Fresha Cafe in Exeter

Excellent food and service. Buffet for business meetings were varied and substantial. Have enjoyed breakfast several times.

Nice cafe with good menu. Spacious and clean with nice staff.

Always look after us. Domingo is a legend.

My first time here, and found it to be a fantastic cafe to stop into. First class attentive and friendly staff, made you feel very special. I will have this on my list of places to go when wanting a break on the area

Verily, dear friends, lend me thine ears and hearken unto the tale of mine esteemed companion Ted, who didst venture to the Fresha Café and Conference Centre, where he refilled his batteries and dined most splendidly. This haven is not only a sanctuary for the weary traveler but also a veritable hub for those who seek to work and conduct business in comfort and style. Upon entering this modern establishment, one is greeted with an ambiance that is both invigorating and serene. The air is filled with the inviting aroma of freshly brewed coffee and delectable dishes, promising a feast for the senses. The staff, ever gracious and attentive, doth welcome each guest with a smile and a readiness to serve. Ted, with purpose and appetite, didst find himself in a perfect setting to both nourish his body and engage his mind. The café's offerings are diverse and plentiful, each dish crafted with care and presented with elegance. From hearty breakfasts to light lunches and sumptuous dinners, the fare is of a quality that doth delight and satisfy. The café is well-equipped for the industrious soul. The dedicated laptop area is both spacious and comfortable, providing an ideal environment for work and productivity. Here, Ted didst set up his workstation, finding all the necessary amenities to conduct his business with ease. The free Wi-Fi, swift and reliable, doth ensure seamless connectivity, while the ample power outlets keep devices charged and ready. The food, outstanding in every respect, didst provide sustenance and pleasure. Ted partook of fresh salads, hearty sandwiches, and delectable pastries, each bite a testament to the culinary artistry of the establishment. The beverages, both hot and cold, were a perfect complement, invigorating the spirit and refreshing the mind. In truth, the Fresha Café and Conference Centre hath provided Ted with an experience most gratifying, a harmonious blend of nourishment, productivity, and comfort. The café's commitment to excellence is evident in every dish, every service, every corner designed for work and leisure alike. Thus, I commend unto thee, gentle reader, a visit to this remarkable haven. May thou, like Ted, find thyself refreshed and well-fed, ready to tackle the tasks at hand and indulge in the pleasures of good food and productive work, within the welcoming walls of the Fresha Café and Conference Centre. Ted

Wow an oasis in industrial Exeter food was great

Had breakfast here today. Great doorstep bacon butty on wholemeal followed by greek yogurt, with granola, banana, apple and strawberry drizzled with honey.All food was a high standard. The yogurt combo was beautifully presented. Great coffee too as well as good service. Will think of this place for breakfast again and try a full English.

Very busy lots of friendly people, Great atmosphere

Always friendly. Nice food, well located, easy to park.

We’ve been using Fresha’s conference room for several years on a bi-monthly basis. Couldn’t recommend highly enough - good price, great food, warm welcome every time we visit, good coffee!

Awesome staff, food and facilities.

Excellent service and coffee. Perfect for waiting for health appointment at the rear

Good food, served quickly and always with a friendly and welcoming manner. I've only quite recently discovered this place and I'm not sure if he is the owner or manager, or something else, but the wonderful man with the lovely accent that takes our order at the till and usually brings the food out is just brilliant! He's always smiling, laughing, and very helpful. Nothing is too much trouble, and he seems to genuinely enjoy what he does. Such a refreshing and friendly attitude, which makes for a pleasant and enjoyable experience. Always top-notch service. Keep doing what you're doing because I can't fault it. We will definitely be back!

Lovely coffee but thenplace is very loud just the type of building they are in

Lovely large cappuccino and eggs benedict for breakfast. Great setting for meetings or events.

Quality ingredients used with very good service.

I didn't go in there , but I have hear it very nice bacon sandwich 😋.

Food and service very. And prices reasonable.

Lovely place to visit. Staff always cheerful and helpful. Food always good. All food cooked to order. Service can be little slow when busy but they always apologise for delay. So good we keep going back

So good! I got a fresh BLT panini for lunch — it was delicious, the staff were incredibly welcoming and friendly, and I’d love to come back.

