Bay View Tea Rooms in East Devon - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

It’s been five years since we last visited this wonderful establishment. Then I had the best poached eggs on toast, this time the best surf n turf baguette ever; served by friendly people in spotless surroundings.

Lost count how many times we have stayed here at Bay View. Always a friendly welcome and super rooms. Fabulous breakfasts all cooked to taste. Look forward to our next visit.

If you like thick bread for your sandwiches, with hard thick crusts, you will love it. See my photo - I pulled off all the thick hard crusts and was left with not much else. Not a lot of filling in my cheese and onion toasty. Other than that, love this place - great location and happy atmosphere, served by good staff, but no more sandwiches there for me.

We went in for Breakfast this Sunday, the food was nothing short of excellent! Well cooked, well thought out, different and superior ingredients made for the best brekky we’d had for a very long time. The coffee was lush. In fact it was so nice we went back for lunch too! If you find yourself in Beer on a Sunday morning looking for a thoroughly decent breakfast at a good price then this is the place to be.

Nice cafe in lovely small village on coast. Staff helpful. Highly recommended. Relaxing atmosphere..

Seriously good Cream tea, scones looked and tasted freshly baked just out of the oven, clotted cream and jam was delightful!! So good!! Perfect cup of tea to go with it. Thank you we’ll be back for sure. Friendly welcoming staff. 👍

Fantastic food and friendly service. Very reasonably priced. There is also a lovely shop attached to the cafe which sells a variety of jewellery, ornaments and cards. The cafe is small and not big enough to accommodate dogs. A real must if you visit Beer!

Bay View Tea Rooms serve an excellent breakfast. 5 of us went for breakfast, 4 for full English and 1 for the vegetarian option. Everyone was very happy with their breakfast. The food was delicious and beautifully presented. The service was excellent and the coffee was great.

I couldn't quite tell on-line but this is fully operational cafe / tea room that provides a good range of lunch options. Hubby enjoyed his ham, egg and chips whilst I had humous on soda bread with avocado and (too much for my taste) tomato confit. Very nice place to eat in this must-see coastal village. Only quibbles would be the lack of toilets (public loos are just round the corner) and no wifi (mobile data was also non-existant inside) but neither are deal-breakers.

Friendly, helpful staff. Very good quality bacon and egg sandwiches were a generous size with thick bacon. Excellent tea - yes, we're English so we care! (boiling water, a bag each and one for the pot, extra water and plenty of real fresh milk). Clean throughout. Bright modern interior. Minor negatives: Hard furnishings are hygienic but naturally reflect noise. No toilet but (naff) public ones nearby. Will definitely go again.

We enjoyed a really nice lunch and cream tea here, so much so that we came back the next day for breakfast and loved it. The food is great quality, tasty and authentic. Highly recommend

Popped in for breakfast and whilst the service could have been faster the food was so good when it arrived. Absolutely delightful and really felt like a home cooked meal to set you up before you hit the coastal path.

Lovely lunch, I had scampi and chips and my other half had a ploughman's sandwich and a portion of chips. All very fresh, quick and polite service.

Have been to the Village many times but have not stopped at the Bay View Cafew before. Service was excellent and the Breakfast well worth the cost

A delightful tea rooms with plenty of seating in a coastal inspired decorated cottage.we just had coffee today, which was very good. The menu looked delicious with plenty of choice. We look forward to returning.

We've been here before and wanted to come back because the food and service have been great. We visited for lunch and weren't disappointed. In fact, we had a bit of a quandary as we both wanted a sandwich but didn't want to miss out...

Fantastic food, came out the kitchen quickly. Lovely staff and friendly atmosphere. Would definitely recommend and will be visiting again.

Friendly welcoming waitress who knew her menu and was able to give advice on gluten free choices. Gluten free tasty cheese apple and chutney toasties with a large pot if tea, normal fish finger sandwich ( great quality more like goujons) on wholemeal bread with...

We were staying in the Bay View Guesthouse for a couple of nights, and we had lunch in the Bay View cafe on the Saturday. Amazing! Everything is so fresh and beautifully presented, all of the staff were so nice and friendly which made it...

Great tea rooms, beautifully decorated with lovely friendly staff. The staff are so accommodating and the chef. Great menu to suit all taste and ages, seems to be something for everyone on there. We had a luscious lunch with a fabulous piece of cake to...

