The Shay Cafe in Calderdale

Just discovered this little gem. Very friendly staff, great service, good value, big portions and most importantly, nice food. Absolutely recommended without hesitation.

Lovely food, family run business, quick service and good pricing.

If you wanna good breakfast with a cosy atmosphere, I will highly recommend this place!!!

Lovely little cafe. Really busy & popular. Went there because of the excellent reviews (thanks people). Really friendly, family-run business. I had a veggie breakfast - huge! And piping hot. Only downside was not having my beloved Turkish coffee available that day, as listed on the menu😒. Will definitely visit again when Im in Halifax❤️

Great cafe friendly service and awesome breakfast, recommend the large breakfast 👌 😋

Really friendly staff excellent food and reasonably priced. Always very full on a Sunday but that's a great thing it means people love it. We've always been made to feel very welcome.

Busy cafe smashing staff great breakfast!

Food was fantastic at a fair price. During our niecespilt a hot drink on herself and all the staffran over and helped us with a cold flannel and even gave some cream to help with burns.

Breakfast good and fast service

How nice friendly and polite all the staff are,lovely food always clean,always prompt. It might not be the best breakfast in town but there isn't a better one. Keep up the good work guyz see you again soon.

Lovely breakfast and friendly staff

First visit. Very good. Will be back

Very kind staff and food was lovely. Great omelete!

Found this on the off chance last weekend. The food was great, my mum said it was the best coffee she has had in a long time and the prices compared to most places were amazing. Definitely recommend this place if youre looking for an old school cafe vibe but with good food and atmosphere. Way way better than any wetherspoons breakfast!

Found this little place when visiting family in Halifax, great little cafe, very quick service, freshly cooked, community spirited, as used by locals. Definitely visiting again, food good, smiles all round. What a little gem.

Absolutely spot on food lovely staff fantastic..

Cracking breakfast and really busy which is always a good sign! Loved it!

Absolutely the best cafe in halifax xx

My favourite breakfast, this family run business is fantastic. Lovely people, fantastic food. It was a pleasure to visit 😊

Absolute delight. Everything I have had here is excellent. Great food great pice. Expecaly the full breakfast.

As in the area popped in for breakfast. Was pleasantly surprised large breakfast as pictured £7.00 was cooked fresh and everything was hot unlike a lot of cafes. Sausage budget however was edible. I would visit again if in area

fresh,Hot filling food from amazing staff,my mega breakfast was worth the £8.50,highly recommend to anyone

Great place,open Sundays and great food

Great cafe. Good food. Lovely staff. Coffee and sandwich £7.00 a bit expensive

If you're after a good English breakfast, this is the place to go!

Genuinely the best cafe in west Yorkshire, food is incredible, great price and the owners are a credit to there business. I no longer live in Halifax but travel here regularly it's that good.

Always nice, fresh, hot food here. Very friendly owners. Thank you

Best cafe in Halifax, consistently good. Very friendly staff and owners too

Best breakfast in Halifax Very friendly staff Will come again Try there biggest breakfast at 8.50 Worth it

First time visiting and we will definitely be back. Absolutely amazing food. The staff are lovely and even brought our food out to our car. UPDATE: After visiting this cafe a few times we are continually impressed by the amazing food and lovely staff! Would recommend to anyone.

Coming up the North to see family and we all meet up to go for a breakfast as this was not to far away from where we was staying soon as we come in was really friendly with great manners the drinks come nice and quiet just within 5 mins the food was here 😊 all cooked and nice just one bit I was not to happy with was the omelette as was so much oil and was way to much cheese in it as it was all the pain the oven but everything else was great 👍

Very friendly staff. Breakfast not fantastic.

Absolutely love this little cafe. Prices are reasonable and the food is excellent. The service is always with a smile.

Top notch greasy spoon. Very tasty and reasonably priced.

First time back in a long while. Great breakfast at an excellent price. Worth a go if you haven't been before.

Friendly staff, great food. Love it

Food amazing , lovely friendly staff

Took my dad here on a Saturday morning, great value for money and the food was brought quickly. Couldn’t ask for better really. (I had the vegetarian breakfast and my dad had the small full English - both came with toast, it’s just not in the picture)

I got a full English breakfast which included fried bread. The food & service were excellent.

The food come in exceptional sizes and well worth every penny.A must if you're reading this.

I really wanted to love this place. The decor is one of a traditional British cafe and I have to say looks awesome. The food however is very much aligned to greasy spoon. Sausages that have been cooked from frozen in the deep fate fryer, bacon that is a bit scraggy you get the picture. Not somewhere I would return to in a rush.

One of the best sandwiches in town

Great and fast service, pleasant environment. And my daughter also works there 😃

A greasy spoon, near the Shay. It's cheap and cheerful!

Lovely, clean,piping hot food..staff very attentive and friendly.

