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  1. Just moved in across the road so will probably end up in Cafe Sofia a lot after reading this review!

  2. I work nearby and go to Cafe Sofia often with friends for lunch. We are greeted every time with a warm welcome from the manager who remembers details about us and asks after our children and how work is going. All the staff are lovely and we always eat well, leaving full and relaxed. Have often not been charged for tea, or given biscuits and once even free water melon in summer. It’s a favourite place to go for us and I am glad Peter loved it as much as we do. Long live the humble, friendly cafes like this one !

  3. Cafe Sofia is brilliant – just what it says, a caf that serves hot, tasty food. Nothing seems too much trouble for the staff, who are incredibly friendly and on the odd celebration occasion like birthdays the owner (I don’t know his name) comes out and gives you a glass of wine.

    Also worth mentioning, along with handing out after-lunch biscuits, they always offer unprompted to top up my pot of tea with hot water; so many other places would charge for a second pot. It really is the service along with the food that keeps me going back.

  4. I often passed this café and have wanted to try it for ages. I’m inviting my husband for lunch there next week!

  5. Often frequented when I worked nearby and still do when I’m in the area. What always struck me and got my repeat custom was the friendliness of the Bulgarian staff, particularly the owner, and the small gestures like the free couple biscuits with a tea/coffee. Even gives them when it’s a takeaway (possibly if he “remembers” you).

    The food in there is always top quality, I could never get over the low price. Have always brought friends and even the veggie girlfriend in when they’re in town and all have been well looked after. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

  6. Once, while searching for the exact same experience on a hungover Sunday, some friends and I went to O’Shea’s family restaurant in temple bar. Not quite what happened above though. After a while, we assumed that we had stumbled into a burglary, and rather than run for it, the two half wits in there cooked us breakfast so as not to arouse suspicion. Needless to say, we won’t be going back there, but will definitely give cafe Sofia a go next hangover.

  7. Unfortunately now Chinese Restaurant.Only Chinese staff.Only one word BAD FOOD!!!