The Coffee House - Torbay

I am so glad I stumbled upon this gem of a restaurant. The food was amazing and the service was top-notch.

Me and my partner Had a couple of fryed breakfast there this morning. Great friendly service. Lovely fryup and coffee at a reasonable price. Well worth a visit.

Just not a great place for a coffee. Very tired inside, bright lighting which gave me a headache, dull deco and the staff are really miserable. Took 15 mins to be served, coffee was horrible and overall won’t be going back.

Disappointing! Asked how many needed seating and we said two people. Man said he’d check tables and walked off, I then saw him stood at top of cafe waving us over. We were seated at a low down coffee table and sofa as he said ‘all the other tables needed cleaning?’. There was no menu and we were sat around a corner out of sight from main counter area. We were due to eat so this was far from ideal but didn’t want to make a fuss . After about ten mins we flagged down a very irritated, surly female and she cleared a table for us. It then took about another twenty minutes before our food arrived and we were contemplating settling up and cancelling the order. However, the food came and I had exactly 7 mins to eat it before my parking was up. The food was basic and of low portion, the bacon was over-cooked and rock hard the rest was borderline satisfactory. Atmosphere tense and not particularly friendly. It could be so much more but the basics need working on.

Visited lunchtime today. We had a selection of lovely cake and took away some scummy sausage rolls. The two gentlemen running the cafe were friendly, polite and efficient. Would recommend it.