Coffee Cat, Ipswich Waterfront in Ipswich

This café has a great location facing the marina in Ipswich. We took the opportunity to sit outside on a pleasant day and very much enjoyed the coffee and the wonderful view of the boats. We visited twice while we were in Ipswich. You order at the counter with your table number and the coffee is delivered to the table.

Decided to pop in to Coffee Cat off the cuff on our way into town for breakfast. Really glad we did. My wife and I both order the veggie breakfast and, most unusually for veggie food, the plate was full to overflowing. Great portion sizes (not all vegetarians live on a single lettuce leaf!). The food was really well made, with two poached, not fried eggs. I loved the veggie sausages, although my wife wasn't as keen (so I ate hers too). Loads of beans, fresh, grilled tomatoes and a decent portion of halloumi. As for the toast...freshly baked granary, toasted, thick, slathered in butter and four slices each. Cannot fault the food or service at all and this would be a five star review apart from the one negative, which is the size of the tables. Not nearly big enough to fit three plates on (including the one for the toast) and two coffee cups. I appreciate it's a small space but it could be used more efficiently with a slight rejig, and larger tables.

2 gujon wraps and an icecream. No less than 3 people had a hand in making the wraps. It took ages. The two employees couldn't figure out how to make them. Neither of them wore gloves, and handled money, and equipment with their hands, then plonked all the ingredients for the wraps in with their bare hands. Then a woman appeared into the restaurant from outside in a hurry, walked over to where they were being made without washing her hands, and again without any food preparation gloves and without her hair tied back, she again rearranged the ingredients. So 3 people had their bare hands in this food, and also took my money with the same bare hands. The icrecream was delivered in the same way. I was shocked that no napkin was put round the cone until I asked for one. Quality of the food? It looked disgusting. Only 1.5 slimey chicken gujon in each wrap. We threw them away. I felt it was not worth the money to get sick on it. The ice cream was such a small scoop my husband had it eaten in 3 bites. I advised him to throw the cone away as the waitress had handled it. I believe some kind of health and safety inspection should be done, and they should be shut down.

Two of the most friendly ladies hosting. Great sandwiches fresh and tasty. The Baileys hot chocolate is amazing. Loved it!

On positive side it is a lovely location on a sunny day, reasonably priced, I was greeted as soon as I went in and they said to take a seat, they'd bring my order over. Some croissant just coming out of the oven smelled lovely . Not so good was that I couldn't have a veggie sausage sandwich as they didn't have the sausages, and it then took over 10 minutes to bring my coffee and scone - I had to go and ask what had happened and they apologized as coffee machine wasn't working. I felt they could have come and told me this. When it finally arrived coffee was okay but very small cup, and I don't think the scone was very fresh ( should have had a croissant!). Given there are other excellent places on the Waterfront I'm not sure if I'll go back

Back for breakfast for the first time and it was real good and what made it better was the price. Poached eggs instead of greasy fried ones and proper bacon.

Indifferent food, no hygiene rating, and an elderly kitchen hand with a limited vocabulary consisting mostly of obscenities. If you like the Fawlty Towers experience then OK. Otherwise avoid.

This is average food, with appalling customer service from the clueless staff. None of them know the prices and don’t know how to make coffee. Terrible staff aside, the older lady and gentleman who cook the food are wonderful, they are a true credit to this place. The food is ok and well made, if not slightly overpriced comparing takeaway/eat in prices. However, I’ve given this place several chances over the past couple of months, and they’ve messed up my order at least once every time. First they served me the wrong coffee, and when told it was wrong they argued is was right. Another time time they charged me the wrong price for a takeaway coffee. I only realised when they charged me a different cheaper price the following day. They also served an iced coffee that was basically warm. Most recently, they served the wrong coffee and insisted is was right again. I will never be going here again, even if it was the last place open on the waterfront.

Never in my life do I go to that place again, I asked for a sandwich and a coffee, they gave me the coffee, half an hour passed and I asked for the sandwich and they told me that I ate it .... I never got the sandwich, they should look at the cameras .... embarrassing

Called in for a cappucino and a bacon butty with my dog. My pup was offered a dog biscuit so that was a good start. Bacon roll was very good with plenty of bacon and the drink was equally as good.

