Roads End Cafe - Highland

Roads End Cafe is a lifesaver at this time of the year, we were on the NC500 and fancied a bite to eat when we got to John o Groats. It is such a basic cafe but still serves hot toasties/sandwiches, soup and small cakes/scones. The lady that served us was lovely, so welcoming and willing to go the extra mile, she even recommended the haggis and cheese toastie which I couldn't turn down. Since it was so quiet, it was takeaway only but she let us sit in due to the gale force winds outside. I have to say the toasties are the best I have had in a while and not even that expensive despite the location, absolutely fantastic. It is a little gem if you're looking for something eat when you reach the most northernly point in Scotland!

Visited here and ordered food. It was terrible. Turkey stuffing sandwich was off. That was for my son who was 9 and so glad he did not eat it. Pea and ham soup so watered down it tasted like dish water. Terrible experience. Would advise going to storehouse over the road and give this a miss but it wasnt open shame. Will give the girl her due waiting on asking how it was and apologising but we should of got refund instead.

I arrived just before 4 o'clock, only to find that there was no food available. They couldn't even make sandwiches because they had just cleaned up the kitchen. The parking lot was full, with many coach guests around. The only thing they offered was a lukewarm takeaway tea. It's a long winter, ladies, so make the most of your summer guests. This is not the first time we have encountered this lack of concern in this cafe. Not a great experience for tourists.

Got some simple soup and sandwiches, and while nothing special, they filled a gap and we didnt have any complaints. Staff friendly too, which is not always easy at such a tourist hot spot.

My family ate at this restaurant today and we were super disappointed in the service and the rude, inappropriate treatment we received from one of the restaurants obnoxious staff. It was busy when we ordered so we asked for take away as the few tables were full. A table came available and we sat down and waited for our order. We had ordered 3 hot chocolate, bag of crisps, two chocolates and three toasties. We were drinking our hot chocolates when a rude, abrasive woman came up to our table with our toasties and loudly announced we could not dine in as our food was take away and was priced cheaper, she continued on enraged we were sitting down. COMPLETE LIE, no price difference on menu, sign states only food purchased in restaurant can be eaten at tables which it was. We got up and left, super angry, confused and disappointed. I returned a few minutes later and shared with her what I thought of her rude, crazy and inappropriate treatment of my family as customers. Brutal service, marginal food! This woman is an embarrassment to John O Groats!