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The Mirador Cafe at Elie Holiday Park, a glass-fronted cafe with a veranda and tables outside under a blue sky.
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The Mirador Café

A cafe and takeaway at Elie Holiday Park on Shell Bay, on the Fife Coastal Path, for barista coffee, breakfasts, home baking and ice cream.

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Welcome

West of Elie, where the Fife Coastal Path runs round the wide sweep of Shell Bay, the Mirador is the cafe and takeaway of Elie Holiday Park, a bright glass-fronted building with a veranda and tables outside looking over the bay.

It makes a welcome stop on a coastal walk. The coffee is made by baristas, there are pastries, scones and home baking, and the breakfasts run from a bacon and maple syrup pancake stack to a full plate. Later in the day there are soups, paninis and takeaway favourites, and ice cream and hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows for the children.

Well behaved dogs are welcome. The cafe opens every day from nine in the morning until the evening, later still at the weekend.

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Before you go

Open every day from 9am, until 8pm Sunday to Thursday and 9pm on Friday and Saturday.

Where
Elie Holiday Park, Shell Bay, KY9 1HB.
Open
Daily from 9am.
Dogs
Welcome.

Opening hours

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Monday
9am–8pm
Tuesday
9am–8pm
Wednesday
9am–8pm
Thursday
9am–8pm
Friday
9am–8pm
Saturday
9am–9pm
Sunday
9am–9pm

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Where it is

At Elie Holiday Park on Shell Bay, west of Elie, on the Fife Coastal Path, KY9 1HB.

Close byShell Bay.
  1. Climber in red jacket scales a rope through a narrow rocky gorgeElie Chain WalkThe chains along the cliffs.Under a mile 5 min by road
  2. Elie harbour from the air at low tide, small boats resting on the sand below the old granary on the pier, Elie Ness lighthouse on its point beyond.Elie and Earlsferry1 mile as the crow flies
  3. The Kinneuchar InnThe Kinneuchar Inn2 miles 7 min by road
  4. Whole lobsters arranged on a metal platter with salad leaves and grilled lemon halvesThe Pavilion, ElieA family-run cafe beside the golf course and tennis courts at Earlsferry, near Elie beach, open all year and into the evening in summer.3 miles 9 min by road
  5. Curved sandy beach edged by grassy dunes under a grey overcast skyRuby BayThe little bay under the Lady's Tower.3 miles 10 min by road
  6. Elie Ness LighthouseElie Ness LighthouseThe lighthouse on the point.3 miles 10 min by road
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