Sunshine Caffe

I can guarantee you’ve never been in a place like it. Seriously. Combining a tanning salon and a sort-of-café…whatever will they think of next?! The mind boggles…
Due to the fact that our previous two coffee shop choices had both closed (it was after 4pm, granted), the three of us were forced to look elsewhere. Sunshine Caffe seemed a good call, and looked particularly, well, sunshiney. Orange /​yellow walls, cool pink and orange seating, and the staff sporting a golden glow and a bright t-​shirt to boot… yes, it was almost like we’d stumbled upon a Caribbean island in east Belfast. Almost.
With a menu as eclectic as it café /​solarium, we were in for a few surprises. Hot chocolate /​milkshake weren’t an option, but coffee, a can of coke, a baguette or a jelly cup definitely were. Yes, a jelly cup. More a huge glass filled with three different layers of jelly (and a few nuts for good measure), a dollop of cream on top, and a sauce of choice drizzled on top of that. A heart-​attack in a glass really.
A jelly cup it was. They so happened to be half price, so £1 wasn’t a bad call at all. One of my friends felt the sweet aspect of the dessert a tad more than myself or our other friend, and struggled to get past the first layer. My other friend nearly finished hers, but I downed mine no probs at all (and am now feeling the repercussions of this). The sugar disaster was furthered by a couple of cans of Fanta (I should be bouncing off walls), and a muffin was also consumed between my two friends. It came lovingly presented on a plate with a dollop of ice-​cream and (yet more) chocolate sauce. Mmm…
We left it at that, and decided to pay the grand total of £5.60 for three jelly cups, two cans of Fanta and a muffin. Not bad at all. My friend asked if they had a toilet, which apparently they didn’t, so we had to dash over to Maccy D’s for that purpose.
I fail to mention the tanning booth /​sunbeds, but as we didn’t go anywhere near them, there’s not much to say. The closest I’ve come to any form of fake tan is a bit of Sun Shimmer, so I wouldn’t be a good judge of anything sunbed related, let me tell you that much.
A curious little place…