Cafe cuisine: the best places to taste it in Frinton-On-Sea

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Sue Harrison

"I flew over from the USA to see family back in December and I’m pretty sure this was the place my Dad took me, having a light lunch in a relaxed..."

Jem Heck

"We did not have a booking and luckily we arrived early enough on a Sunday afternoon and they were able to find us a table. All the staff very..."

Daniel Harness

"Went here for breakfast Sunday morning before we went to the beach hat after finding it on Google Maps and can highly recommend and as the breakfast..."

Daren Ashby

"I have come to G&T’s on a handful of occasions now and every time has been lovely. The atmosphere is lovely, the food is so delicious and the staff..."

Kai Hollingsworth

"Lovely food it was presented very nicely. Although very busy, staff was very polite and..."

Tracy Cruse

"We love G&T's and always make sure we book a table for lunch when visiting Frinton. They always have a great varied menu available with something for..."

Sharon Skelton

"We had breakfast for five adults and one child. Both the food and service were excellent. I'd book as it was very..."

Janet Adams

"We ordered a seafood sharing platter and halloumi bites. Fantastic fresh cooked food at the end of a breezy beach..."

Roberta Hollingshead

Parker's Coffee Shop & Restaurant

Wheelchair Accessible

"Went for Sunday lunch. Great to see a good selection of vegan options. Lovely food, friendly and well organized staff. Great cakes 😋x Definitely..."

Yvonne Porter

"Visited here yesterday and popped into the coffee shop. The breakfast was good quality and tasty. Toby our server's customer care was exceptional...."

Sally Alcock

"Coffee’s are always great here and staff are so friendly. Just wondering when this dated crockery might be..."

Hayley Radley

"Wonderful garden centre! Good choice of plants and a huge indoor gift/garden furniture area as well. Plenty of choice but only niggle is as usual the..."

Gary Legg

"Couldn't ask for better service, in the restaurant, shop and plant section. Everyone we spoke to was very friendly, polite and more than willing to..."

Kay Bee63

"The best garden centre by far. Lovely atmosphere, everything you could want in a garden centre. Welcoming and very friendly and professional, helpful..."

RFW 1979

"Excellent staff and great choice of flowers and garden essentials. I would like to praise all the staff who work in the fabulous restaurant,l have..."

Kay King

"Visited Parker's Garden Centre for the first time on Saturday. What a lovely place! Lots to see and buy. Lovely eating area aswell. Thank..."

debs

"Had a really tasty lunch and a good look around the plants and homeware. Great selection of both food, plants and gifts. Would..."

Rich lePik

"Restaurant was great, Katie who served us was friendly and helpful, good member of the team 🙂. Enjoy our..."

Lesley Bottery

"Decent selection of plants at a reasonable price. Worth a visit to see all they have there or maybe get something to..."

Rob Rook

"Great helpful staff and a great selection of..."

Robert Meech

"Good flowers and shrubs,very good quality as you will pay a little bit extra. Lovely place to eat too as the restaurant and staff are..."

Vincent Dyer

"Love this place good prices vegan food. Lovely atmosphere staff lovely ( well most of them ) the guy in the garden who u can ask any questions about..."

Amy Harris

"Enjoy a lovely afternoon tea, with scones, clotted cream, and strawberry jam. All served with gorgeous..."

Jane ClearThunder

"9 of us had lunch here on Sunday to celebrate my Mum's 80th birthday. Before we even got to the restaurant, we liked the place: easy, plentiful..."

Deborah Hedges

"Great Sunday lunch tasty desserts. So.e very reasonably priced embedding plants and vegetable plants. Good variety of everything for home and garden...."

Jane Coster

"Great coffee and the best Caesar salad I've had for years in the cafe. Love Parkers. Great for plants and..."

Shelley Clover

"Lovely garden centre always clean and tidy. Not to to pricey. They have some nice homeware you dont find anywhere else..."

