Kings Road Coffee Shop in Carrickfergus

This was my favourite coffee shop that I visited every week on a walk along the shore. I went in today since under new management and they only have oat milk to off for their coffees as an alternative milk. Totally disappointed as before this, all options were offered. I'm allergic to milk and to only offer oat milk, for an oat-y coffee is a disappointment.

Very nice coffee shop compared to what else can be found there. Hip shop with delicious coffee/tea and homemade cakes. We came there twice and it was always delicious.

Absolutely stellar place for breakfast, lunch, or just a cup of coffee. Dog friendly and amazing atmosphere/aesthetic ✨️💕

I have had lunch here several times and each time it gets even better. Servers are so friendly and the sausage rolls with black pudding were amazing. The building is beautiful and we where even allowed to bring our dogs in. Will definitely recommend and will be back soon.

Food delicious Staff very friendly and great service will be back. Also dog friendly inside and out 👍🏻

We decided to try Kings Road Coffee Shop, the first thing about it is that the decor inside is warm and well decorated. What also impressed me was there was no background music thus,we were able to have conversations without having to contend with music, rather, the place sounded with gentle chatter of people having conversations. We had a bowl of homemade garlic chips between 3 of us along with our orders of toasties, coffee, tea and scones, everything was lovely and the staff were very helpful and pleasant, we will definitely be back.

Great brunch well presented. Really friendly, helpful staff and lovely atmosphere. Can’t fault it! Fully recommend and will be back.

Following delicious cake and traybakes / good coffee, I requested my bill and was presented with the most beautifully handwritten account, affirming for me that there's still good in this world. Kings Road Coffee Shop is beautifully appointed establishment (high ceilings, many original features, a good availability of goodies, and clean), with staff who enjoy their work - even at the time of our visit (16:30). We did not sit outside (it was a tadge fresh), but could have - the outside seating was enclosed and looked very comfortable.

What a friendly, scrumptious, oasis!! We have been several times and have had a delightful experience always. Well worth making it a regular retreat full of goodies and cheerful greetings—the crackling fire on Easter Monday was the perfect foil for the aura of family enthusiasm—everyone got a warm welcome and exemplary food.

Such a wonderful place! And the food is yummy!! The new owners have really made a difference to our experience and we’ll be coming back regularly!

How could you not love this place. Tasty food and service with a smile. Will definitely be back!

Gorgeous food and relaxed atmosphere. Will visit again!

Staff and food were wonderful 😊

Brilliant place. Good food and loved the service; very friendly!

Friendly and efficient service, great food, superb setting. Can’t wait to come back and also recommend to friends and family!

Really enjoyed our drinks and snacks. Nice atmosphere and interior design

I was in today for a spot of lunch. Ordered the loaded fries with shredded spicy beef. Absolutely stunning and I was totally amazed with the quality and quantity I left very satisfied. Well done to the sheff. Can't wait to go back for a big fry. 👌👌👌👌👌

Kings Road is now under new ownership/management and launched with a new team. The completely new menu is always great value, using local suppliers and partners whenever possible. Open to the public once again from Monday 18/3/2024 🥳🥂 Pics here from our staff night (Fri 15/3/2024)

Great fresh soup coffee and traybakes

Great coffee, terrible menu. If you don't want a baguette filled with a fry for breakfast there is no other choice. I did ask, but no other breakfast options, nothing.

We were a group of nine who met at Kings Road. We were seated in the cosy sitting room. The staff were more than attentive, the food was delicious and the coffee was second to none. All in all an excellent experience- thank you.

The building is nice, I like what they've done with the branding and decor. We were told there were no sausages or cheese when we arrived, which was a bit disappointing (there are shops close by including a butchers!) We went there with visiting relations and paid for our orders at the till. There was quite a wait for the food and one of our guests didn't receive his meal at all. He had to re-order and when it came it was the wrong meal. He was hungry and didn't want to wait any longer so accepted the mistake. I have heard from friends that this is a common occurence in this establishment so be prepared. The food is pretty good but expensive. You can get 2 fries with tea in Coastal Coffe down the road for £14 but here it will set you back about £25. Overall, good food but overpriced and you may not get what you ordered, if it arrives at all.