Stopped here for lunch whilst on a quick visit to Beer. My wife had the soup and I had the southern fried chicken wrap. Both were excellent. Great little place, staff very friendly. Would definitely recommend.

Had a lovely stay here, loved it very clean anc staff were very nice and beer is so pretty will be going back again .

We visit the village of Beer once every 6 months or so from London - stay in North Tawton. The gallery at Marine House provides for the odd purchase - my favourite is Mike Bernard - must now stop at 4 paintings bought. Anyway, painting...

Just had a lovely fish finger butty with fries, washed down with a ginger beer. Superb food, fast efficient service.

We lunched here and I had an excellent seafood chowder which I highly recommend. Friendly staff and reasonably priced.

Went here for light lunch . Lost a star due to very slow service but the food was well worth waiting for. The cheese and apple sandwich with tomato chutney was very tasty We loved the razor thin sliced apple and the tomato relish really...

We came here twice for hot chocolate. It's in a great position at the front at Beer. It was crowded both times which was about disconcerting. One time the window was opened wide and nor because of worries about residual Covid but because there was...

My wife and I stayed for 2 nights. The accommodation is excellent.Spotlessly clean with excellent breakfast.Situated next to the slipway to the beach with excellent Tea Room as well and car parking arranged.

I've reviewed this restaurant now 3 times in 10 years and it is the best breakfast around for Miles by a country mile. The Full English is to die for but all the food is great!!

It took so long for someone to take my order I began to wonder whether it was table service or whether I should have ordered at the counter. But the food - a cream tea - arrived quite quickly after that and it was very...

Beautiful tea rooms, the food is of very good quality, a bit more expensive than others in the village, but worth the extra money in our opinion. Service is good, large portions, well cooked, good choice. Ate breakfast here twice during our three night stay....

This is a delightful café serving a good choice of fresh local produce including crab sandwiches and a marvellous excellent value seafood platter. The cakes look good too. We went there two days running as we felt there was not real competition (unless you want...

Popped in here for a breakfast to start our day in Beer. Really nice breaky, not overpriced. Food was really good and a great cup of coffee. Small place so get there early. Will be back in the summer!

Popped in for an early lunch, just as it started to rain - a good decision as fairly soon there were no free tables. Nice simple menu, pleasant staff , and lovely relaxed atmosphere. We had crab sandwich and crab chowder . Both were excellent...

We had coffee and cake here after a very long walk along the South West coastal path. Excellent service and delicious cakes. Very pretty shop there too! A well deserved treat!

What a lovely little gem, catered for 6 including vegan and gluten free - served by lovely staff with huge smiles on their faces. Took away scones which were an absolute delight!! Can't wait to return.

we went to the Bat View Tea Rooms to have one of the PTFA breakfasts - it was absolutely outstanding, great ingredients and perfectly cooked. Also a small thing, the pot of tea was generous and tasted delicious.

My husband and I stayed in Seaton for a couple days and decided to walk to Beer along the coast path. Realising it was further than we'd envisaged and that we needed lunch we were so glad to find this wonderful place open.... most places...

My wife and I popped in just for a couple of teas, which by the way were very good in themselves - pot with unusually 3 tea bags, extra boiling hot water for top ups, and of course a jug of milk. So it was...

We arrived in Beer this morning looking for somewhere nice to have a big breakfast. I was with my partner and we have a tiny 11 week old puppy who was fast asleep in his puppy bag that I was carrying. It was quite busy,...

This quaint tea room offers a nice clean eating area and a good range of drinks cakes etc, whilst i didn't have one the breakfasts look amazing.

We visited twice during our stay in Beer, once for breakfast and once for lunch. It was very busy on both occasions and I feared service would be slow. I was wrong. The youngsters waiting tables were very efficient and charming. The full English breakfast...

Popped in for brunch on our last day in Beer, wish we'd found it sooner. Whilst it doesn't have the immediate sea views, the quality of the food was much greater than the cafes on the beach. We had a veggie breakfast, two breakfast sandwiches...

Lovely tea room with a fabulous view over the harbour, very accommodating and gluten free options. No toilets but public ones just outside. Crab sandwiches and fish finger or scampi butties were amazing!

