Highwayman Cafe in York

Good service Breakfast was good

Been a regular stop off on the way to Scarborough for years,for the usually fantastic bacon sandwiches. Unfortunately today will be our last visit. Previously high quality thick bacon has been replaced by cheap fatty rubbish.Also to expensive now,2 sandwiches and two teas nearly £15. Such a shame 😪

Stopped for a cuppa and bacon and egg cob 40miles from Whitby great little pit stop eating in or out

First visit, lovely little cafe. Great quality food and staff were very friendly. We will be returning to sample more of the menu

Only had a chip barmcake, so didn't really check out the other food options, which is why iv only given a 3. They did have plenty of food choices though which did look good.

Stopped off for a coffee, bit disappointed to pay 20p to use the toilet, especially when you don't carry cash.

Cant comment on the Atmosphere as I was parked up. The food and drink was good. Service was slow, but very polite. Could have been busy inside, however as I didn't go in, I can't comment

Overpriced food, bacon and egg sandwich £5.00

Lovely cafe and excellent coffee. Good stop off on way to Scarborough.

Nice breakfast. Friendly staff

Closed I know it's not their fault 7 of us believed Google but these days you'd think businesses like that would update Google information.

We stopped off here on our way to a week's holiday at Flamingo Land, really nice cafe, good food and good service, has a sit down area plus, separately, a takeaway section as well.

Very poor quality and ridiculous prices. Charge for toilets which are not clean without toilet paper, no soap or hand sanitizer. Will not be calling again!!!!

The best sausage and bacon sandwich that I have ever eaten

Overpriced, cold bacon and cheapest quality sauce. Good job you have no competition or you'd be out business

Can't comment on food or service. Site says hot food 2pm and cold til 2:30 but at 1:55 they had nothing, no cold, nothing. Got coffee, but best to be said for it is it's wet and warm. Thank fully Thompsons chippy down the road are open and happy to serve food 😀

Lovely breakfast, beautifully cooked,beautifully served. smashing!

Arrived at 3pm Friday to find it shut? A major cafe of a busy A road only open part time hours? Crazy in my opinion

Just at side of A64 eastbound. Large car park next to layby which is suitable for LGV's. Inside spottless clean. Good menu. Outside has plenty of seats, token from inside or takeaway counter to access clean toilets or 20p coin. Good menu to eat inside or outside in good weather.

Call in every time we go to east coast

Good staff but terrible food cheap sausages and you'd think for 7 pound a sandwich they'd at least butter it gone down hill since they've gotten busier

I didn't actually use the facilities. We were a coach full and they all said it was a pleasant place. I can't really make a comment, apart from it looked clean and tidy. Good food options and outside seating

Makes lovely food and hot drinks. Service excellent

Nice food and cup of tea, tad expensive, ketchup is cheap rubbish. Staff are polite and courteous

Stopped on our way to Scarborough, good-sized carpark, and toilets on site. Only had coffee, but the food menu looks okay. Prices are what I would expect to pay.

Lovely cafe. Nice bacon and egg sandwich. Good toilets which you get a token to enter if you buy food.

Great breakfast food realy nice Price was reasonable for the amount you got

Mint place to go staff are friendly yes a mint cafe

Always worth a stop here, great food and drink, clean toilets and they cater for dietary requirements great friendly.

Excellent experience 👏 10 out of 10...

A good place for the quick cup of coffee

Lovely cafe with outside and inside seating, toilet block, caters to dogs and room for bigger vehicles/camper van's or trailers. Wide selection of food choices, chunky fish fingers was a hit with us. Breakfast foods, chips, burgers, cakes, cold and hot variety of drinks and icecream/lollies would definitely recommend a pit stop x

Perfect pit stop to grab some breakfast on the way out of York to Scarborough. Can't think of anywhere else where I can get a spam and egg sandwhich and it was absolutely delicious. Staff were very friendly and efficient. Came on the bike and I got the vibe it was a very biker friendly place despite not officially being a biker cafe. Will definitely be coming back here.

Awful, very slow service, rubbish food and a wait time that made me want to jump into the traffic. We waited 45 mins for a mediocre sausage and egg cob and a breakfast in a box, the cob was okay. The breakfast wasn't great mushrooms and bacon were slightly cooked, tomatoes were just juice and mush from a tin. The service was terrible, watching them fry an egg whilst waiting for food was painful. Multiple people waiting to be served left whilst we were waiting for our food. A quick stop for a breakfast has added an extra hour onto our journey.

Delicious food, great service - a perfect stop off for long journeys!

