Gala Coffee Bar in Scarborough

Just a kind thought to say Very Big Thank You i had a lovely Latte Coffee it's a pleasure and privilege coming to your lovely caffe like to give you a 5 star highly recommended place to visit always great service with a smile as i come from Grimsby N.E.Lincolnshire with Coopers Tours i always have a great day out so many thanks once again from The Biggest Party Goer in Cleethorpes from Party Paul 😊👍.

Just a kind thought to say Very Big Thank You i had a lovely Latte Coffee it's a pleasure and privilege coming to your lovely caffe like to give you a 5 star highly recommended place to visit always great service with a smile as i come from Grimsby N.E.Lincolnshire with Coopers Tours i always have a great day out so many thanks once again from The Biggest Party Goer in Cleethorpes from Party Paul 😊👍.

Nice view nice coffee I did not have any food but the food looks very nice

Nice view nice coffee I did not have any food but the food looks very nice

Best cafe I've ever been to prices were nice and the staff were extremely kind. would definitely recommend visiting ( cash only)

Nice cafe coffee room near the big bridge and museum outside of Scarborough Town centre. Make sure you bring cash as they don't accept card payments CASH ONLY but coffee is OK cakes are reasonably priced and good to sit outside and watch for half an hour or so

Pleasant little coffee bar found to the right of The Rotunda museum at the bottom of the slope leading to The Grand Hotel. Seating available both inside and out with lovely views of the bridge and to the sea. Clean and surprisingly spacious seating inside. Very nice coffee, hubby the coffee snob enjoyed it. Staff pleasant and efficient.

Unfortunately they only take cash. So no opportunity to sample the coffee.

First café in Scarborough to be granted an outside licence in 1992 for a pavement café. So, yes, it does have outside seating. Great view of South Beach, the bridge and Blue Roundabout. It's right next door to the Rotunda Museum (currently closed). Home made soups. Pleasant staff. Original artworks on walls for sale. I had the two cheese salad and a spiced orange tea. Plentiful portion size. Would revisit. No card payments, cash only establishment and there are no toilets on the premises.

Found this little cafe today on a trip out with friends and the kids. The lady was extremely pleasant, even allowing my son to borrow her phone charger.

Banana cake was dry, and there was no taste of banana. Shame because the food was very nice.

Lovely cafe with fantastic views. Apple pie highly recommended. Only negative is that can only pay with cash

Very friendly staff. I asked for a gluten free sandwhich which I got. Ben who brought the food over informed me that I had I had no crisp due to then not being gluten free Would definitely visit again

Four of us arrived for early lunch. We ordered a BLT on brown bread. Then we asked if they did a gluten free BLT. They did, so we ordered one, also on brown. It took three attempts to explain we were ordering a normal BLT and an ordinary BLT. She just wasn't listening, but she finally got the message. We then ordered a cheese and ham panini and a cheese panini. When the food came, she brought two ham and cheese panini and was very rude, insisting that was what we ordered. Why would we do that when one was for a VEGETARIAN? I accept anyone can make a mistake but to keep insisting that was what was ordered with a shake of head and roll of eyes was unacceptable. The order was eventually corrected but it was too late. LISTEN to your customers in the first place.

A lovely little cafe with a lovely view serving a great range of food. I'm a coeliac and had such a choice of gluten free food. The cheesecake was really good. On another day I had a delicious chilli meal. Great coffee too.

Cook/manager was extremely polite and friendly. Food was great and it’s positioned with such a stunning view of the South Bay….. well worth a visit 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Really nice little cafe with friendly staff and fast service. Great food and drinks selection, even some handy ice pops for the kids!

Lots of Vegetarian and Gluten Free home made options.

Awful place, extremely rude cook/ apparent manager who had a tantrum over butter, swearing at customers and further abuse when left a bad review. Food was awful.

Went to this “cafe” this morning, my friend ordered off of the Gluten free menu, as her order arrived she realised there was butter on her toast, she kindly asked if she could have it without due to also being dairy free. The man who had “cooked” the breakfast tried to argue with her stating “everybody has butter on toast” he sighed and called her a stupid bitch. Completely unacceptable, no apology and a lesson in customer service really is required. Very disappointed. My review on facebook and the response which is appalling. They have hidden the review.

