The Black Faced Sheep

A lovely quirky spot for lunch. Fantastic food and friendly, efficient staff. We will be back.

Only had cake & coffee but both were delish. Service was excellent - friendly, cherry, helpful. Convinced me of the cake I needed 😁. How do you rate atmosphere? It was unflustered & relaxing which was what I needed after an explore by bike.

Long standing local supported cafe. The soup/sandwich combo, home made and delicious. Alan has wonderful support with his team. Little gem to be savoured! Change of watch now, very different atmosphere. Marks menu still prominent. Interesting to see how new setup will develop. Some of the natural, unpretentious team still around, which adds a flavour that’s essential

Fantastic lunch and service. Sat outside in the sun, seating in and out.
A lot more than just a cafe. The emporium shop has great range of items for sale, really worth a visit.

Most gorgeous place to eat, slightly different environment, lovely atmosphere, food amazing, service friendly efficient - highly recommend!!

A wonderful wee coffee shop, restaurant and emporium, full of beautiful gifts and homeware in beautiful Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The staff were welcoming and there was a lovely selection of fresh soups, sandwiches and cakes, all well presented. Well worth visiting.

A fantastic little coffee shop and perfect place for lunch. My favourite café in Aboyne. I'd highly recommend At The Sign of the Blackface Sheep's hot chocolate and their vegan carrot cake. Their vegan/vegetarian bruschetta's are lovely too. Lots of great menu choices for lunches. Things do cost a little more than some other places, but in my opinion, it's worth it as a treat!

Went there today for some lunch. I will be going back as this is a really lovely place, friendly staff and good food

Lovely interiour, combined with a shop for classic home-ware. That makes a very nice combination.
Hot chocolate is very beautifully decorated. Everything was very tasty. I would certainly come here again.

This cafe was recommended to us by our host at the Furain Guesthouse and we're so glad it was. The food was fresh and delicious and the cakes are so nice. We had the chocolate almond cake and the carrot cake and both were delicious.
They also have a shop at the front with some bespoke homeware which was really nice.
Would definitely recommend if passing through Aboyne.

This is A hidden gem and absolutely an exception in the whole area!
Great design of the shop attracted us to sit in and enjoy the nice coffee and the pieces of cakes which were fantastic!
I hope to see people supporting such small business and I hope to see this place having the same level of service when I am back!
Great good menu by the way and you can order ehole cakes here!
Thank you!

Best cake in Aberdeenshire I’d say. V friendly staff too. Perfect for an afternoon cuppa after a snowy walk.

Gorgeous shop and cafe. Cakes and scones are fantastic.

Lovely food and friendly staff. Definitely recommend.

Such a cute wee cafe/shop with great decor, friendly people and tasty cakes. Great for a wee midday treat

Our second visit. Though the last one was possibly 10 tears ago. Still a great place for lunch or a naughty cake. Catered for GF and dog friendly.
Also great fun looking round the unusual selection of things for sale.

This is my "go to" place for coffee and cake. Fantastic selection of cakes including: chocolate roulade, almond and apricot, cheesecake, etc. They also do a nice breakfast. Best place within 10 miles. Only closed on Wednesday.

Found this place by chance this morning after a long bike ride. Lovely friendly service, fantastic food with generous portions and very good cakes! We had the bruschetta and cheese and ham toastie. It was no ordinary ham and cheese toastie - absolutely delicious! This will be our stop of choice from now on!

What a cool wee place this is, lots of funky crafts for sale and some really nice food.
The service was very good, we wanted 2 sparkling waters, they worked out 1 large bottle was better value, so supplied that instead.
I had soup and a tuna sandwich, the portions were generous and tasted great.
for food in Aboyne, the Blackface sheep it well worth checking out

Great place. Excellent chocolate orange and rum cake… dare I say the one of the best cakes I’ve ever had.. and I’ve eaten a lot of cake in my life!