Middletown in Ballymena

Called in for brunch and we e weren't disappointed. Food and coffee were delicious, we will be back soon! Staff were helpful and pleasant also!

I recently visited Middletown Coffee Co. and had an outstanding experience thanks to Ethan. His expertise in crafting beautiful rosettas was impressive, and his professionalism truly stood out. Not only did he make a fantastic coffee, but he also took the time to teach me how to make froth and brew coffee at home. His support and knowledge went above and beyond, making it one of the best coffee experiences I've ever had. As someone who has traveled extensively, this level of service was exceptional. Ethan is a true asset to Middletown Coffee Co., and I look forward to returning.

So disappointed. Went for brunch with my partner expecting great things but how disappointed were we. Presentation was lovely but food a real let down. Every bite of my 'eggs benny' tasted the same. The whole thing was covered with so much sauce presumingly to hide the over cooked , deep fried something that hid beneath the poached eggs. Having nearly brokn my tooth on the crust of the bread I decided I'd had enough. At an over priced amount of £33 we lifted our belongings and left with a very disappointing experience and very greasy lips.

Overpriced and limited menu, £1.70 for ONE slice of bacon!

Fantastic modern cafe with excellent diverse food. Beautifully presented. Well priced. Really recommend for a delicious lunch.

Beautiful meals and coffee. The price does reflect the quality. Staff were friendly and the premises are tidy and clean. Great place.

Really enjoyed the fritters for lunch and the twix tray bake with a coffee. Quick and friendly service too.

If I could sum up Middletown in two words it would be excellence and kindness. The commitment to excellence is evident from the moment you walk in. And yet the staff don’t let it get to their heads. Everyone from the barista to the boss maintains a genuine interest in and appreciation for their customers.

Service and atmosphere goes a million miles imo. And this place has it all. And the best coffee and food you can ask for 🫶🏼👌🏼

Middletown is a very special place for our family - the welcome from staff, the relaxed atmosphere, the quality of menu choices and the absolute tastiness and thoughtfulness of each dish that arrives to the table - we simply don’t find this elsewhere. If you are anywhere nearby, be sure to call in and the MT team will look after you. Ballymena is lucky to have such a wonderful spot.

High quality coffee, lovely staff, great space and comfort!

Really lovely restaurant with really nice food, definitely recommend

Amazing place with a full gluten free menu that makes a foodie's heart sing!

Genuinely couldn't fault this place! The food was excellent, the staff were extremely accommodating & friendly. I'll definitely be back! (And the strawberry layer cake was spectacular 😋)

Best coffee in town a d the staff are absolute gents ,full of chat an know there stuff about coffee

If you’re in Ballymena, this is the coffee shop to visit. Friendly service and great food. I have a crisp chicken burger. One of the best chicken burgers I’ve had in a long time. My wife had the sweet potatoe, apple, peanut butter soup. A good hearty bowl that was filling.

After my only other visit to Middletown which was marred by a rude member of staff I agreed to meet a friend for brunch. We opted for sourdough bread, poached egg and bacon. This translated to one very thin slice of sourdough bread, one very small egg ( might have come from a Bantum) and two very overcooked, very small pieces of bacon. My friend ordered a large Americano, when it arrived it was a small cup, when she pointed out she’d ask for a large coffee she was told there was only one standard size. After two out of two bad experiences I defrosted t be back.

The coffee (black americano) alone is worth visiting Ballymena for! Food is consistently excellent too. It’s a little pricey, but the food and coffee are obviously prepared by folks who know their trade.

⏰Fuimos a desayunar un miércoles entre semana sin reserva. El local estaba casi lleno pero había algo de sitio. 🏡Local moderno y muy bonito. 💁🏽‍♂️Camareros amables. No atienden en mesa. Hay que ir a pedir a la barra y luego te lo llevan a la mesa. 🍳 Pedimos las tostadas de huevo benedict y un café. Los huevos no estaban bien hechos y la tostada demasiado especiada con toques asiáticos que no nos mataron. 💰 pagamos 19e pp. demasiado para lo que desayunamos.

Delicious food, great coffee & lovely, friendly, efficient staff. New menu is amazing. I had the Caesar Salad, which was delicious & such a big serving, that I couldn't finish it. The coffee is the best in town. Visit once a month 4 family brunch & I'm never disappointed with the food. Great selection of gluten free options.

Had to give a star to be able to leave a review. I don't know why Google has asked me to review this place I have never been here!