With a beach take-away menu that offered crab sandwiches and a refreshing selection of drinks we didn't need to use the tea room. Looked clean and tidy and would probably book accommodation on our next visit. Great location.

We had the most amazing breakfast here after being let down with another local business , great local quality ingredients. Jade couldn’t of done anything more for us to cater for our needs ! Well done guys it’s brilliant to see a lovely local business...

We called in for lunch whilst visiting Beer. Very nice menu & very tasty food. It sits at the entrance to the beach area at the bottom of the town.

We visited for a coffee and tea cake in October. Were asked to wait outside until they had sanitized our table and chairs. Although the tables had individual sanitizers on, our newly sanitized table sadly was full of crumbs, spillages etc from the previous customers....

Went here of a afternoon cream tea. Scones were fresh, service friendly and excellent covid precautions.

Visited yesterday morning for breakfast. I had the blooming mushrooms and added mushrooms, my partner had the eggs royale and we were absolutely delighted. It was simply amazing. SD measures in place, staff friendly and very talkative. Wanted to go back and try the fish...

Had lunch on a miserable rainy day. Chowder was great and my wife had a very nice sandwich. Nice big pot of tea too. Followed by some eclectic shopping for my wife. A lovely way to spend an hour or so.

This cafe sits just at the entrance to the stunning beach. Very clean and adhering to Covid rules well. Staff were friendly and welcoming. Home made scones were delicious with generous helpings of clotted cream and jam. Highly recommended.

We had a day in Beer - and our first stop was the Bay View for tea and cake - my Mum and I were asked if we wanted to share the cream tea and order an extra drink - which we did - it...

Excellent cream tea whilst in Beer, lovely little cafe which caters for all needs, fully covid compliant and a lovely setting. Highly recommend a visit if in the area.

Visited the tea rooms today. We had a cream tea and sandwiches. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The sandwiches were on lovely thick granary bread. The cream tea had lovely home made scones and jam. The decor was lovely too. I would highly recommend this tea room...

Me, my partner and my mum were on holiday in seaton for a week and wanted a cream tea and found one here. Very nice, 2 lovely plain scones, raspberry jam and clotted cream with tea (or coffee) Friendly staff, lots of nice looking things...

Enjoyed afternoon tea but there was no instructions on how to prepare the Devon Cream tea ergo: do you put the clotted cream on the scone first or the jam? It is the mystery only known to us born and bred in the county.

So pleased to see this little tearoom open again. 💕 The tearoom and menu is small but the quality of food and customer service is always excellent. Even during these difficult times high standards of procedures to protect customers and staff are followed without effecting...

A big thank you to the guy who served us today in the Bay View tea room. He went out of his way for us and was very friendly. Oh yes..... and I bagged some bargains in the integral gift shop sale! Thank you.

12.45 and we has just arrived in Beer so parked at our holiday cottage & walked down to the cafe where we thought we would have lunch. As we approached & there were people in there eating we were told ‘it’s not been busy so...

This is a great little Tea Room, with an interesting souvenir shop, it has a lovely ambience with a small but very good Menu, worth a visit for Coffee, light Lunch or afternoon Tea, the Staff are so pleasant.

We might have used more often had they been dog friendly like most of Beer, however the breakfast we had was fabulous and freshly cooked albeit a long wait from ordering. Friendly young staff.

Lovely place to stop and have lunch after a walk along the coastal path. My omelette was delicious; loads of cheese and also choices of scrumpy breads. My friends enjoyed a delicious wholesome soup...big portions and tea in teapots....great place and great value!

Had lunch here after a walk around the village. It was fairly quiet being off season but we were welcomed by 2 friendly young waitresses. Good gluten free options. One of us wanted fish and chips, which they had sold out of but they offered to nip down to the fishing boats to see if they had any. We declined but appreciated the gesture. Nice food, we both had omelettes with 3 fillings, salad and bread and butter. Good value and a nice gift shop with good quality items. Lovely place.

After a nice walk along the coastal path from Beer to Seaton, then a walk along Beer Beach. We visited "Bay View Tea Rooms". On looking at the menu, we went for 'soup of the day' there was a choice of two, 'Beef & Chunky...

Lunch time fish and chips ( whiting) less than 200 metres from the beach. Well cooked light batter and good chips at a reasonable price. Meal plus pot of earl grey tea for 2 cost £21.40 . Fish chowder was very popular with other diners....

