Cafezara in Rother

Quick lunch and coffee Popped in for a bite to eat on warm, sunny day. Got exactly what I hoped for - reasonable food at reasonable prices and super friendly service. Don’t expect gourmet but lots of smiles and laughter. Cakes are huge! One small...

Speedy service, and we had a really nice amount of space for the 3 of us including a pretty big pram. Ordered 2 BLT's, and received 2 BL's, but wheres the MF T?!?! :-) I went and passive aggressively asked about the tomato lack, and...

If the staff cracked a smile it might hurt, such a shame as in a lovely town. Hot drinks were like dishwater too. Staff werent wearing masks and no screen as an alternative. Not very Covid safe.

We hadn't been to Rye before so this cafe was chosen by chance. We ordered scones with jam and cream and tea for two. The scones were very fresh and plenty of jam and cream were provided. It was nice to have a pot of...

Great selection of food, friendly staff. All Covid-19 measures in place. Really enjoyed our visit. Thank you to the team and highly recommend this place.

Turned up as a family of 10 at lunch time, they were quite busy but managed to accomadate us, service was fantastic, food was amazing, would highly recommend this place to anyone, great selection of English and Turkish food. Ice creams were gorgeous, staff were...

Very friendly and good service. Greeted at the door, hand gel provided and asked to sign log ( covid tracking). For lunch we had omelette, bacon baguette served with crisps and salad and halloumi salad, all off which was nice. I would have like a...

We had a very brief visit to cafe Zara this afternoon. We had specifically come to Rye to dine in the restaurant next door (highly recommend) and thought we would grab four ice creams from cafe Zara on the way back to the car. We...

Came with freinds, slowish service despite it being quiet and the first two things I tried to order I was told they had run out of. Staff seemed a bit flustered and confused about how to cope with the orders coming in, though there were...

We had breakfast here on 2/08 and thoroughly enjoyed it. Service was good and efficient. Only criticism is they had no salmon. I would return as it is affordable. The ladies serving us were both lovely.

Visited on Saturday 25th july, waited in doorway as requested and should of recognised at that point that it was not going well. But it was busy everywhere and as tables were empty we thought it would not be long. There seemed to be immense...

What a find and perhaps the best coffee I have tasted this year. Located in beautiful Rye so stop of and enjoy a refreshment

We went in here on Saturday lunchtime looking forward to an all day breakfast. When we arrived it was quiet only a couple of other tables occupied. We sat down ordered two hot chocolates and then our food. After 20 minutes the food hadn't arrived...

Dreadful. The notice in the window said 'Waitress Service'. Another one said 'Staff Wanted'. I can only assume that the 'staff' required is a new chef...because the one they have is not up to it. We walked in and found a table and waited. Another...

Popped in to Cafe Zara for tea and cake one Saturday in February whilst visiting Rye. Friendly staff, nice atmosphere, comfortably busy - which is always a good sign - and decent service. My wife has to eat gluten free and enjoyed a choice of...

A nice welcome at this lovely cafe which offers all day breakfasts, paninis and pastries during the day and is a Turkish restaurant at night.

Just needed a snack on a cold, damp day. .Pleasant welcome, prompt table order and fast delivery..Food was hot and adequate in amount but nothing special. My wife and I agreed that it was OK so our rating was average. Price was fair.

Mmmmmm............nice looking contemporary cafe/ tea/coffee shop but should have made my decision when we walked in to the smell of frying food (greasy caff smell) staff not very welcoming. Sat down and waitress took order of tea for 2, hot chocolate, scones with jam and...

We went by chance and really enjoyed our food, especially the mezze. Staff really friendly too. Recommend!

Our 2nd visit, able to sit outside with our dog but unfortunately the sandwich we got was nasty, cheap white bread. Very disappointed

Stopped for lunch to get out of the rain - great menu, staff friendly and attentive. Portions ample - can have a scoop of ice cream up to a full meal. We ate sandwich and chips with no dinner needed. Thank yiu

excellent food in a excellent place the food was super .we will come back next time with more people.

amzing place in a amazing town the food is out of this world .the breakfast is to die for the . the service is very good .

The cakea and food are delicious and goes perfectly with a cappuccino o We visit regularly wand are always made to feel very welcome by the friendly staff. A real asset to the town!

No toilet paper or seat. no baby change facilities. Really poor milkshake. Nice cup of tea and ice creams with a large menu.

