Beach Cafe Fylde Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Absolutely fantastic service and food. Couldn't fault it!"
• "The food is excellent and reasonably priced!!!"
• "Impressive smoked haddock with poached egg, boiled new potatoes, dressed rocket salad. Restaurant quality, tender, moist tasty."
• "Food is to die for, especially the breakfasts!"
• "Surprisingly good food for what looks like a very average seaside cafe."
• "Food was freshly cooked, hot, and tasty."
• "The big breakfast was good value with choice of friend bread or brown/white toast."

Cons:

• "Now I don’t mind paying extortionate prices for quality food when it’s due however, I do not like to be taken the p**s out of and utterly ripped off."
• "Food was great, but not fantastic, good menu, but not amazing."
• "Children's chicken nuggets and chips generously sized, unfortunately the chicken in the nuggets is the cheaper, processed variety rather than chicken pieces."
• "The sausage was very cheap and sandwich filling rather tasteless."
• "The food did leave a little to be desired with the stale flatbread and a few measly chicken skewers as you buy from the freezers at the supermarket."
• "Food was terrible. Mashed potatoes was full of lumps."
• "Ordered a veggi breakfast would have been ok but I couldn’t help but think the vegi sausage and hash brown had been fried in old fat."

Service

Pros:

• "Friendly staff throughout. Tables are promptly cleared and cleaned ready for next customers."
• "Lovely cafe, cheerfull atmosphere, staff very obliging and good service."
• "Service was fast."
• "Service wasn't the quickest but who cares it was polite and friendly and we weren't in a hurry."
• "Considering the place was heaving on a bank holiday with the weather crackin flags, service was quick."
• "The staff are very polite and accommodating and don't rush you as you place your order."
• "Staff were really nice and the physical distancing measures were excellent."

Cons:

• "Complained to eat tress because it looked an tasted horrible. No apologies. Not even a complimentary coffee."
• "Very rude staff member behind the counter. All the the other staff members had a huge grumpy look on the faces."
• "Service at the counter is very slow."
• "Not a nice atmosphere, the person taking our order was quite rude and unfriendly."
• "Lady behind the counter who takes order think she is the owner her attitude absolutely stinks any family member I have brought here as said same thing about her."
• "The lady that served me was lovely initially, then when I asked her for some butter for a scone she was very sarcastic and not so pleasant."
• "The lady who served me at the counter (short blonde hair) was borderline rude and not interested in serving me."

Location & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Beautifully positioned. Warm and inviting after a beach or promenade walk."
• "Great place for a lunch on a sunny day outside, or inside if it's cooler."
• "Great location next to the beach."
• "Nice location near the beach and the outside seating would have been very pleasant if the weather has remembered it was summer too."
• "Location is next to the beach and car park at the end of the promenade."
• "Clean attractive cafe. Nicely placed on the edge of beach with easy access."
• "It is bright and cheerful and near to the beach and view the big sky."

Cons:

• "However, the toilets are consistently like a dystopian nightmare."
• "Had to queue for at least 40 mins."
• "You feel rushed and it's busy (just because it's in a prime position), for what you get, poor value."
• "Lots of inconsiderate walkers dragging mud and sand inside, thinking they own the place, acting very selfishly."
• "Eating food on outdoor tables, is a battle, to see who finishes the food first, you or the birds, who constantly pester for food. Tables have bird mess on them."
• "It's in a good location, but I couldn't see out of the window we sat near because of condensation."
• "The only down side is once lunch hits the noise level is high."

Value & Pricing

Pros:

• "Nice food at a good price."
• "I was surprised at how reasonably priced it was."
• "Furthermore saw comments about the prices being expensive for a cafe but when there is free parking for cafe users available and it's bang on the sea front is say their prices are fair enough."
• "Free parking for cafe customers."
• "Free parking in red painted spaces great breakfast not the cheapest but it's not cheap produce they use."
• "Yes it's a bit expensive but the food and service is worth it."
• "All in all a satisfying meal and the price was reasonable too."

Cons:

• "Now I don’t mind paying extortionate prices for quality food when it’s due however, I do not like to be taken the p**s out of and utterly ripped off."
• "Overpriced, understaffed, shame because location is great, but even a jacket potato with a couple of fillings is £6."
• "The portion size was ridiculous, they literally put in a dozen chips, we were dumbfounded!"
• "Expensive, abrupt rude non friendly staff and the worst coffee i have ever had in my life it does not even taste of coffee must be really cheap produce :-("
• "Not much choice of food and is very expensive for what you get."
• "Bit pricey for a cup of tea."
• "Nice but very expensive for what you get.. Cheap sauces, for the price you would at least expect heinz ketchup and hp sauce."

Facilities

Pros:

• "The place was absolutely spotless, the toilets are very clean and well-kept."
• "Toilet facilities are also available."
• "Clean & well maintained, with ample parking, seating & toilets."
• "Baby changing facilities available."
• "Nice and clean, toilets clean. Outside seating available and plenty of options to eat at very reasonable prices."
• "Has clean toilets."
• "It has plenty of seating, inside and outside, and it is exceptionally clean."

Cons:

• "However, the toilets are consistently like a dystopian nightmare."
• "Toilets wasn't very clean."
• "The only downside I would say, are the women's WC - they are too claustrophobic and need a refurb - and an hourly cleaning check."
• "Table was dirty with previous occupants' food on it."
• "Very rude lady sort of served us the worst ice-cream ever and was literally melting to mush within a couple of minutes of leaving."
• "Incredibly fast service, too fast suggesting microwaved meals."
• "21 September 2019 6.30pm... The cafe door was closed and locked."