Coffeetop in Bath and North East Somerset

Great value breakfast , nice folks Quality food Free car park near by I will definitely be returning to explore the menu

I dined at the Riverside Cafe in Radstock again on a wet day in October, this is one of my rare trips to Radstock and this is my 3rd review of this lovely but small cafe (just 17 seats). Don't be put off by the rather old fashioned wall coverings! I paid £7.50 for a breakfast plus cappuccino. There is a good selection of traditional English fare on the menu with a further 6 selections on the specials board (including salmon on the day I visited). They are also advertising a Sunday Roast. Note that the name is now 'Riverside Cafe' and not 'Coffetop' as listed on TA. Recommended.

Excellent. Toilet coming next week. Hasn’t been the Coffee Top for at least four years. Can’t change name since they can’t find the password.

After an early start & a morning at Frome car boot there’s nothing easier than a quick phone call to, Shane, at the ‘Riverbank Cafe’ ( once known as Coffeetop cafe ) to order a takeaway Sunday lunch. I won’t tell you anything more but eating in or taking out I know you’ll enjoy your meal.

Popped in here with the grandkids been here a few times they make the best milkshakes and the kids love them. Nice and cosy local cafe they do cooked meals cakes sandwiches and a good sunday dinner pop in and have a try lovely

I last reviewed this small cafe about three years ago but I visited Radstock again recently to look around the nearby museum so I decided to lunch here first. The food here is traditional English fare and there should be something for everyone. It is reasonably priced and the service is quick and polite. I paid £8.55 for sausage, egg and chips (also served with optional beans though they are not mentioned on the menu) together with a delicious large cappuccino. It is worth stating again that this cafe is small - about twelve seats at tables with a few more bench seats. There are a few outside seats available but those are not for me in February! You may well have to wait for a seat at busy times. There is no car parking outside, the nearest free car park is about 300 metres away in Waterloo Road. The regeneration of Radstock (mentioned at length in my previous post) is almost complete - the remains of the old GWR rail station have now been removed and replaced with housing and that development is nearing completion. In summary - I can totally recommend this small cafe, it is always my preferred choice of eatery on my occasional trips to Radstock.

Really enjoyed our lunch here. The waiter / chef had obviously gone to a lot of effort with salad and garnishings etc. Good value and food prepared with love. Highly recommended.

Go to this little cafe often. i live local always take the grandkids for Sunday breakfast always good food and kids love it..

Having visited the museum (just opposite) we (a family group of 4 matures) decided to see if we could get some lunch at this cafe, now known as Riverside. What a delight it turned out to be. The owners were friendly and patient with our hesitancy of what to order. We were all absolutely delighted with what we got. Great poached eggs, chips, etc. The coffee was excellent. Once we got talking to the owner he gave us a great deal of quality information about the area. A wonderful place to take a break. Thank you.

This is a lovely little shop to have a drink and some food. The staff are always nice, chatty and very welcoming.

Good food, nice atmosphere, nice staff, good place for a drink and or food. Hopefully the disruption of the new builds won't be around for too much longer and it's back to usual.

Tuve un desayuno cocinado una sábado por la mañana. Se ofrecieron también los precios y yo tuvimos la baja de precio aunque mi pareja uno más caro (4 libras. 99 y £6. 99? ). La mía era todo lo que necesitaba, incluyendo tostadas y té. Cómo mi compañero logró obtener a través de todo de su placa nunca se sabe! Excelente relación calidad-precio! Definitivamente volvería allí

I dropped into Coffeetop for a cup of tea and slice of cake with my daughter. What a feast....I'll have to limit the frequency of my visits or bang goes my diet. If you're not worrying about your weight make a point of dropping in

Have been here a few times, Beautiful food at great value. Very friendly staff. Roast dinner is amazing!!

The best value cafe lunch in the area! The salad is fresh and amazingly tasty! My son said his breakfast was legendary 👍🏻

Stopped here on route for a dog walk, sat outside as they don't allow dogs inside. However outside area is very nice. The food was really lovely and very affordable. The make your own breakfast is a great idea. But so is the big buster breakfast! I had a mocha which was wonderful.

This is a nice little place for a cup of coffee and cake. Staff is friendly too.The only minus is the lack of place so it might not be very comfortable if going with children. There is almost no space for a pushchair.

This place does the best breakfast and definitely the best black pudding I've ever tasted! owner & staff are lovely and very welcoming. Highly recommended

Went here for coffee with friend, stayed for two coffees and an excellent reasonably priced tasty lunch!

Went for coffee took a while to get chef talking a lot !! No one in wouldn't go back had to remind them of my order

Nice food.Only issue was sitting outside with car fumes. However improved slightly with new road layout. Privacy has also been improved!