We came in here for lunch and I checked the reviews. There was a mixture of Comments so I was expecting average. When my burger came it was hard to hold because of how greasy it was. It was also quite chewy. The side salad...

Went in to this place one lunchtime last week and was really disappointed with the food. I ordered a shepherds pie and my friend ordered a lasagne. A few minutes later the waitress came back to say that there was no shepherds pie so I...

The lady serving us seemed very friendly but sadly the chef point plank refused to cater for me as a vegan. I simply asked for the dairy products to be left off the meze plate & I was happy to pay the same price. The...

I’m not usually a moaner but was disappointed with my visit for lunch with a friend today the staff were friendly and we were both served our drinks and meals together. my sandwhich was just standard bread with 2 cheap greasy sausages and the side...

Absolutely awful service! Poor quality meals! One meal still not served! Cutlery given after I’d finished my meal!

Stoped here for lunch very nice food would like to visit again clean place staff very nice lots to choose from would suggest not put mayonnaise on every thing.

Went with my fiance for some breakfast and got two hot drinks and two all day breakfasts for just £16. Very good value for money. The place was beautiful and clean with quick and friendly service.

We were actively encouraged to leave as they were short staffed and didn’t want us to sit upstairs. Took our business elsewhere.

This was a nice little coffee stop (well actually coffee/tea/hot chocolate and cake stop). Very friendly staff, prompt service and a nice clean restaurant. Perfect for a pitstop and battery re-charge.

We stopped at Cafe Zara for coffee & cake and we were not disappointed! Coffee was served piping hot and the Carrot Cake, which tasted homemade, was delicious. Staff were polite, efficient and very pleasant. We will certainly go there again when next we visit...

gehabt und hinein ins Zara. Der Weißwein sehr säuerlich und das BLT- Sandwich Durchschnitt. Die Chips wurden vergessen daher können...

Very poor quality sausages in my sausage baguette and whilst the milkshake was tasty it wasn't very thick or cold (too much milk and not enough ice cream I guess). The girlfriend's mozzarella, tomato and basil panini was greasy and a bit tasteless. Staff were...

We came here needing refreshment after browsing the town, and ordered tea and ice cream as we were too warm to face a full meal! Both tea and ice cream were really good, very refreshing and just the job. Very nice cafe with clean toilets....

Went here for a light tea and had the cold mezze.. Was nice and fresh and very filling.. Both me and Mrs couldn't eat it all lol... Turns out they own the Turkish restaurant on same street also.. Lovely friendly service 😁

I had a toasted tea cake which was a bit over done but was ok and my sister had an ommlette which she said was very nice but a bit overpriced. But i have to say the milkshake was so good very creamy and lovely...

Just really poor food, really cheap ingredients and you can tell. I'd avoid, there's much better places in Rye. Two stars cause I've eaten in worse places.

Ordered 2 meals, one was ok the other a BLT was served with stale bread. It was returned and a not much better meal was delivered. The staff made no apologies and made us feel that it was our fault for their poor food. Never...

Stopped off for lunch on a busy sunny day in Rye. Sat outside. We both chose the mezze platter. Placed order inside and service was relatively quick. The platter was a decent size and the ingredients fresh and enjoyable. Would be happy to order it...

Services was good, food was okay, you’ll get full up, pay a reasonable price but it won’t be memorable.

We had a coffee break here while antique shopping in rye the coffee is amazing and the service even better incredibly child friendly don’t walk by you won’t be disappointed

Gezellig interieur. Vlotte en vriendelijke bediening. Handig gelegen langs de High Street. Het eten is er ok. Niet speciaal maar...

We had breakfast here a few times and the food was spot on and loads of it , the staff are friendly and the place is very clean . Lots of choices on the menu , everyone very happy and plates cleaned :-) .

Staff seemed friendly. Taste was awful. Cleanliness was awful. Would not recommend visiting here unfortunately.

Popped in before the firework festivities on Saturday looking for a quick dinner. Jacket potatoes and coffee before standing around for a couple of hours in the cold (and wet!!!). Good honest tasty food and good value. Would happily go back when in the area...

Ham egg and chips. Ham nothing special, eggs hard chips ok. Asked for ketchup as all bottles empty. When one found was old and greasy not nice at all. Tea cup dirty. Too expensive for what you get.

As a family, we decided to stop off for breakfast. After disappointing food over the last few days, we decided to try this Cafe. Firstly, the service e was really good. The food came out quickly and more importantly hot... Everything was cooked beautifully and...

