The Red Kite Cafe in Ceredigion

Such a great little cafe just outside of the Aberystwyth area. The food was great and well presented, and all the staff were also very kind and welcoming. I was happy to find out they’re also dog friendly. I highly recommend this cafe if you’re passing through the village.

The location is amazing with great views, excellent parking, warm inside (winter time), clean, friendly staff and good menu for all including vegetarians and vegans. I have visited here twice in the past month. On my first occasion I had a breakfast - excellent, was very nice and great value. On my second visit, went with my vegetarian friend he had a panini which come with chips and side salad which he enjoyed. I had the spicy burger and chips. Unfortunately I didn’t like the burger it didn’t present as a good quality beef burger and a bit dry. However, I would 100% return for their breakfast, great location, friendly staff and nice coffee. Well worth a try.

Lovely place, dropped in for a take away coffee half way through a 6 hour drive, they were just closing but stayed open so we could enjoy our coffee in, lovely staff definitely recommend

Twice now had an amazing breakfast! Service is so kind aswell! Nice stop off on the way to Aberystwyth!

Great little stop had a large breakfast and pancakes very tasty dog friendly too which is good .staff are very friendly and helpful will definitely call again

Got there after a mtb session and was informed it would be a 30 minute wait for food. So, cycled back up to the mtb trails had a few goes on pump track before sorting car out and driving back which took me about 30 minutes. Once I was there I waited a whole extra 30 minutes before going up to ask if there was any issues. (Waiting on the chips). Got my meal another 10 minutes later a whole 70 minutes after order. The whole time we were there the place was maximum one third full. One of the girls in our group asked for a glass of water while she waited on the food. This took 40 minutes!! The only reason this is a 2 star review and not a one star review is because the food was just about passable and that really is the best I can say about it. So much about the place leaves so much to be desired fortunately!

Food took over an hour to arrive. Orders arriving not in order of when requested. No Cawl, waited 30 mins to be told after ordering a different soup that they didn’t have that either. Ordered a burger in (first world problem alert) “desperation” and it was average, with a stale bun. Asked for a water straight away as totally parched and it came 30 mins later with the coffee. Yes they warned there was going to be a wait but this was ridiculous. I will say that the staff appeared to be doing their best, however I have to say that on this occasion the overall offering just wasn’t good enough.

Out for a bimble on the bikes on a beautiful October day and chose to stop at this popular looking cafe. We placed our order and sat outside and waited, and waited, and waited.......it seemed an age. My miners lunch and partners teacake eventually joined us but a further wait for coffees. The coffee was ok . Teacake was fine but already thinly buttered. Miners lunch was missing the promised pork pie and came with some dried up thick sliced bread (instead of the chunky bread advertised) and a pile of those cheap little white pickled onions. The bread was already buttered and the butter was full of black bits.......the girl that served us thought that was normal for butter. When I commented on the meal, I was told the pork pie didn't look good enough to serve (fair comment) and that they had given me more ham and cheese instead. It wasn't what I ordered. I rejected the meal and received a refund. It would have been polite and sensible to have told us of the wait and the change to products on the plate. It's a shame as it's a nice venue on the side of a busy road and has more than adequate parking, unfortunately we won't stop there again.

A lovely little stop with really great customer service, the staff were really friendly and the food is AMAZING!!! Will be stopping there again.

Stopped here on journey only place around. The food was good but disappointed they don’t do an all day breakfast. Need to ensure cutlery napkins are enough for the tables and toilet rolls in the toilets

After having to clear a table myself and waiting nearly half an hour for food I actually laugh when they brought some of it out. The large cod and chips is a packaged box piece of fish which are 4 for £3. And at £13 just not worth the price. I had the miners lunch which they had substituted a pork pie for more ham (which was full of gristle) The tortillas were stale the cheese were pre packed slices and the chunky bread was a cheap thick slice of white bread. You can’t ask for salad without onion (which I do not like). My sons dragon burger was a little better but and extra £3 for a bit of chilli chutney again extortionate, his girlfriend panini was the only thing that was ok but again £9 you would expect it to be. An expensive lesson to learn. I would have complained there and then but my family were too embarrassed. Stick to sandwiches and chips. You should be ok.

Great little stop on the way to Aberystwyth. Quick service and nice sandwich. Worth a stop.

It's a great place to stop and have a brake if you're driving for a long time.