Great cafe in Whitehead, not far from the sea. Very tasty cakes, excellent coffee preparation.

Great food and service. We had seafood chowder, tomato and basil soup and a sausage roll - all of which were delicious. The tea, coffee and tray bake were also very good. The building in the past had been a tea room, butcher and an undertakers! We would definitely recommend it.

Great food and service. We had seafood chowder, tomato and basil soup and a sausage roll - all of which were delicious. The tea, coffee and tray bake were also very good. The building in the past had been a tea room, butcher and an undertakers! We would definitely recommend it.

We had called in to Kings Road in the summer to try their loaded fries to find that their fryer was broken and nothing was available. We were off today so I decided to try it again and checked the menu to make sure it hadn't changed. We arrived around 1:20pm to find the cafe very quiet, we took a seat and waited for a few minutes only to have the menu flung onto our table, it was tattered and on inspection the menu had changed. When my wife asked about their loaded fries she was told that they haven't been on the menu for 15 months. found this a bit odd as we had been their in July and they were on the menu then. They are still advertised on your webpage she told the server who said oops we never look at that. In a village with so many other options for lunch our money will be better spent there. A truly disappointing experience of very poor customer service.

Lovely food, very pleasant staff and my husband enjoyed the coffee experience

Called in after a dip at Gleno waterfall. Luckily enough, one of our group of four had won a voucher in a competition. First impressions were good, very busy on a Sunday morning. Took one of us to go up to the counter to get menus as no one came near us. Seemed like it was a self service sort of thing and you had to order at the counter. Tried to order sausage and egg baps, which were on the menu, only to be told they were only for kids, and that we couldn’t order them as we had no kids with us. So our order consisted of a vegan sausage roll, which was quite nice, a beef sausage roll, which was just average. A sausage, bacon and egg pancake stack, which consisted of two cold pancakes, a very minimal drizzle of maple syrup, a hard single rasher of cold bacon, a single, luke warm sausage and a going cold egg. Disappointing to say the least @£9.50. One of our group ordered a plain scone and received a raspberry scone, when the waiter was told, that it was supposed to be plain, he replied “oh, thats a raspberry scone” and walked away. The coffee wasn’t bad to be fair, but its as well we had a voucher, as the food was a real let down. All in all, definitely wouldn’t recommend or return.

I would like to thank Kings Road for catering for my retirement lunch yesterday . The staff were very friendly and helpful and catered for our every need especially when more people turned up than was suppose to nothing was to much for them it was very much appreciated .The food was excellent and came out in a very timely manor everybody was very pleased with what they got . And will all be back for lunch again couldn’t recommend this place for lunch enough Thank you for making my day special

The service, staff and food was excellent. We would have given it five stars however their toilet had a seat that was detached from the toilet and made it unsafe to use. There was only one toilet. My wife has balance problems which made this even more important. I hope it will be sorted for our next visit.

Our first time here since the new owners have taken over and they've done a fantastic job. Excellent quality and courteous friendly staff

brilliant food, found out about this coffee shop via a search on Google,had a breakfast 2 days running and everything was cooked perfect,had a coffee as well and it was very good, the price paid was not expensive considering how good it was,saw some cakes in the cabinet, so decided to purchase a few different ones for our day out later and wasn't disappointed, well worth the visit if in the area

Yea just need tea so here I went nice cafe loads of homemade stuff so well worth a visit great staff too Galaxy

Really friendly staff who are very helpful. Would highly recommend and will be back again soon !!!! Keep up the good work ,loved my coffee!! The usual high service and personal attention each time you visit .