Always a great experience at this cafe! Staff are friendly, food is always presented beautifully and tastes amazing ✨

Brilliant brunch in Ballymena, perfect eggs, great coffee, really fun twist on regular breakfasts. Pork belly eggs benny is a highlight.

Food was really nice but the tea they survived it with brown sugar and every tea drinker no's you don't take brown sugar in tea it is just for coffee I can't take coffee and the brown sugar tastes like coffee so had to do without drinking me tea

Cannot express enough how much we love this place. We come as often as we can and cannot believe the consistent amazing quality food that they serve. Excellent service and friendly, experienced staff. A beautiful gem in the middle of Ballymena!

Wonderful food, amazing service. If I could give them more stars, I’d give them all!

So first time here for breakfast and my wife had raved about on as she had been several times. The place has a industrial feel inside with benches and tables but there was plenty of room. Menu is very different which is great to have something other than an Ulster fry( not that there is anything wrong with a fry) . The service was great and our order arrived extremely fast. The Eggs Benny presentation was excellent and the taste amazing. My wife had Turkish Eggs and that looked and tasted fantastic. So for a different type of breakfast, cooked wonderfully, a little bit different and great service look no further than Middletown you will not be disappointed.

Nice place for a brunch between Belfast and the Northern coast. We waiting for approx. 20mins but then everything was pretty quick.

Went for lunch, first time here, lovely surroundings, staff very professional, attentive and knowledgeable. I ordered a toastie, it was lovely, would have given 5 stars if it had had a small garnish on the plate, just looked bare. Would try it again though. Thanks

Mushrooms on toast was very good. The mushrooms where huge - not sure what type as they definitely ween the normal ones. Friend had bacon on waffles which was OK. A bit hard in the middle but baco good. Lovely space.

Best coffee shop in Ballymena 👌

Burger bun was slighty burnt. Requested to return the burnt bun but refused

Went here for lunch and food was delicious, I had the three cheese toastie with bacon and it was yum, very filling. My other half had the sourdough, sausages and poached egg. He said it was lovely. Staff were attentive and friendly. The cafe itself allows for sit-in or takeaway, and the decor is modern with long tables and stools as well as tables and chairs. They sell their own coffee, they had a Christmas blend available when we were there. Price is a bit steep but when the food is so good you are willing to pay that bit extra.

Coffee is excellent, staff very helpful and friendly and good very good too.

Top drawer coffee shop that yes is a little pricey but that comes hand in hand with fresh creative and quality food. Staff are friendly atmosphere is lush and food is yum... What more can you ask for... RECOMMENDED

Came in for brunch and had the best loaded roast potatoes with pigs in blankets, Brussel sprouts, red cabbage and spring onion. Also got a side of hash browns with coffee ketchup and parmesan, was so tasty!! The mulled tea was awesome and the presentation just lovely. The staff were so friendly even when the place was packed, took the time to explain menu items for you 😊 (P.s. the cream with the mince pie was to die for!)

Some of the best coffee I have tasted. Welcomed when I arrived. Nice atmosphere although a bit cold when I was there (9am so maybe the heating hasn’t been on long). Only criticism would be they only provide one size of coffee and for me it was a bit small.

Perfect breakfast, fair prices, very friendly staff :)

Wonderful food this is the place in Ballymena handy for town and train everything so tasty Friday lunch with hubby five stars He had eggs Benedict and I had a Reuben foccattia delicious Staff are lovely and coffee is grand

A top spot for food and a coffee, the food is a bit different from your standard coffee shops but it is unbelievable.

Wonderful food, wonderful staff. Well-balanced & delicious coffee. Will not disappoint! Great tunes playing were a plus.

Amazing breakfast and coffee. Lovely, friendly and helpful staff. Would highly recommend!

Amazing coffee, perfect service, quick food. Turkish eggs are incredible.

If you want to drink coffee, run about wearing shorts and have a laptop this is the place for you. If you want a good feed of honest food it’s not the place for you. . We ordered breakfast which was small and overpriced. Very limited menu. Not a scone or croissant in sight. Industrial setting and not overly homely atmosphere. It’s got a certain demograph of people, clearly not me.

Great spot - coffee is excellent and the food is fab. Highly recommend the toastie and French Toast. And try to get a window seat - good location for people watching!

