The Buttery — Restaurant in Douglas

I have been visiting The Buttery cafe for over 40 years, on & off. It is a Douglas institution. Famous for its thick toast & milky coffee (old school, pre-latté) it is bench seated tables front to back, with a customer base so varied that I doubt there is anywhere to compare it to. The owners for the last ten+ years are Italian. They are friendly & efficient, shouting the orders from the counter when the food is ready. Don't expect table service and don't stress if someone nicks your toast, you can just take the next one. It is proper café food; cooked breakfasts, sandwiches, baked potatoes but also "proper" meals are available. About as unpretentious as a cafe gets plus it is clean, friendly and unique. I use it daily, now; that is recommendation...

Great service and food! I love eating here 😀

You choose a booth to sit in then order and pay at the till. Then when your order is ready the staff shout out the order or order number and you can collect it and take it back to your table / booth.

The portions are really big and you'll never leave there hungry. The food came out really quickly today even though it's TT week and very busy. The quality is great aswell. The staff are very friendly and hospitable.

It's great that they do oatmilk! 🎉 I wish more places did!

There are toilets upstairs at the back of the building. These aren't wheelchair accessible unfortunately.

There is free WiFi to customers which is very handy.

Fantastic...

Dreadful experience here. Shocking service and the food is average at best.I Ordered my food and then a guy shouted my order from the service desk which I had to go up to collect, but the next three orders he took the customers food to them at the table and this made me feel unwelcome . Very strange behaviour and attitude(bad day?). why he would do that is beyond me, and to make things worse the young girl behind the counter was just laughing and found it funny, but it was not funny to me. I would not eat here again because of this experience. The food was ok but nothing special, there are better places near by like The Caff just...