Cafe Alf Resco Dartmouth

Quirky delicious I love it! amazing place just across from the dart. Food looks amazing! Unfortunately, we're not hungry yet. So coffee real coffee! it is!

We came here for lunch on spec and were a party of 9 adults, 2 kids, a baby and a dog. Despite arriving shortly before closing, and it being busy they found space for us and made us feel welcome. Ordering food and drinks and getting what you order is often a challenge for so many, but not here. Staff were friendly and service fast and efficient. They went out of their way, were smiley and it is a mark of a great place -that with awesome food and a terrific menu. Thank you Alf Resco -you rock!

This is the best breakfast in Devon. What the place lacks in comfort it makes up for in experience. We turned up at 11am and the place was packed with standing room only. This puts many off who wander off to return later or settle for lesser venues, but we found that waiting just few minutes meant a table came up as diners squeezed up to let us in. The food is ordered and paid for at the counter and then brought out to you. The cinnamon toast is a speciality that you should have anyway and a great apitiser for the full English breakfast. All the ingredients are top quality; the sausage is a really tasty Lincolnshire, the eggs and tomatoes were perfectly done and the toast was a selection of freshly cut White and granary. The place oozes character. All in all, the perfect way to start the day before exploring the wonderful Dartmouth.

This is an unusual and often very busy café situated on the left bank of the estuary. It is open 7 days a week between 7am and 2pm and is renowned for its breakfasts. The food has to be ordered at the counter but is very good indeed, and the relaxed atmosphere is further demonstrated by the fact that friendly and efficient staff will bring your order to your table not using table numbers but by shouting your name across the café. Although I have never used the available accommodation, the rooms look very interesting indeed, especially the self-contained flat. Great little café.

It 's the day after the Royal Wedding and some people (myself included) are going to be in need of a big, juicy fry-up. If you are lucky enough to be waving your flag over the long weekend in Devon, you need to make a detour to the beautiful Dartmouth and the fun and via Cafe Alf Resco. Dartmouth is a stunning, eccentric town in South Devon located on the River Dart. It boasts narrow cobbled streets, a fabulous colourful market bursting with local produce, some fine eateries, and even a castle ruin! Brightly coloured boats are moored and people relax on the river front, fishing for crab and munching on gourmet ice-cream. Right in the heart of the town is Cafe Alf Resco (what a name), famous with the locals for its relaxed, rustic and brilliantly put together open kitchen and dining area and delicious brunch. The cafe is open from 7am until 2pm 365 days a year, and thanks to this, they have got the art of brunch down to a tee. The coffee is roasted locally and is strong, rich and earthy and the banana milkshakes (which are definitely fine for adults to drink, especially ones with hangovers) are sweet, creamy and sticky. The smiley staff gave us plates overloaded with good buttery toast whilst we all decided whether to go for 'Alf 's Breakfast or Big Alf 's Breakfast '. With some swapping of ingredients here and choosing new things there, my Brother ended up ordering a plate with three pieces of bacon! You can really play with this to suit your tastes, plus it 's suitable for vegetarians and the health conscious among us with a good choice of muesli, fruits and vege alternatives. Me and my sister wolfed down an incredible cinnamon toast, a hunk of crusty wholegrain bread smothered in grilled butter, cinnamon and sugar and followed it off with a 'Big Alf '. We watched the staff come into life behind the ornate wooden counter as the orders flowed in and they switched from waiters to chefs! Everything is cooked behind the counter on some impressive and attractive machinery including an original French Parlour Stove c.1880 and tasted top notch and very fresh. The eggs were rich and runny, the bacon, salty and crisp, and the sausage, although a bit cheap looking, tasted deliciously herby. The waiting staff were a bit confused with who ordered what, but they carried on smiling, bringing us free rounds of toast until we were all over-comfortably fed.