Food looked great on the plate, however didn’t taste as good. I had a breakfast, I’ve had sausages before when you put the fork in out comes liquid/juice and looked under cooked (not very tasty either). I had stomach problems later the day I used the cafe. I’d say over priced for what you get. I don’t think I will be making a return visit…

I had the Breakfast Brunch, which was very good and highly recommended. It does get a bit noisy during busy times though, due to the no ceiling set up above the eating area. Some acoustic clouds would help with this.

Really nice coffee and outstanding customer service

Really great food and a friendly smiley owner.

Excellent as always. Drinks only but fantastic service.

Excellent food and coffee. Staff very polite lovely place.

Never answer calls or reply to emails, waste of time.

Met up with colleagues. I had no idea this place even existed. But I will definitely go back the food was amazing as was the service. A grateful alternative to the service station across the road. We'll worth the extra few mins off the m5.

Good food, better than Yr average cafe.. lots of tables well spaced out to give an airy feel to the dining room.

Je suis allée à l’espace coffee shop du restaurant et il fallait absolument que je partage cette expérience de déjeuner catastrophique qui m a totalement déboussolée. Je me suis rendupour manger une salade au buffet. J ai choisi le grand bol sans faire attention au prix de la salade. Au buffet, pendant que je finalisais ma salade, la dame qui s’occupait d’encaisser est venue me faire remarquer que mon bol était trop rempli. Certes il était bien rempli mais loin de déborder (au moins 1 cm du bord). En arrivant à la caisse, j ai eu droit à la même remarque que je ne pouvais pas remplir autant mon bol de salade. Pour 16,50 chf, il ne fallait pas que j exagère. Au secours !!!! Je suis très choquée par les réflexions de cette dame. Je n avais aucune idée du règlement lunaire concernant le remplissage de son bol à salade. Gare à vous, même si vous finissez votre assiette!!! Pour information, mon bol était composé de salade de riz, des paccheri (grosses pâtes qui prenaient beaucoup de place dans mon bol), salade verte, tomate, carottes, melon, salade russe. Les seules protéines offertes étaient des œufs, du thon et du poulet tonnato. Pas de charcuterie ou d autres produit onéreux. Une petite note positive pour le directeur qui est très accueillant.

Great service, very friendly and helpful staff. Good food and drinks.

Excellent food and service. Ideal for meeting up. Great location, just off Sandygate roundabout means it's easy access. Meeting room available.

Everybody is so happier it makes you feel good being there and the food is excellent.

Google said it opens at 07.30 it doesn't open until 8, returned at 8 only to be told by the chap there that they didn't have a chef until 9am so there was no breakfast.

The last few times I've tried popping in at lunchtime I've found no prepacked sandwiches available and prices for fresh made ones are rather steep. Also the chap behind the counter is always left to take orders, make drinks and serve so if 3 people are ahead of you then expect a 10-15 min wait to pay for anything

A fantastic place to eat. The staff are friendly, the food is fantastic, & the coffee is really good too. It does get busy at lunchtime though with workers on Sowton industrial estate popping in

Love coming here, the gentleman that works there is so kind and makes you feel welcome. Food is good and very clean

I ordered the breakfast brunch, but asked to remove the black pudding and swap the tomato for an extra piece of toast...they wouldn't swap the item, which is fine I suppose, but then when my food did get served, it looked like it had been cooked in a deep fat fryer and just dumped straight on the plate without draining it! I used 6 napkins to clean the excess oil up, and could only taste cooking oil in my food. Considering they charge &9.95 for it, I won't be going back

Superberb breakfast, lovely place. Siper service and friendly staff

Amazing place- convenient, excellent food, wonderful staff. Great stop off from the M5- spacious cafe with lots of seats and a big, varied menu with really great food and very good portions. Salad and sandwich we had were both very good and the man serving was absolutely lovely and even brought our toddler some free chocolate as a treat, will definitely be back and couldn’t recommend more

Excellent food and excellent service....very friendly and clean....good prices....certainly not a greasy spoon...

Called in for the first time today when I was on my way to catch a coach. Great staff and lovely food for my journey. Highly recommended. I'll definitely be returning...many times!

