Clock Tower Cafe in Lancaster

Not bad actually for a little lunchtime snack. Pleasant staff and quick to the table.

Perfect location for a beachside cafe good service excellent

Chips were the worst I've ever had from any chippy. Vinegar was awful. Fish was nice. Hot Chocolate delicious. Coffee good. Great selection for fogs. Staff friendly. Good system for waiting for food. Efficient. Nice view.

Nice coffee fish chips friendly

Beautiful fish and chips!! Good portion, cooked fresh with care. Thank you!

This establishment was staffed by lots of young people on the day of our visit but they were very organised and efficient. Fish, chips and scampi came quickly and was tasty and we were impressed how proactive the staff were making sure everything was neat and tidy

Small town coffee shop on the promenade in Morecambe. Nice atmosphere, friendly staff, good food with traditional fish & chips on their daily menu.

Excellent. Very efficient system of ordering. Fish and chips excellent. Friendly atmosphere. Thank you

Regularly go for coffee and snack. Brilliant position on prom. Friendly service. Great especially for families. Fresh donuts and chips. Ice creams for children. Dogs welcome and catered for

We chose this place as it was one of the only places open and in the sunshine. Prices were reasonable and service was ok. The food was awful. Honestly the worst fish and chips we have ever had. Even the dog wouldn’t eat them. We threw them away. The curry was weak, the chips were very undercooked and the fish was bland.

Great little place to stop while having a stroll along the prom, food is great reasonably priced and great staff..

We tried the ice cream, the coffee and the fish and chips, and the truth is that for being on the avenue, very central, it has a good price-quality ratio and everything looked good.

One staff member was so rude- they took ages to serve us and then that one staff member had a go at me for taking 4 forks when there was 4 of us eating.

Great ice cream and in a perfect location along the beach.

Chips are alright if you have about 6 gallons of water at hand to quench your thirst with during and after. Dry, rubbery, too hot and crispy and bubbly on the outside. Obviously cheap, frozen oven fries thrown in a deep fat fryer. Gave up half way through. Tried feeding them to the seagulls but even they couldn't stomach them. Staff working there don't have a braincell to share between them. Asked the guy serving if they had toilets and assured him I was going to order and I wasn't just asking so that I could sneak in and use his toilets for free. He said "yeah they're round the back of the building" and took my order. Nice one... but went round the back, only to find that toilets are owned by the council and they charge to use 😂 Under normal circumstances I would say fair play to the chap for swindling me like that and buy him a pint for the effort it took, but to be honest I don't think he even knew he'd had me. I firmly believe that he was just unable to process what it was I was actually asking. Poor lad. Must be a hard life. But anyway, yeah 👍 alright place if stale chips and a full bladder is your thing.

I live near Thornton road so normally I cross this restaurant every day, Today I planned to buy fish and chips from this shop, I buy one and put it on the table and went to get some ketchup meanwhile seagulls attacked my food, I quickly go back and tried to save my food infact they managed to take only few pieces but the guy at the shop offered me a complete new meal along with the meal that was being ruined by seagulls. Taste of the food was amazing. I highly recommend this place to everyone.

We got donuts from the clock tower cafe they tasted amazing. The staff were nice and kind and the atmosphere was good. Great scenery surrounding the cafe and we enjoyed the snacks from the clock tower cafe we would definately buy from them again.

The staff were very cheerful and provided great service and atmosphere was brilliant. We ordered donuts from the clock tower cafe and they tasted great.

Nice ice cream served by polite and friendly staff.

Lovely place. Good food friendly staff and quick service. Fish and chips by the sea. Awesome 👌

Great food, great tea, great atmosphere! David was very accommodating and kind. He deserves a raise. Will be back!

Fantastic spot with beautiful view of the bay! so many ice cream flavors. Staff was very friendly, especially David. Time for a promotion.

The fish from this place is not sea fish it’s fresh water fish and tastes of mud I’d avoid at all costs it’s rank !

Fabulous Fish Chips and Mushy peas. The fish was fantastic batter lovely and thinly coated . Chips great too. We had Senior portion was a decent portion for sure Freshly made was given a buzzer to let us know when they were ready Sat outside was a gorgeous day enjoyed the lovely views Will visit again.

