Cleveland Cafe in Sefton

Went for breakfast as we were staying in the travelodge which is practically next door... We googled the opening times and seen that it was open at 10am but it was actually open from 9am. It would be a good idea to have the opening times on the window to save any confusion. I ordered a vegetarian breakfast and at £4.95 I was expecting a vegetarian sausage at least but I got 1 egg, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes and toast. My partner ordered the medium sized breakfast and he was looking forward to the fried bread...but when it arrived it was buried underneath tomatoes so it was totally soggy...both breakfasts looked like everything had just been thrown on the plate and different juices were swimming into each other which I don't like. Both breakfasts tasted ok but I think presentation needs to be looked at. The lady serving was friendly.

Brilliant ! I went in one Saturday morning very friendly service. It is what i would call a proper café no fancy names for food you get what you ask for.

Lovely cafe with fabulous home cooked food. Very helpful and polite staff. Would recommend a visit when in Southport. Especially convenient for Travelodge

Wonderful! Owners were very friendly and helpful. Great breakfasts, cooked to order, quick and very good prices. Very clean and welcoming. Once found we went back for breakfast each day of our stay. Thank you.

Breakfast was great. Only thing wrong with it was they don't give you complimentary tea. All other cafes I have been to do.

Wonderful cafe towards the southern end of Lord Street and almost next door to the Travelodge. Proper full english breakfast with Black Pudding (hooray!) and even fried bread (double hooray!!) Really nice bacon ans sausage too. Unpretentious and great value, th is is highly recommended. Just a cuple of points to note: there are no customer toilets and payment is cash only (there are loos and an ATM round the corner at Morrisons)

We were back again for lunch on Sunday, 8th October. Yet again we had a really good meal. Have tried several different meals at this cafe and everyone has been great. British menu, very clean, excellent service, very friendly staff, what more could you ask for.

What a find! The food is excellent & very reasonably priced. Staff are very friendly & chef Paul is very accommodating. Very clean cafe with a great history. Can't praise Clevelands Cafe enough, definitely worth a visit.

Visited here for breakfast. We both ordered small breakfasts and waited 40 minutes for our food. It really wasn’t worth the wait. The eggs were rock hard and the food was just thrown on to a small plate. Very disappointing. The only redeeming factor was the friendly young waitress.

The absolute worst breakfast certainly in Southport and possibly the whole of the UK. They claim its cooked to order if that's correct why was every breakfast that came out had burnt sausages. The egg yolks where absolutely solid, the beans has been overcooked 40 minute wait for a pile of s....!

Stopped by Clevelands as we were in need of cake. Sadly, all they had were packaged, shop-bought cakes so we opted for cherry pie instead. Although the menu mentioned three different pies (apple, cherry & blackberry or blackcurrant?) the board in the cafe only mentioned apple & cherry. On ordering, we were informed that only cherry was available. This might be due to the fact it was almost closing time. We had two portions of cherry pie, one with custard & one with ice cream. The pies were heated up as requested. Pastry was a bit soft rather than crisp but they weren't bad. The price increase with ice cream or custard is about third more compared to having the pies on their own so that did seem a bit steep compared to other greasy spoons we have been in. Overall, we are glad we had our sweet treat. Staff in the cafe were really friendly & welcoming. When we passed in the morning, it seemed very popular with diners. Worth checking out when you're in Southport.

Visited for breakfast this morning with my husband and my mother who is in a wheelchair. We ordered Breakfasts and my mum had toast with Jam. Food was all freshly cooked and was piping hot. Very Reasonable prices for what you get on your plate. Lady owner was lovely and we even had a bit of a laugh. Will most definitely be back when we come to Southport next time. ❤️

This was my second visit this summer to the Cleveland Cafe on Lord Street, Southport. Again we had a great lunch, their toasties are great and their chips are the best I have had in any cafe for a long time. We are going back tomorrow for lunch again. This is a record for us as we have given up on so many cafes lately. The food is fresh, well cooked and there is a good variety on the menu. Also they have decaf tea and coffee!!!

