Caffi Porthor in Gwynedd

I am very picky about my food and drinks with 15 years in hospitality. I expect people to get the basics right and given my past experience of remote places in wales my expectations were not that high. What a lovely surprise! The bap just hit the spot, lovely runny egg, perfectly cooked bacon and black pudding and lovely strong black coffee. My wife had a delicious light chocolate cake. Happy days! 😍 Loved it! And the setting is just wow!

Great location on the beach, should imagine it gets really busy during peak season but out of season ot was fantastic

Everything superb, the food, the service, and he view. This must be one of the best cafes in he world!

Slightly grumpy staff but they were super busy. Average coffee but incredible location

Great food for great prices with an awesome outlook over the beach🔥 Can be occasionally busy but is always worth the wait, whatever you order!

Great place with surprisingly variety of food options. Not to mention the coffee. Well done!

Lovely Caffi Lady opened earlier to serve us pasties and coffee that was very sweet Well located on great beach Would like to come back Cheers

A lovely situation , unfortunately the soup of the day wasn't soup of the day but frozen soup from another day defrosted and microwaved. It came with some brown sliced bread you wouldn't serve with soup and was inedible. No quarms when I sent it back to replace the tomato soup with leek and potato soup .. my sons burger didn't come with the cheese that was paid for (£2 ), and when my soup came back, it was still frozen in the middle, and the potato was obviously not fresh The waitress apologized for the wait and said it was because they were defrosting it . I took it back to the counter this time, and we left . 2 soups that were awful and a cheese burger and spicy bean burger the kids liked, and the chips were cooked in oil that should have been changed a week ago grim. Wish I'd brought my own with us. What a shame . Soup of the day should be fresh and when it's gone it's done for the day not frozen

Food is awful - standard British caff, long queue when it is sunny but if does have a great location

Incredible beach setting with squeaking sands. Beautiful. Great little cafe in the historic port coal storehouse. Good food, reasonable. Quite a steep walk from NTrust car park to beach. £5.00 to park minimum (!). Go early.

Lovely cafe, great view of sea, friendly service. Highly recommend.

Small cafe on the beach, good range of options & ideal place to recharge batteries to help get back up steep slope to the car park. Accessible loos adjacent. Sausage & bacon butty excellent, but healthier options are also available!

Nice place for a coffee, helpful staff, thank you

Great cafe on the beach nice staff homemade food good coffee

Just what we need at the end of a lovely beach walk

One of our favourite places, superb in every way.

Great cafe on the beach but tricky to access unless you're agile. Hot and cold food, cakes etc and big mugs of tea/coffee etc.. Eat inside or on the terrace. Buckets and spades optional! A steep walk down from the National Trust car park. Loos in car park and behind the cafe.

It's a typical working men's club, cheap beer, friendly atmosphere, great parking. Food was delivered in.

A great cafe on a gorgeous beach, beautiful.

Had a lovely lunch here outside in the sun right on the beach, what could be better. Highly recommended

Called for lunch and the terrace had been taken over by a film crew who were filming a new series of Pilgrimage. Our drinks were brought promptly but our food order got lost in the confusion of film crews demanding drinks as props! When I queried the delay the staff were really apologetic and fetched more complimentary drinks and extra chips when they brought the order. The food was excellent, the staff were lovely and it was entertaining to watch ‘celebrities’ being filmed. Highly recommend!

Mid morning tea and cake. Great location. Sat outside and enjoyed the view of the empty beach. The scone and ginger cake were delicious and obviously fresh.

We walked from Aberdaron to Porthor Whistling Sands 6.7 miles there and back. We went to the cafe for lunch, i had baked potato with cheese and salad, my brother had Spicy bean burger with chips and salad. My potato was massive, and cooked just right and my brother said his meal was also delicious and the portions were huge. We also ordered the Blueberry scones and paninis to take out. Once back in Aberdaron we had the scones, theyre the best weve ever tasted, so full of Blueberries and packed full of flavour. I highly recommend visiting this lovely cafe at Porthor you wont be disappointed and try the scones.

We visited the cafe whilst staying near Porth Iago and came across it along the Wales Coastal Path. The freshly made sandwiches, toasties and cakes are the nicest we've tasted and the coffee was perfect! The staff are friendly and attentive and well, the views onto the beach are stunning!! We will be returning 😋

Beautiful ice cream great hot and cold drinks with a good beach shop

Unfortunately the cafe was closed but I can only imagine in summer must get a lot of traffic. So conveniently placed just off the beach which is stunning by the way! Would love to visit on a nice warm day!