Louise Burt

Pop-pins

Strewberry Milk Shakes and Unicorn Cake

Cherry Bakewell Cakes

Milk Shake Two Coffee

Bagels

Jacket Potato and Tuna with Side Salad

Wheelchair Accessible

"Really welcoming catered for Gluten Free and Vegetarian Reasonably priced for really good food a portions. Nice cafe with lovely little outside area..."

Barbara Knight

"Always a great treat, lovely atmosphere and super friendly. Highly recommend. I've been here several times now and never been..."

Joanne Parker

"It was a really great place with awesome staff and amazing sweet selectables. The prices were also reasonable so it was a perfect match for me. I..."

John Orozco

"What a beautiful looking tea room, all pink and looking like walking into a fifties diner. Warm welcome with excellent sellection to choose from, see..."

Peter Durkin

"We come here every year when we stay in frinton and it's always brilliant. The food is delicious and everyone working there is lovely. Highly..."

Liz Burley

"We've been regularly visiting since it opened and will continue to do so. The staff are friendly and the food yummy. We love the painted window..."

Linda Cole

"We had this place recommended to us by a friend when we said we're heading to Frinton for the day. So glad we popped in - in fact we popped in twice..."

Rachael Bullmore

"We had some good ice cream here after a wonderful day at the beach. It is towards the end of the strip and I expected it to be less busy than the..."

Steven Sher

"Nice friendly family-run café. Relaxed food of sandwiches and wraps. Desserts that hit your sweet spot. Definitely recommend. Funny name for an..."

Alvin

"Great gluten-free banana split (with chocolate flakes) and vegan/ dairy-free Oreo..."

Tristram Smith

"Busy little shop. Savoury food is a little expensive for takeaway but reasonable for sit down. Ice cream was good & may even be made in..."

Tony Blunt

"A wonderful themed place. Wonderful and beautiful staff plus great smiles of customer service. Such a great selection and love going there when I..."

Sean Campbell

"Very nice food served here and great portions for what you pay for. The milkshakes are some of the best I've ever had. All the food and drinks served..."

Dan Duibhir

"Had a little rest at this pleasant place, cup of tea and a slice of Bakewell tart, friendly..."

Anthony Clarke

"Lovely food, excellent service friendly knowledgeable staff. ..."

Suzanne. E. English.

"Absolutely lovely place, friendly, clean and great..."

Marlene Carter

"Visited for mid morning coffee. Worth the visit. Might be better not to sell price marked products at an inflated..."

Lech Kluk

"Friendly, welcoming staff, clean and well looked after shop with a fantastic variety of ice creams and other treats. I had a slice of rocky road,..."

michelle burrows

"Just the best ice cream in Essex. Friendly staff who are customer..."

Paul Hartley

Bird & Bean

Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Bagel

Sausage Sarnie White Bread

Vanilla Iced Latte with Oat Milk

Full english breakfast

Hummus and Roasted Red Pepper Ciabatta

Wheelchair Accessible

"Loved this place. High quality food, great barista coffee and very friendly service. Definitely worth a visit if you fancy a nice breakfast, a yummy..."

Jens Hamann

"Really yummy lunch. I had the new Italian munch Ciabatta with coleslaw and it was delicious. Highly recommend. Tea and hot chocolate served in proper..."

Lotti Dautz

"Probably the best breakfast in Frinton. Fab service and great..."

Murdo McLellan

"This is a nice little coffee shop we visited while staying in Frinton. I popped here a few mornings for coffee and also had some Pain au..."

Simon Honnor

"A simple concept, executed perfectly! Small menu, generous helpings and very reasonably priced. Service was both quick, professional and most..."

Keith Axon

"Excellent vegan choices, the masala sausage bagel was delicious. Vegan cakes always on offer, the Biscoff and Oreo cakes were too tempting not to..."

Andy N

"Excellent coffee, can’t go wrong with good ole’ Italian beans! But, it’s also worth noting how it is made, too. You have to put your heart into..."

Louie Fuller

"Had lunch at Bird and Bean it was very enjoyable.Really good service. Pleasant atmosphere. Great food. Will return another day..."

