This place is lovely. Are you gluten intolerant? Vegetarian? Vegan? Clean food, coffee loving? Well, you are in the right place. The ice cream is to die for - taste the Bakewell Tart flavour. All the lush.
A little gem of a place! Great menu caters for all - really couldn't decide as a veggie what to have as so much choice, plus vegan options to top it off. Clean, fresh, quick efficient service. Friendly chef seen cooking food. What more could you want. Love it. Well done Salt Water making Southend special x
Brilliant staff! Best ice cream i ever had! I felt like a child again. Amazing customer service. Service with a smile. So glad i discovered this gem. Very reasonably priced ice cream in a world where everything is expensive. Thank you!
New burger night on Fridays is a treat - mouthwatering burgers and fries served by lovely staff. Or they do click and collect too! Will definitely come back.
It is an excellent cafe. The team is friendly, upbeat and cares about every client. And even during peak hours, their chef finds a moment to communicate with the client personally and cheer up with his irresistible smile. The quality and taste of their food are excellent. They also take allergy sufferers very seriously. In addition, the cafe offers a charming and enchanting view directly to the sea. Highly recommend it to all visitors to this town.
Friendly, nice coffee, had a bacon baguette and ice cream (Cherry Bakewell, that was new). They have tables inside and out and were friendly to my dogs: water and a chopped up sausage, always appreciated! Edit: they also do vegan food and cater for people with food allergies. A bit tricky for those of us with disabilities if you want to go inside, but outside is easy and there is plenty of parking nearby. Oh, it is now the new Saltwater Beach Cafe, though there has been a cafe here for over 100 years. They do Paddleboarding lessons too! Ps Sandbanks was the previous name.
UPDATE: They've adapted well to COVID-19. I've even come here with my wife who is in the high-risk category and we sat outside and ordered at the window. Tables are welll spread out and people don't cluster too close. So felt safe. As well as enjoying the pancakes and ice coffee.
It is always good to frequent local independent businesses. They are a part of the community as much as you are. It's a place to say a friendly hello, exchange some news and just have a chat. So much more needed in these more socially isolated days thanks to the global pandemic. This is the new normal now, so while you can order stuff online, don't forget to keep your local businesses alive. You'd really miss them when they're gone. Not just for the convenience, but for the quality and as I mentioned social aspect.
The internet means you can get almost anything online, but you can't do the people watching or browse a counter and try something new. Or get the smell of something good you want to try. Let's hope these businesses survive. It is us to us fellow customers!
I was in a rush somewhere and decided to pop in to this place to take away coffee ☕️. It’s a lovely place with very delicious pastry and lovely people working in there. I highly Recommend this place if you are around, pop to this cute place to take away or dine in no problem❤️.
Beautiful location.When we visited coffee machine was broken so no lattes etc
Would have thought they could have bought a few jars of Nescafe
Very Dog friendly
William Paul Merrifield
+5
The best coffee on the entire beachfront and I've tried em all. The service is superb and they also have great food options, it's all outside seating.
The lady who served us our coffee was great fun to talk to and the cook was out chatting to some other customers. Very friendly atmosphere. Hot drinks and light bites availble. There are some tables and chairs but most people sit along the sea front.
A very windy day, but necessity said we needed breakfast and this seemed like a nice spot. Good service, but no indoor seating....although the outdoor setaing was quite sheltered.
Loved it went with the kids ,we had chips then yummy ice cream they have the normal machine 99 style and also a gelato option, I had a cappuccino, prices were decent would defo recommend 8/10.
Also I had my mirrored sun glasses on so I could check out the lovely ladies walking past, Bingo.
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