Drift Cafe Reviews Summary

Location & Setting

Pros:

• "Superb setting on the North East coast at Cresswell. Spacious cafe, seating inside & out."
• "A lovely cafe meters away from the beach."
• "It's the location that gives it this score, lovely outside seating area with a glimpse at the sea over the dunes."
• "Fantastic location within walking distance of a huge beach that is dog friendly."
• "Location is perfect, right next to the beautiful beaches of Northumberland."
• "It's in a lovely location just behind the dunes and easy to find."
• "Lovely location in the dunes with ample car parking."

Cons:

• "We've had a lot of rain, and sadly the benches need revarnishing as they're very porous."
• "Signage is ridiculous though, as you experienced it when you first visit and then see dozens of confused people not knowing where to go!"
• "The place is quite stark inside with very little on the walls, it was also quiet chilly."
• "No sea view but I didn’t take that into account with rating."
• "The whole place felt a bit mismatched selling old ornaments and random framed prints of such diverse places such as Venice."
• "But whats with the jumble sale pictures hung up for sale looks like someones done a house clearance."
• "The 'jumble sale goods' littered around spoil the look of the cafe."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Always delicious, this is my favourite place to visit when on a bike ride up the coast or on a drive out."
• "Had pulled pork and BBQ sauce pizza today which was amazeballs!!!"
• "Absolutely gorgeous breakfast sandwiches and full english."
• "Our coffees and warm cheese scones were brought out within 5 minutes."
• "Good honest, tasty offerings, at a reasonable price."
• "Fantastic cafe offering some very tasty food and cakes."
• "The food is delicious."

Cons:

• "The tiny teeny portion of chips were frozen chips not cooked very well."
• "Sausages seemed cheap and deep fried, bacon had been cooked a long time previously although we were in at opening time."
• "Tea was tasteless and had a strange film and cup had marks on it."
• "Partner had a toastie but was rock hard and unenjoyable, it was so hard that he hurt his tooth."
• "Owner swears they are real chips but from reading other reviews seems im not the only one who believes they are frozen chips and taste dry and nasty."
• "I had the moussaka which came as I Luke warm and in places cold round mound it was very dry and boring."
• "Had a jacket potato and it was undercooked."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were friendly."
• "All the tables are cleaned immediately."
• "Staff are friendly and helpful."
• "The staff could not have been more accommodating."
• "We were tended to by a very pleasant waitress."
• "Very friendly staff, an excellent menu, and dog friendly which is so important these days."
• "Staff were friendly & helpful & tho they must have been keen to close up did not hurry us."

Cons:

• "Staff were pretty miserable not one smile and they wernt over busy."
• "Staff seemed rushed off their feet and stressed."
• "Slow service and the staff were lacking in friendliness on the day of our visit."
• "Friendly helpful staff, a bit overstretched."
• "The service was terrible. Bad customer service. Uneducated employees."
• "Rude staff, slow service, and only surviving because it’s the only place for miles."
• "Staff were very unfriendly and seemed pretty unhappy."

Price & Value

Pros:

• "Good honest, tasty offerings, at a reasonable price."
• "Food is good, plentiful and reasonably priced."
• "Reasonably priced."
• "Buzzing place on bank holiday Sunday - long wait for cafe food but the Fish and Chip place was very quick with great food reasonably priced."
• "The food and drink is superb and reasonably priced."
• "Good value for money."
• "Prices are fair, especially for the portion sizes and the quality of food you are served."

Cons:

• "Two cheese and ham toasties one slice of cake and a lot of tea £20 I'd say was on the pricey side."
• "Honestly £27 for something thats out of a skip !!"
• "Only offer vanilla ice cream (no other options) at an extortionate price."
• "Not cheap (4 Cheese Toasties, 3 cakes and 4 Teas = £52.50) but the quality was superb so well worth it."
• "My only option issue is pricing. You can get as much if not more for less money but maintain quality in other places."
• "Not the cheapest at £25 for two Fish & Chips and two drinks."
• "Was also very overpriced for the quality of the food, won't be back."