Lesley Tabner

"Very cosy little cafe, great food and the staff were super friendly. Definitely would visit..."

Win San Pang

"Great coffee and delicious vegan cakes. Everything independent, local and served by really friendly staff. Will definitely return next..."

Monty Olding

Harry's Bar And Restaurant

"Quality food and services. Love the atmosphere as well...."

He Hermina

"Staff are polite and friendly plus food is great (especially all day breakfast), but they do traditional coffee shop lunches as well burgers, roasts..."

Jason King

"A great location, hospitality is fantastic, each customer looked after. The food is varied and tastes fantasgreat. I would highly recommend and am..."

Sean Campbell

"Great little place. Staff friendly polite and efficient. Food served pretty quickly and very tasty. Well worth a..."

Peter Gibson

"Lovely cooked breakfast, great selection , not a greasy fry up. Lovely surrounds and good service. It won't..."

Natalie Fitzgerald

"so happy with the experience just had to come into to do some work with my laptop they gave me free wifi and a plug socket very kind staff and..."

Alessandro Trott

"Great staff, always helpful. Food is really good. Very relaxed..."

Robert Banham

"Good breakfast, very good unobtrusive but attentive service from friendly staff. Small but..."

Clare Wells-Garrett

"Lovely and friendly staff, superb food and came quick. A must..."

Steve Smith

"Informal place for quick coffee or meal. Cheerful attentive staff. Accoustics bit noisy. Furniture getting..."

David

"Lovely food friendly service, able to provide dairy free and gluten free options for coffee and food including the sausages..."

David Ursell

"Had the all day breakfast. Very nice. Friendly staff. Can be..."

Mark Nichols

Casey's Coffee House

Non-smoking restaurants

"Review for The Gallery coffee shop. Absolutely lovely place to go for lunch and coffee! We took my mother here and she was really impressed. We..."

Taylor Locksmiths & Security

"This place is great if you want a light lunch/snack. It's a small place with some seating outside and a fresh ice cream stands out the front. The..."

Paul Hooper

"This little cafe is a great place to stop and catch a bite to eat. They are dog friendly so we can all come..."

Liam Mooney

"Staff are friendly, helpfully. Cases coffee house is a lovely place for a coffee, tea, or other drinks, I went with a friend and we had toasted..."

Susan Cowell

"This place is actually called the gallery. We visit whenever we are in Frinton. Reasonably priced and a short walk from the beach. In the summer they..."

LEE PEACOCK

"Thank you so much for sandwich and cream tea. Delicious..."

Rumyana Doncheva

"Nice cup of coffee, and very nice BLT. Staff were friendly and helpful, even invited us inside with the dog when we took a chilly table outdoors...."

David

"Although we live in Kent this bakery is definitely a contributing factor in visiting Frinton so often. Great value and wonderful, dense, moist buns...."

Janet Edwards

"Nice little coffee house. Only had coffee but served with pleasant demeanour from..."

Colin Reed

"We arrived when the shop was closing but the staff were happy to accommodate and offered takeaway scones and tea which we had by the sea. Lovely food..."

Holly

"Excellent coffee shop, always go there after my wife has physio round the corner. Always look forward to..."

Brian

"Been here a few times now and evrey time it's just unbelievable ( meant in the nicest possible way ) always greeted with a smile, coffee and food hot..."

John Petchey

"Wonderful food, big portions excellent value for money. A cream tea with pot if tea, scone, jam and cream just £4.50! They do full meals, delicious..."

Vicki Phipps

"Very good cuppa tea the other day and mozzarella/ham panini with salad and crisps garnish today. Both take-aways. Wear mask on entering and wait..."

Julie Barrett

"Very nice lovely food. Definitely go..."

Ann Harper Clark

The Chocolate Parlour Frinton On Sea

Bentleys

"No queues, great service, so much better than the ice cream van! My favourite little..."

Nicky Jackson

"Have scoops indoors serve alcohol drinks. Outside is the ice cream machine which you can choose tub or cornet flakes as well as toppings, sauces..."