Blueberry muffin really good, ice cream really good, sausage bap..... really cheap and nasty sausage and pappy white bap. The other thing that really annoyed me about this place was everything is over packaged. Staff friendly.

Came here for a walk with the family, wasn't expecting the café to be open. Ordered a coffee and couldn't resist the blueberry scone ( all the cakes look amazing) !!!! Best scone i have ever had. Staff very friendly and welcoming. Five stars all round. Can't wait to come back!

A good breakfast, excellent spot to eat outdoors on the beach front. Generous portions.

Perfect location, great grub, and really friendly staff.

Over the moon to find so many vegan options at this little gem...thankyou! 🌱

Simple beach cafe which you cant miss if you are walking down the hill from the NT car park. Humongous slabs of millionaires shortbread, rocky road and other indulgent cakes that we couldn't resist after a tough day at the beach!

Beautiful surroundings, good food, excellent cakes, friendly helpful staff

Great cafe, pasty cake and a brew highly recommended and a great spot

Service was exceptionally slow, I appreciate this was during peak times and have increased rating due to this however, over 15 minutes for a sandwich and sausage roll to go was a bit silly. Manned mainly by teens, and quite clear more staff in the kitchen were needed. Great food when received and staff all very polite.

A bit slow. Not much in the shop. Could do with selling hoodies with porthor on them . Lots of opportunities missed.

Walked to the beach with bikes ,only saw the cafe from the path but plenty of customers were using it,good little place to go and sheltered quite well by the rocks, will be visiting again to try out the facilities

Beautiful beach and lovely cafe, Staff were lovely

Really tasty coffee and exquisite to die for fresh blueberry scones! ♥️♥️. All fairly priced too. Plus - what a location!

Food was ok but expensive. Looked at the menu and when we ordered, meals shot up by over £2 each just because we were sitting outside 2 plates of sandwiches and 2 cans of pop over £18. Won't call again.

Very friendly Staff! We arrived 10 minutes before closing time after a long walk on the West Coast Path, but the lady in the Cafe couldn't have been nicer when serving us with latte coffees and ice-cream. The home made cakes looked delicious and we were tempted, but made do with the ice-cream. Even though the staff were clearing up the tables and chairs outside, she said we could stay as long as we wanted to finish our drinks What an advert for the friendliness of the Welsh!

Great position in a lovely cove, good coffee and flapjack.

Lovely vegan pasties , great beach views and superb coastal walks.

The coffee was excellent. The blueberry scones were even better. Definitely recommended. What a great location for a cafe, overlooking the best beach on the peninsula.

Delicious coffee and wonderful blueberry scones. The view and walks were amazing.

We have stopped here a few times now and enjoyed each visit! The blueberry scones are what brings us back each time!The is our second visit during this pandemic, The system is well laid out and keeps to the required 2 metre distance here in Wales! Today we had a toastie (great size, filled with plenty quality fillings) with tea and of course the fabby scones! We even popped in for some takeaway cakes before we left.Keep up the great work, excellent baking, clean cafe and cheerful team… it really is appreciated by return guests. Thank you

Great cafe, top value takeaways & an extensive menu. Loved the paninis, toasted sandwiches, veggie sausage rolls & the cheese & onion pasties. A lovely spot to sit outside too, though that depends on the wind direction! We came here every day we were down on Porth Oer beach & would again.

I have been coming here since I was a child and eating their cornish pasties, and today's was as enjoyable as ever. And a delicious ice cream to follow, on one of the best beaches on the peninsula. Well worth a visit!

Having walked round the cliff and across the beach we called in for an ice cream. Bit of a basic café but friendly service £6.95 for two ices, which were very nice. Tables didn't seem to be set for service

You just can't beat the chocate cake - just like mum used to make - absolutely delicious; and the bacon bap was brilliant too. Well done team.

beautiful place beautiful friendly people😍

Fabulous little cafe with absolutely delicious cakes. We always stop for a cake and hot drink, as they really are beautifully and home made! Helpful that vegan options are available. Recommend a cake and drink if you are near by.

The setting is very hard to beat as we sat outside overlooking Whistling Sands drinking coffee and eating their delicious scones The blueberry scones are to die for and after a lovely walk along the coastal path taking in the beautiful coastline its the perfect place to have recharge the batteries. I love this place

Always nice to visit with nice cafe and lovely beach

Efficiently run by two young ladies. Nice selection of food and a good amount of seating.

