Cafolla’s Cafe

This is a lovely little café in the Square in Ards. Sometimes you have to queue for seating in busy times and there isn’t a lot of room to queue, however it’s worth waiting for. They mainly offer chip shop food, and also delicious ice cream. Their pasties are one of the best I’ve ever had, and the chips are lovely too. The portions are good though for some reason they pile them up on quite small plates! Prices are very good too. I recommend this café.

The cafolla buisness started with Carmine Cafolla who was born in Casalattico Italy in 1885. His well known icecream was a delight.

An ice cream parlour and fish and chips café which could be straight out of the 1950s, but in a really good way. I think Cafollas is still a family owned and run business just as it was a couple of generations ago when the Cafolla family opned it.
Inside you’ll find a smog of chip fumes and cooking smells and the battered fish and chips would probably make that nutitional do-​gooder Jamie Oliver feel faint but I love it. The menu is traditional and plain which is Ok by me as you don’t go to Cafollas for fine dining but for old fashioned comfort food and the prices are good too. Think fish and chips, sausage egg and chips and loads of salt and vinegar for under a fiver and you’re there.
After the greasy fry up, you can’t leave without having an ice cream which is what Cafollas is really famous for. Proper diary ice cream which tastes of real ingredients. Perfect.

The famous Cafolla family have traded in Newtownards as far back as I can remember. The Café is old fashioned and may-​be doesn’t send out the correct signals but on any Saturday it will be packed. Their home made ‘proper’ ice-​cream is 1^st class.

The nicest place in Newtownards for a chip, bacon & runny egg or a fry-​up & a cuppa! The food is café greasy spoon style but is lovely & hits the spot everytime! Can be busy at times but worth a visit. Reasonably priced too.