BlockyBuilder

"Warm welcome dog friendly good food. Nothing too much trouble will be returning when back in Frinton..."

Linda Callow

"Dog friendly, great service in excellent location near Frinton..."

John Adair

"Best ice cream in the world delightful company NE2 cannot praise the staff highly..."

Trevor Hopkins

"Lovely place nice food..."

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Oliver M

"Very happy..."

David Smith

Martina Newman

The Garden Cafe

Wheelchair Accessible

"Good small cafe for breakfast light lunches and..."

Christine Croucher

"Just happened to find this little gem, New to the area so having a drive around and came across the shopping triangle the garden cafe was clean and..."

John Petchey

"This Cafe is the place for Fresh COFFEE .. atmosphere is calm and relaxing. Good selection of food. Highly recommend. I come from London and visit..."

she be

"Covid rules applied very friendly staff and polite. Lovely fresh food very nice food always hot on arrival would strongly recommend visiting ..."

Liz Arr

"Great breakfasts, nice sized portions reasonably priced great value for money. Friendly staff and a very pleasant place to..."

John Cornwell

"Always good food, friendly staff and reasonable..."

Neil Watcham

"So friendly, fresh and tasty food every time. Love this..."

Jenny Harvey

"Very busy good food and service specials daily all freshly cooked friendly and welcoming atmosphere worth a..."

Karen Blake

"Lovely food friendly service. Clean and fairly..."

hilary lamb

"Eat here a lot - food always great..."

Charl M

"A really good selection on the menu. Our meal was excellent. Very good service and the cafe was..."

Richard Edwardson

"Friendly staff. Nice food. Good..."

Nicole Cramm

"Always enjoy our visit good food friendly staff good..."

david rowe

"Very nice atmosphere with good..."

Danny Powell

"Love this cafe easy parking in big car park which is free and there breakfast is spot..."

Mick Smith

Cafe 19

82/100 (1081 ratings)

Grilled Smoked Haddock Fillet

White Wine Sweet Chilly Sauce

"Beautiful place to eat and food looked and tasted amazing! Will definitely be..."

Becca (Bumble)

"Outstanding Lunch and Excellent Service Cafe 19 is quite simply one of the greatest lunchtime cafes I've visited in this country. The menu is..."

Sasch Mayer

"A brilliant place for breakfast. Fast service. Recommend. In fact, they were so busy they didn't want to take payment!! We had to ask several times..."

Mark McClean

"We go there regularly. All the staff are loverly. The food and service never fail to meet or exceeded expectation. Prices are reasonable, a..."

Kevin Wade

"It's a busy place and unfortunately that kills the atmosphere. But even then, despite how busy it is, the staff are quite attentive and don't rush..."

Thomas Lock

"Excellent food at all times of day, the maple syrup and bacon pancakes for breakfast are a favourite, while the pizza is good for lunch or dinner...."

Jacob Carter

"Been going for some years now and never had a bad experience. The staff are always so friendly and effcient . The food is also consistent there are a..."

Kim Rich

"Great fresh, locally sourced food. Wonderful atmosphere and super friendly attentive staff. Reasonably priced with a good menu. Definitely visit if..."

Simon Jackson-Lyall

"Absolutely love this Café 🙂 The menu has a good selection/variety of meat, fish & vegetarian dishes, the food is beautiful and excellent quality..."

Tammy Marshall

"Very good, do not let the Cafe name fool you that this is traditional cafe quality. Simple food but good quality ingredients and preparation. Plenty..."

Andy Mallett

"Love this café - Good food and lovely staff, a great milkshake and lovely homemade cakes. The café is at the bottom end of the high street, close..."

John Aves

"Good food and excellant service in a relaxing and friendly environment. Good menu choice and all reasonably..."

David Killick

"Great service and lovely food - more than a cafe and look forward to going..."

Liz Clarkson-Short

"Good priced basic food in the day. Served reasonably fast. Well priced. Very popular. We were there in the early morn n ng so can't comment on..."

Terry Reynolds

"Was impressed with the quality of the food - much better than the appearance suggested. Good varied menu and helpful..."