Excellent traditional cafe - been coming here at least weekly for 7mths. Thanks Paul, Jeanne, Sian & crew. Fresh home-cooked food, consistent good quality. Great salads too. They will do a "keto" breakfast if you ask for it. Proper mugs of tea - Yorkshire teabags & brewed in teapot. Clean & high standards. Gets busy so be patient as food fresh & quality. Friendly staff - very respectful of the elderly & those with disabilities. Kudos to Paul (chef / owner) - works 6 days a week, often starting at 7am or earlier until 4-5pm.

This Cafe is English and the owners are very very helpful and friendly. We had lunch and it was really good. Clean place, inside and outside seating, as it was warm and we had a dog with us we sat outside. It was very busy and all the tables outside were full, inside was also very busy. Excellent food, great service, they even gave us fresh water in the outside dog bowl as our fussy dog only likes water fresh from the tap!!! Definitely going to visit again as I live in Southport

Visited today with my wife for the first time. The Bacon and Sausage Baps where very good, the price of all the food on the menu is very reasonable with a good selection of items, the staff and owner are very friendly and the service was excellent. Highly recommended and we will certainly be returning.

Tried this cafe Wednesday morning(usually do Wetherspoons).Wow!We both had medium breakfast which set us up for the day,throughout the day even.Had same again next day,then just a toastie and sandwich today as we were leaving for train.Excellent food,all tasty,great mug of tea to wash it all down.Definitely reccommend and will return on our next visit.Keep up the good work!

We stopped off here, for afternoon tea, friendly welcoming staff, good service, worth a visit, if your in the area.

Whilst staying at the nearby Travelodge it was tempting to give it a whirl.. I only ordered the medium English breakfast, it wasn't dear so i didn't expect much. What i got was what ordered, but it was sadly only on a side plate (presumably to make it look more), resulting in everything on top of each other. I'm no snob, but not for me i'm afraid. Other than that it was clean and the staff were pleasant.

Well done to the great chef, and an extra thankyou to our waitress mags, food was delish, bacon egg x blackpudding toasty brill, and egg beans mushrooms fried bread x toast 2 mugs of tea thankyou well worth the walk up. X

My wife and I popped in for breakfast on Wednesday morning the staff were very friendly and helpful the breakfast was very good .But we didnt like the coffee the Latte was not nice at all.

Friendly staff. Food was good . Place was clean and had good covid regulations in place . Was cash only payments which was only slight niggle that let them down

Great to see the Cleveland back open again. 7 tables appropriately distanced outside, superb value breakfast. Cash only though, so make sure you bring some!

Visited here over Christmas holidays for a quick bite to eat. Staff were lovely food was great. Would defo visit again x

Popped in for a quick hot drink on a cold shopping trip. Great service and friendly staff. Highly recommended.

My husband and I ate a breakfast here, the sausages were very tasty and cooked well, the bacon had hardly no fat on it. Thoroughly enjoyed it.They have social distancing in place and are using the NHS app or taking numbers for the covid track and trace.

A great little find...good home made meals.. had a breakfast couldn't fault it....all. the right precautions in place...if your looking for a good local cafe with a good choice and fair price....very friendly staff. Would always go again.

After being told we would have to wait about an hour for food at a nearby store we walked round the corner and found this little gem. We had the all day Cleveland breakfast which was half price at the moment but would be good value when full price. Food was well cooked and tasty, staff friendly and efficient so we will certainly eat here again on our frequent visits to Southport.

3 of us ate breakfast here today and it was excellent. The food was hot and tasty, served fresh. The lady who took our order was very friendly. Customers were asked for their phone numbers in arrival and hand gel provided. We sat outside which was undercover. Would definitely go back.

Visited with my Partner today after it being closed all through lockdown. Can’t fault a thing with this cage always go above and beyond to accommodate and the staff especially the girls and older lady behind the counter are very welcoming and always puts a smile on your face! Would definitely recommend. Will be back very soon. Extremely clean and follow Covid guidelines.

