The Shay Cafe — Restaurant in Calderdale

My wife and I were on a nearby stone carving course and staying in a Travelodge. According to Google, this was the only café open at 07:30 on a Sunday. What a great find! I had a large breakfast, and my wife a small. We also ordered takeout sandwiches for lunch. My breakfast, which, amongst the usual 'Full English', included fried bread and fried Spam. Most cafés now offer the inferior American option of hash browns nowadays. None of that cosmopolitan nonsense here. Just masses of great food. Neither I nor my wife needed the sandwiches until we were on our way home at 17:30. The sandwiches, a cheese and salad and a cheese, ham and salad, were once more huge and delicious. All that food and two teas were £20! My wife took half her sandwich to work on Monday for lunch. The service is spot on and fast, the staff are friendly and the café got fairly busy by 08:15. There is limited parking right...

Sunday morning, with the Imperial Crown Hotel having no cooked breakfast for me and trying to pass off a wee box of shreddies as a meal, I found myself at The Shay Cafe.

Ordered a Bacon and Egg barm and a strong black coffee. What I got two minutes later was a massive, delicious and done just right bacon and egg barm and a very strong black coffee, served with a smile that considerably brightened up my day.

The cafe was busy at 0800 on a Sunday morning, tells you all you need to...

Excellent food and service every time myself and my partner visit. Never ever been and had any complaints at all. Super clean and comfortable with decent size tables a good menu choice and very friendly staff . Easy location to get to with some good parking close to it and around the area. Sunday visit this time and it was extra busy but they handle it with a very calm and relaxing nature. Well done and thank you keep up the...