S H

"We had the fish and chips and it was honestly the best fish and chips Iwe have ever had. Staff really friendly. Clean restaurant and lovely..."

Bruno Celimon

"Good food. Friendly staff. Excellent..."

Roger Edwards

"Great place..food and staff..very clean...wide..."

Dot Taylor

Fred's Cafe

Full english breakfast

Sit down

Café

British

Wheelchair Accessible

"A little gem in Frinton... always a great welcome from hard working staff. Lovely place to chill outside in the sunshine on a Sunday morning with a..."

Bill Kemp

"A typical workingmans cafe, with a nice view of the high street. I went here for a full english and time to read my book and watch the world go by..."

Matthew Killgallon

"Tell me thats not a perfect traditional breakfast! Pic says it..."

Audley Ice Creams

"First time here today WOW proper English cafe polite , calm , great bubble & squeak took me back to my..."

Sabrina chip

"Food good quite a good menu plenty of home type cook food good..."

Alan Verrall

"Absolutely lovely - my Dad's been coming here for years but my first time. Didn't disappoint - had huge mountain of bubble and squeak, fried egg,..."

Sarah McCarthy

"Wow, popped in with a friend for a breakfast. Worth the wait . Freshly cooked ,piping hot . Tasted great . Service with a smile as well . Returning..."

Chris Gill

"Very reasonably priced for a high street cafe, not the biggest of portions, and the privacy for a good chat. But worthy of 4 of my stars, the staff..."

Steve Hughes

"Food was fine, apart from my friends dry veggie..."

Mikey

"Tasty food. Good service, with a smile. Everything you would want from..."

Gary Myers

"Nice place, warm inside, friendly helpful staff. Only disappointment was they had no toilet in case you needed one. Nearest toilet end of high street..."

Steven carter

"A small cafe with friendly, helpful staff and yummy well priced food, but no toilet. However there is a public toilet no more than 100 yards away, so..."

Daniel Shute

"Nice breakfast and resonably..."

Mike Pap

"wonderful place for a snack or lovely tastey dinner, it's always clean, with wonderful friendly staff. Great place to visit after a day..."

Philip Bishop

"Easy ordering, fresh cooked food on warm plates. Clean cafe. Friendly staff. Great value. Will definitely use..."

John G7RWF

"Lovely cafe, staff friendly and breakfast was yummy! Only downside - no hashbrowns or toilets (please correct me if I'm wrong on the toilets..."

Amy

Costa Coffee

Toasted Cheese Sandwich

Coffee and Muffin

Latte and a Chocolate Chip Cookie

Hot Chocolate and Chocolate Tiffins

Wheelchair Accessible

"I thought the the service was excellent, the temperature of the coffee was spot on, we had toast with marmalade another good choice, The rest area..."

John Petchey

"Lovely Costa and premises nicer and more cozy than a lot of Costas. We had coffee and a large hot chocolate with plant milk. Also had a Grenade bar,..."

Sue Vogt-Skard

"While in Frinton stopped for a coffee before heading home. Although busy service was good. It has a nice feel about it. Will go back when in Frinton..."

Glen Kent

"Only had a flat white, first timer! Coffee was lovely and was nice and airy with good seating, nicely spread out. Friendly..."

RFW 1979

"As usual, decent coffee, fast service and just a nice experience. Parking was plentiful, which was a..."

Paul

"Lovely for a quick catch up with my sister. Nice to have a change from the gluten free chocolate brownie! 9nly criticism is that I wasn't given a..."

Bridget Wilson Hall

"Really friendly and helpful! My husband left his coffee too long and it had gone cold. I asked if it could be re heated but they insistrd in making..."

Sharon Thomas

"This is probably the cleanest and friendliest Costa I've ever been to thought-out the UK sites I've visited. Yeah it's fairly new but how many Costa..."

Craig H-R

"Great venue for a coffee but the seating could use a clean. Sticky chocolate on a couple of worn..."