Lovely little tearoom and gift shop but with very limited opening times . Staff so cheerful and friendly . Menu included lots of locally sourced products. Brunch very tasty, lemon chicken pitta scrummy and homemade soup so tasty

Friends enjoyed fantastic soup and I had cheesy omelette-delicious and fluffy. All lunches were served with big chunky slices of tasty brown bread. Lots of tea. Highly recommend. Nice shop too with some lovely jewellery, scarves, pottery, glassware if you want to buy gifts or...

Stopped by for a quick lunch before our beach walk. The sandwiches are exceptional - generous and very tasty. I can thoroughly recommend the prawn and the crab sandwiches, all freshly made and accompanied by crisps. Great service too.

So we have eaten from north to south and all over the West Country. This quiet, unassuming, beautiful bay-blue B&B, original gift shop, cafe is something special. Stilton & broccoli soup (£5.95) smooth, creamy and flavoursome and the smoked fish and seafood chowder (£7.95) packed...

Just out-n-about with no destination planned we stopped in Beer for a wander. Fancying a bite and a coffee we stumbled upon this lovely tea room and made ourselves at home. The menu was appetising and the staff friendly. Four differing appetites and tastes, four...

Had lunch here yesterday and was very impressed by the variety on the menu though I defaulted, as ever, to the crab sandwiches. They were distinctly large with plenty of filling and definitely deserve five stars. But I have only given four stars overall because...

Stopped off at the Bay View Tea Rooms today, conveniently at the bottom of the town, by the slip road to the beach, they were selling our favourite Salcombe Ice Cream from a stall outside. Our four year old son got chatting to the ice...

Stopped off at the Bay View Tea Rooms in the Devon town of Beer. Very friendly staff and just for a cup of coffee and a cup of tea. Was a relaxing atmosphere and just what we needed after an afternoon on the beach.

This place is so pretty! The staff are lovely! The food is delicious! My husband and I shared a crab sandwich and cream tea. It was so delicious, really generous fillings! We both recommend coming here! It made us feel like we were on holiday...

We have been coming to Beer for many many years and are so disgusted with the man in charge of these tea rooms! No customer service skills at all, he was so so rude to the point that we left without ordering anything! He spoke...

We returned here for a brunch having visited last year. AMAZING fish/seafood chowder! A meal on its own!

Lovely location and lots of things to choose from on the menu. The scones were tasty and came with a decent amount of jam and clotted cream. We had a mocha and hot chocolate as well.

Lovely and clean and decorated so well. Friendly staff and food is great. I've had many a breakfast there which sets me up for my long journey home. Lovely gift shop inside too.

Another week in Beer and glad to see the quality of breakfasts at Bay view is still massively above anything else locally, probably beating the campsite bistro into 2nd place. It’s only 50p more than the beech but I kid you know 10x better easily! A must visit for a full English! Friendly service also!

We were in Beer on a Tuesday after 2 pm and most of the restaurants were shut - one pub not serving food and the hotel stopped serving after 2 pm. The Bay View was busy but we managed to get a table in the end without much waiting. Staff was friendly and service was good and fast. We had fish chowder, crap salad both served with chunky slices of very nice bread and a small bowl of chips. The food was nicely prepared and delicious and the salad was very refreshing with some herb leaves. Will definitely go back when next in Beer.

Our cream tea was just about OK but the cream was hard as if it had just come out of the freezer. Some people came in after 4 o'clock and were rudely sent away (the menus snatched off them) and told that it was 'drinks only' as they were shutting at 4.30 ( ! ! ! ) . There are no toilet facilities for customers who have to go along the road to public toilets.

This is a lovely little tea room situated at the end of beer,a good stop after following the stream down the village. We both had cream teas we we enjoyed so much that we went again.

Popped into this lovely little cafe / unusual craft goods place. Entered & was greeted by a young lady with a lovely smile. & told to take a seat & I will return in a few minutes to take your order. I ordered Crab sandwich & my hubby had a cream tea, Wow this was absolutely fresh & tasty. Many thanks to the attentive staff it made us feel special. We shall definitely be back.

We visited with our baby in a buggy for brunch. It's right on the seafront so a lovely location.

