First Light Cafe in Scottish Borders

Recommended to me by a friendly guy in the street when I was looking for a coffee shop in Hawick. A.warm friendly place with delicious cakes and really nice staff. Named after Richard Sharpe and the Bernard Cornwell series of books and TV series. This place supports Veterans and their families and is a credit to Hawick. What a great place. A letter from the author supporting the venture hangs on the wall. I think they deserve a Visit Scotland award for initiative.

Very welcoming dog friendly cafe. Enjoyed coffee and a scone with butter and jam.very friendly staff.

This is a great place to drop in for coffee or tea and some beautiful cakes or scones. They also sell pre loved books with all funds going to support armed forces veterans. The staff are friendly and very helpful. As well as books they sell some other second hand items.

What they do in this place is second to none for vetrans and members of the public, such a friendly environment and always made to feel welcome, you are never left to feel alone and there is always someone to say hello and talk with.

A warm friendly welcome and discount for veterans. It was great as there was one of each service on my visit, Army, Air Force, Navy and Commando veterans and their dogs too. The staff join in with a good laugh and a bit of friendly banter. This should be a venue in every town. Well done, it made my weekend break more memorable.

A place for everyone to meet up not just veterans, everyone is welcome, great coffee reasonable prices and always a good selection of cakes and scones.

Great place for everyone & you can take your dog! Friendly staff, comfie chairs, great for quick coffee or spend all afternoon there chatting, reading or doing their jigsaw! Advice for army & blue light veterans.

Excellent coffee, gorgeous cakes and lovely staff. Supporting a good cause so a win win place. Will visit again.

Back for second time in as many days - excellent all round - lovely staff, fab home made cakes, good latte all in a warm and inviting coffee shop attached to a lovely second hand goods shop - all proceeds to a very worthy cause

Had tea and cake. Staff were great as was the cake. Will be back. This cafe supports a very worthy cause.