Stopped for a nibble and a cupped and overall was a very average experience. The service was good but the food was very bland. Baked Potato and Tuna really was not good and the Bacon and Brie panini was just ok. Not really worth a...

Having driven to Rye just after lunch we were rather hungry. A Rye breakfast caught my husbands attention, me a chicken sandwich. Both were delicious . We busted again during our two day visit to this town. Would recommend this restaurant as welcoming , value...

Food ok. Not the quickest or the cheapest. Toilets grubby and hand dryer not working. Waited ages for coffee after lunch. I’ve had worst and think there is better available in Rye.

Embarrassing food, tasted awful and took ages to arrive at the table. I would NEVER recommend this place, unless you want to die of old age before service.

Food rubbish and a long wait Staff uninterested Do yourself a favour and find one of the many other nice cafes in Rye

There was only about 5 tables here at the time when a staff member was taking my order. As I was telling him my order he continued to talk to other customers around which meant I had to repeat my order twice! And many things...

Nice environment. But more than 30 minutes waiting to get 2 (just decent) English breakfasts is a bit too much.

We went in this cafe for lunch, the waitress was very quick to take our drinks order, then cane back to take our food order whereupon we waited ages for our food to arrive. Our drinks order turned up with us then having to ask...

Friendly atmosphere and good food- would return. Turkish family own the business and are friendly and attentive to their customers. I enjoyed the fish and chips whilst the rest of my family had half pounder burgers which they said were tasty. Reasonably priced food.

My Mum and I nearly always visit Cafe Zara for our lunch and we always have a lovely meal. I tend to go for the Rye breakfast which is cooked perfectly and I’ve had the meze platter before which equally as nice. We will be...

The sign outside spoke of classical turkish anatolian cuisine but when the menu card was checked, I could only see the meze that might have met that description. I guess they have more Wimpy bars and McDonalds in the Ottoman Empire these days, as the...

Having. Come down from Ramsgate we both enjoy your home made moussaka and was always worth the two hour journey for us but twice now the moussaka was not moist but very dry we will not be coming for that meal any more sorry but...

This café has really gone down hill. The food was mediocre, the service shambolic and the cleanliness awful. Ordered a baguette, omelette and eggs on toast with 2 teas and a herbal tea. There first attempt was 2 herbal teas followed by 2 lots of...

Popped in for a quick bite to eat. Service was non existent had to go to the counter ourselves to order. Teas & cakes all good. Cold service no smiles or made to feel welcome.

Lunch here was very disappointing. No choice of bread for sandwich - came as basic white pre-sliced bread, very basic & boring! Wish we'd gone elsewhere!

Service very good , food basic Rude woman in kitchen . Gave me a bad look when I Stepped back not knowing she was there !

Great artistic simple decor, quality of breakfast ingredients not the best, coffee was good, overall OK

We were looking for a nice meal on a hot day and the meal we had was very good. The service was quick and efficient and we didn't have to wait long to be served. It was obviously quite popular.

The best thing to say about Cafe Zara is that it was open at 5.00pm, when we were desperate for a cup of tea and all the other cafes were closed or closing. We had to hang about at the counter before the waitress appeared...

My partner asked for the half pounder and chips and was served a quarter pounder and no chips. My fish and chips were indifferent. That's all there is to say, really.

Not nice, or befitting of the lovely high street. Popped in for lunch, sat at a greasy table, ordered something from the uninspiring menu,.. 5 minutes later was told they'd run out, ordered something else.. another 5 minutes to be told that that had run...

When we ordered a coffee and hot chocolate, we were really particular that we needed soya milk- I am lactose intolerant so having dairy is a real problem for me. When the waiter delivered the drinks, I wanted to confirm that they were soya and...

The tables were dirty and the quality of the food was not good. It was a bad experience at Rye.The cups and tea pots were not cleaned.

Tried Zara for the first time last week. We usually go to Hayden's opposite for our coffee/snacks/lunches, but they were closed that day so we thought we'd give Zara a try, even though from the exterior it doesn't look too inviting. Anyway, we had coffees...

Popped in for a coffee in amongst a day wandering the town. Initially concerned at lack of baby change facilities but staff were very helpful in directing the wife to an unused area of the premises where she could get on with the job.

I popped in to buy my toddler a sandwich. It was £3.50 (no VAT discounted from the price, despite the fact I wasn't eating in) and I left with the container to go and find my family who had carried on walking up the street....