Bay View is delightful - friendly attentive staff and everything they serve is delicious and beautifully presented.

Went with better half and had breakfast wow fantastic.. was enough for even me and I'm greedy. We liked it so much we went back three times well done to all.

All came here for CREAM TEA great food lovely location we love this place view of BEACH is an oil painting so CLEAN and looked after.When ever we visit always come here. GREAT.

I can highly recommend the locally sourced crab sandwiches and scones. This place is ideally situated for walkers and tourists alike. Is busy all year round - there's a reason for that. The staff are very relaxed and I suggest that you pick up the bill as they are more focused on serving and not kicking you out.

We visited Bay View because I had read good reviews on cream teas. Unfortunately it wasn't the case for us. Boring scones & staff not interested, created a bad overall experience. We would not recommend going out of your way for a cream tea here.

Bit of a last minute decision before we headed off, but Beer and crabs are a very well known combination, and we still had an hour on the parking meter...( I just read some of the recent reviews and can't understand how I didn't notice that they did chowder... Perhaps next time!!!) Wasn't prepared for the quality of the bread when I chose brown for my sandwich -- artisan, seedy, nutty and ultra fresh, crunchy crisps and oodles of crab.... one of the best! Mme also had that bread with her lovely bowl of butternut squash soup...and all the staff were friendly, attentive and v professional

Visited Sunday 19th May! Lovely tea room, however the staff seriously need some customer service lessons! Arrived and unfortunately after 15 mins and asking on 3 occasions to order we finally got our order taken! The young staff didn’t seem to want to be in work or serve customers! Food was amazing very nice especially the sausage and onion marmalade sandwich, BUT when the staff are RUDE and have no customer service it ruins the experience! This place with the food has so much to offer, however of the staff cannot smile, be polite or pay any interest then unfortunately it won’t work!!!!! Sorry for bad review as the food was amazing BUT please sort the staff, the male

Visited here at beginning of May, came twice on the same day. First was to have tea and scones, which were delicious. Menu for dinner looked good and also food we saw coming out to other customers, so decided to go back in afternoon. Glad we did, as we really enjoyed the meals we had. I had the local sausage & onion marmalade sandwich and husband had the lemon chicken wraps. Great food at great prices. Service was great both times we went in. Would recommend.

We saw that they served breakfast, and as we were having some issues with the grill at our self catering cottage we thought we would try the Bay View Tea Room, but was disappointed to find that they do not open until 10am, so on our first visit we had to pass as we had plans for the day and could not wait for an hour. On our final day we visited at 10am and ordered breakfasts, They were very good, though I thought the half portion breakfast with only a £1 reduction in price was poor value for money so opted for the full breakfast, even though I left some. I was very pleased until we asked for the toilets and was told we would have to use the public conveniences down the road. I am amazed that they are allowed to do this under UK law, and I was not very happy to leave the premises to use Victorian era toilets with accompanying unpleasantness. For this reason the rating is not as high as it could have been.

Saw the seafood chowder on the blackboard outside and fancied giving it a go. What an excellent choice. Loads of seafood in a delicious chowder with fresh granary bread. Would definitely go back for another bowl of the chowder but I did find it odd when another customer asked for the toilets and was told to use the public conveniences on the quay. Do they not have their own?

Visited here for a well deserved lunch after long cliff walk. Good and varied menu choices from light bites to sandwiches and also a few heartier items. I had a very good crab sandwich and my mum the ploughman’s, lovely homemade bread and generous fillings! There were some good looking cakes on display but unfortunately we were too full! Service was also very friendly and helpful!

The menu was comprehensive and varied, but the seafood chowder was the one which caught our eyes for a lunchtime treat. The chowder was excellent - perfect temperature, very tasty and with a good selection of seafood ingredients. The portion was generous and came with some lovely fresh granary bread. I don’t hesitate in recommending this café and would return to try other items on the menu.

We had lunch here one day and a snack another day and everything we had was delicious. Cheese toasties, a cream tea, a fish finger sandwich and a tuna mayo sandwich all great. Good tea too!

This is my favourite place for breakfast when in Beer.

Stopped in on Sunday afternoon for a cream tea! Delicious scone, generous serving of clotted cream and jam! Pot of tea was lovely, nice strong tea! Very relaxing environment would visit again!