Espresso Caherciveen Café Cahersiveen

The breakfast food and drinks are actually very tasty if somewhat overpriced, and the atmosphere is smaller yet very quaint, but the owner was the issue. There was a blatantly unprofessional and borderline criminal incident with the owner that has incited this poor review.

Here is what happened:

I arrived at this location to meet up with a friend who had just ordered a tea, breakfast croissant, and chocolate chip cookie for both of us. Upon sitting down, the owner came and asked for my drink order. When I told her my intention to simply share what my friend had already ordered for us, she took issue with my remaining without my own purchases. That was odd and somewhat unprofessional because we were already paying customers, but nevertheless, I assured the owner I would leave quickly.

The situation escalated when I stood up and made a video recording for my Google review. My intention was to warn of the first incident while also making a fair note of the good food and drinks. While filming, I had ensured the video was taken with no faces visible, just the owner's back- an action which I want to note is completely legal, because there was no personal identifying information.

However, the owner saw what was happening and walked over. She took issue with my making the recording and wanted it deleted immediately. As I was standing there trying to confirm with her that I would do so, she would not listen and instead physically took my phone out of my hands and deleted the video herself, then handed the phone back to me.

First, I want to confirm that I have the utmost respect for personal privacy. Out of that respect, I have decided to not post that video- despite it remaining in my phone's "Recently Deleted" folder.

However, the owner of this establishment was incredibly disrespectful and crossed the line from unprofessional to borderline criminal. My phone is my personal property, and taking that property without consent is both unethical and likely illegal, regardless of the situation. I was attempting to comply with her request, and she did not allow me to do so before taking my property from my hands.

We will not ever return. I'd recommend caution to anyone attempting to take any photos or videos within the establishment, or to anyone who arrives shortly after your friend has already made your purchases.

This is not a friendly or professional owner.

First timers and holiday makers here. My husband, I and two kids wanted to get out of the rain and have a coffee. Initially we tried the coffee shop next door but there was no table available so here we came as there was a table available. We ordered one Cappuccino, one Americano, one 500ml bottle of water (as we were informed that the tap water was undrinkable!?), one slice of Salted Caramel cake, one brownie and one mini lemon meringue. No prices up anywhere. The brownie on closer inspection was dry and not fresh. The salted caramel cake was good but not fresh fresh. My husband picked the best thing with the lemon meringue which was very good. He went up to pay and told the owner what we had: €28. I think he stumbled on hearing this. No receipt given to see the breakdown of these exorbitant prices. Avoid at all costs. There are other options in the town.

Michaela is very friendly and has lovely food and coffee. It’s lovely. The quiche is well cooked and the pasta is damn tasty