Wells-next-the-Sea Beach Cafe Reviews Summary

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "Drinks and food were tasty."
• "The cafe itself has good enough facilities and the variety of food and drink available is great."
• "Food was lovely, wow what great salad boxes! Proper Norfolk Cider, delicious strawberries and cream."
• "The pecan and walnut slice is lovely."
• "The vegan sausage rolls are soooo good!"
• "Spicy chickpea roll fantastic great hot choc with cream and marshmallows too."
• "Superb as usual! Modern, friendly and sausage rolls are out of this world!"

Cons:

• "Unhelpful and judgemental staff members aside, the prices of the food are staggering."
• "Disappointed, even though the food is very nice it’s stupidly expensive."
• "The food and drink is a little on the expensive side, but the quality and surroundings are top notch."
• "The selection of food is poor, its average quality food, expensive and worst of all they serve it on paper plates."
• "Coffee was ok, cake was nice, sausage roll was horrible."
• "The prices were extortionate in my opinion."
• "Very much over priced for the quality of produce."

Dog-Friendly Features

Pros:

• "Fantastic one wishes all beach cafés were like this and more than just dog friendly with its dog bath and everything you need for our 4 legged friends."
• "Dogs very welcome and catered for in this café - wonderful!"
• "There is a dog watering station outside, and dogs are also allowed inside."
• "They are dog friendly and have water and a doggy bath available for those that need a wash."
• "Dogs are more than welcome here with special treats available."
• "Numerous dog water bowls outside and blankets available inside."
• "Very dog friendly cafe, great features with their own bar providing lots of water and rings on the tables to attach your lead to."

Cons:

• "There was no sign of 'dog friendly' (have I missed?) and there were dog parking posts to leave your dog unattended, so it really looked it's not dog friendly..."
• "I didn’t like how dogs are just allowed on the seats making it very dirty."
• "Unfortunately even if you're sitting in they serve everything on/in/with disposable items. Terrible for the environment."
• "The place was dirty. Floor was covered in food and the seats were sticky."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "Friendly, inviting place for coffee and snacks."
• "Very clean and tidy. Nice staff."
• "Excellent service though."
• "Super friendly lady serving inside."
• "The staff though, were great, accommodating and helpful."
• "It's really refreshing to see intelligent staff working hard, tidying up and keeping the place ship shape and Bristol fashion."
• "Staff very pleasant."

Cons:

• "I was about to buy meals for six of us and was shouted at across the entire cafe by some young lady for not being distanced enough from the person in front."
• "They seemed more interested in chatting to each other."
• "Waited in line for 20 minutes behind several people to only get hot drinks, only for the server to state he wasn't going to serve any one else who just wanted drinks."
• "There's loads of staff but most of the tables were dirty and the floor had food under the table."
• "Nice and clean inside except for the floors which had not been swept recently."

Location and Accessibility

Pros:

• "Great place to visit before or after the beach."
• "One of the best beaches I've been to nice cafe and a amazing coastal town."
• "Easy access to the beach or pine wood walks."
• "A nice cafe located next to a stunning beach with stunning scenery."
• "Ideal site next to the beach at Wells."
• "Beautiful beach in a lovely location. Miles of golden sandy beaches that has been clearly divided for Dogs and No dogs."
• "Really nice place next to the beach! Great snacks and tasty coffee."

Cons:

• "It must have taken the best part of an hour and a half, we finally arrived in some dodgy car park."
• "Not disabled friendly as no parking for disabled spaces, no parking except for £2 an hour, long walks to park car and long walk from cafe to toilet block."
• "The main drawback is the parking, which is expensive for a short stay."
• "Car parking is extortionate at £6 for up to 4 hours."
• "Just not great value for money and although its got great surroundings you don't see anything but a car park."
• "Limited on-site parking meant we has no place to park."
• "Its a shame you have to pay £2 for an hour parking. Shame on Holkam estate. You just feel like you are being ripped off."