The River View Cafe in Shropshire

Lovely lunchtime cafe. On the service marked down from a 5 to a 4 just because I didn't receive the additional egg that I requested on the Rarebit. Other than that the service was attentive and the food was delicious. Would highly recommend.

Thank you so much for such a fabulous afternoon tea celebrating the retirement of two nursing colleague's / friends .The food was absolutely delicious and plentiful, beautifully presented and replenished as required Staff were so obliging and welcoming. There were rather a lot of us and we pretty much filled the cafe but that didn't affect the quality or service . Thank you for making a special occasion even more special X Gina Shore .

Lovely little place, really nice people.

We went for afternoon tea and were very pleased. It's a lovely place hidden behind the Parade centre, lovely people, great views. Unfortunately the outside chairs were extremely uncomfortable so we sat inside . The afternoon tea itself had a great selection & tasted so good.

Lovely quiet spot overlooking the river. Breakfast bagel with smoked salmon, avocado and poached egg followed by carrot cake and lovely coffee. Lovely service, lovely food and dog friendly.

Lovely breakfast here today despite the pouring rain 🌧️ although the views over the river were beautiful. The bacon and egg were delicious as was the coffee and the staff were super helpful. Highly recommended and we will come again.

Amazing location to meet with friends for a coffee and a catch-up. Lovely views of the river, too.

We had jacket potato and a coffee each, reasonable price, very nice food, love this place as it overlooks the river

Booked last week for an afternoon tea for five. Arrived and table all set. Fantastic waitress service, very polite and attentive. Then the sandwiches and cakes arrived, wow, we were so full and took cakes home. Definitely recommend going here, you won't be disappointed 😀

Went with friends, sat outside on decking. Food good, had special board. Wheelchair friendly

Stunning views on the terrace. Excellent service, especially thank you to Kate who it felt like went above and beyond for us. Food was delicious, catered for all including vegans and vegetarians. Delicious cakes especially recommend the chocolate and guinness.

Unfortunately we had to wait ages for our tea and coffee, after asking when it was coming we were told the order hadn't gone through. We had a small apology from the waitress but I feel someone superior should have spoken to us. I did feel they were too busy sorting tables which had been booked rather than serving customers.

On the surface this looked like a decent cafe. Sadly really disappointing as the service was terrible. Very slow and our basic order of two coffees, scone and cake took far too long to appear, with the cake not appearing at all despite raising our concern. The scone was dense, heavy and inedible. We gave up and left noting a staff member apologising to the next table about the long wait for their order to arrive, which they pointedly acknowledged it was. Such a shame.

So slow to bring two coffees and the Americano had gone cold by the time the milk arrived. The scone was dry and hard and we left before the other cake came as it was just too long. Maybe it was staff training day but I won't go back

Live this independent riverside café. Unfortunately it was too cold and wet to sit outside, but we got a warm welcome and delicious food and drinks. Highly recommend the Hummingbird cake!

My Charlie and me.my mum and auntie all had lovley time at cafe people very friendly and very helpful very nice customer service food fabulous and we all had lovley thanks so welcome see all again charlie prinold and family 😊

Lucky to visit this cafe in the sunshine and take full advantage of the lovely views over the river across to the Abbey. Varied menu from which I chose the Hearty Ploughman's. I thought it was a little on the pricey side considering there was only one chunk of cheese and I think the Cooper's sausage roll would've been nicer if it was served hot. Service was very friendly and efficient considering it was lunchtime.

A delighful cafe with grand views over the river. Excellent menu choices and quick service. 16 of us arrived for a pre arranged breakfast planning to sit outside but the weather was against us, the staff very quickly and smoothly moved us into the 'Children's Room' Marvellous! We were all very pleased with such promptness and service. The granola is especially good!

Lovely friendly cafe. Great cake and views over Shrewsbury.

Decent breakfast on the terrace, overlooking the river. Dog friendly. Staff were really nice.

Had a few hours to kill, so we had a cheeky drink and a cake. Lovely views on the terrace. Going again for sure.

Whenever we go into Shrewsbury for the Made in Shropshire Market we always head to this cafe for our breakfast. This time we both had a sausage and bacon bap. Great quality food and the waiting staff are very friendly.

What a lovely cafe this is, a tad expensive but most places are these days. Lovely and cosy and a great outside eating area with a lovely view. Certainly be going again.

£3.00 for a can of coke.. Outrageous. Overpriced food and shoddy service. Rusty chairs will mark your clothing outside. Service as sloppy as their tuna melt.

Fantastic customer service staff are really friendly, outside tables and chairs with lovely views and it's dog friendly . Will definitely be visiting again .

Excellent little cafe. Particularly enjoyed the Welsh Rarebit and the great coffee. Great looking cake selection as well! I'm sure if the weather is fine the views from the balcony across Shrewsbury would be stunning!