I stumbled upon this place whilst out walking on holiday. The view is lovely from the outdoor tables. I asked the lady who served me for an Americano with oat milk and the coffee was fantastic. The lady was also polite and friendly. Price was great too. You've got to visit if you're in Scarborough.

I visit this coffee shop every time I go to Scarborough. Usually we just have a coffee and a cake. On our last visit we had a toasted sandwich and a drink. The food was nice although the salad which I think was added for a decoration, had lettuce that was going brown and piece of cucumber at least an eighth of an inch thick. Luckily we don't like salad so we left it On ordering the toasters sandwich we learn that we had to pay extra to have it toasted,an extra 65p each. It does state on the menu underneath the sandwiches that you have to pay extra for toasting but when you are looking it's quite easy to miss. I just feel toasted sandwiches should be listed separately as it is in most cafe's. it would be less confusing to an already busy menu. Plus people wouldn't get to the till and wonder why you're being charged extra

Having walked around the headland I wanted to rest my legs with a coffee. This place fitted the bill perfectly, I had coffee and some apple pie. Perfect!

Love it. Great for Gluten Free options, especially cake.

Visited before lockdown and enjoyed an old fashioned lovely cuppa! It’s a hidden gem. Would recommend!

Popped in for a cup of tea but ended up getting a 1/2 cup of tea When asked for a top of hot water excuse after excuse was made Bad attitude more than bad service

Me and my girlfriend came here for a lunch meal and were very happy with the service we received. Amazing tasty bacon burger for me and Bree and tomato panini for her . We had a pot of tea for two before our meal which made us 2 and a half cups each . Both meals came with a fresh salad. This all came to £13.60. the young man who served us was very kind and attentive . Please support this cafe ! Much better than seafront food stalls .

Lovely coffee, great view, staff really welcoming but..... no toilet! We’re staying for 5 days and would have been regulars but not now. Please sort this out because everything else is spot on.

Great little ‘hole in the wall’ cafe right next to rotunda museum with some excellent unique outside seating up the slope. Great views across the bay through the Victorian arches. Very Good gluten free options for such a small cafe and very clean and with excellent service to go with it. Find a sunny morning and grab a seat outside!

Lovely, quiet spot off the beaten track with great views of the bridge and beach. Polite and friendly service with good COVID measures in place. Well recommended.

Enjoyed mid afternoon tea at this pretty location with great views od the Spa bridge and Valley road. Only one negative: the slope made it difficult to sit facing up outside. Suggest little platforms if possible to combat this.

My husband waited ten minutes and paid £4.50 for a "Yorkshire Ham and Cheese Sandwich". As per the photo, this involved two slices of standard white bread, one slice of what very much looked and tasted of wafer thin packet ham and three small oblongs of basic cheese. No salad and no dressing. I appreciate that you pay a premium near the seafront, but rarely have we felt so overcharged and duped bu a description. Also no toilets, which I thought was illegal when serving food.

Great service! Delicious offerings!

Good for a tea and a toastie when it's warm enough to sit outside. Friendly staff too.

Myself and my dog go here every Sunday it has to be the best cafe in Scarborough.good food,nice staff and a lovely view.

Just got of the park and ride bus, needed loo and a drink. Spotted lovely looking cafe across the road bought two coffees and told no loo. My hubby was told nearest was arcade on Scarborough front, half an hour later tired he returned. We were offered by young guy to warm his coffee up but a loo would have been better. On querying isn't it against the law to serve food with no facilities were told only if alcohol was served and the building was a listed building. Wonder where the staff go if they need loo? The arcade on the front provided lovely BLT, coffee and loo better to go there.

Returned today for second visit this week lovely cofee nice food, however wife was overcharged twice for drinks / mains and again for sweets both by small amounts not enough to make a fuss about but enough to provide the young man with a nice little earner if repeated regularly

I can only speak for the coffee as I just had a latte and a Kit Kat while I was filling in time. It was a very strong latte! I would have asked for a single shot if I'd known.

Been a bit harsh and will point out the negatives.... no toilet.No please or thank you from the female staff member until I said thank you.the flap jack was like no flap jack I’ve tasted before, it was not enjoyable, it was dry, very grainy and sweet in a not nice way. the cappuccino was a cafe late, and the staff didn’t know how to make a flat white .On a positive the coffee was very tasty, hot and looked very nice with the heart motif on the top.

