Stanley St Cafe

Best coffee, best staff & amazing food! It gets busy but is worth the wait!

Our favourite cafe in all St Ives. Patrick and the family are welcoming, lively and always go out of their way to provide the best possible service. Without doubt the best coffee and food in St Ives.

Great coffee, lovely spot, above average food but slow service. Limited options in the local area means this cafe could easily be the standout but painfully slow service really holds the place back. The menu has a great range of meals that are all tasty. Staff are delightfully friendly but it seems they’re just short a chef in the kitchen. Popularity on the weekends amongst locals only adds to the wait time unfortunately. Would be head a shoulders above the competition if they could hire another cook.

Our first impressions of this cafe were a little questionable, as the venue is tucked down an alley and opens directly onto the car park. However, we quickly re-calibrated our expectations upon entry. The funky vibe and industrial feel is quite edgy, with modern music playing in the background. Service was prompt and the coffee was superb. I ordered a meal from the specials board that incorporated delicious figs with prosciutto, a culinary match made in heaven. My partner ordered the Goodfella which features crumbed eggplant. After savouring my dish he said I definitely ordered the better meal. I was half expecting this cafe to be pretentious, but I was pleased to note diners of all age groups, including seniors and young families. Overall a great experience, although one of the waitresses we found quite charmless. Maybe we caught her on a bad day.

Busy little cafe in St Ives. The food are delicious and staff are very friendly. It's one of my favourite restaurants

Amazing quality food, I reccomend the Chai lattes

Ordered 2 $8 ice coffees, came in hot coffee cups filled mostly with whipped cream, enough coffee in them for maybe 2 mouth fulls. The rip off would be less noticeable if they came with straws because it was impossible to drink them through all the whipped cream in the cup. The food here is edible though so that's a plus. I recommend getting your staff to try drink the ice coffees you are sending out

most unfriendly takeaway service by the lady at the counter. all the other staff were good. what a shame because it is a very popular place with the locals

Waited over 20 mins for two pieces of toast, when we said we couldn’t wait any more and needed to leave, we were shouted at by the owner for “disrespecting him”. Very quick to become aggressive, clearly no idea about customer service!

Nice little cafe with very friendly staff