Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice — top 10% of Scarborough restaurants

A hidden gem
down the alley

Homemade breakfasts, legendary burgers and cakes worth crossing town for — tucked away on Waterhouse Lane.

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Homemade, every day

The ones they
come back for

Full English breakfast with sausage, hash brown, fried egg, mushrooms, beans, bacon, tomato and toast

Full English Breakfast

The one reviewers call the best they've had. Sausage, hash brown, fried egg, mushrooms, beans, bacon, tomato, toast.

Handmade burger on brioche with a pot of golden fries

The Dirty Burger

"One of the tastiest burgers I have eaten… so juicy and cooked to perfection." Handmade in-house on brioche.

Tray of homemade Biscoff Millionaire traybake being sliced

Homemade Cakes

Carrot cake, gluten-free lemon drizzle and more — baked with love, gone by afternoon.

Homemade cajun chicken wrap with a bowl of cheese-loaded dirty fries

Dirty Fries & Halloumi

Cheese-and-bacon loaded fries, and a side of halloumi so generous reviewers swear it must be a full block.

The wooden counter at Relish, proudly marked locally sourced and crafted with love

Meet Paul

Cooked by someone
who cares

Owner and chef Paul insists on the highest quality ingredients — nearly the whole menu can be made gluten-free, dogs are welcome, and the staff "couldn't do enough".

  • Gluten-free friendly
  • Dogs welcome
  • Free wifi
The café's orange wall reading It's Relish O'Clock, surrounded by clocks

Love notes

What Scarborough
keeps saying

"It's the best [breakfast] one I've had"

— Google review

"The staff couldn't do enough. Happy, smiley people and an immaculate café."

— Google review

"The amount you get in the side of halloumi is nuts!"

— Google review

From our counter

Warm cups, warm mornings

Cappuccino with cocoa snowflake art S'mores hot chocolate with toasted marshmallow Blue cheese and bacon burger with fries and a milkshake Two hot chocolates with cocoa art and toasted teacakes

Find us

Down the alley,
worth the hunt

8 Waterhouse Lane, Scarborough YO11 1DW
— down the alley off the town centre

Tue–Sat 9:30–16:00
Closed Sun & Mon

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The Relish shopfront on Waterhouse Lane with its orange sign and chalkboard
Look for the orange sign down the alley.