This establishment had closed for a while but on our last visit to Whitehead we noticed that it had reopened. We came here for lunch having previously enjoyed great food and coffee in this old style Victorian building. My wife had the Queen's Grilled Cheese which was a grilled cheese sandwich with chicken, rocket and chilli jam. I had a Princess and the Bap which had to be served in sourdough bread because they had run out of baps. Despite this the sausage, bacon, egg and chilli jam was a good choice. The large cafetiere of coffee is excellent value for money compared to the price of an Americano. King's Road offers very tasty food served in a brisk, efficient manner. Highly recommended.

Great to be able to share this place with visitors who hadn’t been in whitehead for 5 years and had travelled from Fermanagh to see this rejuvenated venue Very busy, but quick service and attentive staff meant a constant flow and quick turnaround Hadn’t been in in a while ,but each time I revisit there’s another interesting twist to the menu Great playlist yesterday we could have sat on for hours Great to have this on our doorstep

This place came highly recommended after the gobbins walk. Service with a smile, really friendly, happy staff. Love the decor/ outside sitting area. Absolutely beautiful. Suitable for vegans too. I had the most delicious vegan sausage roll and coffee. Can’t wait to return.

Excellent coffee. Good quality.

Me and a group friends of mine happened to visit this small cafe. The cafe on its own looks lovely with dark aesthetic and comfy atmosphere asthe architecture of this place is just amazing. But it's a pity the service and food are so bad even though the menu looks nice. The first thing is, staff brought us milk tea while we were waiting for our main dish. Tasted like they just put warm water in tea and added some milk. I barely could drink it but my friend refused to even try a sip. Besides, we waited more than half an hour to get what we ordered although those who came later than us somehow got their dishes before than us. Secondly, three of us ordered three same dishes, however, my friend didn't have the black pudding and me with other person got it somehow. Beautiful outside terrible inside, not recommended and we would never visit again.

Great morning here at an event. Fantastic building and great staff.

Absolutely fab place food delicious staff are so lovely and great value for money . Found it by accident and will def be back

Fantastic place, great food, great coffee, great service...

I had lovely cafetiere of coffee and a scone. Outside seating but decor and atmosphere of place inside too very special. I'll return for something more substantial in future. Staff really friendly whether order big or small.

Excellent place, loved everything about it, my chai latte was amazing, went back later for lunch that was just as enjoyable will definitely recommend this place to friends and look forward to returning

Very nice coffee and cake. I will return for something savoury next time. The different types of loaded fries look interesting!

Place was packed a lovely coffee and hot chocolate

There is no where open in whitehead until 10 so was delighted to see this cafe was open at 9 - very disappointing to find it only opens at 10 to avoid disappointment and being soaked in the rain could you please change your hours on the internet and put opening hours in the door

Food was delicious, and easily the best place for brunch for miles in my opinion. Kids food, and a few other minor things, weren't great though. Would still recommend it for brunch/lunch or just a coffee.

Nice, as long as you are prepared to pay London prices , the V60 coffee is a unique experience, and the most expensive coffee I have ever had, I can't comment on food as I only had coffee😁

Met up with friends for coffee and catch up. Lovely spot and coffee is excellent. Only downside is the location suffers from traffic noise and dust especially if sitting outside in good weather.

Nice scran, pleasant staff, great decor

This was our first visit. We sat outside with our dog. The staff were very friendly and welcoming and the food was beyond our expectation. The sourdough cheese sandwich was delicious.

Best scrambled eggs,toast and mushroom's I ever had. First class food and service.

The food was delicious .The menu was imaginative and the order arrived promptly. Would definitely recommend.

Lovely little gem of a cafe in Whitehead. Great coffee and lovely food served in a fantastic space with a lovely atmosphere. The staff were very friendly and attentive, would definitely go back.

The prefect coffee shop! Beautifully restored victorian building, pretty outdoor area, tasty food, amazing coffee and all delivered by the most friendly, knowledgeable and passionate barista.

Great food, beautiful coffee and always very very friendly staff (and decent music!)

Many years from we last visited .Only had coffee and cake but there appeared to be quite an extensive menu. Seems to be the only restaurant / cafe in Whitehead so always busy. Would call again when in the area.