Visited a couple of times now, and not impressed. Coffee thin and bland, toasted tea-cakes also thin and 'biscuity'. We noticed other visitors on the day were also less than happy. They need to improve.

Stopped here after a bike ride. There riders friendly and have outside seating. Very good coffee and a very nice looking menu. Didn't have anything to eat but will definitely be back. Prices for food looked very good.

Breakfast was ok but I thought expensive for a small cafe in this areaThis cafe is very small and you are sat so close to the people next to you I wasn't keen on thisNice friendly staff

We popped in after a walk one day and had milkshakes. They were OK. The place looks nice and prices are affordable. A nice little cafe.

Stopped for a cuppa and some breakfast on a visit to this pretty little town, its small but friendly, the food is good and great value, would certainly return if in the area.

Really enjoyed our breakfasts here- nicely cooked, all the trimmings, great value and friendly service. Will be trying out the lunch menu when we next get a chance!

Now called the Riverside Cafe, this is one cute little place. Just happened upon it during a flying visit into Radstock. What do people actually do there I wonder? Having said that, Radstock does have a twee feel about it but don't go there expecting to do anything. Not unless you want a pit stop. If that's the case, you can't go wrong with this cafe. It's very small but the food was lovely. Jacket potato and a soup of the day was ordered. Very fresh and reasonably priced as were the drinks.It's a shame it doesn't have any "facilities" onsite but it is what it is. If you're looking for great fresh food and cheap as chips good tea and coffee and are passing through Radstock, please stop here - it'll be worth it.

This cafe is situated at Number 1 Frome Road in Radstock in a rather iconic building, for reasons that I will explain later in this extended review. First a few words about Radstock itself, which I last visited about 10 years ago - and it was a dump! But in recent years a lot of redevelopment has gone on and money has clearly been spent to improve the town centre. The car park adjacent to the Victoria Hall has gone, as have the Marcroft Wagon Repair Works and the warehouses and mills next to the river - all have been replaced with attractive new housing. That disgusting pedestrian underpass off the Frome Road (under the old GWR rail lines) has been infilled and that area now features a new link road and roundabout. And the site of the old GWR station itself is currently fenced off and awaiting a further substantial residential building development. Radstock truly has been transformed!As other posters have already commented this cafe has something of an identity crisis, I visited it expecting it be called Coffee Top. But what I found was the River Bank Cafe which has a smaller menu and different opening hours. So I can only review what I found on the day - early October 2015. And this very small cafe can certainly be recommended whatever its name. There are 14 seats inside at tables with a further 6 at a 'bench' table. There are also a few seats and tables outside for use if the weather is OK. The menu includes all-day breakfasts, light lunches, sandwiches, jacket potatoes, soup, cakes and a selection of burgers. The menu is not vast but there should be something for everyone here. Some takeaway food is also available. You order at the counter from the menu on wall-boards - I chose sausage, egg and chips at £4.95 with a large cappuccino to drink (£2.30). The drink was delivered to my table quickly and the food soon followed and included a portion of peas - not stated on the board menu. I was asked if I wanted a sauce with the meal, always a bonus as I sometimes find I need to ask for this when I should not really need to. The meal was filling, delicious, politely and quickly served and good value for money.This small building is partly propped up over the river and used to be a shop and it is situated in between the two former rail lines which used to serve Radstock (GWR and SDJR) and next to the notorious adjacent level crossings which caused such traffic jams back in the day - they were removed in the 1970s. And this building is iconic because it featured in so many photographs taken of these railways and Radstock town centre, most notably in the 1950s and 1960s. I would imagine it has some kind of Listed Building status now in fact. The end of the building is completely glazed so - apart from making the interior bright - customers can look out at the dual mini roundabouts which have effectively replaced the dual level crossings (this can provide amusement when drivers unfamiliar with the area try to negotiate them). Other sights are the adjacent river, the Radstock Museum (formerly the Market Hall), the Pit Winding Wheel (from Kilmersdon Colliery I believe, the last to close in about 1973) and what I still know as 'The Waldegrave Arms'. Customers can also look out at the RadCo store just opposite which has its own cafe (moved within the store and updated since my last visit) and which offers a bigger menu but is not such good value for money as 1 Frome Road.This cafe has a 5* 'scores on the doors' rating from the FSA for hygiene. There is no customer toilet - it is just too small. There is no car parking outside but adequate free parking is available about 200 metres away (on the other side of the river) at the old SDJR station site off Waterloo Road. The opening hours are Monday to Friday 8 till 4 and Sat/Sun 8:30 till 5. Free wi-fi is also available. I was most impressed by this small cafe and wish it every success in a rejuvenated Radstock, whatever name the cafe uses! So it gets 5* from me.