I was so pleasantly surprised by this establishment. Arrived just ten minutes before closing. In most places in London, I'd receive a scowl as the staff would be itching to leave, but the lady behind the counter was ever so pleasant! Despite being so isolated the cafe's menu had so much variety and everything was available even ten minutes prior to closing. I ordered the spicy bean burger - it's no exaggeration to say it was the best bean burger I've ever had! Even the accompanying salad was totally fresh! Absolute quality, please visit this place!

Lovely to find this open! V tasty bara brith and good coffee... And the view.... Breathtaking.

Went for an explore of the Llyn today and stumbled across this cafe at lunchtime. As a vegan I started to look at the menu boards to try to see what I might be able to have...then realised there was a full vegan menu!! Had a lovely vegan sausage bap whilst watching the waves. Will definitely recommend to my friends, vegan and non vegan

I packed up a lunch for the beach as I didn’t expect the cafe to have any vegan options, never mind so many! Linda McCartney sausage sandwich, vegan pasty (cauliflower, chickpea and bhaji), vegan pizza, vegan cheese panini, vegan orange and blueberry cake, vegan magnums all on offer. Quick service, friendly staff and tasty treats.

The walk down to this beach-side cafe is steep but manageable. The coffee is a little pricey but very good - and the position is superb.What a shame the toilets down there are still not open - this limits the time most folk can stay down there! We would have liked to stay for lunch too but no loos meant no-could-do!!

Great coffee, amazing pizza and a welcoming team. The beach is also great – bit of a trek from where we were staying at Talybont but with the journey time. My only criticism of the beach/cafe is the lack of bins.

It was good to have a chance to sit and eat and drink after a nice stroll on the beach. It was also dog friendly.

Well worth a vist to the beach if only to go to the cafe. Useual range of hot and cold drinks. Good selection of cakes, inclusing some lovely scones (with Jam & Cream). Go for a lomg walk along the sand and indulge yourself with one of the Cafe's lovely scones.

Pop in regularly when on walks or bike rides. Whether it's tea and cake or something more substantial, the food and service are excellent.

Visited today. This is our second time here and both times have been excellent. Plenty of seating inside and out (weather permitting). Views are stunning! Good choices on menu and at the high end of reasonable. We just had 2 x Latte, blueberry scone and lemon drizzle cake. Wow, they were amazing. Came in at £10.10 which we felt was a good price. Would definitely recommend.

Great spot right on beach serving ice cream cakes and burgers pizza and sandwiches. Food tasty enough but location makes it worth a visit. Ice cream delicious!

This is the cafe dominating one end of the Porthor beach. Food was good, although it tends to be simple standard cafe food. The best aspect are the views from the windows at the front and sides. Take photos with the frames in and you will not be disappointed.

Visited this morning for some brunch.My family and I had an excellent freshly cooked breakfast. The cost was £9, but this included two eggs, two sausages, two bacon, two hash browns, black pudding or tomato, beans, toast and tea.Everything was cooked to perfection - all enjoyed with the beautiful backdrop of the beach and sea (despite the inclement weather).

Good to have such a resource in a relatively remote location. Good range of snacks and cakes at reasonable prices considering the monopoly they enjoy. However when ordering take away food on two occasions service was woefully slow. Might want to think about how to speed it up. Food was fine.

Lovely cafe in superb apt looking out to sea at Whistling Sands. Good selection of food and drinks with all the usual favourites. Service is good and quick to clear empty tables.

We’ve been coming here for the last 16years and this Cafe has served us with not only great Ice Creams, Cappuccinos, Cream teas, Pizzas but also with great memories to cherish always. The great cafe is the perfect accompaniment to a fantastic gem of a beach. I believe new toilet block is about to be commissioned near to the cafe too, which saves the trip up the hill to the NT toilets. Also great to see the reduction in plastic disposables. However the only downside is the lack of bins - surely Gwynedd Council and National Trust should be part funding such waste disposal?

Visited this week, weather not good for June and the beach was virtually empty, but the cafe was still busy and a welcome break from the cold wind. Cafe has been greatly improved since our last visit, two years ago, now a lot more room indoors to eat. We had a lovely raspberry and white chocolate flapjack, one of a variety of cakes on offer. Everything was reasonably priced. A range of food and drinks are on offer as well as beach ware and gifts.

Recently visited for breakfast New refurb looking amazing Had a great veggie breakfast More power to you Only hope you open in the evenings with a bottle of Red

Good little cafe, with great food! Hidden away but it does get busy in the summer. There is also a shop inside which has all the beech essentials, and an ice cream shop.

