Tiffin at the Beach Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Friendly staff comprehensive menu, well cooked and presented food at reasonable prices, licensed."
• "Service is welcoming and efficient, menu selection varies from cleverly contrived light meals, cakes, tray bites, speciality coffees, teas, etc."
• "The staff were brilliant and the service was out of this world."
• "A great atmosphere, lovely coffee and brilliant service."
• "Service was efficient and staff were friendly."
• "Quick and efficient service even though very busy."
• "Excellent service from the staff."

Cons:

• "Very poor service."
• "We received our drinks but no sign of our food."
• "Waited a long time for drinks."
• "Staff were starting to clean the cafe around us as they shut at 5.00pm. Not very relaxing."
• "Sat inside and was ignored for a while."
• "Staff were unfriendly and gave the impression they just couldn't be bothered."
• "The staff were scruffy, messing around with each other at the service bar, playing with each others hair!"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food here was excellent."
• "Eggs lovely, tasty ham and sauce!"
• "The cakes are gorgeous and they have a comprehensive variety of teas that have real flavour."
• "Very good food, large portions."
• "The scones were still warm when it was served and the tea was excellent."
• "The food was outstanding and to die for."
• "All the food was of a good quality, well presented and well cooked."

Cons:

• "Awful, awful coffee and tea."
• "The scrambled egg was full of egg shell, nearly every other bite there was egg shell."
• "The food was tasteless and bland as well as overpriced."
• "Food was cold and quite poor in quality for the price."
• "The food arrived burnt and over cooked."
• "Very disappointed poached eggs tasteless."
• "Had fish and chips was horrible, the fish was dry and chips weren't good."

Price

Pros:

• "The price was the normal amount I would expect to pay."
• "Very reasonable prices."
• "Considering what it all was, it was amazing value."
• "Both very good and great price."

Cons:

• "Quote pricy at £9.70 but I thought I would try it."
• "Very overpriced, over £16 for 3 coffees and a coke and two small slices of Tiffin cake."
• "Latte was pricy at £3.60 and took ages to arrive."
• "Little bit pricey - £4 for small slice cherry cake and £2.80 bottle coca cola."
• "Massively overpriced for what you get. E.g. £5 for a 'basket' of toast (3 small slices)...!?"
• "Prices are extortionate."
• "Everything overpriced ridiculously."

Ambience & Location

Pros:

• "Beautiful views over the sea and pier."
• "In a cool morning we had a gorgeous Green Smoothie (very subtle) and breakfast inside, then took our coffees outside to watch Paddle Steamer Waverley sail from the beautiful Victorian Clevedon Pier."
• "Very friendly staff, and a great setting."
• "Friendly, cosy restaurant right on the promenade."
• "Right on the seafront in Clevedon with lovely views."
• "Lovely little place with views of Clevedon pier."
• "A beautiful location and great food."

Cons:

• "Limited tables so had to sit side saddle on a twin seat, difficult to eat."
• "Indoor was a little cramped especially with a disabled person with a walker."
• "It also claims to have 'sea and undersea views' but really it is a small port hole which looks out on some murky water."
• "There is feces smeared over the baby changer."
• "The place was so grubby..ran my hand along the wooden side and it was black. Dirt all around skirting boards."
• "The bathroom had no soap in and could have done with a deep clean."
• "Parking problematic as right opposite pier and beach."

Eco-Friendliness

Pros:

• "Food unexpectedly served in paper/ wooden containers with wooden cutlery. Quite a quirky twist but obviously all for good reasons."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately there is no option to drink from normal cups, so disposables are provided."
• "Terrible. Why on earth can they not use normal crockery, cutlery and not serve condiments in horrible, single-use, plastic, individual sachets?"
• "So many people complain about paper cups and paper plates."
• "However greaseproof paper and paper plates spoil the lunch time menu."
• "The wooden cutlery also didn't cut properly and was hard to eat with."
• "The bad: everything, but everything, is served in disposable items - cups, plates, glasses, cutlery, napkins, even salt, pepper, condiments - you name it."