Good place to have on a trading eastate, good menu choice,good coffee ,can get quite busy,as thay have conference room.when busy it gets quite loud @ echoes. Good service.

My fish finger sandwich was OK. Took half an hour for it to arrive at the table even though we were almost at the front of the queue when we got there.... My gf's order came out wrong and the guy never even apologised, just scrutinised our receipt to check we weren't fibbing and walked off 😳

Great breakfast brunch, great service

Good breakfast, Have a range of alternative milks for those dairy free or vegan.

Great food, Fantastic service. Very clean and a jovial atmosphere

Did my speed awareness course here and the cafe was top drawer.

Went in there on Wednesday 5th ordered scrambled eggs £8.75 When it came out it was miniscule maximum one small egg. When I complained at the amount on my plate, he said he’d check the till, I said I’m not bothered about the price I’m annoyed at the quantity for that price. He asked me to eat up leave and not come back. Very rude. I’ve since learnt he advertises online his scrambled eggs for £3.75 A robber and a cheat. Not nice service at all.

5/5 service every time! Excellent food & drink selection

Appalling, dangerous lack of knowledge about dietary requirements. Twice now they have sent a vegetarian option instead of gluten free. I have coeliac disease so obviously not an option for me to eat something purely because it doesn't contain meat. After the first issue I was happy to accept as a genuine mistake , however after speaking to staff today it is obvious they are not clued up about different dietary requirements. Avoid if you have any medical conditions.

Ordered breakfast brunch because it suppose to come with pouched eggs. But sadly it arrived 30 mins later with fried eggs which were way too snotty for my liking. The waitress kindly told me the don't serve pouched eggs anymore. Maybe they need to update there menu.

An underused gem of a cafe in the heart of the sowton industrial estate with good service great tasting coffee ☕️ and much more at a reasonable price. Conference facilities if you need them. A nice laid back atmosphere which set me up for the day ahead. Thank you Fresha

Very nice and clean. Food lovely

I absolutely love coming to Fresha, I work from home so it's really nice to find a place like this to reconnect with people. The food and drinks are superb, great choice and always fresh. But, the absolutely best part by far is the amazingly warm and lovely service from Domingo! He makes my day and is just such a lovely, warm, funny and helpful person, worth a visit for this alone!

Disappointing attitude. My son and I had food and a drink here at about 12-30 before he attended a course in the attached conference room. At about 4-30 we enquired if we could use the toilets. A gentleman with a moustache immediately berated us and threw a hissy fit. Not saying ' no, sorry we are closing ' or ' yes, no problem', we used the toilet and as we left he continued to mutter and whinge. With a Gregg's just down the road, I'd have thought Fresha would have wanted to encourage as much custom as possible.

This place is a busy, bustling establishment in the middle of an industrial area. Popped in for light refreshment whilst visiting up there.

Friendly, professional and nice environment. Dropped in for some tea and toast and was able to work a little as I ate. I would certainly stop by again if I was in the area.

Did my speed awareness course in the meeting rooms behind the cafe. Didn't buy anything in the cafe coz I had to rush back to work asap...

If we could rate 10 stars we would... Extra fresh products , large range of recipes choice , tastes fantastic, clean , welcoming, honestly a true gem make your own experience now and thank me later .

Always great food and service. Just wish they had more opening hours.

Visited on my work travels. Friendly and welcoming staff who were very helpful. Food was great, tasty and good value for money. Definitely will be visiting again on my travels.

Superb service and great team... X

Overpriced coffee, didn’t take cash staff wasn’t very friendly wont be coming again I’ll stick to my mc Donald’s coffee in future

Fresha provided the refreshments after a family funeral - sensitive, helpful, efficient, flexible, great value, top service and fabulous food. Thank you.

Very lovely polite staff, and they do an amazing gluten free fried breakfast! Will definitely be back, thank you!

Very good service, excellent value for money and food well cooked.

Friday the 15th Oct 21, i was told they were too busy to accept my order. Monday 18th October, refused to take my order again as they had no chef apparently. Wont bother again, all i wanted was a bacon sandwich and cup of coffee, very disappointing.

