Outside The Box Cafe

Great coffee, yummy food, lovely seating area, helpful staff, (best price for Ilkely) and friendly vibes!

Really wonderful little cafe that we found by accident today! The staff were excellent, the ambience is great and the food was delicious!

A really great cafe. The staff are very friendly and always working hard. Food and coffee are a good and fairly priced for Ilkley. Free wifi available, so an excellent place to work during the day.

Great little cafe. Spacious and relaxing. The staff and service are particularly good.

What a lovely spot!!! Called one cold Thursday afternoon for coffee and cake whilst visiting Ilkley for the first time. Hadn't seen many cafes ( and I refuse to queue outside and pay inflated prices of a certain other cafe in the area!!) when we spotted this by the car park. The cafe was lovely and warm. It is really quite big with some of the tables being out in an old, covered arcade. There were even blankets out here for the more colder days. There are tables for two or four then longer tables for larger groups. The tables and floor were spotless, the staff were welcoming. Our coffee was good and hot and full of flavour and the coffee cake was a proper Yorkshire size!! There are some vegan options - plus ice cream for dogs! And I saw a lady come for take away. It wasn't until I started looking at the boards in the arcade that I realised it was a Community type cafe and I started to take more notice. It was wonderful to see the adults working together! What a fabulous place! So, if it does take a minute or two longer for your food to arrive , don't moan , just think how lovely it is that people with disabilities are being given the opportunity to be trained up for a job! The beautiful young lady that served us couldn't have been more pleasant!! She had a constant smile on her face!! How gorgeous! She looked so proud to be working - and so she should be! Two words of warning - you do need to pay by card ( not a problem to the vast majority of people ) and, I've been told, they sell out of scones quickly on busy days!! So, if you give them a visit remember - There is still some good things happening in this world ! Ps we added 1, as a donation , to our bill and they were so genuinely pleased. We won't miss the 1 but it means a lot to them.

A great find for us in Ilkley. A reasonably priced cafe that supports and employs people with learning difficulties. The food was great. As was the service. The coffee is especially good.

It's only taken me 4 years to get here. A definite revisit required. Staff are fabulous and the coffee was good. I was too early for a meal but plan to resolve this soon.

Met friends for coffee and cake here this afternoon. There were several cakes available, all delicious and so reasonably priced. The coffee was good and we had great service. I will definitely come back next time I’m in Ilkley.