The View Cafe Bar Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was lovely, hot and well priced."
• "Fantastic food! I had lamb curry from the special board and my wife had seafood pasta....We have eaten in some refined places in Italy and this was in my wife’s opinion a very good seafood pasta dish!"
• "Really nice food here. All tastes homemade and service is prompt."
• "Most amazing chicken & chorizo pasta so tasty, great portion."
• "Food is plentyful and delicious."
• "The fish and chips are especially good as are the burgers kids meals are generous portions as well."
• "Food was absolutely delicious, and although there was a bit of a wait it proves its cooked fresh."

Cons:

• "They didn't seem to have much knowledge about food allergies which was seriously worrying."
• "There is no gluten free options for kids."
• "Mediocre food served by very young staff members clearly not educated in customer service."
• "The food was good, not the best but nice."
• "Food let it down fish was ok but chips just cheap oven chips."
• "Food which we did eventually recieve was very poor."
• "Food is such a low quality. Burger was really poor for £14, worth max £4."

Service

Pros:

• "A relaxing atmosphere, friendly service and great view."
• "The tables were clean service prompt and very friendly."
• "Table service was very good."
• "Service was superb, even saw one of the staff rush to open the door for an elderly lady."
• "Good service."
• "Served by Imogen who was smily & v efficient!"
• "Staff very helpful and polite."

Cons:

• "Staff walking round asking everyone if food was theirs as they did not seem to know who it was for."
• "Poor customer service."
• "Sorry to say had poor service due to not being served."
• "The service was appalling."
• "Service was poor, the staff were more interested in talking amongst themselves."
• "Very poor customer service from that young girl, think she forgets people are watching & listening."
• "When we asked where our drinks were staff were very rude and unapologetic."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The decor is beautiful, very bright and spacious."
• "The tables were clean service prompt and very friendly."
• "Friendly staff, great food, clean toilets."
• "Table was clean and all staff wore masks."
• "Beautiful decor, spacious capacity and sparklingly clean and very inviting."
• "A great location right along the beach and very clean and tidy."
• "Fantastic large outdoor area with wind barriers to stop your hair from flying away."

Cons:

• "Tables were dirty."
• "Outside area needs cleaning. Toilet was horrible."
• "Today was the first time this season 2023 we visited the view and was really surprised how dirty the outside area was."
• "The outside area was really dirty."
• "The table that we was seated at looked like it hadn't been cleaned all week."
• "Toilets were so dirty looked like they had not been cleaned all day."
• "The outside area needs new seating and a repaint looks run down the toilets are dirty!"

Value

Pros:

• "Good selection of food and drink at reasonable prices."
• "Coffee nice but slightly expensive."
• "Price was fair."
• "Not overly expensive."
• "A little bit pricey but you get what you pay for these days."
• "Some meal options are a bit expensive but the portion sizes are larger than most other local places."
• "My one gripe is that it’s a bit pricey however when you consider the view perhaps its worth a bit more."

Cons:

• "Maybe I'm a tight Yorkshireman but it's a bit expensive for where and what it is in my opinion."
• "Prices not very cheap."
• "Very expensive for a drink and the flies that came out from the sand was not ok."
• "Food and drinks very over priced."
• "Very expensive though we nipped in for coffee and cake. 3 slices of cheese cake and 3 coffees was £30.50!!"
• "The prices at the View are very much overstated."
• "Way over price for the poor quality of food."