What is it?

Conveniently located in the centre of town, Gusto Ricco is an Italian cafe with a rustic decor and a team of friendly and accommodating staff . An Italian specials board supplements a menu of breakfast and lunch items, including sandwiches, jacket potatoes, paninis and antipasti platters. There is also a good range of homemade cakes and pastries.

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Gusto Ricco
6 Union Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QT

Tel: 01789 414 899

What is it?

A spacious and comfortable cafe in the Asda Living store on the Maybird Retail Park, offering a small selection of hot breakfasts and lunches as well as sandwiches, cakes and pastries. Children are particularly well catered for with extensive healthy lunch options and high chairs and self service food/bottle warming facilities for babies and toddlers.

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Asda Living Cafe
Maybird Retail Park
Birmingham Road
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 0HZ

Tel: 01789 416 800
Website: www.asda.com

What is it?

Carriages 5344 cafe is set inside a restored original 1967 GWRRailway Carriage. It is a welcome refreshment stop mid point on the Stratford Greenway at Milcote Picnic Area. Carriages 5344 has a sister cafe called Carriages 34644 at the Stratford end of The Greenway. These quirky Cafes serve a variety of refreshments, including a hearty all day breakfast. There is also, a wide range of vegetarian options available. As well as being popular with walkers and cyclists, definitely worth a visit on a sunny day.

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Carriages 5344 Cafe
The Greenway
Milcote Picnic Area
CV37 8JW

Website: www.carriagescafe.co.uk

Carriages 34644 Cafe
The Greenway
Seven Meadows Road
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6GR

Website: www.carriagescafe34644.co.uk

What is it?

Serving breakfasts, light lunches and homemade cakes, The Loft provides customers with a light, airy and relaxed environment. Tucked away on the top floor of the Fred Winter store (with entrances on both Henley Street and Guild Street), this cafe is a good choice for those wishing to avoid the busier watering holes in Stratford. There is lift access to the top floor and plenty of room for prams and wheelchairs.

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The Loft Cafe
Fred Winter
41 Guild Street
Stratford upon Avon
CV37 6QY

Tel: 01789 268 011
Website: www.fredwinter.com

What is it?
Breakfast overlooking the River Avon at the Riverside Restaurant, and order modern British dishes here at dinner where under-13s eat free. You can order coffee and snacks in the Terrace Lounge and pints in the pub-style G’s Bar. Room service is 24 hours.

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Riverside Restaurant (Holiday Inn)
Bridgefoot
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6YR

Tel: 0871 942 9270
Website: www.holidayinn.com

What is it?
Patisserie Valerie are a well known national chain of tea rooms, offering a mind boggling array of cakes in their self styled “havens of self indulgance”. It is just over the road from Shakepeare’s Birthplace on Henley Street and offers a sit in or take away option,  so you can re-energise with a coffee and a cake after taking in Stratford’s main tourist attraction.

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Patisserie Valerie
43 Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW

Tel: 01789 297 490
Website: www.patisserie-valerie.co.uk

What is it?
A traditional styled Cafe /Brasserie serving a wide variety of snacks and meals, in a great location right in the centre of the main tourist street, good for breakfast or light lunches.

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Quicklys
57 Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6PT

Tel: 01789 295 261

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What is it?
This independant tea and coffee bar next to the music shop is the ideal alternative to the big American chains. Offering a wide selection of teas and coffees, McKechnies also serves snacks and breakfasts. A great local establishment, go and support a popular local business before selling your soul to the big chains……

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McKechnies
37 Rother Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6LP

Tel: 01789 299 575‎
Website: www.mckechniescafe.talktalk.net

What is it?
Cafe Violette is a cosy French bistro based in the village of Long Marston, a few miles outside of Stratford. They offer locally sourced food and drink, breakfast, lunch and candlelit dinner. They also boast a relaxing garden in the summer and Victorian log burning stove for a cosy, romantic setting in the winter. A glance at their menu shows that they offer a very French style menu of simple, well cooked food, adding a touch of je ne sais quoi to Stratford’s eating establishments.

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Café Violette
Barn Antiques Centre
Station Road
Long Marston
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 8RP

Tel: 01789 721 777

What is it?
One of a large chain of French Restaurants in the UK. With a combination of delicious food, great wines and a real ambience, Café Rouge has embodied the style and je ne sais quoi of French dining since it opened way back in 1989. Now with over 111 sites across the country it’s just the place to mull over the morning papers with a cafe au lait and a croissant, pop in for a spot of lunch, share a post-work drink or relax over an evening meal.

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Café Rouge
18 Sheep Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6EF

Tel: 01789 263 526
Website: www.caferouge.co.uk