Probably the best fish n chips we’ve had in a long time Sat outside on a beautiful sunny day, great views and everything cooked fresh Good value for money plenty of places charging more for fish n chips Nice friendly staff

To expensive, they took that many orders outside that the people sat in the little cafe were told no more orders were being taken.

Smallest piece of fish ever gotten as "fish&chips" was shocked when opened carton and wondered if had been given kids portion by mistake..or maybe my skin not white enough for all the other decent size pieces of fish I saw all other people with. Not greasy and tasted nice. Cooked fresh to order which means give you a buzzer until yours is ready. Wouldnt reccommend/wouldnt return.

About 30 of us descended upon an already busy cafe at lunch time on a festival day today - a hot sunny Sunday. Service was very efficient despite the busy period and the heat. The ordering system was quick and accurate, with a vibrating buzzer you are given alerting you to when to collect your food. The food was nice and good value given the promenade location. I would like to have had some sauce dispensers instead of having to buy plastic squeezy tubes, and also some napkins, but minor gripes.

Staff good service great chips awful and I love chips it's probably the worst I've ever had and put half in the bin and the fish not worth it sorry just being honest it's just not traditional chippy wish I had the the pub food across the Rd.

Staff good service great wait time really good considering it was busy now being totally honest I love chips and have to say they were the worst I've ever had and the fish batter OK but the fish not really alot on it hubby had curry and chips not great either,this is a fab location it just was not like traditional fish and chips sorry disappointed.

Excellent Fish and Chips!!! Enjoyed by the whole family.

I have never had worse hotdogs. Artificial meat.

Superb fish & chips, now in my top 5 list

Came to morecambe woth the kids. Of course we wanted to experience the traditional sea side chippy lunch. Sadly, we didn't do our homework. The cafe and views were lovely, as was the light and golden batter however, the chips were frozen and poor quality at that. They were indegestion inducing, dry and crumbly- the stick in your throat kind. So disappointed. £9.95 for fish and frozen chips!..we didn't have the heart to complain as the staff were young teenage lads. We left the chips and ventured further up the seafront and got some lovely traditional chips. Wish it was advertised that it was not a traditional chippy as we wouldn't have bothered.

Enjoyed our fish,chips and peas here,we had a senior citizen meal,they were freshly cooked,the only downside was the table hadn't been wiped from the previous customers.

Had fish and chips inside. Tables were a bit sticky despite us being the only ones in. The fish was small but tasty, batter. Ice and light. Let down was the frozen chips.

Lovely cafe with lovely views of the bay. Nice food too. Staff were very friendly and quick service.

I'll start with the positives - the location is fantastic on a sunny day and the staff serving were pleasant and friendly. The service however was dreadfully slow, to the point it was painful! I was queuing just short of half an hour just to make my order (there were about 6 customers in front of me). Our food arrived pretty quickly in fairness once I'd actually made the order. I think the slow service at ordering is a combination of a slow till system and customers faffing about, unlike most normal people who have their order ready (it's not like there wasn't enough time in the queue to decide). One of our items was a hot dog and I couldn't have been more disappointed. At £4 I was expecting a nice big jumbo sized hot dog, but no it was a tiny one the same size as the £1 tinned ones from Aldi. I get that costs for businesses have increased but come on, what you gave me wasn't even worth £1.50 let alone £4. The chips weren't the greatest either, just about edible. At just under £10 for a tiny hot dog, awful chips and a drink it's safe to say I won't be returning, nor will I recommend it to others.

Really enjoyed the ice cream and donuts. Friendly service and amazing, freshly fried donuts, which were prepared after we ordered, so they really were freshly fried and gloriously crispy! Definitely go there again!

I don’t know Morecambe and I’m very selective about fish and chips. My expectations were not high when riding along the Prom but I was delighted with the very good quality of the fish, chips and mushy peas meal. Cooked to order and efficient service. Overall excellent! 👍🏼

Well what can I say about this place is I’ll never return. The chips were hard and the donuts were doughy. The tea was disgusting. The four girls serving were loving talking to two young men and nothing serving other customers. All in all a rubbish place

I enjoyed my meal here because :- The dining area is spotless. The fish,chips and mushy peas were excellent. The cost is good value for money.

