The Top Cafe - Carta

Friendly helpful cafe with cracking pies and pasties. Angela provided great food for a dozen hungry cyclists in June and the Bombay Bad Boy was terrific.

First experience at this cafe. I absolutely loved the Xmas veggie pie. It was delicious and did not require any accompaniments. It was full of so many flavours.

A pleasant, airy cafe with outdoor seating. First class, hearty-sized omelettes with salad at £5-25 were excellent value and very tasty indeed. Outside toilets. Ver carta

A quaint little tea room we enjoyed a delicious sausage, leek and cheese pasty and a piece of carrot cake the food was obviously home made as it was rustic and delicious

It's worth a trip to Alston just to sample the delicious homemade pies in this lovely little cafe. Great selection and some fine looking cakes too we will definitely be back !!

Popped in for a coffee and a cake while exploring Alston and we must say that the cakes were absolutely amazing. My partner is coeliac and he said the GF brownie was the most moist cake he has had. Great service, top quality food at a great price. Ver carta

The very best homemade Cheese Onion Pie and Coleslaw, ever! Very friendly, fast service and a good cup of tea too. Oh, and an absolute bargain! Visit Alston just to try this place. Shared a large table with other lovely diners for a very sociable lunch.

My partner and I decided to visit last week on our way to The Lakes as our usual cafe in the town had closed down. We were disappointed with the service as we had to wait 35 minutes for a sausage muffin and pancakes. Although apologies were given it was a long wait as the place is quite small. The toilets are outside and the door to the gents had to be forced open. A disappointing visit. They need to improve.

Hmm, this cafe is somewhat of a disappoinment. On the face of it it should be excellent, home cooked food, clean and on the market place in Alston. They do vegetarian pies which the wife enjoyed. Literally that is what you get, the pie, no garnish, no little dollop of coleslaw, a pie on a plate. I had the Cumberland sausage and egg pie which i have to say was bland, also i really don't like how all the produce is in the window, some uncovered with people peering over it. Ver carta