After walking further than we had intended to we were desperate for food and drink, the Gala Coffee Bar was the first cafe we came to but we weren't disappointed. Two of us had cheese and ham toasties (which were delicious) and while they didn't have a vegan menu, they were very helpful giving my daughter different options, she ended up having soup which was lovely. The tea, coffee and milkshakes were also very good.

Had a lovely coffee and it was great to be able to have homemade gluten free cakes and scone available, the brownie was delicious, friendly place with lovely views thrown in 👍

In this day and age I thought all cafes were supposed to have a toilet, Had been for a walk on the sea front on New Years day and wanted to use the facilities before we drove home. Choose the wrong place. Coffee was decent though but disappointed and desperate!!

This is no posh nosh, dont expect it to be, but it is very yummy and straight up normal food. They cater well for kids and my son tells me the milkshakes were the best. If you want to you can sit outside and enjoy a lovely view over the seafront. The staff were lovely and the food was really nice. Would have had 5 stars if they accepted cards but unfortunately cash payments only.

Visited on a nice sunny September afternoon. Ordered cappuccinos and cakes to sit outside to admire the view over Scarborough. The cakes were lovely but cappuccinos lukewarm. Told the 2 staff who took umbridge at our comments. They said they do the coffee to the correct temperature of 55 degrees and perhaps the coffee got cold in the 30 seconds we walked from inside to outside. I don't know what the temperature should be, all I know is that it wasn't hot enough. Also no customer toilets, I thought it was law that all cafes had customer toilets!

After experiencing some average coffees it was a delight to taste good tasty coffee. Staff were exceptionally helpful and friendly.

We used this place everyday it wasn't far from our Hotel Rivelyn and looks out across the bay ,we always stopped for a cuppa and sometime a bacon and egg cob ,a really nice place good eats and very friendly poeople .

Isn’t it against the law to not provide toilets when you’re serving food and drink?!? Such a shame as it would have got 5/5. Amazing view. Didn’t get food, just drinks. But I was very uncomfortable as I needed the toilet, couldn’t relax and enjoy my visit. Big shame!

I visited this cafe for a breakfast after a long journey to Scarborough I ordered bacon sandwich and a coffee which cost me £9 nearly a £10 I sat outside the tables were small when my sandwich came I went to cut it in half and knocked my coffee all over my sandwich I took it back onto the cafe and ask them if he could make me another as it was a accident the manger spoke to me like I was something on his shoe and said he would make me another if I payed for it would'nt dare recommend this cafe to anyone who has a family the tables are way to small and the manger need to work on his customer service.

Excellent place to meet up for lunch, especially if some of you are attending something at the Spa. This was the first cafe to ask Scarborough Council for outside seating and on sunny days it's wonderful. But they have tables inside and a wall full of tempting snacks, lunches and deserts. Although it's only counter service, I yet to be there when they have been unable to accommodate a customer's needs (and we've been going there several years, attending a conference at the Spa).

Had a nice coffee, paninni and sandwich at the Gala coffee bar, away from the madding crowd milling around the centre of Scarborough. On the way up from the Rotunda Museum to the town is this little 'arch' cafe nestling in the lee of the Spa bridge, and overlooking the sands of South Bay. Its major disadvantage is that there's no facility for a comfort break whilst there.

This is a great little cafe with gorgeous, well-cooked food - nothing fancy, just hot or cold butties, cake & coffee type stuff but nicely presented and of good quality.

Excellent menu. Reasonable prices, lovely food. In a quieter area of Scarborough. We were able to sit inside with our pooch.

The Gala Cafe met my expectations of a cafe and I would return for a quick snack. The staff were friendly and they accept dogs in and outside the premises.

This little bar does the best hot chocolate and sausage sandwiches. Sit outside in the sun, watching the world go by, whilst sipping on a drink. Staff are very friendly too.

Nice coffee. Convenient location if visiting the museum. Tried a slice of Christmas cake and that was good. Staff friendly. Did not have to wait for a table. Splendid views from outside.

Came across this little cafe whilst on the way back to the train station. Lovely place to sit outside and admire the great view, chill out and read the papers. Good coffee, food menu looked good and gluten free options were plentiful, will definately go back.

