Streetcafe in East Cambridgeshire

The owner is miserable and it’s all he can do to grunt at you. One of the worst things is AT LEAST once a week (usually busy days like market day) his card machine is broken and it’s cash only. Course it is. £££. The food isn’t that bad to be fair, but when paying for stuff you expect to at least be welcomed and maybe even crack a smile. Avoid.

Great venue, very well presented and a friendly atmosphere, but no airs and graces. It is what it says on the tin. Excellent, efficient and friendly service and great food, what else could you ask for.

Full English Breakfast Poor ingredients - very cheap and low quality sausages. Bread low quality. Coffee - very low quality avoid

We popped in after a shopping trip to Ely. One of us had an omelette, the other a hamburger and we shared a generously sized portion of chips. The portion size of the hamburger was on the small side maybe, but perfect for the quick pit stop we needed. This is a good honest greasy spoon cafe with tasty food and excellent for its type. It was also a fair bit cheaper than the nearest equivalent to where we live.

Found the cafe very clean and the waitress was welcoming, friendly and cheerful. However, the small breakfast at a cost of £10 was a poor example of an English breakfast. Unfortunately I wouldn’t recommend to anyone.

Spotlessly clean, good food great value, nice staff but unfortunately the coffee is regularly appalling! Come on people please sort this out. I love this place but won't be ordering coffee anymore.

Very bad food I found a hair in my food and the meat is very chewy and burnt they treat the staff badly and the manager is rude and very rude to customers and also the waiters get treated badly with no respect saw her get a cloth thrown at her and no tips are given to them

Ett trevligt, lätt och hyfsat billigt ställe. Maten god, dryckerna kalla och servicen fungerar. Ett snabbt sätt att luncha.

After a wander around the market we decided on eating out for a late breakfast. We'd not been in Street Cafe for a few years so thought we'd give it a try. The cafe itself was spotlessly clean. There was plenty of food on our plates and the tea was nice and hot. We would have given full marks but the staff just need to smile a bit. We know it was Sunday and a lovely summers' day but a welcoming smile makes all the difference.

Had a Great Meal here in April ordered Portion size was Best i have experienced Cannot praise them enough

Great breakfast for 3 hungry guys. Portions were huge and the had everything in god quality for a full English!! Perfect start to the day.

Very friendly lady waited on our table. It served some good basic food,. We had baked potatoes which were excellent.

This is only based on coffee and a tea cake but I wouldn't hesitate to go back. Very friendly and clean, with quick service. The tea cake was very nice too.

Went for breakfast today. Food was lovely. I had scrambled eggs with bacon on toast and my husband made up his own Full English. Service was very good also.

Looking for somewhere to eat breakfast we found this little gem. Unpretentious, the sort of cafe that's been around for ever it seems ... Simply great food at the right price.. all freshly cooked and utterly delicious. Ignore the high priced places nearby, for a great breakfast at the right price this is the place@

We were looking for somewhere for a sandwich for lunch and stumbled across this cafe. We ordered a bacon baguette, sausage baguette and 2 cans of Diet Coke. At the price we were not expecting what we got! Lovely fresh bread, plenty of filling. All for £8.40! The service was also attentive but not in your face. Very pleasant , helpful staff. Would certainly go back and can readily recommend to anyone.

Never experienced such awesomePoached eggs. From the way the butter drenched toast was arranged “head to tail” on the plate to the way the eggy domes were reflecting the light with a glistening cellulite edged yet pitted sheen... Breaking into the domes like the forceful entry of a bank vault to reveal the inner sanctum of firm yolk, its a joy that is unrivalled and surely could secretly become one of the new culinary wonders of the modern age.

Unexpectedly in Ely on a Sunday morning at 09:30 and in need of breakfast. At first we walked past the cafe in search of something "better" in the mistaken belief it was another greasy spoon! On finding nothing else open we re-traced our steps and looked at the comprehensive menu. On entering the bright modern cafe we were greeted and offered a table by a delightful waitress. We ordered two cooked breakfast at a price that included tea and coffee. We waited only 5 minutes before the food arrived along with the drinks and toast. It was perfectly cooked and well presented. My wife who is Gluten Free had asked to swap items and that was not a problem.We paid less than £15 and that included a tip for our waitress so £10 saved over more pretentious breakfast venues and a lot of time too!

We visited on a very busy day as there was a Christmas Market in the nearby cathedral. We waited only a couple of minutes for a table. A waitress took our order promptly and brought our coffees. The tuna salad was tasty and portions were ample, for a very reasonable cost.

This is very much your typical low cost cafe. I had bacon, egg and chips with a mug of tea. The portion of chips was huge, but everything was a bit on the cold side except for the tea which was far too hot to drink straight away.The place was clean and tidy.Average overall.