Lovely place, nice staff....really good food. Toilets which were nice and clean, free WiFi. All in all a great little place

We visited this place on our way to stay at yurtopia down the road. We had panini's which came with chips and home made coleslaw. Hot and delicious . Staff were very friendly. The sun was out so we sat outside which was really nice. They have free WiFi and toilets which are clean and sufficient. We came back the next day (Tuesday)for coffee and cake only to discover they were closed. We were quite gutted as it was so nice the day before. They close Tuesday and Wednesdays.

Great cafe that is dog friendly and all the staff came to pet my llasa apso .food was excellent and the service first class .large car park.

I was looking forward to stopping here for breakfast on our way to new quay as we had done on previous visits however I was gutted to find they had stopped serving breakfast at 11.30 as opposed to the usual all day. Ruined my holiday

Great roadside cafe, on the A44, wonderful service, superb locally roasted coffee and a fab bacon cranberry and Stilton panini.

Great little journey breaker with friendly staff and good basic food

Had the big breakfast, it was excellent, and the service will be back again 😀

Always a pleasure to dine here good food,clean toilets can’t beat it.

Good to see this place open again...and the refurbishment has made a huge difference. Excellent sandwich too with chips and salad

Great spot for lunch, good value and tasty food. I really enjoyed my tuna melt panini. Coffee was great too!

Lovely lunch here. Good food, friendly staff & reasonable prices.

Always stop here for breakfast on the way to Aberporth. Over the years it has changed drastically. Now it is a smart bistro styled restaurant. Food has improved, we had a lovely breakfast,well cooked and well presented. Service was excellent. I thoroughly recommend that you stop here.

Stopped for cake, cakes were nice and proper home made, service was a little chaotic and the staff couldn't find the items on the till system.

After being closed for 12 months. Always paid a visit here on way past for breakfast. And the cafe has had a full Revamp.looks lovely and friendly polite staff.the Red kite breakfast was just enough and options to add more if preferred. Was so tasty and fair priced considering all the overheads.well done.

After popping over to the Silver Mountain Experience opposite (also well worth a trip!), for a tour around the Victorian Mine, I thought it would be nice to pop over the road, to have some food. It was my understanding, that after a brief hiatus, the Red Kite Cafe has reopened with new owners, and has been completely revamped! Modern and trendy decor, friendly staff and great customer service! The food was great value for money and the cafe itself was busy on the day I visited, yet food arrived in a timely manner! The views surrounding the cafe are amazing (the Welsh mountains) so it’s a nice setting to have some lunch with outdoor seating areas. Toilets are kept clean, and so is the cafe itself. Recommend 5*

Balshy reception needs to learn customer about customer service. Gone downhill won’t be going again. Better off going to woodlands cafe

Lovely taste food, did go for a breakfast but we missed it by 30 minutes so had ham, egg and chips, nice big coffee, price reasonable staff pleasant, The cafe and toilet clean, will be going again but time it for the breakfast!!

My family stopped here for breakfast whilst travelling to West Wales. The cafe has recently been renovated and reopened in June. There are plenty of breakfast menu options for appetites large and small and we all enjoyed our choices. Dogs are welcome inside the cafe but we opted to sit outside in the spacious covered seating area outside. The accessible toilet facilities are very clean and modern.

My family stopped here for breakfast whilst travelling to West Wales. The cafe has recently been renovated and reopened in June. There are plenty of breakfast menu options for appetites large and small and we all enjoyed our choices. Dogs are welcome inside the cafe but we opted to sit outside in the spacious covered seating area outside. The accessible toilet facilities are very clean and modern.

Stopped off in this beautiful location. Had the cooked breakfast which was very good. Staff friendly & good with our dog.

Went here as cafe at red kite feeding centre was closed. They have separate vegan and vegetarian menus. Lovely views over the mountains.

What a lovely find,stopped enroute to Aberystwyth for a coffee.Cannot fault anything,welcome,service,choice food and drink all good, hubby had bread pudding and coffee ,pinched a spoonful and was delish!Toilet facilities 10/10 .Looks like currently under some improvement (possibly new owners)Good luck for the future Red Kite,very impressive

Not open both times we've popped by

Absolutely amazing place Great service As for the food absolutely fantastic best sausage ever. Mike Milton keynes.

What a little gem. A brilliant stop off. Delicious home made cakes, and good range of drinks. I have never seen such immaculately clean toilets! The staff are lovely, a very friendly atmosphere. They deserve to do well. Not been open long so go and support them. You’re guaranteed to see red kites on the way!

