Address: 19-25 Carlisle Rd, Eastbourne, BN21 4BT, United Kingdom
Phone: +441323728029
Rating: 4.3
based on 164 reviews.
Staff and Service
Pros:
"All the people I met were friendly and the service was great."
"Very welcoming to dogs too."
"All he staff work really well and hard."
"Staff are pretty damn good and don't walk past a table if there is something to be cleared away/cleaned etc."
"Cannot fault the service or food here! The staff are so accommodating and helpful."
"The staff are extremely friendly and helpful and the service the best you will get in Eastbourne."
"Service was efficient and pleasant, and unusually for a restaurant there was an excellent accessible toilet with lots of rails."
Cons:
"I'm very sad to write this review as we didn't eat here but feel compelled to share my experience after the horrible treatment of one female staff member who i presume is owner/manager."
"The staff were not happy to assist when we called."
"We like this place very good ice cream & food, we didn't like attitude of bearded Italian guy he is very unfriendly unhelpful."
"Sometimes the staff are very helpful but there is one older lady who is not happy and not very helpful."
"Not sure if she’s new, but haven’t recognised her before but the girl with glasses on the til was rude, and didn’t want to be helpful in any way."
"The waitress definitely needs to be less rude to paying costumers."
"Awful aggressive staff. We waited an hour for food that never arrived."
Food Quality
Pros:
"The ice cream was great, the sauce and meringue were really good, even the little round wafer was top notch."
"The portion size is generous and the pricing is fair for the quality of food."
"Now, being an ice cream connoisseur...I can critically say that the ice cream from Favoloso is Fabuloso!"
"The desserts on offer are to die for, I could have had more than one, the red velvet and carrot cakes looked very tempting."
"The food here to is honest, good food at a reasonable price."
"Delicious! Yes that's right, we visited the Winter Gardens theatre last week and had plenty of time to spare before the show so nipped over the road to Favoloso for an ice cream and I have to say it was scrumptious."
"The sandwiches are generously filled and are fair and reasonably priced."
Cons:
"Nothing special, expensive for the quality you got."
"We were unable to eat the Calamari as it was so tough and rubbery."
"Unfortunately our food was luke warm but I was hungry so didn't complain."
"3 sausages and lumpy cold mash served and lasagne seemed to have been microwaved as it was cold in the middle and hot on the outside."
"£9.60 for two double scoop cones, the pistachio just tasted like vanilla, absolutely no pistachio flavour at all."
"I had a most expensive piece of Victoria sponge cake ever!! £ 5,40 for a piece of OLD and too sweet cake!!!"
"The full English came with cold beans, un-cooked bacon and eggs full of slime!"
Ambiance and Cleanliness
Pros:
"Spacious table arrangements observing social distancing."
"The cafe looked nice and had good outdoor seating."
"A neighborhood tradition for over three generations."
"Favoloso Cafe is a must-visit spot for coffee and pastry lovers in Eastbourne."
"The establishment is on a corner location so has added benefit of outside pavement seating for the summer days or whenever we get good weather, inside is spacious with much seating which creates a cosy atmosphere."
"Very clean and on top of clearing up tables."
"Toilets emaculate."
Cons:
"NO TRACK AND TRACE AVAILABLE."
"Tables are not cleaned regularly and when the plates from the last customer are taken, the table is not wiped down."
"There is no sanitising of tables once a client has left only a very quick wipe down."
"Our table was dirty, so was the floor around our table."
"It smelled really bad so we decided to sit outside."
"We were amazed at finding condiments on the table and not very clean at that."
"very dated decor, it looked like the inside of an old amusement arcade but clean enough."
Value and Pricing
Pros:
"The food is excellent and extremely good value for money with and extensive and varied menu."
"Serving great reasonably priced home cooked food."
"Good strong coffee, big slices of cake, decent chunky sarnies that doesn't skip on filling."
Cons:
"Clearly hugely overpriced and poor quality."
"Tad overpriced which when it was good food didn’t mind."
"When spending £10 for a mac and cheese for half a take-away foil container."
"A bit pricey but hey it's a tourists dream so what can one expect?"
"Not overly keen on the ice cream I tried because there was more fruit/biscuits in it than ice cream and it was nearly £10 for one portion."
"Very good staff but food is awful! Bacon was re heated for a full English breakfast, eggs not fresh, sausage the 1p type and the bubble and squeak stone cold."