Excellent food from a little gem in Whitehead

Would give this another go. Few problems, ordered fry with no egg came out with egg. Ordered glasses of water but didn't get them. Food was good if a bit pricy. Would go back to try lunch

absolutely awesome cheese overload toastie with delicious dip and fresh side salad . coffee was really good as are the nice staff

Tried something new: from their Loaded Fries options I had The Smoke King, which was smoked bbq chicken, bacon, cheese, roasted garlic mayo, and skin on fries. I was having a greedy day and also ordered the Pork Chilli Sausage Roll. It was just £4, and I found the name of it tempting. The sausage roll came with a dish of dip and a helping of chickpeas. The loaded fries was a great heap of food in a big bowl, and would have made a good meal all on its own. Everything was great, loved it. The venue is very light and bright, with great banks of windows facing south and west around a corner. On warmer days many people choose to dine on the extensive decking area outside. During our visit there were lots of customers eating outside, inside and in the second fireplace room; this place is popular. Dining here at night is very spectacular, with the wooden interior all lit up. Service was good. Unusually this is a place where you go up to the counter to place your order and pay beforehand. I like their furniture; their logo is printed or carved into the wood of their tables. The lights are very stylish. They actually took months to completely refurbish the building. Their attention to detail shows; the original floorboards (1904) look great.

called here on a dull day for a walk along the seafront and a view of belfast lough and scotland . very nice inside and great coffee with a tasty sausage roll . Seating outside and free wi fi

Sorry lovely looking place but will not be back. Ice machine not working, lost are order and had to after 20mins of waiting ask where it was to be told there sorry and they would get it as fast as they could. 20mins later still had to ask where it was. Food was not great after that wait yet the menu it sounded lovely. Very disappointed 😞

I visited with my wife and two friends , very poor service only one member of staff serving at lunchtime and pay before you eat , one menu per four people....menu aimed at the more modern taste ,I had sausage roll with which to me was a salad concoction and what may been chili sauce in a little cup which had not been mentioned on the menu. My lunch guest thought the place average would not visit again.

Reopened in August under new owners. Good decor delicious selection of food well priced and comfortable seating .Can sit outside when weather good

Today myself and my two girls visited kings road, my girls got hot chocolate French toast, it was the nicest they ever had , and myself! I got soup and it was beautiful, lovely cosy atmosphere with great service. Highly recommend and will be back if ever in the area!

Really great trip to Kings Road, staff were fantastic and friendly, the food was amazing and the coffee was great too.

Came with my mother and daughter for lunch. The food is fantastic - great charcoal burger! Highly recommend. Perfect also for a coffee/tea and cake…

Got a 'King' fry here when it first opened. Took ages and certainly didn't look like the ones shown. No, mushrooms, no black pudding, they even forgot the beans until I asked for them, which were cold anyway. Only one sausage on the plate too. Then they loaded it with soda and pancakes. Not even nice food. More like 'peasants fry'. If only the price reflected this too. Nearly £20 for this meager offering and a coffee. Won't be back.

Lovely chap called Tom serving and he was great. Food was terrible though. Overpriced, bland and took a long time to arrive. I thought with all the good competitors in this wee town they might do better. Try down the road instead

What a shame . Lovely decor and menu ruined entirely by obsession to chase customers out by three ! Arrived today myself and girlfriend at 14 40 . Sat five minutes and went up to order coffees and simple scone and tray bake and paid for it all . A girl came down to us soon after asking if we where ok with a take way cup as they close at three . No i was not happy with the stress that created as we where here to relax and not made to feel like an inconvenience . Got my money back and thanks for that . Whoever owns this place please pay/train your staff better or just change your website opening hours which currently show 4 pm as when you close .

Pleasant Staff,Food was Great. Atmosphere Fantastic.

First visit, met friend at lunchtime. Staff friendly enjoyed the food we ordered a bit different although expensive

Quare place fer a cup of tay and a stroopwafel 😋

Me and my boyfriend came in for a late night coffee on the 1st of december, and fell in love with the vibe this place has! Beautifully decorated for Christmas it was so inviting with the fire lit in the side room. We didn’t want...