Lovely quick bite to eat on the promenade. I am so glad I didn’t read the reviews before coming here as it would have stopped me eating at the clock tower cafe. Flaky fresh fish. Big portion. Nice chips not too greasy. £9.50 for fish and chips, price to be expected at the sea front. Staff were busy but friendly and the food was really great. I’m very very picky with fish and chips. Ignore all the poor reviews and give it a go

Absolutely shocking , we fancied seaside chips with either curry or gravy . We recieved a handful of FROZEN chips they were disgusting extremely DRY and NO TASTE , a handful of FROZEN DRY CHIPS for £2.90 plus the £1.50 for either gravey or curry , I have never had frozen chips at a seaside chippy ever in my life , we will avoid at all costs in the future , expensive and dreadfull 😡.

Today I had fish and chips at this place and they were appalling. It tasted like we had the. A scrag ends of a day shift. Which cost £22 for two fish and chips and to bottles of fizzy pop. The guy serving had cut his finger and was dripping it everywhere, didn’t put a dressing on his cut and wasn’t even where gloves. Avoid like the plague

This place catches the eye on the promenade and we decided to stop for some lunch as the kids were getting hungry. In a seaside town you expect all the chippy's to be first class but this place was woefull at best! The people skills...

We bought 3 double scoop ice-cream cones £4.27 each! We were served by a lovely young lady who was polite and friendly,as I was leaving the counter I saw a 'manager' rush up to her saying harshly 'you are giving too much ice-cream away!' he...

Beautiful views from all the windows in the cafe, big plus that they let dogs in. Downside meals are served in a polystyrene container and the coffee in the latte was bitter and tasted like it was made with water instead of all milk. The...

Lovely fish fried to order.Takes about six minutes to cook while you wait.

For a fish and chip shop/cafe on a seafront, I expected more than frozen chips. The cod bites looked like they had been fried in engine oil and the vinegar was presumably balsamic vinegar as it was looked more like soy sauce. We chose this place expecting fresh fish and potato chips but were disappointed with the portion size and everything being frozen. If you want fish and chips from a seafront chippy, give this a miss.

Fantastic fish & chips right by the sea 😋 Very tasty, lovely crispy batter and chips. We sat inside as it was cold and rainy today. The cafe inside was lovely and nice and clean. Good value for money. Would definitely recommend and will be back next time we visit.

Absolutely lovely fish and chips at the beach 😋

Asked for a fish butty and got a teacake in one tray and the fish in another. Fish was rubbish and burnt and the teacake was a like a warburtons one. To say they are seaside fish and chips, got to be the worst I've had.

Really poor chips and even worse service. The chips are not proper chippy chips, they were bang average. But the worst thing was the attitude of the guy at the desk! I waited for over 20 minutes for my order, they got it wrong twice,...

Ordered chips and icecream. The cafe appeared to be manned by really lovely polite young adults. Unfortunately it's a really grubby little place. As I waited 15 mins for 2 portions of chips, I took in the state of the kitchen. Old grease clung to the work stations and faded paper signs were no longer taped down securely. Fruitshoots were off brand rip offs and prices over inflated. Once the chips were ready I added my own salt and vinegar at the collection window ledge, which was covered in slopped sauces and other condiments. Would it really be THAT hard to wipe it every few orders? Chips were very poor quality and the vinegar was not the traditional chip shop vinegar. Afterwards we ordered icecream from the hatch at the side. Cookies n cream in a waffle cone. Waterery icecream with no flavour how disappointing! Won't visit again.

Fish and chips cooked to death dry fish ruined chips. We went into the sit cafe area....... sit down will will bring it to you....waited ....waited. They shouted what was your number ....we weren't given one. Then fish and chips appeared on the counter not...

Today I ordered my first Fish and chips from CTC. The food was amazing and by far the best I have eaten in Morecambe. The staff were cheerful and the whole experience was a delight.Well done everyone. May thanks from Ruth x

The staff are very friendly. Great choices for tasty Ice Cream 🍦

My partner and I shared a tray of chips, which was plenty for lunch. So good value. There’s a seating area or you can sit on a public bench overlooking the bay, which we did. Service was friendly and quick. Chips were ok.

Ordered a fish and the lad was too busy playing on his phone. Service run by amateurs and no hygiene. Didn't get my order properly because of his game-playing and had such a long wait. Such a walk for a cup of tea. I will...

Lovely cafe and friendly staff. Spent many hours here sitting watching the world go by and at the amazing view. I’m not sure if it’s changed hands recently but my husband and I can’t fault it and we can be pretty picky.

