Preview the time of day:
Inside The Olive Cafe: oak tables, a navy banquette and warm lights
Open seven days

Waterford’s good morning.

Fresh breakfasts, hearty lunches and speciality coffee on Barronstrand Street.

Best Café, Best of Waterford Awards 2025

Visit us

Good food, good coffee, good company.

Shakshuka with poached eggs, feta and toasted sourdough

Opening hours

Monday10:00 – 15:00
Tuesday – Saturday09:00 – 15:45
Sunday10:00 – 15:00

From our kitchen

Breakfast, lunch and brunch favourites, cooked fresh to order every day.

Turkish eggs: poached eggs on garlicky Greek yogurt with spiced butter, herbs and sourdough
Turkish eggs
Eggs Benedict with hollandaise and micro herbs on a blue plate
Eggs Benedict
Acai bowl topped with fresh berries, banana and homemade granola
Acai bowl
A chef adding herbs to a plate of eggs on sourdough at the pass
Cooked to order

What people say

“Best Cafe in Waterford, great value and fantastic service.”
★★★★★ Gary R. · Google review
  • Best of Waterford Awards 2025: Winner, Best Café, The Olive Café
  • Yes Chef Ireland Awards 2026: Blue Ribbon, great cooking at affordable prices, The Olive Café
  • Irish Restaurant Awards: Munster Winner, Best Use of Social Media, The Olive Café, Waterford
Wayne and Krisztina smiling together, holding a bowl of fresh salad
Drawing of The Olive Cafe shopfront
Wayne and Krisztina, with a fresh salad from our kitchen. Look out for our shopfront on Barronstrand Street.

About us

A family café, made for Waterford

We’re Wayne and Krisztina, and The Olive Cafe is our family business.

What started as a food truck is now our café on Barronstrand Street, and from day one we've wanted it to feel like home. Our regulars are known to us like family, and we hope every new face soon feels the same way.

Everything is cooked fresh to order with ingredients from local suppliers, and our coffee is a blend made just for us. You won't taste it anywhere else.

  • Award-winning
  • Family run
  • Cooked to order
  • Local suppliers
  • Our own coffee blend
  • Vegan & gluten-free options
  • Dogs welcome outside

Good to know

Questions we’re often asked

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