Popped in for a full breakfast on the way to our holiday destination.....wow what can I say I'm still to this day (8 days later) still raving about the breakfast I have never tasted such beautiful sausages 😋 It was a a very welcoming ,friendly experience 100% recommend 🥰

Very nice food and drink well worth the money .staff very pleasant and helpful.

Quick service. Friendly Staff. Great Food

Lovely breakfast in a clean restaurant served by friendly welcoming staff. Egg slightly underdone but didn't spoil an otherwise tasty fryup. Would definitely visit again

States on sign open 7 days a week, drove from Aber on sunday to find it closed

I’ve been visiting this cafe since I was a kid! One of my all time favourites! A wide range menu and great food! The staff/owners are always polite! Thank you!!!

Closed. Drove past and has a big sign saying OPEN and open 7 days a week. Despite it only being open half the week

Lovely café very friendly staff. Mostly sell cakes not much hot food. Lovely to sit and watch planes. You have to walk from car park around building to get to café.

Warm welcome and one if the best breakfasts I have had. Will definitely stop again when we are up this way

Good service and good food at a reasonable price.

Great family business needed a well deserved cuppa and staff so friendly thank you

Excellent breakfast, coffee. Staff great. Last time I called it was a bit cold in the cafe apart from that nice place.

Stopped here for a breakfast it was beautiful, very welcoming staff ,would definitely recommend this place a true gem ..

Great coffee, lovely staff. Nice clean cafe, fantastic views from cafe. Outdoor seating very good. Large parking space.

Delicious veggie breakfast. Quick and efficient service. A great stop off.

Opening times are wrong on Google, it's open every day but stops serving at 2.30

Lovely food, very friendly staff. Covid safe.

Amazing Fri up 5* service top coffee

Lovely little cafe, really reasonably priced.

Had a good stop off here , and all set for the day with our Welsh breakfast and hot drinks. Lovely staff. Thank you

Lovely friendly staff like the new outside area 😀

Has a nice cosy feel to the place, all the food and drinks are amazing, I would recommend a stop by to the place.

Stopped off here on the way down to Fishguard. A good place to take a break for a cup of tea and a buttie. 👍👍👍

Stopped off here for a coffee and a breakfast ..lovely food and staff Recommend if your passing

Cracking place to stop, the food and service are as good as the views....

Good luck getting a smile or good coffee here. Positives, toilets were clean. Trying to pass a Nescafé as Italian coffee is just silly in 2021... If you don't know what it is, don't put it on the menu. Lattes and flat whites ordered but genuinely horrid coffe. Avoid if you actually enjoy nice coffee.

Great service and very good food

They serve boiling coffee. Blisters on. My hands from burning

Good value, good parking, nice location

Pleasant roadside cafe, adequate menu, polite and efficient staff

If you are passing by the full breakfast is excellent.

Good food, lovely place to stop on a long drive

Lovely friendly staff, great food and spotlessly clean. Thoroughly recommend.

Really friendly and helpful staff. Would definitely pop in here again if/when I come back to Wales.

Stop here most sundays when we are out on the bikes foods excellent and not pricey staff are brilliant and the scenery is stunning aswell,highly recommended.

Great little cafe on road to coast. I had an all day breakfast and it was excellent-well cooked and well priced.Friendly staff - warm and welcoming. Recommended.

Best place to stop for coffee and and ameal Conway to coast

Lovely staff . First class breakfast we will definitely visit again.

Having read previous reviews we stopped here for lunch. The place does look like a bikers cafe. Not normally somewhere we would have looked twice at. However inside the staff were very efficient and friendly and the food was good. Could not fault it, so don't just drive by thinking it might not be for you. Stop and you will not be disappointed.

On route to visit my son in Aberystwyth, we literally stumbled upon the ‘Red Kite Cafe’.Firstly, the service was impeccable, friendly and homely, and were made feel very welcome. But here we go ... I can honestly say, I have never in my 53 years had such an enjoyable Fry-up breakfast. The fried bread was to die for ... as was the fried potatoes and bacon and simply everything. My partner felt the same, and is still harping on about his milky coffee. We shall be back soon without fail.

Excellent, friendly service. Good selection of snacky type meals. Recommend. Would certainly go in there again.

Great cafe to stop off at as you go through the mountains. Lovely staff and cracking food.

An Ideal place for your journey back from pembrokeshire to lancashire. Used to go on my journey maybe 40 years ago. The people running it have renovated. Full when we went today.

Friendly staff, lovely food, great service as always 😀

Nice clean cafe well social distances.