I'm staying close by at the Travelodge and wanting a breakfast, I was happy to find this place almost next door.I had a big breakfast and a pot of tea for £4.25. Now it was this cheap because of the government's Help to Eat Out scheme, but even at £8.50 it would have been a bargain. The food was lovely and the staff were really nice and helpful. I would definitely recommend this place.

Small cafe in Southport. Very basic but excellent cooked breakfast and you can choose from multiple options. Really good food done simply.

We use this cafe for Breakfast on our arrival in Southport . Best cafe for miles around , very friendly owners.

great place same polite staff been here years best cafe food around great prices and it comes hot not warm like most places 5******

My wife was on Slimming World so the no sins breakfast was really brilliant, I am not so I had the full breakfast, delicious. We were just up for 3 days and it was around the corner to the Travel Lodge so perfect for breakfast.

If you're after a good full English breakfast without having to go to one of the big chains like Wetherspoon or Morrisons, this place is for you. Big helpings and cooked to perfection. The fried bread was particularly good. Open Sundays too, which is brilliant.

i visited this cafe in Southport and the food was amazing,the staff are kind,lovely and have they give you a very welcoming stay.

I've popped into this establishment on and off over the last few weeks now, their 'All Day Breakfast' is lovely, everything is cooked correctly, their sauages are proper pork (nothing cheap0, their bacon is crispy with bags of taste and their bakebeans are a gorgeous mush of delight......Well done for getting it just right!

Road trip around the UK and a nice place to relax, got everything I wanted and more, service with a smile definitely doesn't go amiss and the staff here definitely proved that. Young brown-haired girl was very talkative and good with the kids too.

Quite cold inside. Food average. As the menu is on the wall it's really hard to work out what the cost is but it was not expensive. Charging £1.50 extra for a poached egg over a fried egg seemed to me to be unreasonable. To be fair didn't seem to be any cafes close by so if you are staying at the Travelodge it's here or Morrisons.

We stayed at the Travelodge close by, but didn't find this cafe until we needed breakfast on the Sunday morning and our usual haunt wasn't open! Well we had a warm welcome on a very cold morning, both literally and metaphorically. The lady who served us was very helpful and gave us a great insight into the local area. Our food was ready before we had even made our way back to the table.Two cooked breakfasts and two cups of coffee I could not have done better myself, at a price similar to the one round the corner.I would have preferred to have spent my cash in a local cafe than in a large chain...if only we had found it earlier.

SSAFA have recently opened an Information and Assistace Hub at the cafe to assist former members of the armed forces and their dependant and for Veterans to meet over a bacon toast and brew. The owners Jeannie and Paul have made us and local Vets very welcome,and received an impressive vote of thanks from our MP Damien Moore,who launched the initiative. The standard of service and food is excellent,and I have always found the staff very friendly on arrival. Always worth a visit and a meal.I have visited the cafe on many occasions,and it was due to the very friendly reception and good quality meals,that persuaded me to choose Clevelands as the ideal location for the Hub. It has also been a venue for former service personnel due to its central location and good food. Paul and Jeannie are great hosts. Always well worth a visit and tasty meal.

Had a breakfast here and won,t be going back food was greasy and burnt was not cheap either total shame tbh would have been ashamed to serve what we had

Mi marido y yo visitamos aquí en un viaje a Southport hace un par de semanas. No esperaba mucho, pero nos sorprendió! Tarta de carne es deliciosa y mi marido disfrutó su desayuno durante todo el día. La chica siendo capacitados era increíblemente amable, y el chef era muy agradable también. Una joya!

Good food. Good value. Good staff. Worth walking to the end of Lord Street for and would definately go again.