We stopped at the Gala café for a coffee. Very nice and very pleasant sitting in the sun enjoying the framed view of Scarborough,

Called in today after looking at this little cafe perched on the side of the Rotunda museum hill for a while now. Its sat in a lovely position although not great for wheelchairs or people who have working difficulties. They do a basic menue which is ok, the staff were quite pleasant, But I can't say there was anything that stood out about the cafe, The food and coffee were nice, the coffee wasn't bad at all considering an earlier review I read, the whloe experience was just a basic cafe meal, One notable thing was there is no Toilet and I think this day and age every food establishment should have toilet facilities, There is a sign saying you can use the one next door at the Museum but in my mind, thats not really acceptable nowadays, All I can say about the place is it was Ok.

I used to love the coffee here, but it seems to have changed hands recently. My latte today was so awful I couldn't drink it. It tasted as though it had been made with stale beans, in a cafetière. Sorry, but I won't be coming here again. Shame, because it's in a nice position, with a great view of the Victorian foot bridge across valley road, if you can see over the plastic bunting that is.

We went in here mainly to escape the rain and had a very nice light lunch. Cheeseburger, 2 pannini and a bacon and egg sandwich, 2 coffees and 2 milkshakes came to only £26 - great value I thought. The staff were lovely and I would love to come back on a more pleasant day. It was right next door to the rotunda museum on the South Cliff side of town with a nice view through the bridge to the sea.

We have been to this coffee bar a few times and always had an excellent service. The staff are friendly and the food is very good too. My favourite is their scones with jam and cream.

We visit Scarborough several times a year and always seek out this cafe. Weather permitting it is wonderful to enjoy coffee on the slope enjoying the fabulous views, however it is immaculate inside if not.

Food was poor. Coffee instant. A poor show really. Needs to set its standards higher if it to to keep attracting customers.

A really quirky place to stop for a drink on a steep hill with metal tables fastened to the railings so your tea does not slide off down the hill! They ask you to face your seats downhill so you do not fall off backwards! We sat in lovely sunshine watching the world go by, drinking lovely tea and coffee and nibbling huge square cookies.

Nice to sit outside here in the summer. Opening in the winter is limited to short periods at the weekend, so check before you go. Coffee has always been good when we've been!

The cafe has a good choice on the menu I.e salads soups, jacket potatoes, sandwiches, quiches, also they have gluten free food. There is room for wheelchairs and buggies The only downfall is there are no toilets and nowhere to wash your hands

Great little spot! Very good food. We found this place totally by chance and found it brilliant and good value for money.

This is one of the nicest little cafes in Scarborough, overlooking the South Bay and offering a good range of cakes, sandwiches and drinks. The key to my most recent visit is the lure of a gluten free bagel, cream cheese and roast ham - yum!

Just stopped for a drink but were tempted by the menu so enjoyed a lovely salad and coffee in the sun on the slope.

How can you run a cafe cone restaurant without toilet and wash room facilities for customers. Should not be allowed. This place needs closing down.

Gala Coffee Bar is one of those cafes that is a bit of a hidden treasure. Just round the corner from the Rotunda Museum, and overlooking the majestic Spa bridge and South Bay, Scarborough, you can sit, relax and enjoy cakes, teas, coffees and other goodies at this well-placed eatery. It's the perfect place for a bit of relaxation and enjoy the beauty of Scarborough. Yes, there's gluten free biscuits and cakes - and at some of the best prices in Scarborough!

enjoyable relaxing . lovely cake and coffee, would go back again and again and very soon i will , lovely pleasant staff

We called in for refreshments at this Coffe Bar at the South Bay near the Cliff Bridge. We had intended visiting the Rotunda Museum, which is next door, but fancied a sit down snack, so had soup and a sandwich which was fair priced and very tasty.

Delightful coffee bar on the sloping Museum Terrace and with a wonderful view through the Spa Bridge to the open sea and beach. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The seating is on the slope but if you place the chairs as stated in the notices there are no problems. A good selection of food and drinks was available and the hot chocolate in particular was very tasty.

Have often wondered what this little cafe is like. It's nothing remarkable in the coffee department, but the service is very friendly and the cakes homemade

Stopped 3 or 4 times this week for drinks sandwich s and cakes these are all hand made and can be gluten free a big bonus as both wife and daughter need .

Perfect little local, good pub food not a la carte but what do you expect for under a £10. Nice outside beer garden with a sun trap.