Cafe Two Forty Five is a weekday Guelph cafe built for coffee, breakfast, lunch, and catering, with an unusually specific sandwich-and-bowl menu for a business-park counter. Veal on a Bun, Hot Beef Sandwich, Hummus Bowl, and rotating daily features give the place its shape.
Puffle Cafe is an owner-run Silvercreek Parkway dessert cafe in Guelph, built around Japanese Cheesecake, Vietnamese Slow Drip Coffee, Cheese Puffle waffles, sweet and savoury crepes, cream puffs, espresso drinks, and small cafe treats.
Queen's Cafe is an owner-run Guelph bistro where Ron Hill and Tammy Hsieh turn a small east-end room into a dinner spot for braised shortribs, tenderloin, scallion-risotto salmon, house-made classics, and local-minded hospitality.
SOL Bakehouse is a sister-owned downtown Guelph bakery built around filled croissants, cookies, coffee, matcha, and sandwich-counter lunches. Start with the Raspberry Mascarpone Croissant, then use the pastry case or catering menu for a larger box.
KANOO Coffee is a downtown Guelph coffee room built around presence: no Wi-Fi, a focused coffee program, Canadian-roaster sourcing, and Metis design cues threaded through the name and room. Start with Budget Brew or a Cortado, then add one of the baked-good pairings.
Park Eatery is an Exhibition Park neighbourhood restaurant in Guelph with Park Burger, Smoked Brisket Sandwich, Crispy Fish Sandwich, Goldie Mill Bowl, weekend brunch, local drinks, and a Monday-Tuesday half-off burger move.
Eric the Baker is a compact Carden Street French bakery where croissants, sausage rolls, croques, breads, and tarts make it work as both pastry stop and downtown lunch counter.
Lost Aviator Coffee Company is a Guelph coffee roaster cafe built around pilot-founder backstory, aviation-themed rooms, in-house roasting, direct-trade beans, and named coffees like Co‑Pilot Latte, North Star, Constellation, Red Eye to Rome, Aurora, and Mile High.
The Round Table Board Game Cafe is a Guelph game-night hangout with X-Wings (1lb), Ra Ra Ras-Poutine, Mr. Milkshake, themed cocktails, D20 Shots, weekly tabletop events, and a playable board-game library built for longer group visits.
Airpark Cafe is a Guelph Airpark breakfast-and-lunch diner where potato pancakes, club sandwiches, and all-day breakfast come with runway views. It is strongest as a casual daytime stop for comfort food, family visits, and a setting specific to 50 Skyway Drive.
Red Brick Cafe is a downtown Guelph coffeehouse and arts fixture at 8 Douglas Street, built around fair trade organic coffee, simple all-day food, gallery walls, live events, and a community-space story that dates to its 2006 opening.
Cavan Coffee is a South Guelph coffee house and family-run roastery with a current bean list built around precise flavour notes, transparent sourcing, and daytime cafe rhythms. Treat it as a coffee-first stop: order at the counter, pick a roast lane, and take a bag home.
A riverside Guelph tea room and ice cream parlour where daily high tea, signature scones, Shaws ice cream, and a first-come patio turn the Speed River into the centre of the visit.