Nice sausage - check, crispy bacon - check, decent cuppa - check....what more could you want! Friendly staff and tasty food, thank you very much

Recientemente visité este café mientras en una estancia en Southport. Es bonito y limpio y la comida y la bebida era preciosa. Llamamos 3 veces durante nuestra estancia. El caballero del mostrador era muy amable y simpático y nos dio una cálida y agradable bienvenida. Stoke on trent proudlove neil

Nos detuvimos en para el almuerzo. Sopa de tomate y jamón sándwich con una taza de té encantadora. £4. 95. Cafe limpio y encantador, señora joven muy amable y servicial. Sin duda recomiendo llamar y.

Nos tomamos el desayuno estaba bien, el personal era muy agradable y servicial. De hecho, la fabrica donde yo no podía mina insípida bebida. En el lado positivo el café estaba muy limpio.

El mejor desayuno. Yema dura, cocidas tocino. Sin sabor café. Fuimos a Morrison el día antes y tenía un desayuno magnífico. Por desgracia, no estaba abierto cuando se requiere nuestro desayuno.

No friendly welcome upon entering the cafe. When making a simple enquiry we were spoken to in such a rude manner which was rather upsetting. Clearly they didn't want our business so we took our custom elsewhere.

Friendly service, good coffee, overall a good experience. If you're looking for good coffee in Southport that doesn't costa fortune then this is the place.

Had the "All day breakfast" this morning. Ordered it and to be fair it came cooked exactly as we ordered it.Hard yoke and well done bacon, so really good in that respect. Just a few of areas of improvement are needed to make this place really great:1. The cafe itself was too cold.2. Sharpen your knives, they are too blunt.3. Replace your sauces, the ones you use are not good especially when in plain plastic bottles. All of us patrons know when we see them bottle that the sauce inside is cheap. We'd rather see branded bottles available as you know what you're getting then.Thanks

At the southern end of Lord Street, and almost next door to the Travelodge, the Cleveland does not pretend to be anything but a good traditional cafe.Long established and very popular with locals, you can expect a warm welcome from the friendly owners.Choose from the huge menu displayed on the blackboards - almost anything from a scone or cake, to a full home cooked meal, all at very reasonable and affordable prices.If there is any criticism, it is that there is so much to choose from that it is difficult to make a decision. You can even opt to have your tea or coffee in a cup or a mug.Tables are a little close together, and at busy times could be a little uncomfortable; although in the more clement weather.it is possible to sit at one of the outdoor tables, under the glass canopy, on the wide uncontested pavement.For those interested in local history, the walls inside the cafe are hung with fantastic photographs of old Southport.

Called for a milky coffee and a little rest, we had a scone & butter with our coffees, this is a friendly cafe near to 'Travelodge', good for breakfast and home cooked meals it seems popular with the locals. We enjoyed our coffees+scones, then carried on our stroll. The young man that was waiting tables, ran after us with my shopping bag, [thankyou], I'd left it down the side of my chair, [forgetful in my old age!], thanks again.

arrived at 1040 was welcomed by owners who remembered me from last time great food the place was full to bursting they had to close for 10mins as customers were coming in droves best cafe in southport 5****

If you are In Southport and staying at the Travelodge in Lord Street then breakfast at the Cleveland Cafe is the only way to start your day - if you can get in there. Excellent food, Lovely people and because of the way the tables are packed in you make a lot of friends while you are there. We loved the atmosphere, and the food was just great.

Visited twice and both times the service was wonderful. Very friendly. More like going round families house for breakfast than a cafe. Lovely food and exceptional service what more could you want

Definitely recommend the Cleveland big breakfast, sausage, bacon, fried bread, egg, tomatoes, beans, black pudding, mushrooms and toast. Pretty good value at £6.50, pipping hot and served very quickly. However, the vegetarian option was slightly disappointing being all of the above without the meat! Would have been nice to have seen hash brown or veggie sausages on offer. Service was fine and the place looked clean. Please be aware that there are no toilets here.

popped into cleveland cafe for a light brekky, had scrambled eggs on toast + tea, hubby had a cola. good clean cafe, that do honest meals for a good price. my eggs just hit the spot, before we walked to victoria park for the weekend festival.