We had heard about Whistling Sands beach, but the real bonus to a fantastic beach discovery was finding Caffi Porthor.There was a decent breakfast and lunch menu, but we tested several of the home made cakes and scones. The verdict was so good that we went back and ordered more cakes!! I shall definitely be returning for brunch and if anyone reading this review rides a motorbike, it’s also a great biking destination.

Great cafe on an outstanding beach, food priced well and fast! Will be back

This was such a lovely cafe, the home made scones were just amazing and the other cakes all looked home made and gorgeous . . The lady serving was really friendly and chatty and the views just amazing , well worth a visit k

Nice location. Ok food. No toilets in cafe.

Went today with family.... Amazing coffee and delicious scones. The best bit was the super service. Nothing was too much trouble and the owner took time to talk to my little boy which made his day. Great selection of cakes and ice cream as well as lunch items etc. Also toys, gifts, beach gear etc. We will definitely be back!!

Wonderful day out. The beach is clean and beautiful on a nice sunny day. There is a nice walk where some of these pictures were taken. The café is nice to visit as well where they sell lots of knickknacks that you might need for the beach and lots of food and drink. They also sell Spades and buckets for people to use on the beach. This is a famous beach as the Sun and whistles when you walk on the dry sand part. Would definitely go again and definitely recommend to everyone.

The parking is free for National Trust members. This cafe serves the Whistling Sands beach well but is also well worth a visit if you are walking the coastal path or just want somewhere to get some good food. Great breakfasts, good cakes. Stunning to have early evening dinner on a sunny day on the terrace overlooking Whistling Sands beach. If you are in a family/large group be warned that this place is small & fills up very quickly.

Lovely selection of cakes, giant honemade scones and sandwiches looking across this amazing beach..

Best place for a breakfast meal by far! Awesome friendly staff. And the home made cakes/scones are to die for!👍👍

Great food at great prices with very polite staff in the perfect location

We visit this ‘Wonderful Place’, Either as a Couple, or with Family and Friends throughout the year.The Quality Of The Food is ‘Exceptional’, as is the Pleasant Manner in which the Proprietors and their Staff, look after you, Either whilst just Sitting and enjoying a Cappuccino, whilst admiring the Stunning Coastal Location, Or Enjoying a Hearty Meal On the Terrace, (Or inside if the Weather dictates).Most of the Desserts are Home Made, and Always Extremely Fresh.The Full Welsh Cooked Breakfast, is an ‘Absolute Must’, after a Walk along the Beautiful White Sandy Beach and Surrounding Cliff Tops.An Outstanding 10/10 Experience.Just Fabulous!!!!

This cafe serves the Whistling Sands beach well but is also well worth a visit if you are walking the coastal path or just want somewhere to get some good food. Great breakfasts, good cakes. Stunning to have early evening dinner on a sunny day on the terrace overlooking Whistling Sands beach.

Enjoyed a lovely breakfast there. Quality ingredients plenty of it and an amazing view .

Great cooked breakfast. Friendly staff. Homemade cakes are amazing too!

Been here twice, 2 years ago and again this week.Had a late cooked breakfast this week as aprt fo a group of 12, it was big and hearty, prices are fair too. There are 4 or 5 outdoor tables in a terrace overlooking the beach, some indoor tables too, it's a great spot to sit and relax whilst they're making the food.You need to park in the NT carpark and pay then walk down a steep but short hill to the cafe and beach. Loos are at the carpark so go before you come down the hill to the cafe!

nice little cafe in really great location

Wonderful little cafe/shop which sells a bit of everything you need for the beach

After time on this superb beach then it's a great place to enjoy a coffee or tea with a scone, jam and cream. Sit outside and take in the view of this lovely location.Serves a range of refreshments, cakes and food but it is the lovely scones for us every time!

Great position. Friendly staff. On a beautiful beach.

excellent . veggie options. reasonable prices. no toilets thats all.

The cafe caters for your needs. Great cup of tea, ice creams for the kids. Plenty of tables on the front to enjoy the views. Staff very friendly. Parking lot here is courtesy of The National Trust so is free for members, providing you have your membership card. Loads of spaces when we got there

Beautiful beach, has everything you need to spend all day there.

A pleasant spot for a cup of tea.

It's a beach cafe, has what you need, drinks, food and ice creams. Sells other bits and bobs to help keep kids entertained on the beach.

Nice and quiet. Golden Sands and great sea for surfing

Perfect location with food and drink which are good. This isn't a Michelin starred restaurant, obviously, but good for a beachfront cafe.