One of the best brunch cafes in the country. Great veggie/vegan options. Service, food and coffee 5*

I ordered Turkish eggs which was meant to come with lemon and dill Greek yoghurt. The eggs were cooked quite well with a bit of runny yoke but the flavours were more Indian than than turkish. Curry powder overpowered the whole dish. There shouldn’t even be curry powder in turkish eggs - @Middletown it’s chilli not curry, they’re different. Both me and my husband struggled to taste any dill or lemon in the yoghurt which bizarrely had cucumber. If you want to have Indo-turkish fusion this is the place for you. Chocolate brownie was too salty. Mostly very friendly staff but they seemed to have different rules for friends and other customers when it came to ensuring “all of the party” is there before they can be seated. Didn’t taste but the chips looked like they were swimming in oil.

Great coffee, great breakfast and very welcoming staff

Great ervice and delicious food

10/10 coffee, food & atmosphere!

My favourite place for all day breakfast and a catch up! Great vegetarian/vegan options available and coffee is always delicious.

The girlfriend and I have been 4 times now. I live near Belfast and she in antrim. Definitely worth the trip out. Perfect stop off when heading to the North Coast. Food has been Perfect everytime. This time we had, pork belly beagel, burger with loaded fries and amazing coffee. Brilliant atmosphere and even though it's very busy the waiting times are minimal. Staff are great, very accommodating to people's needs and very friendly. Will most definitely be back many more times.

Food, atmosphere, service all amazing. We had 3 kids with us and the staff were all so friendly. Kids menu is not your typical goujons and chips, and is basically a paired down version of the adults menu, which is a welcome change to the normal.

This was a fantastic find on a visit to NI from Australia. Coffee was excellent and would be right at place in Melbourne. Tried a few items from the brunch menu, all of which were great and also very fairly priced. We took some cabinet bakes home and also enjoyed them, with interesting flavour profiles. Staff were very friendly also. Will be back when visiting NI again, and would be a regular haunt if I lived locally

Great coffee and excellent customer service

Really impressed, nice spacious and glassy environment, and the food was fantastic, I had the French toast and it was very creative and tasted beyond expectations. It's somewhere I would trust to try anything as the quality of the food is great, hard to compare as it's a step above most other places for breakfast.

Wonderful coffee and our breakfast was even better! Fantastic staff, very handy location and great atmosphere.

I was treated today to this place which I have never been before in Ballymena. My choice of refreshment was, would you believe, a cuppa tea and decided to try the 3 cheese toastie. Lovely clean establishment, good service, easy parking and had that bustling vibe. A variety of hot food, drinks and treats to choose from. An awesome selection of bags of different coffee to purchase as well.

I was treated today to a place I have never been before in Ballymena. My choice of refreshment was, would you believe, a cuppa 🍵 and decided to try the 3 cheese toastie. Lovely clean establishment, good service, was bustling. A variety of hot food, drinks and treats to choose from. An awesome selection of bags of different coffee to purchase.

Excellent specialist coffee and smiley, friendly service

Fantastic start to the day with absolutely stunning, beautiful, tasting food and coffee. Eggs Benedict was sumptuous. Friendly helpful staff a d excellent t service standards. Relaxed, chilled atmosphere.

Best coffee in Ballymena. Really good chocolate fudge cookie. Hope to try brunch offerings next trip.

Good service, lovely presentation, not particularly cheap but food is good.

Really friendly, convenient location and outstanding eggs benedict. Best ever.

Food coffee and service very good

Very friendly Staff and Great Food a must go to place when shopping in Ballymena My husband especially loved the eggs Benedict and I had the most tasty toastie We finished with coffee and the amazing Creamed rice flan and a dark chocolate nutty slice food is a step above

Very clean. Helpful & friendly staff. 1st time there and will definitely go back to it. Food was very tasty and well presented.

One of the best brunch spots in the country, you need to try the Turkish eggs! The bakes are absolutely amazing too, they use established coffee so you’re guaranteed a good brew too. I just wish I lived closer to visit more often!

Great place for a cup of coffee and a pastry!

Thoroughly enjoyed our brunch at Middletown. The staff were super friendly and very attentive to our needs. Would highly recommend the brunch bagel and chicken schnitzel! We will be back soon, thanks guys.

Very over rated over priced cafe . The food looks good but doesn't live up to looks . I had eggs benedict it was tastless and cost 10.50 it was worth about 4 quid . Defo won't be back too many nice places to eat in Ballymena .