We visited this cafe 3 years ago on a trip home from Oz and happy to say 3 years on the breakfasts are still as good - cooked and served fresh, piping hot, tasty and filling. If you hanker after a no frills full English at a great price this is your place. Cards not accepted but there's a service till close by at Morrisons supermarket.

We stayed at the Travelodge next door, 13 & 14 Feb. We needed breakfast and could smell bacon outside. We following our noses and arrive at the Cleveland Cafe. We ordered two big breakfast and it did not disappoint. It was the best breakfast we have ever had. There was plenty food and it was piping hot. It kept us going til tea time!! I would definitely recommend this cafe if you are staying at the Travelodge on Lord Street it is practically next door and is better value for money that other big Eateries in the vicinity. We will definitely be back!!! Ken and Karen

The menu was extensive and we just wanted a snack breakfast so opted for bacon sandwich. It was ok, but not well done as requested and very salty. We ate what we could. The place is quite small, long and thin! It is located at the very top of Lord Street so easily accessible to street parking. There are no toilet facilities here, so we had to search elsewhere for those. Ok place. Wouldn't rush back though as there are plenty more fine cafes, coffee shops in Southport?

Went here one night just before 5pm. The cafe closed at 5pm most cafes say no more cooking now so we asked are you still cooking and they said YES. There is 4 of us 2 adults and 2 children. Had to wait a bit but as I always say good food is worth waiting for. And good it was. Nice clean cafe very friendly staff .It was that good we when back twice more in that week. And next year 2016 we will be back again .The breakfast was good too

great little cafe staff are brilliant they treat you like one of the family the breakfast is out of this world ask for it and you wont be disappointed cooked to your requirements and arrives hot unlike morrisons reasonable prices to

been too southport for air show weekend stayed next door too cafe .when for breakfast it was very busy but still got very good service and food was as good as last time nice and hot as it is cook to order had a little wait but it was very busy .

We were visiting Southport for the day, and were struggling to find something we fancied for lunch, when we spotted their steak pie special. It was good quality and great value - yes the plates are not the biggest, but they crammed a lot onto ours - excellent value for money in our view with really friendly service.

Firstly, streak pie meal is amazing!! The gravy is the BEST! I WORK nearby and I go for the brekki in the mornin sometimes too!! The big brekki is massive and only 6.50 nice sausages (and I'm fussy on sausages) it's ready dead quick too! Which is great for a greedy guts like myself! But basically I only thought to write this review because I am now a regular customer here. But I've just read some absolute rubbish!! Obviously a rival cafe or a very bitter person. This is a lovely family ran cafe and they are lovely people. You really shouldn't write fake reviews it's dishonest especially when its such a nice welcoming little cafe.

Called in here on Saturday during our holiday .... Yes basic cafe like they used to be but the food was really good home baked ...friendly staff and a clean cafe

This café specialises in good value (cheap) food and does it reasonably well. It is well situated for the Travelodge, but I think there are better (and more nicely appointed) cafes in this price range (e.g. Something Special).

My wife and I had breakfast here on Tuesday 1st September but a would never return.We ordered 2 small breakfasts and by god they lived up to their name.They turned up on side plates and the quality was poor in comparison to other eateries in Southport.Really could not advise anybody to eat here.Expensive and poor quality ingredients.

Stayed at the travelodge for the weekend,and tried this cafe for breakfast,good fast friendly service.had the traditional breakfast (£4.50) was cooked well and quick,the only dowsides were the sausages tasted cheap,but as there was 5 of us we all liked & disliked different things on the plate,so just done a shuffle and all ened up with a breakfast we all enjoyed.As we had children with us and they have no toilets in the cafe,is a big no to us, and our youngest is just potty training and always needs the toilet.But over all a good cafe, and next door to the traelodge.