AJ Lee

"Always clean and tidy in here, with friendly chatty staff. Cheese scones are divine, as is the new addition of being able to coconut milk in nearly..."

Buttercup DayDreamer

"Always lovely atmosphere but should have more vegan..."

Amy Harris

"Short queue to get in. Sensible social distancing in place, staff friendly. The usual tried and tested Costa..."

Jonathan Gill

"I am a bit of a regular here - It's clean, comfortable and the staff are always friendly and helpful. Coffees are good and the internet connection..."

Darren Cooper

Fourteen

"Rose the owner such a lovely lady ,made my dog and wife lol so comfortable. Love going here for a coffee and chat . When we move house this is where..."

Terry Panks

"Friendly service, the owner, Rosie, makes everyone welcome. Always someone to talk with . Dog friendly with treats and water for your pooch. Good..."

John G7RWF

"Lovely little bar/cafe. Friendly welcome and full of gorgeous dogs and owners. Limited menu but was fine for us. We had toasted sandwiches which..."

Anne Mardell

"This is a really friendly, dog friendly cafe. Simple food, done well. Vegan/veggie..."

billus ballus

"Very nice hot chocolate, lovely apple and cinnamon cake and ginger cake. Nice chat with the very friendly staff. Much better than a number of the..."

James Flaxman

"Love going there for coffee and a sandwich. Great if you have a dog - they're always very welcome. Nice to sit outside and watch the world go..."

Kim Bellotti

"Lovely little place for drinks and snacks. Laid back friendly atmosphere. Popped in for coffee and cake but ended up having a really good sandwich..."

David Bushnell

"Nice Cafe, serving selection of foods and sandwiches, all fresh. Also menu caters for vegetarian and vegan. Premises also dog..."

Ken Gall

"Rosie and her staff are so friendly they make you feel like friends not customers and as a regular there,it’s always the best coffee in Frinton and..."

Peter Wade

"Nice friendly place with.good food plus dog..."

Martyn Bradfield

"Lovely, homely, delicious coffee and lemon cake to die for. Rosie is so..."

Pod Pub

"Dog friendly cafe/bar with sofas! Nice coffee but a little..."

ros mcdermid

"Friendly staff. Lovely..."

Lisa Anderson

"Dog friendly. Nice food and..."

Nick Coyne

De Koffs

"I thought the the service was excellent, the temperature of the coffee was spot on, we had toast with marmalade another good choice, The rest area..."

John Petchey

"Lovely Costa and premises nicer and more cozy than a lot of Costas. We had coffee and a large hot chocolate with plant milk. Also had a Grenade bar,..."

Sue Vogt-Skard

"While in Frinton stopped for a coffee before heading home. Although busy service was good. It has a nice feel about it. Will go back when in Frinton..."

Glen Kent

"Only had a flat white, first timer! Coffee was lovely and was nice and airy with good seating, nicely spread out. Friendly..."

RFW 1979

"As usual, decent coffee, fast service and just a nice experience. Parking was plentiful, which was a..."

Paul

"Lovely for a quick catch up with my sister. Nice to have a change from the gluten free chocolate brownie! 9nly criticism is that I wasn't given a..."

Bridget Wilson Hall

"Really friendly and helpful! My husband left his coffee too long and it had gone cold. I asked if it could be re heated but they insistrd in making..."

Sharon Thomas

"This is probably the cleanest and friendliest Costa I've ever been to thought-out the UK sites I've visited. Yeah it's fairly new but how many Costa..."

Craig H-R

"Great venue for a coffee but the seating could use a clean. Sticky chocolate on a couple of worn..."

AJ Lee

"Always clean and tidy in here, with friendly chatty staff. Cheese scones are divine, as is the new addition of being able to coconut milk in nearly..."

Buttercup DayDreamer

"Always lovely atmosphere but should have more vegan..."

Amy Harris

"Short queue to get in. Sensible social distancing in place, staff friendly. The usual tried and tested Costa..."

Jonathan Gill

"I am a bit of a regular here - It's clean, comfortable and the staff are always friendly and helpful. Coffees are good and the internet connection..."

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