You wouldn't know it was there its so hidden away in the paradise shops. Great terrace for the summer months serving top notch coffee and excellent cakes I would definitely visit again when in Shrewsbury.

Dog friendly, good service and a great view over the river into Eastern Shrewsbury and beyond

The view over the river was wonderful and we shall return in the warmer weather and eat outside. Plenty of choice for breakfast. We chose the full English with the option to add or remove items. The coffee was also very good as was the service. Very friendly

Couldn’t recommend this place enough, spoke with Matthew via email about the afternoon tea and weather something could be done about a gluten free one as our daughter is coeliac, he was really quick to respond and really helpful and made up a separate off the menu, gluten free afternoon tea for her. The food and service were fantastic as usual, this is defiantly our go to place when having lunch in town.

An excellent cafe with a superb outside area in case the sun shines.

A great little independent cafe. GF no problem.

Had afternoon tea for the five of us on this chilly, rainy day, and it was delicious and calm and warm and just lovely. The service was prompt and friendly and the food and tea were so good. Loved the scones and clotted cream and jam! Delicious experience in Shrewsbury!

Twelve of us enjoyed breakfast here. All drinks and food arrived as ordered. Highlights were the French toast and the vegan breakfast. Tea and coffee were OK but the flat white needed an extra shot. Only gripe was the sourdough toast. Breakfast is only served with one small slice and a second slice was charged as an extra portion at £3.25. You don't get a rack of toast like you do at other breakfast places.

Excellent cafe in the old RSI building. A sumptuous breakfast for 2

A delicious meal and cake with efficient friendly service, thank you.

This is like the curates egg -good in parts and poor in others! Breakfast is not cheap £9-30 for small meat one and £10-3 for vegetarian. On the good side the ingredients were OK and it was cooked nicely. On the poor side what you got for this price was poor! In the meat one you had a very SMALL egg, a small sausage like you have in 'pigs in blankets',less than half a rasher of bacon, a small slice of black pudding , a spoonful of diced mushrooms and a cup of bake beans plus a slice of nicely buttered toast. Surely at that price they could at least provide a larger egg and sausage. The vegetarian was even poorer for more money-a slice of grilled halloumi, a couple of avocado slices, a spoonful of diced mushrooms,half a raw tomato and a slice of toast! The service was very poor!! With no one obviously waiting for cooked food it took more than 20 minutes to come!! People who came in later got their food first!! The coffee was nice but with the delay for the food it was cold before eating ( what little was saved for afterwards!). If the restaurant had been full I hate to think what the wait would have been. A potentially nice breakfast spoilt by the penny pinching save money at all costs by cutting ingredients. I cannot recommend it. 50p more spent on ingredients would make a big difference!!

Lovely place, we had cake and coffee. Nice friendly staff and quick and efficient service.

Friendly staff. Great breakfast. Kelly was our server. Food was fresh and tasty. Reasonably priced. Lovely location .

Gluten free options, great coffee and friendly staff. Great place for coffee or lunch.

This is a great cafe to come to especially when the weather is fine as you have wonderful views across some of Shrewsbury. A nice atmosphere and friendly staff. Gorgeous food and amazing Guinness cake. All homemade 😋 highly recommended 👌

We chanced upon this place more by accident than design and delighted we did so. The ploughman’s lunch was spectacular as was the Mac and cheese with ham hock. Service was friendly and attentive, and we felt absolutely appreciated. Well worth a visit!

A lovely place for lunch with great views over the River Severn and Shrewsbury

A solo lunch experience whilst out shopping, that was filled with delicious food. RV Ploughmans on a board was the perfect choice for a hot day. Well presented and well sourced, tasty food. Given that it was the hottest day of the year, the staff remained friendly and efficient. This is a quiet haven from the busy town centre, thank you RVC staff I enjoyed my visit!

Amazing service. Staff friendly. Food gorgeous. Outside area spectacular..would recommend to anyone.

Lovely location, enjoyed lunch. Staff very friendly. Highly recommend.

Brilliant service and food excellent staff too, very friendly

A handsome full English breakfast, absolutely delicious. Great service and lovely views across the river. Highly recommended

Awesome little cafe on the lower ground floor. Accessible. Tasty food. Covered outdoor seating area with great views

Been for afternoon tea on my sister birthday, nice view sitting outside, great photos, nice food

It was raining - and wanted a place for lunch with family - including a 15 month old. Although having lived in Shrewsbury for 35 years - never been to the River View Cafe so gave it a go. Sat outside on the terrace - a great place with super views over the river. Varied menu - the ploughman's was filling with Shropshire blue cheese, chunky bread, sausage rolls and pickles - and a couple of us had the dahl with rice, naan and chutney. Good portions - service slightly on the slow side but it was busy. Would go again.