Delicious food and amazing staff

What a wonderful surprise. A great celery soup, coffee and cake. First visit to Ballymena for many years and this was a wee bonus. Well done guys.

my friend did not get a therapist but the food was surprisingly good !

Never disappoints, food is always amazing and the staff are so friendly. 100% cannot recommend enough!

My weekly go-to, meet friend here every week and can't pass it. Great breakfasts, friendly staff and best coffee in the area!

If you are tired of regular food try here and you'll love the way the flavor are mixed together

Beautiful food & coffee! I love going here for breakfast or brunch. The offering is such a lovely change from every other cafe & they source ingredients locally. Small businesses supporting small businesses ** They have lovely cheeses & do takeaways Attentive & super friendly staff.

I had the nicest pork chop I’ve ever had in my life in here, it was like butter, my sister had a equally nice gyro. 10/10

Fabulous coffee !! Friendly staff and scrumpy cinnamon roll ! Not it be missed

Fantastic sourdough with lush scrambled egg and avocado , finished with a lovely strong Guatemala coffee

Great Food, great Coffee, great staff! Great for lunch, polite, friendly and efficient staff serving great food with great coffee. Well worth a visit for delicious food if your in the Ballymena area. We will definitely be back.

Lovely food....a little bit different, but not cheap Service good but please please please....we don't use ma'am in Northern Ireland.. it's v condescending and makes me feel like I'm 90! If I was in America and ma'am was used....fair enough......makes my skin crawl when used over here

Lovely food but shocking attitude. I’ve recently been registered as disabled and therefore use a walking stick. There was a lengthy queue so I asked if I could sit down. I was told ‘no’. Food order must be taken, apparently, before you’re allowed to sit down. I said I was tired, I showed my walking stick, and was told I’d have to wait 20 mins or so in the queue. I asked if this was fair to someone classed as disabled. I was told, ‘that’s just the way it is’ and was advised to go up the street to another cafe. Because I’m disabled?? Just ‘the way it is’?? Not only inconsiderate, but I’d nearly guess this breaks the law……

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This establishment had a nice atmosphere for the area and the coffees were well made, tasted great, and priced fairly. Did not try the food but will have to come back one day to try.

One of the best coffee establishments on the island of Ireland and the food is to die for

Best coffee shop in Northern Ireland - great food and great coffee!

Been on two separate occasions in the same week. Decor is great. Staff are really friendly and helpful. Food is incredible. Prices are quite good in comparison to other cafes in the same kind of genre. Highly recommend it

Love starting a morning in Middletown.

I had coffee and food here with my partner. Food, staff and atmosphere incredible. Coffee was just ok and it was quite expensive. Overall very good though.

Coffee was lovely Eggs benedict is basically beef brisket with egg on sourdough, gravy on sourdough doesn't work, beef quite tough, disappointed unfortunately

I go there semi-regularly and love it. It's got a great ambience, and the staff are really friendly. I often get whatever soup is going and it's always delicious!

Best place for coffee and lunch in Ballymena

Stopped off en route for ferry. A real find, well worth the short detour into town. Ample car parking in the town. Great coffee and a really interesting choice of dishes for breakfast, with a few spices and a Turkish influence. Recommend the eggs benedict but is not what you could call standard fare. Bacon, poached egg and fresh crab anyone, with a touch of pickled fennel? Good prices for the quality of food and a great Boho atmosphere with friendly team. Service is first class too.

My friend and I were in Middletown on Wednesday 17 August at lunchtime, we both waited in the queue and when my friend was getting served I made way in the queue and went to a table. One of the staff came over and asked me to move as he wanted the table for a family of three. He showed me to a dirty table and then said you were supposed to wait until you placed your order before taking a seat. I mentioned this to my friend when she got to the table and we commented up that this wasn’t particularly friendly. To make matters worse there were other table available and the table was not taken by a family but one adult and one child. I won’t be back as the customer service was awful, the coffee was average and expensive for the size of the cup. There are so many coffee shops in Ballymena I don’t need to return to this establishment. I

Absolutely the best Turkish Eggs I've ever tasted. Unreal atmosphere and super friendly service. My new favourite place!

This was the best cafe, we went in for elevenses and you just have to try the raspberry doughnut and the mint soda. We went back for lunch and although there was a queue it moved quickly. The sweet potato and mango soup was amazing. The staff were brilliant too.

Very good, seasonal food. Variety of hot beverage. And they make their own bread. Highly recommended.

Great food and first class staff