Great service, lovely breakfast

We used to love coming here, it's around an hour from where we live so a bit out our way, but it was worth it for the really nice food and friendly service. However since summer we have tried to come no less then 5 times and it has been closed each time. Nothing on their Facebook page to say they would be. We visit the Red kite centre and end up eating there instead. Most recently was last week on Friday, first time we have tried for quite a while. We were heading home and would be passing so thought we would try . closed again. we checked Facebook and there was a post about it being closed until 'after christmas'. Nothing about when to expect it open again though. It's really disappointing when we come just for thee cafe, especially because it's hardly down the road for us. Given its in quite a remote place, I would have thought alot of people are coming from far to eat there, as well as passing traffic. If they aren't going to be open for whatever reason, the least they could do is post it on their Facebook page that they won't be open that day.

We had the sinful breakfast, plus some coffee and cakes afterwards. The ingredients are all fresh and locally sourced and you can really tell. The food was delicious!!

We travelled here on a freezing wet day in November to watch the red kites being fed and called into the cafe first.We ordered the Welsh Cawl, which was delicious and priced very, very reasonably.They were well stocked in teas and drinks and had plenty of other hot and cold food options.Adjoins a gift shop, too.Excellent in every way! - and you can view the birds being fed from the cafe!!

We were on our way to our holiday and I searched a restaurant to eat at lunch,this restaurant was the most recommended to me.It in the middle of nowhere which makes it seem/look a bit ran down, but the food is amazing it was nearly full when we went in, many people coming in. The food is the best. There are 3 of us and 2 of us had the same food but the other had different food and it was all cooked perfectly. You must go. Would 100% recommend.

Visited twice this last week for breakfasts. Friendly staff. Very clean. Very nice food. Will visit again when we are next in the area.

I do alot of miles in a week and have visited many cafes for breakfast but the Redkite cafe is by far the best I have been to. Fantastic food and very friendly staff.. I would definitely recommend it..

I travel many miles over the course of a week and have have visited many places for breakfast but the Redkite cafe is by far the best I have visited. Fantastic food and very helpful and friendly staff.. I can definitely recommend it.. many thanks. Stuart

Great tasting meals and courteous be staff well worth a visit.

Family run cafe with very friendly staff, food is amazing and homemade. Nice to see a dog friendly cafe too!! Lovely local sausages, definitely recommend!

Food was excellent. Staff are friendly, service outstanding. Real coffee. Dogs are welcome. Plenty of parking. Definitely calling in again!!.

Great breakfast as always. Can't recommend highly enough. Staff and other customers very friendly...

Stopped here on that last day of summer, that hot Saturday in the middle of September, we have always passed this place on our trips either going up or coming back down from Aberystwyth, and promised ourselves that one day we would drop in and have something to eat, reviews seemed good and we looked forward to it all weekWe had a simple fry up with all the usual, and then the huge disappointment started setting in, we were served up 2 small sausage each that must have been lying around in the bottom of a freezer somewhere for ages, tasteless little things with barely any skin on them square ended and solid things, with very little colour, the tomato must have been dished up from a tin of chopped tomatoes but with very little of anything that resembled solid, mainly sauce, the fried egg was served up as a square shape that had been clearly overcooked, and that, was solidSome silly little fried slices of potato, but the baked beans were good yayAlso people walking in and out and passing by you with dogs for goodness sake while you're trying to eat, and all the while you're making sure they don't shake themselves all over your dinner (the dogs I mean)Beggers belief what you would do if you sat there eating away and it was, or had been raining outside and a dog would pass by your table and have a good shake as they do, YuckAlso it's a bit early for Christmas so it must have been cobwebs hanging everywhere in the corners of the wall/ceilingThere are lots of places that for far less the the £7.00 odd per person, would serve you up something a lot better, Oh, and no dogs

Called in to take in lovely views over lake and look for a sighting of the large kite birdsVery dog friendly and allowed inside restaurant Child friendly play areasWalks up to higher ground and all round lakeNice decor with vantage points and outside seatingLovely clean placeAlso lovely wooden sculptures very well thought outKeep up good work guys

I dropped in here with my wife for refreshments on a long drive back home from Pembrokeshire to Shropshire, having never stopped before. I had a very warm welcome and was served out takeaway tea and coffee very quickly, and we were able to use the facilities and ask about the local attractions, like the old lead mine opposite. I will deffo be back! It aint Michelin starred but it offers hot meals, hospitality and a friendly service to all comers. Just what any cafe worthy of the name should.

The most amazing breakfast ever Absolutely gorgeous You must stop here

Meal was lovely as usual, reduced menu and opening times