Called by early in the morning for breakfast. One person was taking the money and a second cooking. The venue was clean enough although a number of tables had uncleared crockery. The procedure is to grab a table , decide what you want then go to the back of the shop to order your food. You also pay at the time of ordering. You help yourselvesto cutlery- best described as assorted. Having ordered I thought we waited a long time for our food. The front door was open and the smoke from someone sitting outside drifted into the cafe. We ordered coffee with the breakfast and this arrived 1st - a decent size mug and very tasty. When the food arrived, it was piping hot and clearly freshly cooked. The baked beans were a little bland and mushy for me. However, the black pudding, fried egg, sausages, bacon and tomatoes were very good. Note that there is no customer toilet. Parents with prams might struggle to fit in- there is seating outside though. No one checked that our order was ok. I have rated on our whole experience and would have upgraded to good if my negative perceptions had not been there. I noticed an extra staff member starting as we left who started by clearing the tables and also bringing food out.

Called by for breakfast and was really pleased with our decision. Extensive breakfast menu available and was even asked how I wanted my tea. Breakfast was delicious and cooked to perfection and piping hot. Excellent, friendly and speedy customer service too. Don't forget to pick up some homemade scones for tea if you have room!

Stayed at Travelodge Southport 15th to 19th July Had breakfast at The Cleveland 3 of the days and couldn't complain about anythingEspecially enjoyed the mug of good strong tea and not too much milkWould definitely recommend .

As on previous visits, the food was of very high quality, freshly and quickly cooked and very good value.

we called after visiting the food festival in victoria park. it was a bit early for lunch at the festival and if i'm honest the hot food stalls were a bit pricey, even though it all smelt good. we found the cleveland cafe on lord st next to travelodge. bright + clean with plenty of tables inside and some outside as well. we had steak pie, chips + 2 veg and 2 teas for just over £10, not bad at all, they do breakfasts/ roast dinners/ buttys/ jackets and desserts; fruit pies e.t.c. friendly family run cafe. the only downside is; no toilets, but our hotel was'nt too far to pay a call in reception.

Lovely family run Cafe with quite a selection of home made dishes, all reasonably priced. Helpful, friendly staff.When the sun is shining, like it was today, it's a lovely spot on Lord St to watch the world go by with its outside seating

when to this cafe after morning shopping with wife, had steak pie chips peas gravy x2 and two coffees well worth price fast and hot great staff well recommended parking for disabled outside help me alot as wife is disabled great cafe and they remembered us even though we had not been in ages

Probably over 10 years since we used to have the odd quick meal in here before moving away. So no surprise that the food is just as good and the service just as friendly in 2015. My sister and her friend met me on Saturday afternoon after a long drive so rather than pop into somewhere for pub grub I took them into the Cleveland. Good service and equally good hot sandwiches at a very good price. The following morning my sister and her friend returned for Breakfast as this was not included in the hotel deal I had booked for them. Pro's, Good choice of good food at great prices, good service, friendly atmosphere. early opening for breakfast.Con's, Bottom end of Lord St so gets little passing traffic. No toilet facilities.

Very close to the Travelodge. Home cooked food and superb value. We went early on a Sunday morning. Glad we did as by 10am it was packed.

Popped in here today for the first time,Good Tasty Breakfast.... Not the Cheapest in Southport but definitely not the most expensive.

With only 6 of the 11 tables occupied and 4 staff working it took 50 minutes to get a slice of toast and a sausage roll.

if you want good home cooked food at a good price with great friendly service then the cleveland cafe is well worth the walk next to b and m the new travelodge down from the bingo.

great food great staff good atmosphere food hot and served quickly made fresh owners very friendly this cafe is next to the travel lodge well recommended 5***** carnt wait to go back coach parties welcome and cater for disabled

had a very good meal and good cup of tea very good price .very good server .will be back very soon. for some more home cooking yum yum

We really enjoyed the food, was very reasonably priced and mostly home made. Server and cook were very warm and friendly and chatted to us for a while. Good location and relaxed atmosphere inside. I am going again today I enjoyed it so much !