I’d heard good things about this cafe, and after looking at the website and reading the reviews, was expecting a beautiful, modern cafe. Inside was a bit scruffy with tacky tablecloths, sugar in old dirty jam jars, and a toy box the staff kept tripping over. The food though, should be what’s most important and the food options looked fab. We were shown to a table but had to wait a while before we were served. When our drinks arrived the apple juice was barely half a glass, and not much milk for the pot of tea so we were already feeling disappointed, particular considering the prices. When the food arrived it looked amazing, however the mushroom soup was cold. The staff quickly sorted that for us which was great and it returned piping hot. We did have to laugh at the amount of clover for the bread, can’t have a full glass of apple juice but can have lots of clover! But unfortunately no knife to spread it with. The Mac n cheese ordered was a hit and the cakes did look lovely even though we didn’t order any. Quite expensive but understand that these days you have to pay more. A shame the look of the cafe lets the food down.

Food was very tasty and well priced. Very pleasant terrace overlooking the river. The staff were all young folk and one or two need to be more aware of their customers inasmuch as they should allow customers the 'right of way' on the premises where storage is limited instead of just pushing on through. I noticed this as did my daughter who was with me and she commented to me on it. Notwithstanding I would recommend.

Baked potato and prawns, a wonderful cheese board, raspberry milk shakes and a fantastic view. All for £10.a head. I long to return. Great service , the home bakes looked amazing. Good to see.

Lovely little cafe with the most gorgeous view over the river. The food is lovely too! ❤️

Although i have lived in Shrewsbury all my life--60 years--- i have never been before but was more than pleasantly surprised ---service quick and staff friendly and helpful ----and as for the food all can say is it was second to none

Lovely location, especially sitting outside on a warm day. The atmosphere is very welcoming and the staff are friendly. The food we chose was nothing spectacular, but the location is so good it's worth the visit.

Visited this cafe a few times, the menu generally has something for everyone. We visited today because we had the kids with us. Quite disappointed by the service. Asked for a strawberry milkshake for my son. It seemed that no one really wanted to make it as 3 different members of staff were asked if they’d like to make it and it was met with quite a negative huff each time!! (I don’t think they realised the customer that ordered it was stood infront of them) In the end my son did get his ‘strawberry’ milkshake that was basically fluffed up milk!!! Asked if more strawberry flavour could be added (as there was no flavour) and we were presented with a very small dish of strawberry syrup that is usually used for decoration. So I paid for fluffed up milk in the end!! The food was bought out and instead of serving the food next to the person that ordered it, all the dishes were passed to the relevant person right over my son who was trying to eat his food. Arm right in his face! Call us old fashioned but it doesn’t take much to walk round a table to serve the food. It’s the little things like this that can make or break a visit. We will definitely leave it a while before we try again.

The river view cafe provided the food for after my nans funeral. Rebecca was wonderful sorting out the arrangements with us and delivering the food to us on the day. Every thing was lovely and fresh and plenty of choice. Everyone commented on the delicious variety of sandwiches, savouries and cakes. Thanks you for providing wonderful refreshments on a difficult day. We would highly recommend the River view cafe.

Very friendly and welcoming, we asked if we could have afternoon tea, we were told this is pre order only but the lady checked if we could have it and the lovely lady in the kitchen kindly obliged. And it was worth it! It was delicious and very very filling… so much so that although my partner has a big appetite even he left two of the small cakes and so did I (we were able to take them away with us in a box) our sandwiches were salmon and cream cheese, ham and tomato and egg cress… they were lovely especially the salmon! Cakes were millionaires shortbread, flapjack, rocky road, brownie and a huge fruit scone with clotted cream and jam. They were generous with the cream and jam too! Our lattes were lovely too and the service and view was fab! Will 100% return and we want to try the ploughman’s lunch that looked amazing!!

An amazing find, very much rewards the effort taking in searching it out. Great service and quality.

Very relaxing with excellent freshly made meals. We chose to sit inside because it was a very hot, sunny day, but there are many outside tables with canopy roofs and excellent views. Highly recommend a visit.

Had a great breakfast here at the weekend. Outdoor seating is available with some great views over Shrewsbury and indoor seating too. Give it a go.

Visited with four adults, a 1 year old and a small dog. First of all, as the name suggests, the outside seating has a fantastic view over the river Severn which makes for very pleasant surroundings to enjoy your meal. The food and drinks were high quality and good value, with a decent choice for both vegans and vegetarians. The service was friendly and helpful. I ordered the ploughmans, and it was a good size portion with plenty of cheese provided. I'd happily go back to the cafe next time I visit Shrewsbury,

Nice views on a sunny day with inside and outside seating. Food was lovely but part of my order was missing and felt I was very inconvenient for asking for it and no apology was given. Hopefully just a one off as it was a nice place to go

Extensive and interesting menu with options for most budgets. We were a party of 7 and everyone enjoyed their choices. In better weather the terrace would be a great place to admire the views.