Ok, so I think it's called the Riverside Cafe as well - even has a facebook page! Still, I can echo everyone else and say that the food is tasty and you get plenty for your money. I had a perfectly drinkable cappucino and a huge toasted brie and tomato sandwich with salad which was delicious. I did notice that you can "build your own breakfast" at 0.60p per item which is a great idea.I would also like to add that the staff are lovely and were very attentive and caring towards an elderly customer who wasn't feeling too good that day. Will be back.

When I was there a couple of weeks ago, it was called the Riverside, which is a rather more logical name as it's....er...beside the river. Very friendly welcome, good coffee and a nice location. Recommended.

Stopped for lunch and had all day breakfast and rest of the family had sandwiches. Generous sizes and great quality, plus amazing flat whites. In addition we received a great welcome and the staff could not do enough for us.

This cafe is a real good find, the staff actually speak to you and generally are pleased to serve you.What we found was the meals served up were of very good standard, the two chefs actually seved us the same quality food.The food as well as being good was of reasonable price.Lets all support this very well managed cafe, they deserve to get on.Well done to all of you.

We were in Radstock for a craft fair and came across this lovely little coffee shop that also does food, very friendly staff and reasonable prices, we only had a coffee and delicious treacle tart but well worth dropping in instead of stereotyped Costa etc, would come again

at last somewhere to eat in radstock that you can be sure of a great meal generous portions of delicious food at a superb price

This was an amazing find. We use the cafe most Sundays when visiting another local shop. Every meal we've had - from sandwiches to jacket spuds to all day breakfasts to name just a few - has been lovely and it's all freshly made. The homemade soups are gorgeous. The manageress is really friendly and always makes you feel welcome.

Visited coffee top after a ten mile run to warm up. Had the porridge with raspberries, possibly the nicest porridge I've ever had, beautifully presented. Coffee was good. Nice chilled atmosphere, we'll try this venue regularly from now on.

This is a great place to visit for a meal, snack or just coffee. Since I last visited there is a new manageress who has added more variety and interest tom the food menu, which gives much more choice if you want to eat something substantial. Add to this home made scones, cakes and a variety of other home made produce make this place a winner! The quality of service and welcome remain undiminished even when Wales lose the rugby (the manageress is Welsh and an ardent rugby fan). Great place to chill for 10 mins to while away the day

Lovely little coffee shop, in Radstock, good home made cakes. No parking but plenty near by, well worth the walk.

Have only popped in here once or twice, not long after they opened, but the coffee was lush, the snacks were great and the staff were friendly. It's nice to see that building being used again - it's definitely a bit of a tardis! Nowhere near as small on the inside as it looks on the outside!

We were doing a 36 mile cycle trip along the Two Tunnels/Colliers Way routes and found this delightful coffee shop in Radstock en route. We had a cream tea and coffee and both were excellent. The rest of the food on offer looked very good and the place was very busy. Highly recommend. Will definitely return if we're passing again.

Having driven passed Coffeetop countless times, I decided to make the effort to park nearby and visit. I realised what a little gem I had been missing out on. Its unpretentious but serves good coffee (and tea) and a choice of cold snacks, excellent wraps and sandwiches and some hot meals including jacket potatoes and pies. The staff without exception are great and a credit to the establishment. They are friendly, happy, and attentive.I pop in there regularly now.

This is a bijou coffee bar where you can get light snacks as well. situated just off the roundabout, the one and only roundabout, at Radstock. Roads lead to Bath and Frome. if you go over the little bump which is a river and turn right there is a free car park 50 m on your right.Service is positive and cheerful. It is worth noting that it is 25 m from the Radstock Museum. The museum has a small tea and coffee bar with one or two types of cakes and this being a dedicated place has more variety. I would not take away from the Radstock Museum cafe at all.Yesterday when I visited there was talk of extending the cafe and making a larger outside area. it is not the quietest cafe in the UK but for a sit down and a snack it is very convenient. The hours are on the website but I believe they are going to open earlier so it is worth checking. Coffeetop is open seven days a week.

I only found about this place after reading about it on another website but apparently it has been in Radstock since August, popped in today during a bike ride and had an excellent coffee with a huge slice of lemon cake. Will be a regular stop for me from now on

Really good coffee shop in Radstock. Best hot chocolate I've had in weeks and my partner enjoyed her latte. Clean and great prices. Also offered a complimentary mince pie. Highly recommended.

Noticed this when we were visiting the museum on the other side of the river in Radstock, the building I understand used to stand on the sidings of the old railway, which we would not have known if we had not been to the museum.Lovely coffee at really good prices, my grandsons had bacon sandwiches which they said were lush!Good luck in your new venture, you are doing a very good job so far!