Stopped at this cafe one Saturday afternoon, we only wanted two coffees to take away we asked the lad serving and he had a bit of trouble separating the paper cups so he proceeded to lick his fingers to separate them. Not very good in...

Had fish and chips at the take away window. It was freshly made, the batter was crispy and fish was fluffy. Would highly recommend.

Disgusting and overpriced food. I honestly would be ashamed to serve something like this to people. Only fish tasted... well, like a fish.

Frozen chips. Fish and chips very dry and overcooked with 30 minutes waiting time. And terrible coffee. Wouldn't return. I don't mind paying the price for decent stuff but not this rubbish.

20 mins for 1 fish and 1 chips, way overpriced and all served cold. No lids for sauces which meant half of the contents being soaked up by the concrete on the way to the table. Had to ask for the sauces to be topped up as was served half measures. £7.50 for fish and a shady portion of chips amounting to 1 small spud. How long are people like this going to be allowed to abuse the hard working public. Joke.

The chips were horrible, dry and tasteless, felt like they had been fryed 10 times at least, this isn't a proper chip shop and were way over priced and took ages. Avoid getting food from here just because it's on the front.

Fish chips and a brew In the open air

Lovely place to sit and people watch

Tables are all outside and spread out around a solid floor and grassed area. There are lovely views of the water across to Grange. It advertises coffee and tea cake but they had no tea cakes. I asked for a black coffee and hot chocolate....

This place does pretty decent ice cream. Choose from flavours like cookie dough, creme egg, tutti frutti, salted caramel etc. I went with a scoop of banoffee and a scoop of biscoff with a flake. Gorgeous.

On the promenade, the cafe serves fish and chips around the side, drinks, fast food and ice creams at the front. Everything is very well priced and there are plenty of places to sit or you can sit on the sand.

stood waiting for our food with my 5year old son we were listening to the staff behind the counter. I could not believe the amount of time f**King and sh1t was used and also the lass called the lad a prick. Food was average but...

The Clock Tower itself if a historic icon of the Morecambe Prom. The cafe sits around the tower in a prime location. There are many tables, now socially distanced. The Tea & Coffee where OK but some of the eating options looked like typical fast...

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Dont ever get doughnuts from this place, they are properly disgusting and swimming in grease. The coffee was also terrible. Glad I changed my mind about having an ice cream. Yuk!

We had decent fish and chips here. It is in a great spot to eat outside of right on the promenade. Service was fine.

It's in a nice spot, and that's it.

Thought I would write a review whilst I waiting. Been here for nearly 30 minutes for a bag of chips and still waiting. Slow service doesn’t even come close. Let’s hope they are worth waiting for.

Yeah umm this is as basic as things get... The donuts are rank but if you're stopping just for some chips then it's okay. Expect nothing more and you won't be disappointed!

We bought four mugs of tea, at 4.30 and sat inside, it was raining. They started to tidy up so we asked what time they closed , 5pm , at 4.50 we were asked to leave as they wanted to mop the floor. We wanted to stay longer as mam is 91, but the young man said you have sat there for ages ! The tea was so hot we sat outside on the wall to finish. Customer service, none, why are these young people allowed to run a cafe ?

Drove to Morecambe late afternoon. Arrived 545. Shutting up shop because of a bit of rain so we couldn't have our fish and chips at the seaside.

Stale cones and ice cream with the flavour of chalk. Along with it being £2 for a single cone it’s a bit of a rip. It’s the usual story. Best placed venues always stop trying cos they get the lions share of the foot traffic.

A day out in Morecambe in May didn't see many options for lunch on the seafront so when I saw the Clocktower café I thought "great, what better than fish and chips at the seaside". I wish I hadn't bothered. Firstly, the service: you pay when ordering and are given a ticket with your order number which is called when your food is ready. At first glance this is good right? Freshly cooked to order, right? WRONG! I was second in line and it took twenty, yes 20, minutes to get my food. There were only two young women serving both the café and the ice cream counter. Had I not already paid I would have walked out. When my number was called they had missed part of the order and I had to remind the girl what I had asked, and paid for. This earned me a suspicious dirty look. Secondly, the food: the fish was very greasy on the outside and some parts had missed battering so that the exposed fish wash burnt. The fish inside the batter looked OK but was totally without taste; the type of fish had not been specified and I certainly couldn't tell what it was. The chips were absolutely disgusting. They were clearly frozen chips that had been cooked then left, probably overnight, before being fried again. They were rock hard and totally inedible; even the scavenging birds turned up their beaks. It is rare that I leave any food but I left most of this offering. The only redeeming feature is that the prices (not displayed) seem quite low. Either that or they made a mistake. Either way, the low price did not make up for the food being so awful. As an aside, when they called the order before mine nobody responded (it turned out the gentleman was deaf and hadn't heard his number being called) but the two girls made no effort to try again and the food was left to go cold. Finally, cleanliness: doesn't seem to exist. The entire place looked grubby, the floor and tables were dirty and it appeared that no effort had been made to even wipe the tables. I have learned a lesson and will never visit this establishment again.