Wonderful views of Shrewsbury and the river from the outdoor terrace, it feels like a little secret spot where you can chill and stare at the horizon. Jacket potato with beans was solid. Good cake rumour has it.

Nice coffee, wait times can be quite long

Nice variety and well presented breakfasts. Lovely find. Great attention to detail. (and a massive pot of tea!)

This is a super cafe in the Parade with great views over English Bridge and the River Severn. I saw a neighbouring table with interesting cakes ,sandwiches and scones which wasn’t on the menu. I asked and was told it was afternoon tea which had to be ordered in advance. When told I could order it I could not resist and it was a lovely sight on arrival and very enjoyable to eat. Very good and pleasant service made my birthday treat complete

We were in Shrewsbury early to do some shopping but left home without breakfast, came to the River View cafe as we always get great, good quality food and today was no exception, we both decided on bacon and sausage roll. The bacon and sausage are of great quality. The staff are always pleasant and the cafe is very clean

Call in with friends for lunch. We all had breakfast baps and assorted drinks and cakes. Amazing food and service. Thank you.

I used this cafe for work meetings and stayed on for lunch - despite being fairly busy it was still quiet enough to hold a work meeting effectively. It has a terrace over looking the river which would be great on a dry sunny day...

Tasty cakes, attentive service and clean facilities. Can avoid stairs by using the entrance at the northern entrance.

We were simply stopping briefly in Shrewsbury on our way from north to south. We wandered into The Parade and stumbled upon this cafe. The Mac 'n cheese with ham hock was pronounced as being 'epic' by my husband and I very much enjoyed spiced...

Very nice place food was great service excellent

A great place for a quiet coffee. Perfect

This was a little gem of a find. Never spotted it before,but will definitely call again. Food ex excellent with staff to match.

Lovely, busy place. Great in the summer when you can sit outside, cosy inside in the winter. Tasty food. Millionaire's shortbread is excellent!

The menu and bill were at odds, and the owner made me pick up paper from the floor and short changed me. Not good

Tasty cake, attentive service, clean facilities. Can avoid stairs by using the entrance at the northern entrance.

Great place for all snacks, and great views over the river. Nothing is too much trouble for the staff.

Had breakfast here very high quality was quite busy so obviously other people agree

This is a lovely cafe to sit outside in good weather. Inside is small and a little cramped. Staff are very friendly and helpful.

Came here for Breakfast before doing some Christmas shopping in Shrewsbury. Food was cooked perfectly my husband even commented that the fried egg was perfect. The staff were extremely pleasant and helpful

Came for afternoon Tea! Superb! Food was DELICIOUS!! It was extremely busy though so did have to wait a while but was worth the wait.

Found out that parking is a nightmare in Shrewsbury, NCP car park very difficult to pay. A Fair view of the river to be had if its not raining, Staff were great, its definitely dog friendly. Food was OK

Lovely food, amazing view from outside on the balcony, and staff were so friendly and helpful..

Friendly staff and an excellent Victoria Sandwich cake.

We have had some lovely homemade food here. Friendly staff when not doing the perfunctory 'is everything OK and can I get you anything else' and repeat! View is lovely.

I came here after reading such wonderful reviews about both the food and service. The food was lovely as expected and service from the young lady was amazing also, but to hear how, who I can only assume is management/owner, spoke to their staff at...

Attentative, polite, professional, caring and friendly staff that make you feel welcome as soon as you walk in. A lovely menu and quality food, extremely dog friendly as well. An atmosphere that a café should be like and always enjoyable for a return visit. Would thoroughly recommend to anyone.

Oh wow what a wonderful hidden gem!

Great Cafe, lovely staff and delicious, reasonably priced food and stunning views fom the terrace,what more could you want!!

What a fantastic breakfast we had!! Table of 8, no problem too big for the amazing team - the menu was full of lovely breakfast options and I selected one of the many bagels! It was all extremely tasty and service was 5*. One of...

Great food, brilliant service and excellent quality.

Good food, nice views and good service.

In the building that was once The Royal Salop Infirmary, the lower floor of what is now The Parade Shops is where you'll find this wonderful cafe. We sat on the large (covered) outdoor area with a stunning view overlooking River Severn. A good range...

I've been here a few times, this time I brought my family as my sister's vegan and my mum vegetarian, and the menu here is so accommodating to all dietary requirements. We all thoroughly enjoyed our food, the servers were so pleasant and couldn't do...

Popped to this cafe again it never disappoints! Both food and service were fabulous, we love it here!