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Cafe Circa

241 Reviews
#3 of 6 Restaurants in Doune
££ - £££Cafe, Healthy,
Scottish
Scottish Antique and Art Centre, Doune, Stirling FK16 6HG, Scotland
+44 1786 841683
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Overview
4.0
241 reviews
  • Excellent50%
  • Very good36%
  • Average7%
  • Poor6%
  • Terrible1%
Travellers talk about
“lunch” (71 reviews)
“fish and chips” (14 reviews)
“cakes” (24 reviews)
Open Now
10:00 - 17:00 Hours
CUISINES
Cafe, Healthy, Scottish, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options, Vegetarian Friendly
PRICE
££ - £££
RATINGS
Service
Food
Value
Atmosphere
LOCATION
Scottish Antique and Art Centre, Doune, Stirling FK16 6HG, Scotland
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Top 3 Reasons to Eat Here
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1. Lovely food.
"Great hot food and cakes here."
Linda M
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2. GLUTEN FREE
"gluten free menu items, Cafe Circa came highly recommended"
KikiMarsh
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3. Sunday lunch at Doune
"Excellent lunch time restaurant."
John C
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1 - 10 of 238 reviews

Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile
Lunch

Stopped here for lunch, staff very welcoming, nice surrounding, varied menu, food well presented. Would highly recommend

Thank Wisetraveller59
Restaurant's Favourite
Reviewed 4 November 2017
Just Perfect

Second time I've visited this restaurant. We went last year and had a gorgeous lunch. We returned a couple of weeks ago to see if it was as good as we remembered and we weren't disappointed. Gorgeous little restaurant, homely and well laid out. Staff...More

Thank Kashka66
Reviewed 3 weeks ago
Highly Recommended

Having visited the similar establishment at Abernyte, we had no hesitation in dropping in at Doune on our way back from our day out. The lunch we had was excellent, we rather overdid it with our order, the portions are ample which meant great value....More

Thank DARREN B
Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile
Highly Recommend

Food delicious and premises immaculate ..staff really pleasant and can't do enough for you ..booking recommended

Thank L1LGR
Reviewed 4 weeks ago
coffee break

lovely place but the staff are a bit pushy they wouldn't leave you alone. The coffee and hot chocolate were really good and the scones were beautiful. Everything looked good that we saw I think that some of the items were a bit expensive but...More

Thank LyndaAndrew
Reviewed 12 May 2018
Super cafe, really friendly and welcoming.

We called in twice on consecutive days to Cafe Circa while investigating the adjacent Antiques Centre, once for a coffee and once for lunnch. Lovely coffee and an even better lunch of smoked haddock chowder - totally delicious. Very friendly staff - although busy they...More

Thank southendbootboy
Reviewed 24 April 2018
Staff need training.

We stopped off here for a coffee and a snack. We had to ask the staff six times in as many minutes to leave us alone to get settled and look at the menu. The food was ok, the coffees were lukewarm. There was a...More

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wendy e, Owner at Cafe Circa, responded to this reviewResponded 24 April 2018

You must be the most disappointed man in Glasgow, to have been to 18 cities and reviewed 33 places with only 5 good ones... Perhaps it’s your karma sir, what a stinker of a human being you must be to personally attack another publicly online....More

Reviewed 8 April 2018 via mobile
Coffee and cake

Popular place. Recommend booking a table before wandering round the antique centre. Coffee was good quality, I enjoyed the almond cake, and our group liked the carrot cake. Friendly staff and worth a return visit

Thank GuidoScotland
Reviewed 25 March 2018
Nice Lunch at Cafe Circa When Visiting the Antique Centre at Doune

We called in for lunch and found it pleasant with good quality food. Swiftly served and the food was appetizing and nicely served. seems to have improved of late and will visit again when we are in the area.

Thank George B
wendy e, Owner at Cafe Circa, responded to this reviewResponded 26 March 2018

well thank you, what a nice review hope to see you again soon wendy

Reviewed 24 March 2018
2nd visit...just as delicious as before

Me and my parents last had a meal here in August last year and the service food, especially the GF sticky toffee pudding was just as delicious. We all had the fish and chips (myself the GF version) and they were all delicious and freshly...More

Thank KikiMarsh
wendy e, Owner at Cafe Circa, responded to this reviewResponded 26 March 2018

thanks so much for the review, i am so happy you had a lovely meal with us,. not so happy you had a bad visit to the center. what can we do to help with that? cafe and antique center are completely separate, but i...More

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Restaurant Details

Rating summary
  • Food
    Service
  • Value
    Atmosphere
Average prices
US$8 - US$16
Cuisine
Cafe, Healthy, Scottish, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options, Vegetarian Friendly
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch
Restaurant features
Waitstaff, Parking Available, Free Off-Street Parking, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Wine and Beer, Accepts American Express, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Free Wifi, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Accepts Credit Cards
Good for
Local cuisine
Open Hours
Sunday
10:00 - 17:00
Monday
10:00 - 17:00
Tuesday
10:00 - 17:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 17:00
Thursday
10:00 - 17:00
Friday
10:00 - 17:00
Saturday
10:00 - 17:00
Location and Contact Information
  • Address: Scottish Antique and Art Centre, Doune, Stirling FK16 6HG, Scotland
  • Location: Europe  >  United Kingdom (UK)  >  Scotland  >  Stirling  >  Stirling  >  Doune
  • Phone Number: +44 1786 841683
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Description
Taste of Scotland awarded cafe boasting a varied menu of freshly prepared, local produce. Breakfast, lunch, Award winning home baking & Italian coffee. Fantastic Gluten free choices. Situated next to The Scottish Antique Centre and with an alfresco dinning area, it's a great venue rain or shine. Dog friendly too.
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