. I wondered what that was! Then I had been following this nice mixed of smell of food and coffee to the SMILE Portugal bar. I was welcomed by Evaldo, the pleasant footballer looking bartender. I had an espresso and I was contented to think I’m done for this nice summer afternoon.

Having noticed this restaurant seems busy every time we have passed we decided to try. The restaurant is Portuguese cuisine. The menu is in Portuguese but translated quite basically into English. Because of the translation the dishes aren't very descriptive. Along with very poor customer service to the point we felt we couldn't ask the waiter about the dishes we were not impressed. So for the secong time that day we walked out.

Having got hungry whilst shopping we decided to visit Cafe Smile having passed it many times. It was already quite busy, always a good sign, we were seated quickly. Expecting menus we waited patiently. No. No menu. The options were limited so read out to us and described well by our friendly host. My wife chose the octopus, our son the turkey steak and for myself a kind of Portuguese 'all day breakfast'; toast, steak, egg, sausage and cheese in a sandwich with a tasty sauce. We were also treated to a shared starter comprising of pickled carrot, bread, cheese, fish paste and olives. All three main meals were serviced very quickly and were super tasty. We all tried some of each other's meal, all delicious. See photos of each. Main meals finished we took a break. We had a look at the sweets in the fridge and decided to share a lemon mouse and chocolate mouse to try out. I'd definitely recommend the lemon mouse! The people serving were really helpful and friendly. Providing post meal Portuguese alcoholic aperitif. Very nice. Its not cafe cheap if you see what I mean, but it is super tasty. We were told that the dishes change daily. Hence no menu. Keep it simple equals keep it tasty!Some words to sum up the whole visit: friendly, tasty, relaxed, mixed cultures, enjoyable and of course highly recommended. We'll be back.

I was told to try this restaurant by a friend who knows I like Portuguese food, and we was not disappointed, lovely little restaurant who have not long been open and just getting going,The food was cooked to perfection by Ricardo, who is so pleasant and came and chatted with us, it is a lovely quaint restaurant ,You will need to like Portuguese food as that’s what it offers,Price wise I would give it 10/10