Lovely place, very relaxed. The sausage rolls and the coffee were excellent. I'll definitely be back.

Lovely spot, great food, excellent service

Tried here for the first time today. Had the festive ciabetta. Very tasty. Great coffee menu and lovely food options. Will be back

Had lunch today. I had the Knights Grilled Bacon and Avocado. It was amazing!! Best I’ve ever eaten. Buttery and crunch on the outside and the filling and the dip was gorgeous. Husband had Sourdough and Avo eggs and son the festive chicken ciabatta with...

I don't like to usually leave reviews but the service was ridiculously slow and no one seemed in a hurry or a rush to apologize for the slow service, my friends and I were waiting for so long my girlfriend was going to ask thinking...

Really nice good quality food. Lovely, helpful staff. Definitely worth a visit.

Having seen this little cafe whilst passing through Whitehead I decided to meet with a close friend for a catch up and tea. My friend arrived early and sat at a table. I arrived 5 minutes later so we were settled by 2pm. A quick...

Really wanted to like this place but it was a let down. We ordered some cheese toasties which were supposed to come with a tomato soup dip. The food took a long time to come to the point where we thought they had forgotten us, it was bland and it didn't come with said tomato soup. Not worth the £16. The decor is lovely though.

Lovely coffee and friendly baristas

Not long open, they really have made this unit into somewhere you would sit and relax. Very clean and spacious inside and outside. There's not a great selection of food at present. The coffee could have been warmer and stronger.

Dropped in for a light lunch today. Staff are very attentive and friendly, the place is spotless and has a warm welcoming atmosphere and the food was excellent. Go on, give it a go. You won’t be disappointed.

Wonderful little find while visiting Whitehead today, very enjoyable coffee and tasty & well presented food.

Lovely coffee shop and great ambience. Old building but super trendy and comfy inside. Will be back for sure. Very handy when visiting the town. Check it out

Absolutely beautiful inside. Coffee was lovely. Food was slightly above average. Worth a trip and then a walk down by the water.

Had lunch here today. Lovely stylish decor and helpful staff. Had pork belly special sandwich and avocado/bacon toasty. Tasty food, but definately Belfast prices.

I recently got told about this place by a friend of mine, and got asked to try "The Princess & The Bap" & oh my! It was to die for!! will definitely be back

Great food and excellent service

Lovely walk along the sea front at Whitehead finished by stopping for the perfect cup of coffee at Kings Road. Ended up ordering a second cup as the atmosphere was so chill and relaxing. Would defined recommend stopping by if in the area. Staff were...

Absolutely brilliant wee spot. Great food and lovely staff. Excuse the bite out of the food but the wee man thought it looked too good to wait to take a photo 💖

Visited today for a catch up with friends. Staff were welcoming and friendly. The building is stunning, you can’t miss it as you drive into whitehead. It has been very beautifully restored. I ordered a flat white and the breakfast bap. Food was well cooked...

Had a fantastic visit with friends in the new kingsroad cafe … coffee and food was outstanding and the friendly staff and beautiful decor … can’t wait to come again.

Called by today for a break from driving all day and have to say the staff were very welcoming and service was excellent , another hidden co antrim gem in coffee stops , will most definitely return in the near future and would recommend this...

Love finding a wee gem of a coffee shop where I can nip in, catch up on my emails and make the world right again, while sipping on my favourite fuel. Well, this wee flat white was Wow! Words would not justify, you just have to try it for yourself. All I will say is Kings Road is not just coffee, it’s an experience. The people in Whitehead are lovely. I got a wee chance to check out the local shops and get everything I needed, all while being served with a smile, very welcoming wee town. I’ll be back! 100 outta 100 Kings Road, that coffee is definitely a magnet x

Took awhile so was sat there, when eventually got what was ordered it was ok nothing overly tasty not worth paying the prices for what it is if I'm honest, Coffee was good though, don't live in the area, but would maybe try again at...