My wife and I were on a nearby stone carving course and staying in a Travelodge. According to Google, this was the only café open at 07:30 on a Sunday. What a great find! I had a large breakfast, and my wife a small. We also ordered takeout sandwiches for lunch. My breakfast, which, amongst the usual 'Full English', included fried bread and fried Spam. Most cafés now offer the inferior American option of hash browns nowadays. None of that cosmopolitan nonsense here. Just masses of great food. Neither I nor my wife needed the sandwiches until we were on our way home at 17:30. The sandwiches, a cheese and salad and a cheese, ham and salad, were once more huge and delicious. All that food and two teas were £20! My wife took half her sandwich to work on Monday for lunch. The service is spot on and fast, the staff are friendly and the café got fairly busy by 08:15. There is limited parking right outside the door.

I do enjoy the food from Shay Cafe Nice staff. Clean and tidy Recommended to all my friends

Excellent breakfast (£6) and cup of tea (£1.20). Well worth a visit. Friendly staff.

Food is lovely Staff are lovely and friendly 😊

Great find. Good value meals, family run. Long may it last

Special of the day. Panacilty. Excellent

Excellent breakfast at a fair price, many other cafes charge more for less food..😋

Great 'Mega breakfast', staff friendly. Unfortunately, Sgt Cawood (Happy Valley) wasn't in there today 😀 😉

Not as good as up the road in my opinion. Tried it but.....

Been here twice for breakfast over Christmas and the new year fantastic service was quick and food was hot clean and very well presented will definitely recommend

Lovely food, lively staff. Look forward to returning.

Really lovely cafe, staff friendly, quick service and food was lovely, coffee piping hot which is good as its normally drank before the food comes in other cafes... 5 stars from us

Had breakfast here the other morning first time the people were lovely food great.

Nice and clean staff very nice good value for money will go back

1st class breakfast Quality food and 1st class service will absolutely be going there again Thank youuuuu ❤️ shay cafe

Excellent food and a really friendly family run business.

I opted for a vegetarian breakfast, unfortunately this doesn't come with vegetarian meat alternatives.

Great food everytime! brilliant friendly service and very reasonable prices!

Got a sausage, egg and bacon tea cake, it was huge and reasonably priced. Will be back

Best Cafe in halifax. Lovely Food, staff are very polite and welcoming.

Was ok, nothing to write home about. Tuna cheese jacket potato was decent but not enough Mayo on the tuna so was a bit dry. Food slightly expensive as well…

Love coming here, very welcoming, great service. Really nice people. Thank you x

Amazing breakfast and a great price as well

We love the shay cafe go on Sundays for breakfast. The family are lovely kind people and the food is spot on we love the place

We are cafe owners ourselves but on our days of we always choose this place food is always good and the lady is lovely we came in with our new grandson today and she had to have a cuddle of him superb everytime

Excellent breakfast with friendly staff

this place is a cracker. Great food quick service very friendly staff

Excellent food and service every time myself and my partner visit. Never ever been and had any complaints at all. Super clean and comfortable with decent size tables a good menu choice and very friendly staff . Easy location to get to with some good parking close to it and around the area. Sunday visit this time and it was extra busy but they handle it with a very calm and relaxing nature. Well done and thank you keep up the fantastic hard work.

Friendly atmosphere Great food. Cleanliness to a very high standard. Would definitely recommend it

Great place, friendly staff. Food is okay, it is the sort of thing you could cook at home, but it is a family ran place so it's quite nice. I've been around 5 times and they have forgotten the drinks once, but they sorted this out pretty quickly. Would recommend :) I've had to amend this review. I've been here a lot of times now and I consistently see staff vaping inside, which to me isn't acceptable.

Lovely atmosphere, friendly welcoming staff and good quality, low-cost food of ample portions!

Very nice food excellent price good value

Good home cooked food owners lovely people very clean cafe. Prices great

An old fashioned family run cafe with good food and quick friendly service

Excellent food well priced and very nice staff will definitely be back for the breakfast lovely

Top cafe. Fantastic breakfast. Value for money. If I didn't live 300 miles away I'd go every weekend

Absolutely fantastic service and great food.. Only found out today that they also serve AUNTHENTIC Turkish food as well, lol. We used to go to a few cafes around town but this one is BY FAR the best one.. Ben & Clare 🙂👍🏾

Nice breakfast, friendly staff.

Good food, friendly staff and great price. Will be going back again and again.....

Clean friendly and the breakfast was spot on 👍

Friendly staff. Good choice and fair prices.

Absolutely amazing breakfasts and great friendly staff

Reasonable price generous portions, beautiful breakfasts and coffee

Nice little cafe,friendly owners and nice food and drinks

The staff are really very friendly and go out of their way for customers . Six of us in the group today and we were all very impressed with what we ordered. The portions are massive and not expensive

Breakfast looked gorgeous on Rate My Takeaway will pop in if I’m working that way💪🏻👍🏻 Good value for money

Excellent food and very good quality. Well priced

Amazing as always. Lovely friendly owners and staff.

Great food, big portions and the staff are friendly and welcoming. Best cafe by far

Lovely food lovely people good prices

Lovely home cooked food and friendly, warm owners who make you feel like family

Average cafe food,very busy place though

Was OK, prices gone up slightly since it was a simple greasy spoon

Good, honest breakfast/lunch food. Great value and prepared and served by lovely family who make you feel.at home.

The owners are lovely. The food is great and the prices are really reasonable. Highly recommended