If you want a big breakfast or similar food later in the day... this is the place to go in Ely. Good solid food with nothing fancy. Incredibly clean and good friendly staff.

Good full English breakfast, although the eggs were "poached" and we were not asked how we wanted them. The others had "beans on toast" and came "swimming" in beans, but this went down well. Service was very good.

We were part of a group of 8, but had warned them we were coming. We were very happy with our Meal 3 from the menu, best cooked breakfast I've had for a while. Others commented on pale toast and overcooked poached eggs, but we were pleased with ours. It set us up for the day.

Staff are very friendly, service is a quick turn around. The food is good. Nice place to stop for a quick bite.

The food is fairly average, nice chips though. Breakfast is fine, although the sausages are the cheapest type you can get, and are bland, tasteless and contain fatty deposits and gristle. Everything else is fine, if uninspiring. Prices are higher than average in my experience, but that's possibly due to the location.

The streetcafe is a great place to eat. It's easy to find in its central location, the service is good and there is a comprehensive, well priced menu. We have been here more than once for those reasons.

We visited this morning for breakfast as we were staying nearby. Exactly what we wanted. A proper cafe offering a proper cooked breakfast! Fab service, good price, hot and tasty food and drinks. We would definitely recommend.

The food is ok , service is ok , the decor is a bit dated and some seating is cramped , was enjoying a meal till a old lady with a hairy chin on a opposing table picked her nose and wiped the boogie under the table .

best café in ely for breakfast in my opion,hot tasty food,pleasant aatmosphere and friendly staff.go ands try it for yourself

The waiting staff in Street cafe are excellent and always smile and chat and tend to remember what I want, it's the only decent place in Ely with food and service to match.

I am posting this as written by my in-laws, with all our thanks.

I ate here recently with some family, we all had a different meal but they were all nice, hot and enjoyed by all! the staff are friendly and attentive and the place itself is nice and clean. the prices are good, 4 of us ate for around £14! (some were kids meals) will definitely be coming back!

Stopped for a very welcome tea and eggs & chips. The service is second to none and tables are swiftly cleared and floors constantly swept. The staff are attentive, cheerful and on the ball at all times. Nothing is too much and they ensure you have everything you need. The toilet is kept spotless too. The food is always piping hot and very reasonably priced. Many of the other nearby cafes could learn a lot from this wonderful and very professional business. We will definitely be back !!!

Bangers &mash; + shepherds’ pie for lunch: pretty good. Would go easier on the gravy (or serve the dish with a straw). Place is clean. Staff is rather friendly. Nothing to complain about. Would most probably go back, probably for the traditional English breakfasts.

The food I’ve had is nice but can’t stand the waitress keep coming over and trying to take your plate away when I haven’t finished!! I know it’s a cafe but that shouldn’t matter, This is a Cash only place

Street Cafe do the best breakfasts. I've never had a bad meal in here and the staff are always very nice and accommodating. It's excellent value for money and my friends always request we go here when they visit Ely. I love it.

Very near the cathedral is a little gem of a place, which do a vast range of food on their menu.

Great food and a hot cuppa is still hot after your meal and not cold like some place would recommend a try

nice pleasant café.very good service,food served piping hot nice polite staff,cannot comment on rest of what looks good menu as we only had breakfast

I often use this for a meet up with my son and he has a breakfast every time, their coffee is ok too.

Good menu, nice lunchtime burgers, good service and clean. Easy eating during the day. High Street location so easy to find when shopping. Kids love it.

Good fast service always good value for money always busy says what it says on the tin Quick service by friendly staff

Came to ely with my daughter and her twins and diceded to pop in for a quick bit of lunch. We had a double push chair and managed to get that in. We both had a jacket each which was quite big. Friendly staff. Would return

So I have been touring Ely to find the best breakfast, based on cost quality and service.

Popped in on Saturday for lunch with the family, it was very busy. We were welcomed as we walked in, just had to wait whilst a couple were leaving, table cleaned straight away. Service was excellent and good was very good and great value.

Delicious, quick, excellent service:) I was really enjoying! Right place, friendly staff don't miss to visit!

Mi prometido y yo estábamos visitando Ely y encontré este establecimiento y de nutrición. Nos dieron la bienvenida un hombre joven que nos sentamos junto a la ventana y nos dejó para examinar el menú que fue muy comprensivo con desayunos, bocadillos, comida vegetariana, tortillas, patatas chaqueta y platos principales. Que decidí por un sandwich de atún ensalada y un jamón ensalada de baguette, junto con 2 tes. El té llegó muy rápidamente seguido muy breve por los bocadillos. El sandwich de atún era muy sabroso dijo mi prometido y yo realmente disfruté de mi jamón baguette que era cálido, y muy sabroso. El té era refrescante y la experiencia en general fue excelente. En la parte superior de que el precio era muy bueno y estoy muy satisfecho de que dejé una buena propina para el personal!