No warm welcome when getting here! Not allowed indoors with the dog! No hello how are you nothing .. food very over priced we got a bacon roll full of fat bread roll wasent buttered didn't get offered butter...when they called my name didn't give me chanc3 to walk over and get it just left it at the serving hatch no ketchup offered nothing.. awful service not great food over priced

Great stop of for food, eat in or takeaway, never fails,

Toilet stop and drinks. Nice coffee.

It's ok for a quick stop wouldn't chose to go back

Nice breakfast here, well worth the pit stop to fill your bellies

Stopped off for a coffee and a toilet break

Called for breakfast on our way home from Scarborough it was lovely 😍

Cheap products swimming in grease. Waste of money

Nice venue, great parking and accesible toilets, however terrible customer service by the blond lass behind the counter who made me feel unwelcome, her tone of voice was of that of somebody unbothered. Massively expensive for something you can get at a million other places. £9 for a small bottle of coke and a sausage bacon and egg bun. Also took ages to get something that tasted average. Wouldn't recommend this place to my worst enemy.

To expensive for wot you get I got a fry up it was 12 pound for l piece of bacon 1 sausage a little tub of beans a little scup of tomatoes 1 slice of toast you had to pay 1 pound for 1 slice of black pudding and you got a few mushrooms disgusting

Stopped on route to Scarborough and what an amazing breakfast. Best Gluten Free breakfast I have had in 10 years! Takes me back to being a child and stopping on the annual trip to Scarborough. You have to stop here. Excellent 👌

Oh dear, soggy wrong sandwich, fish fingers were horrible, diet coke was from abroad, not nice for the price

Best beacon sandwich in the country Cannot wait to go again

Highwayman Cafe didn't let us down. Four of us came here for a Sunday breakfast after a disppointing experience elsewhere the day before. It was 10ish, busy with cars and people outside, but plenty of seats in and not a long wait. Friendly staff. The food was amazing, with tweaks to the traditional breakfast done to suit our adjustments/dislikes. It finished off our weekend away with friends nicely before we parted ways. We will definitely return in future.

Only called for a leg stretch so I cannot comment on service ect

Bacon and sausage butty, cup of coffee just under a tenner! Oh it's the right name ok. Staff didn't even bat an eyelid! Extortionate profiteering. Never again.

Just stopped off for breakfast on the way to the coast. A nice friendly welcome , a piping hot fresh breakfast a good cuppa tea. Spacious & clean .. lovely thank you 😊

Had best bacon sandwich I ever bought.Seating outside as well as in café. Will go again if in that area

Just called in for a drink but decided to just have Egg on toast, poached eggs were fantastic best I've had for a while, Husband had the big breakfast, that filled a big space it's was all freshly cooked, the guys serving were friendly polite, nothing too much bother. Jean & Malcolm

Driven past lots of times & often thought about stopping. Did today & wish hadn't. Food ok, although, no description on what you get for breakfast, in regular, large or ultimate. Went for large breakfast & large cup of tea x 2, asked if wanted the black pudding with the breakfast, ok, why not, then totalled up came to more than the menu said, queried, to be told, you wanted the black pudding & that's extra. This was not stated at the time as extra, very bad. Suppose passing trade uses once & that's it.

Almost a scam We stopped by for a cold sandwich and drink and immediately regretted it. You are better off grabbing a £3 sandwich from a fuel station rather than waste time and money here. We asked for cold sandwiches, paid, then after sitting and waiting they came to say they ran out of fillings. I had to adjust my preference. The egg mayo cold sandwich we asked for had no mayo in it! How inconsiderate does one have to be to do this. Plus, they served it in a thick burger bun! A sandwich is not a burger! The cheese pickle sandwich was a joke. Thick burger bun, a cheddar cheese slice and some pickle jam. Again, get a sandwich from a fuel station and it will be miles better. Such a waste of money and time and a waste of place serving ultra low grade food.

Great place to stop for a break

The Highwayman is well named as others have noticed. Ten quid for a "large" breakfast which had one egg and one slice of toast. The food was fatty and poor quality. I left most of it. Two of the staff were arguing and bickering round the back (the two older ladies). It would have been one star only but the younger lady with the glasses on was really nice and a good laugh. A proper rip off.

I know why they call it the highwayman now, £7 for a salad sandwich. I'd rather starve.

Great cafe, easy access from main road. Very friendly Staff and food cooked to order.