We thought Fish & Chips by the seaside would be lovely......we were wrong.This place was dirty, tables were wiped down with a dirty cloth and no spray, god forbid a child dropped a chip on the table and then ate it.....i dread to think what germs were about. The food wasn't good either with the fish tasteless (was it really Cod or the poor cousin Pollock?!?) and was running in grease. Avoid at all costs.

What a fantastic location this place has! Why on earth don’t you make something off it!!!The place seems to be run by kids that don’t really want to be there and when was it last cleaned??The fridge that holds the cold drinks in the chip shop part was disgusting I’m surprised the health inspectors haven’t shut you down for that alone! Don’t think it has been cleaned ever!!Makes me wonder how clean the frying area is considering it out off view off customers.Such a shame you could really make this place a whole lot better!

Ugly decor. But very tasty fish. The ice cream is good too. I like the donuts that are freshly made.

We were stopping off here after a prom walk as a central place to meet friends on a nice day. It is odd that you have to order food and drink from different counters. The fish and chips were ok and adequate for one. There are certainly no frills here. I would go again for a drink on a good day as the location is a good central one but the fish and chips are much better else where. No one seemed to be cleaning the tables either as several needed to be cleared whilst we were there and cleaned.

took a walk one Sunday afternoon and ended up getting fish and chips from this café.....cost was over £10 for two but were really good and tasty

The crispier fish n chips I ever had (for those who hate till soggy). Open till late.

The place is a shambles the tables where sticky, the salt tub needs a good clean , the cheif needs sacked and the suppliers want shot, my mothers burger came with what looked like the cheif had took a nibble out of it before it came out, the woman on the till thought she was owed the world the list is endless I deman this place shuts it’s doors ASAP!!!

The Clock Tower Cafe, which is situated on the sea front at Morecambe is an "alright-ish" place to go and grab a bite to eat. The fish is great, but as for the chips, a little work needs to be put on to improve this which I'm many of the other reviewers would have mentioned. On the other hand, the staff were friendly and I'm sure they can read my review and find the best way to improve their Cafe just like any other business would do.

We came here for some doughnuts and a Mr Whippy ice cream and we really wished we'd chosen somewhere different. We first ordered some doughnuts and woman who was serving us was quite rude and very unfriendly and she just looked like she wasn't bothered and just didn't want to be there. The doughnuts were very greasy and there was so much sugar on them we ended up throwing them away as they were disgusting. Then we went to order a Mr Whippy ice cream only to be told the Mr Whippy machine wasn't working so we had to order normal vanilla ice cream which wasn't too bad but was overfilled in the cornet and was dripping all over the place. We definitely wouldn't visit here again and i recommend avoiding this place.

Small overpriced portions, cold chips, undercooked fish.. i threw most of it to the seagulls thanks.. definatly will avoid if i ever visit again.. feel ill after eating what i could. :(

We had a lovely icecream at the Clock Tower Cafe after sunbathing on morecambe beach. Wallings ice with cream egg. Died and gone to heaven. Gorgeous !!!!!

Over priced food. Fish was OK, chips frozen. Doesn't look very clean. Service slow. Doughnuts over cooked and greasy, didn't realise till counting my change I'd been charged £3.20 for a ice cream with a flake in. Would not recommend this place at all.

Nice Coffee. Always somewhere to park.

If you like your chips under cooked and full of grease and your fish full of skin and bones this is the place to go. The worsed chippy I have be to.

Over priced. Portion of chips £1.80. I make that 10p per chip. Very expensive and didn’t look that clean

Frozen chips, tiny overpriced portions. Terrible. Avoid. I am always happy to pay a premium for quality but here you pay a premium for utter rubbish.