Went in for breakfast on a Sunday morning as nowhere else was open. Big portions. Service fine. Prices ok. Will go back.

Good for breakfast although not cheap. Plenty of other food at reasonable prices, very much a café and very handily located on Ely High Street.

Muy a menudo los nietos aquí después de un sueños. . Les encanta la tradición. nos están haciendo. . . Me encanta la gran taza de café espumosos, no demasiado caliente y la vía láctea, pero sólo espumosos. . Perfecto. . Buena selección de desayunos...

Vinimos aquí en vez de tener el desayuno en nuestro hotel que estaba cobrando 16 libras para un desayuno caliente. Este fue un descubrimiento! Limpia, excelente servicio y buena comida - Menú clásico inglés y muy precios razonables. Y sorprendentemente buen café también! Bonito y...

Terminamos en el Streetcafe por accidente como el cordero no estaba sirviendo el desayuno. Este es un viejo café, con un montón de opciones y generosas porciones.

Yo solía pensar que era bueno pero no volveré Después el gerente era grosero conmigo delante de mis hijos. Todos porque me preguntaba por qué una botella pequeña de la misma bebida era el mismo precio de tamaño normal. Os dejéis embaucar e innecesario. Insto...

Fuimos fuera de la posibilidad de conseguir una mesa, yo y mi hijo de 8 años, nos servían la comida rápida, amplia y caliente, servicio de camarera derserves una medalla. Me pareció que el jefe era un poco desagradable para ella, volvería.

Went for lunch Food was okPayed staff were very pleasant Owners very bad attitude The cafe was owned by Muslim family which normally I would have no issues with but what I witnessed by the owner was disgraceful A young lady with her daughter had had lunch there when they come to pay the owner made a comment about the way she was dressed he informed her it was the period of Ramadan and that she was disrespectful and should not have wearing shorts. I found this very offensive in what he said and the attitude to this young lady.As far as I am concerned this was a sexist and racial attack on this young lady.I would never use this cafe again.

We went here mid-morning for a cup of coffeee. We had the lattes and also their toasted tea-cakes. The cafe is lovely and clean and the staff were polite and efficient. Prices are very reasonable. looked like it had a good number of regular customers. Would recommend this cafe.

Good value with friendly staff. Very busy with locals which I regard as a good endorsement. Food was tasty and served quickly

Extremely efficient service, food is cooked to a good standard, clean and tidy, typical cafe food, great British fry up!!

The breakfast selection here is fantastic is you want a cooked one. Great bug mug of tea and a fry up. Lunches are very varied. They seem to cater for all tastes. Clean and tidy. Very quick service and well priced.

Ordered a rump steak came out as a flat tasteless fried stake. Manager rude upon telling him. Would not recommend going here to eat.

Great greasy spoon style cafe. Food is always piping hot and delicious. Prices are good and the service very friendly. It also happens to be opposite the best bookshop in the country. (Toppings). A trip to both makes a perfect Saturday morning.

We often eat here when we want a quick and filling breakfast or lunch. It's very much like a traditional cafe, with tea served in mugs and a vast choice on the menu. We've eaten their veggie breakfasts, omelettes, baked potatoes and the food is consistently good and a very reasonable price. It's a popular cafe and rightly so. Long may it continue.

Does exactly what you want from a good 'proper cafe'. No cheffy pretensions, mix and match from the menu, great with kids. And priced fairly for what it sets out to be. If you want posh go somewhere else. If you want a good honest fry up, heres your place!

Awful food, bad service. The staff were rude, the manager was patronising. The quality of the food was cheap. Could not finish my food.

I ate with my family here. Bacon sandwich, Sausage Baguette and Jacket Potato ordered. No problems in adapting dishes from menu which was nice. Quick service, good friendly staff. Good hot mugs of tea. I ate Jacket Potato with prawns, truly a king of spuds as gloriously large. Came with a nice mixed salad. All satisfied customers. Lovely menu selection with dinners also available

This café appears to cater for those visitors staying in hotels/guest houses serving expensive breakfasts, or not serving breakfast. They do several selections of "all day" breakfasts & "mini" breakfasts to meet most budgets. The service is prompt & friendly, & food is excellent. This café is open from 08:30 to 18:00 making it ideal for early-ish breakfast or brunch.

A really good "Full English" at reasonable prices. Good fast efficient service. A basic café but well worth a visit - if onlt for a cuppa!