Visited yesterday , waited nearly 3/4 hr for a water n two coffees ? Total chaos as staff running in and out up n down from upstairs . We ordered omelette n salad , normally take pictures gutted as didn’t as would of posted !...

Pleasant visit for a coffee and cake during a soggy Sunday afternoon trip to Rye. Coffee was lovely and staff very helpful advising us that one of the cakes had just come out of the fridge and could be tricky to eat and offered choice...

I just wanted coffee and cake. While I was waiting to order at the counter (it's table service but, fortunatelym noone said) one member of staff was having to take orders and take payments. The other servers seem to have vanished at a very busy...

The food here was alright. It was cheap and straight forward, what you'd expect in your usual seaside cafe/diner. Only this is Rye and it does not look like your typical cafe. I'm guessing this is down to the fact that it becomes a Turkish...

This was honestly one of the best all day breakfasts that I have had. Very reasonably priced as well.

We popped in for a quick coffee and cake on a short visit to Rye. The coffee and cake was ok, but, the rest was not. It was not very busy, and there were plenty of staff, however, - slow, bordering on disinterested service -...

Took a while to get anyone to take our order despite it being quiet with several staff at the counter. The food when it arrived was ok with over cooked scrambled eggs on toast from ordinary sandwich loaves. Not brilliant. Staff were friendly and polite.

Amazing fudge!!!! And hot chocolate, we didn't eat here, but the fudge is one of the best we have eaten. Friendly staff and good service. Certainly come back again

We stopped here for lunch with the family over the weekend and couldn't be more impressed. The staff were friendly and brilliant with the children, the food was great, as was the service. Looking forward to our next visit.

I rarely write reviews like these and normally they are positive. We arrived at the restraunt, it was empty with no atmosphere. I fancied a chicken burger and chips, i asked was it a processed chicken burger or a chicken fillet I was told it...

From outside the cafe looked quite sweet however when our food came it was of a really low quality indeed! The cod was hugely greasy and i left the batter, the lasagne certainly didn't appear to be homemade and my wife could hardly eat it!...

We went to the cafe for some light lunch and ordered at the counter. The lady taking the order spoke only very broken English and had not been trained to use the till. The ordering process itself was therefore lengthy and laborious. Then we sat...

We were initially unimpressed with this place as we waited a long time to place our order and really felt like we’d been forgotten about. However, it was worth the wait as the food (when we finally got to order it) was delicious. All very...

Cafe Zara is a welcoming and friendly cafe in which we camped for an hour or so, drinking tea, and eating hummus. Husband doesn't eat bread, so he asked for cucumber to dip into his hummus instead, and was provided with his heart's desire, no...

Waited 30 mins for coffee but realised they had forgotten order. Tables piled with dirty plates and cups. Not a nice place

Came down from Ramsgate for the day had lunch at Zara's and really enjoyed it and good value for your money.Staff excellent very helpful and went to the kitchen so see if there was any mousakka left as they had been busy ,lucky for us...

We popped in on a Saturday night whilst other places were fully booked. We had several of the side plate dishes and were more than suitably full. Slightly negative point was the lack of alcohol available, ran out of several types of wine (even though...

Perfection . Wonderful staff Wonderful food Wonderful conversation. We popped in here on the off chance ...having circumnavigated Rye city centre twice. We are soooo very glad we did. From entering to leaving we were completely impressed by everything here. A very genuine and honest...

We were looking for somewhere to eat with the family for lunch and happened upon Café Zara - we were drawn in by the options available for the children. They both had a lovely lunch, as did my husband, but I was disappointed with the...

Stopped at Café Zara for a take out coffee on Bonfire night. It was busy as was to be expected however the chaos inside was unbelievable. I waited 25 minutes before ordering my coffee's - there was a queue but there was only 7 people...

My partner and I came to Rye last night for the Bonfire and Firework celebrations. We tried a couple of "classy" eateries but they were fully booked. We came across Café Zara and fortunately found a table. The staff were rushed off there feet, the...

Of all the lovely looking coffee/tea shops in Rye we picked this one. There was a shortage of disorganised staff, & the food was similar to that of a motorway cafe. Toilets were filthy. Enough said.

Great menu. Delicious food. Loved the all day breakfast. Great service. Very friendly and cosy. Great value for money too seriously under-cutting its competitors. I will return.