Cafe Hay

There's no better way to start your visit to Hay than by calling in this lovely cafe. The staff are really friendly and there's a great range of deliciously tempting food on offer. We had pancakes with bacon and maple syrup for our breakfast - scrumptious!

I'm not saying this is the best full English in the UK but for my part I can't imagine how it could possibly be improved on. First off, as any fool knows, the most important thing about a breakfast is the quality of the components and this was absolutely superlative in every part. The bacon was perfect: tender, and tasted only of bacon rather than heaven knows what. Superb sausage with no unpleasant textural surprises in it. Fresh egg, perfectly cooked. I was a little unsure about those vine tomatoes at first, but the chef had seasoned them with a decent sprinkle of rock salt and that transformed them. Even the fried bread - such a difficult thing to get right - was ideal: crisp and tasty suggesting that fresh oil had been used. The cafe itself was clean, pleasant and quiet without being weird. All in all, this was a full English for the ages and a sublime experience which I savoured over coffee.

The place was absolutely dead when we went but that's how I like it. The staff were super friendly and the service was super fast. Only had a cuppa tea, but it was nice enough.

Lovely warm and welcoming cafe! Nice food and the best cup of tea ever! Scarlette and Lainee are lovely, really helpful! Toilets are spotless!!!

Absolutely amazing breakfast in here today. Perfect way to start the day before setting off to explore the shops and the village. I didn’t need to eat another thing for the rest of the day. I did, because who can resist the ice cream at Shepherd’s Parlour but I didn’t need to! Everything was cooked to perfection, served nice and hot and quickly. Really good sized portion. Good honest food and really good value for money. 100% would eat here again.

My daughter and I came in for breakfast before our 3 hour drive home. Really friendly staff - welcoming and nothing was too much trouble. We both had full english- daughter doesn't like egg or mushrooms - no trouble though , she had extra bacon and hash brown. The chef even gave me a ln extra fried black pudding! All delicious, clean plates and full tummies all round!

Made mine a mocha and wasn't disappointed. Very attentive staff and service with quality cakes and meals made from scratch in house. Also freshly roasted coffee delivered weekly.

Travelled from Kent with our 6 dogs,had a ham and cheese roll with chips and salad,roll was exceptional,fresh and ultra crisp,simply put,one of the best I've ever had and I'm 54 so have had a few!! Highly recommended Friendly staff too.