Zinc Home & Gift

Fabulous food, friendly staff. Delicious cheese scones and tasty butternut squash and red pepper soup. We’ll be back.

Nicest cafe for miles.

Soup tasty , would have liked the bowl to be full for the price

Lovely place but very cold been a few times and can’t fault the service and quality of the food but the heating needs to be on

Busy cafe, we entered just at the right time as someone said we could have their table as they were leaving. We had coffee, cappuccino, toasted teacake and a warm cheese scone. Lovely staff, great coffee, the scone was huge and lovely warmed up. Very clean throughout, including the toilet at the back if the shop. Gifts and cards also sold in the shop. We will definitely return.

Lovely busy cafe, the food served looks nice, our small order 2 scones and coffee, not exactly hard coffee arrived earm not hot 5 minutes later the scones no cream with one, apologies and fetched the cream, I said the coffee wasn't very warm very sorry was the reply and walked away!

The zinc café/gift emporium is set in an old re purposed stationery shop and very reminiscent of days gone by , the zinc's atmosphere is tranquil and relaxed with a boutique style approach to your shopping experience and also has a very good selection of cards and souvenirs that are very unique and of a very high quality and are at reasonable cost for a tourist area . The zinc dinning experience is truly a pleasure and portion sizes are generous and presentation of meals is of a very good standard . The zinc is a great place for a good cup of coffee !! which is a high quality blend and medium bodied with a good depth of flavour , that compliments the food here on offer , and is the ideal after dinner drink with a slice of one of the very special fresh baked specialty cakes they have here in abundance ! . I myself have tried most and prefer the cherry Bakewell which seems to have a great following with the locals and visitors alike . The zinc's tea is also very good and is served in your own tea pot and is the more traditional leaf tea and should please the more serious tea lover . The zinc's savory selection and baguettes are very good value and my RECOMMENDATION is the bacon brie and cranberry served with a light salad and a side of crisps , and is an ideal warm up snack when it's a cold day . The zinc's staff are friendly and welcoming and always make the zinc dinning experience a special treat . So if you like a good cup of tea or a good quality coffee with tasty snacks and freshly baked cakes and good levels of service the zinc could be the place for you ! .

Fabulous food but definitely book. We went on a Wednesday about 10.45 and it was packed with people stood about waiting to pounce on any tables about to become free. Staff rushed but friendly. We had the scrambled egg with cheese and bacon. It was very nice, but if the restaurant is reading, the bacon was very overdone and dry. But didn't like complaining. Still it was very tasty. Had 2 coffees each too, and they were nice too.