Sadly, despite its prime position we felt this little cafe wasn’t so great. The cafe was grubby, floors and tables noticeably dirty. We just had sandwiches which were okay. The side salad it was served with was inedible. It didn’t appear fresh and the celery was an odd grey colour so we choose not to eat it. They did offer gluten free bread which was helpful. Such a lovely location to sit by the harbour and watch the boats.

Came in when it was quite busy, staff were friendly and helpful, coffees were amazing and my big cat breakfast tasted very nice and not a bad price too! Overall very impressed and will definitely be going there more!!

The breakfast was great, not too expensive and the coffee was great, the best one I ever had! The staff are very nice, they always welcome every customer with a big smile on their face! 10/10

I went there for a quick snack and I was impressed of how many home made cakes and slices they have. The coffees were great as well as the cakes! The staff were very friendly as well! Would definitely recommend!

Came in for something quick to bite and I was surprised how many bits they had and the people greeted with a smile. I had a fruit scones which was the best scone I have ever ate. Would definitely recommend it

Service seemed a bit rude and blunt especially that it is a more pricey coffee shop. Being a waitress myself, it would’ve been nice to be offered having my drinks brought to my table but oh well. The tea was basic but the view made the £1.70 worth it. The seats could be a bit more inviting (simple plastic seats)... if i was them, i’d take full advantage to the beautiful view and buy some super attractive seats to suit the beautiful view! Overall, we only brought the tea for the view and it was worth it.

During these 'difficult' times, Coffee Cat had been taking orders at the table, but when I visited today they'd returned to the method of going in to order at the counter. Unfortunately, none of the half-dozen employees seemed in the least interested in taking an order. Not so much as a 'sorry, we'll be with you in just a minute'. I gave up and left.

Had breakfast there as it looked nice and cosey. However my scrambled eggs came with egg shell in. I told the waitress and she just said oh that's a shame! Won't be going back.

Avoid. I had hairs in my scrambled egg and had to listen to the manager struggling to schedule staff for the weekend while discussing problems with the training of other staff. There are several other nicer quality and more efficient venues along the waterfront .

A lovely place to sit and eat next to the Quays. We went there for breakfast and wasn’t disappointed. The staff were friendly and polite. Our order was taken quickly and was brought out to us promptly. The food was delicious. Very reasonably priced too....

I manage to visit Coffee Cat regularly and have found it one of the most reliable eating establishments in Ipswich. The menu is varied and the staff will even change ingredients if required. The staff are very friendly and accommodating; currently you can see their...

lovely stuff,friendly dog, food was well presented and did not take long to arrive. Covid safe, chairs and tables sanitised

Every Friday a friend and l Ride our motorcycles and breakfast at different cafes, Er clothing than on my plateLast week it was the Cat Cafe... Summary. Welcoming. sadly not a smile or Hi from anyone. Breakfast the Cat fry up, Undoubtedly the worst I,ve...

Coffee is great here and I was most impressed by the food and price. A great view of the waterfront to boot.

Does someone by the name of Kai still run this cafe? It used to be called colours continental cafe? Thanks

Really low quality. I saw the owner baying in Aldi the cheapest ingredients you can imagine. But you only need to look behind the counter to see the aldi products. Pouches egg was a fry eggs, because they don't know how to make it. Spinach...

Called here for coffee and cake on three occasions. The homemade cakes are delicious and it was delightful to sit outside overlooking the quay.

Always busy. The food is tasty. The service comes with a smile and the little shop next door which is owned by the same people is a great convenience for anyone staying on the waterfront.

Simple food well done, great service, good prices, we (2 adults, 2 children) had a lovely breakfast here.

I am allergic to gluten, soy and nuts. I spoke to the staff when arriving about this. They told me I was best going for the sorbet. I didn't fancy the sorbet so said I'd leave it and go elsewhere. At that point they decided...

Really lovely view, great location. Very good menu. Very friendly staff. Excellent food and service. Been three times. Highly recommend.

Dog friendly inside and out so this is our first visit and with a nice choice of food we ate there. Nice friendly staff who are keen to please. It was a change to have poached eggs at breakfast instead of the usual fried ones....