To the team at Fresha Cafe, Catering & Conference, I wanted to thank you for the warm welcome at your Exeter cafe & meeting room earlier this week. I was somewhat flagging that day, but your yoghurt, honey & muesli proved just the ticket. With kind comments on how I might further give myself a boost, I felt quite 'looked after' 🥰 and you certainly delivered on your line 'Because what you eat matters'! Keep up the great work and thank you again, SJ x.

To the team at Fresha, I wanted to thank you for the warm welcome at your Exeter cafe & meeting room earlier this week. I was somewhat flagging that day, but your yoghurt, honey & muesli proved just the ticket. With kind comments on how I might further give myself a boost, I felt quite 'looked after' 🥰 and you certainly delivered on your line 'Because what you eat matters'! Keep up the great work and thank you again, SJ x.

My partner ordered a box of fruits for hen party and it was delicious and fresh. It arrived an hour before the agreed time inside a box. Each fruits in a stick was carefully packed. The price is affordable and worth it.

Good food friendly staff good service

Very disappointed to find it closed on Saturday 7th despite the details on the website. Sounded good and would have been a good alternative to the Exeter services which are appalling. Hey-ho maybe another time. Despite the owner responding to my initial review requesting that I amend the number of stars I awarded because it would be detrimental to the business, I stand by this. If potential customers go to the trouble of coming off the motorway negotiate around the traffic trying to get into the services only to find the place closed its very frustrating. Update the website to give people accurate information!

Wow the best cafe i have been to for a while. Fantastic service , food everything was spot on. Hubby had the breakfast and I had the BLT . Well worth every penny. Well priced you wobt be disappointed

I go back time and time again good food and value

Friendly staff, food is very well priced. Was very fresh and came quick considering the freshness. Absolutely recommended.

Amazing breakfast and friendly staff. Even better because my boss pays 😁

one of the best cafes around so looking forward to my next visit good quality and great service

A little oasis of loveliness hidden in the midst of the business park. Just off the motorway. Great coffee, amazing breakfast and lunch menu. Meeting rooms available.

Really nice. Very clean Good range of food. Staff friendly. Covid safe.

Great selection of quality food. Friendly staff.

Really good selection of food and drink. Plus the staff are lovely and will always make you feel welcome!

Great food great service a tad pricey

I work on Sowton but have not been there since lockdown but arranged to meet 3 colleagues for breakfast at Fresha. The staff were very friendly , the coffee excellent and the full English breakfast was great. A great cafe and definitely worth supporting in these current times. They told covid precautions seriously without being overly zealous and plenty of space indoors or outdoors to socially distance. I have already booked a date with colleagues to return

Great and quick customer service.

Great ambiance, wonderful coffee, super staff

Limited menu due to covid but an amazing latte and veggie breakfast. Super friendly owner as well

Excellent coffee and cajun pannini, plus the service 😁

Super friendly staff , very polite . The cafe very clean and the food was good . I’m reading through other reviews here .... why why why are people so inconsiderate and ignorant ! Why leave 3 stars becuase you had to wait wait on one occasion . #losers

Very nice place, great service and really decent ice coffee. The staff was really polite and made us feel very welcome.

Eat outside no eating in sun was out coffee and sausage and bacon roll do g there best in hard times

Nice coffee just took 25 minutes to get it.

I haven't been here for a while but it looks consistent with before, friendly staff and similar menu. Problem today was it was very slow and I think they are short of staff. it was fine, though the bacon was tasteless - hint to management, it used to be much tastier. Otherwise fine.

Lovely staff, delicious food and very reasonable 👍

Love this place, always great food, quick service and reasonably priced. Staff very professional and friendly.

Visited today, short staffed and so busy but service and food still fantastic. What a great team.

Lots of room, clean, and the food is very nice, generous in portion size, and good value. Staff friendly and helpful, even today when they had a notice saying they were short staffed.

Great food, great service, great choice and all very reasonably priced. Lovely staff who are really friendly and helpful.

Can get rather busy at times and the building is rather echoey. Food and service is always good.

Situated on the edge of Exeter at Sowton, this lovely cafe. Very clean, varied menu, efficient welcoming staff. Reasonable prices. Well worth a look.