Over the years I’ve stopped many times at the Highwayman. And while I’ve never found it outstanding… it has always been decent enough to keep me coming back. Not this time though. We stopped for two sandwiches and drinks from the outside service hatch. Delivery was very slow… there was no butter (or margarine) on the bread, no offer of condiments, no napkins… and the bacon had the consistency and taste of being boiled, not fried or grilled. My friend’s coffee was weak, so she requested an espresso shot adding. Although they charge £2.95 for an espresso, and £3.45 for a doppio… she was charged £2.95 for the extra shot. Will not be returning.

Good place to stop ... only smokers will realy know

Decent fast served food. Great stop for breakfast and lunch on a road trip. Very convenient, friendly counter service , serving basic English food and drinks. Easy to get a good meal in short time. Plenty of parking.

Just popped in as I was passing and used the takeaway very nice fresh sandwich. Good coffee Pleasant people thanks

The ultimate breakfast was amazing would recommend it

2 extremely nice sandwiches, 1 bacon 1 ham salad nice tea. Takeout. Use the premises for the loo otherwise pay 20p

Only stopped for toilet but ended up with takeaway drinks. reasonably priced and served by excellent staff

Very friendly , clean and best breakfast ever had TYlor FAMILY Halifax west Yorkshire

Lovely place with great staff. Full English of great selection of continental style breakfast. Really enjoyed it.

I had a very nice sandwich and coffee

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Nice friendly place, good bacon sandwich, good coffee. It's a thumbs up from me 👍

Legendary cafe en route to Whitby Excellent parking Staff are brilliant The food is gorgeous

Extremely expensive. £13.50 for a large full English and a cup of tea. The food was just average and sausage, bacon etc were pre cooked so well past their prime. I probably would have had something to take away for later but as no one asked how my breakfast was or acknowledged me when I'd finished eating I just left. I would visit again if nothing else available but would certainly advise others to try elsewhere.

Says closes at 14.30 showed up at 14.00 and turned away for food

Nice food. A great place for a stop when travelling.

Stopped on our way home. Had a fabulous breakfast and even a snack for the dog. Yum

Cold Breakfast after a long wait

Stopped off here for a takeaway sandwich, for the first and last time. Had to wait over 15 minutes for two bacon and egg baps, the bacon was cold, and at £5.50 per sandwich I would have expected far better quality and value for money. I would have returned them and asked for hot versions, but I was pushed for time visiting Castle Howard and did not want to be late on a timed ticket. Suffice to say I won't be returning. Highwayman by name and Highwayman by nature.

Average roadside cafe food.. extremely over priced. Keep driving to the diner just a bit further. Hiwaymann is a fitting name.. daylight robbery for sure

Expensive for what it is but it's more of a event than a place to eat

Had the full English with a nice morning cup of tea and it was well worth the visit. One of the best I’ve had on the road. Only draw back is the toilets which cost 20p but they are clean so it’s worth it to spend a penny 👍🏻

Didn't eat this time, just a coffee but was sound the other times.

We had a coffee here .You have to pay for the toilets 40p not good.

Helpful and friendly staff, clean and tidy, downside having to pay to use toilet and having to go through a turnstile which would be impossible if you were in a wheelchair access to cafe no problem ? parking free.

Great breakfast, I was starving whilst driving to Whitby

A bit expensive but a good spot to stop

Very pleased with this little cafe. Good snack food with lots of parking

Fantastic service the waitress Laura is amazing nothing is too much trouble and on days off on Tues n Wed its noticed.

it's the first time that we have stopped here on the way to whitby for a coffee, and I would definitely call there again. Even as toilets, just ask inside, and they will give you a token,plus seating outside.

Overpriced. Bit too long a wait for a breakfast that is pre cooked.

Nice breakfast Mushrooms 🍄 were luke warm .but everything else warm

Brilliant crispy bacon and tomato dip sandwich - sat inside which is clean and tidy - would certainly recommend

Bread a bit hard in tuna sandwich. Wasn't told when hot drinks were ready to be collected from counter, and the tea stewed before realising.

Lovely breakfast nice and clean .Just wot i needed

Fab been here lots of times slways good .

Great food, great staff, really clean place with plenty of parking. Dogs not allowed inside the cafe itself. Would definitely recommend.

Just try the breakfast you won't be disappointed.

Brilliant place to stop off for a welcome break. Food great, service great and a lovely outdoor seating area! Would recommend.

Nice little cafe on the A64, food is always tasty and served hot, there is outdoor seating if the weather permits, the toilets require a token but this is given free of charge with any order, not sure how much it is without a purchase.. Recommended.