Sometimes there is a slight language barrier, but for fast food Streetcafe is the place to go! Their burgers are lovely and i don't know how they do their chips, but they're very tastey!

The food here is standard greasy spoon fare, lots of big breakfasts and fried stuff. The service is brisk and efficient, the food adequate. Basic interior with plastic nailed down chairs and tables, quite cramped at times.

I visited this cafe with my parents and my children, as it was my dad's idea to drop in their for coffee and a cake I went along with it, I wouldn't have chosen to go in there normally as I don't like the look of the place.But the coffee was ok, a bit better than hospital vending machine coffee. The children had jam doughnuts, which turned up hot and had actually been microwaved. We weren't told about them being hot, so my daughter nearly scalded herself on the name when she went to bite the doughnut... Which also had a live flea stuck in the jam, on the plate!Obviously not wanting to cause a scene in front of my parents, I tried to find the manager to talk to him about it... There was no manager, but I was told that the doughnuts were frozen and had to be defrosted in the microwave for several minutes - and they said it as if I was the strange one for asking or not knowing! The manager then came into the shop and reiterated the doughnuts were frozen beforehand, wasn't nice about it and also treated me as if I was the strange one! After the flea had been found and my daughter was in tears from the hot jam burning her lip, nobody ate them and we were refused a refund.

The staff are extremely efficient and the food is reasonably priced and very good!! Great if you don't want to pay the high prices of Ely's restaurants, good as they are. Great if you want a burger for the kiddies.

O.K. Is it a standard high street "greasy spoon"? Well yes, but actually it's a bit better than that. Had a few daytime meals here while our kitchen is being rebuilt. Very good full English breakfast - nice bacon especially but sausage not particularly good quality. Also had the omelette with chips and salad - now the salad is worth coming for - the real thing - not the tasteless pile of "rocket" you get in some upmarket restaurants. Never been disappointed anyway.

Always a great place to get breakfast, of all sorts, with a large mug of tea. Massive choice on the menu for lunches too, serving food all day. Freshly cooked, promptly served and all at a reasonable price. Spotlessly clean. Always busy.

Ely like most cities and large towns has its fair share of Costa's, Nero's and trendy cafes but if it's really cheap teas / coffees and light bites that you are after then look no further. The deli style food is half the price of elsewhere ..... that's correct £2 + for a massive (and I mean BIG) baguette with a wide variety of fillings. If you don't mind the authentic old time warp feel (which is kind of cool in a way) then try it out.

Nipped in for a coffee after coming home from work, and wound up staying for breakfast at 4pm!The food is really, really good. A well cooked Breakfast C with extra black pudding, plus a coffee came to just £8.80, and I'd have paid more too. I can't think when Richie showed up, but I think he went to a different place!

I went there for breakfast, but after seeing the food decided just to have a cup of tea and leaveThe food is over cooked,greasey,tasteless and overpricedAvoid if you know what's good for you

I eat here every so often at lunchtime to escape from work. The food is as you would expect from a cafe. Well cooked and served up quickly. It is very good value. The staff are always friendly and attentive. The breakfasts are particularly nice. It is a cafe so as long as you realise that you can't go wrong. Well worth a visit but basic.

Friendly local cafe that does quick and easy fast food. There are a variety of breakfasts were you have the option to pick your individual items that you prefer on your plate. The price is fairly low and its a handy place to drop in and meet others whilst shopping around the town.

Streetcafe is an excellent choice for anyone coming into Ely who wants to stop for some wonderful, reasonably priced food ranging from Jacket Potatoes and Omelettes, up to the traditional Full English Breakfast - and believe me, the portion size here won't disappoint you. Run by a Turkish family for the last heaven only knows how long, with Steve at the helm, this place will leave you with a smile on your face, and no room in your stomach to eat anything else for some considerable time. Prices vary, with basic adult meals such as a Cheese Salad from around £4.10, up to the Full English (Breakfast B) which will set you back £7.60, but which does include your choice of drink, tea, coffee or a soft drink if you prefer. Kids meals are also available, but the range is a little limited, so if your child wants something a little more substantial, they'll happily accomodate doing a half portion of an adult meal to satisfy the larger side of the little appetite.Streetcafe can be very busy, especially on Thursdays and Saturdays, which are Ely's two market days, and you may have to wait a little while to get a seat, but once you get inside, your expectations will be greatly exceeded. Good food, extremely friendly staff, and an atmosphere of enjoyment are what will meet you here, so take a seat, take your pick, and fill up to your heart's content.One note though: Streetcafe does NOT accept any form of card payment - there are ATM machines nearby at Lloyds Bank and Barclays Bank, but you would be advised to go armed with cash!