Dish in Elmbridge

Cosy and quirky atmosphere. Pulls in a posh crowd. Tourist area. Close to station which has paid parking. Dog friendly (treats at the counter). For people, free water on tap. Outdoor seating at back. Great menu!

Very disappointing breakfast. We were overcharged and it was undercooked. Shame as I used to like Dish!

Food was ok, but staff seemed unfriendly. Also very bad for children, took baby and there were no children’s menu and no baby change facilities, changing a baby on the floor of a toilet should be a thing of the past! Overall, give it a miss if you have kids!

had english bfast. was not nice at all

This is a great, well run cafe. Well situated for Hampton Court Palace and a lovely walk along the river

Great for coffee and cake. Nice staff friendly atmosphere

Delicious food, nice environment, cool decor. Pretty cheap prices and filling food, definitely worth stopping in for a quick bite.

Quirky dog friendly cafe that does great coffee and food. Close to Hampton Court and the River Thames.

Had a lovely lunch with my mum at Dish; never been here before but will certainly come again!

Great cafe, not ben before,a great find.

A charming cafe just off the strip of Hampton Court. Food is great, coffee immaculate and the girls serving are just the NICEST. They make me and my dog so welcome and I am forever grateful.

Lovely food. Lovely staff. We're now regulars!

The food was far from any taste. We chose this place for breakfast, but the only good thing was the coffee. The tables were very close to each other, making it difficult to manage eating or drinking in the outside area of the café.

Fabulous cafe. The owner Peter is incredibly friendly !

I went to Dish over the weekend and it was a lovely cafe with lovely coffee and great food. However, I was deeply disturbed by the way the chef was speaking to other staff, it was borderline abusive! I was shocked, as in my 54 years of living in the area, I have never experienced such obvious hostility catering establishment. I cannot imagine that this was the first time the chef spoke to his staff in this atrocious manner, with the way he was very comfortable doing so in front of customers. I can't bear to think how he talks to them in private!

Great spot to eat breakfast before a day of touring! We came here from the airport on arrival and had an English Breakfast before touring nearby Hampton Court Palace, then to Windsor Castle! Food was tasty, value was decent, and it's a nice spot to dine.

Wonderful establishment. The Vegan breakfast was delicious, healthy and reasonably priced. The coffee on point. Weather was great so excellent to be able to sit outside. Staff were friendly and professional. All round 5 stars.

Always good to be here, it jas been a while since i returned. It is very busy after 11am on a weekend but worth it. Good owner, dog friendly but not overtaken by dogs (i personally dislike dogs in cafés) but it doesn't impact me even though dogs are allowed in here. The table staff are good. I think they need two till points sometimes but it is fine the way it is for most of the time. There is a nice place at the back when it is warm enough so d9 go right to the back of the cafe it does work!

Had a fresh delicious lunch - Spanish Omelette with Salad and Iced Black Coffee😋 Excellent restaurant near Hampton Court!

This is a place that truly cares about the customer and the quality of coffee they prepare. The coffee blend is extremely nice and even tastier as a latte. The barista kindly asked whether I wanted 1 or 2 pumps of syrup. My knees went weak, I've never been offered this choice, so this was a nice surprise. I also ordered 2 babyccinos and my gosh, the attention to detail. Usually I go somewhere and they heat warm milk, pour it in a cup and sprinkle a bit of powder on top. This place warms it, spoons the milky foam on top, adds marshmallows and sprinkles chocolate curls on top. It was pleasant to watch. I think this place is special, highly recommended and my coffee fix was definitely satisfied.

Been to quite a few eating places along Bridge Street and they are all pretty good. First time here and we were all happy with the food we chose, freshly cooked and tasty. Nice eclectic decor and big rear terrace. Will definitely be back.

Met a friend for coffee and cake on a Saturday morning, Great atmosphere, dog friendly, obviously popular with locals. Outdoor area for when it gets warmer looks lovely.

Fantastic local gem. Great service, Great food, and Charming management. Very buzzy atmosphere, and the staff were very efficient and helpful. Loved the freshly squeezed Juices

It's the one of the perfect place I've ever tried and love everything, The staff are super friendly the food is fresh and healthy and good quality. Highly recommend Thanks a lot, my mother enjoyed her breakfast on her birthday here a lot.

Had a birthday breakfast this morning, Ruben our server was amazing, food was great ! Give that man a raise 😂

Nice breakfast of pancakes and bacon and very good coffee

I've been a few times. Food is good, coffee has been good/ok. Maybe it was just the most recent day I visited but it appears to be a keen spot for cyclists so the front of the cafe is quite loud/busy. The garden area out back is actually pretty nice and has a calmer vibe.

Great food, nice ambience, friendly owner

Excellent service. Friendly staff. Great coffee and chocolate cake!

We came here today for our cousin’s 16th birthday and all the staff were so so nice and gave us such a nice birthday experience. Would highly recommend!

It's a nice location so it's a shame the decor is ropey/tired - when you can look out of the front window onto the chimney's of Hampton Court it would be great to sit on something better than grimey, scuffed 90s cafe furniture and you would think given the location/passing trade (which is considerable at the weekends) they could afford to refresh things. I had eggs benedict for breakfast which wasn't good - packety tasting sauce, thick, salty, fatty, back bacon (unsmoked) that made it all feel a bit more like a bacon bap from a burger van, not a tenner's worth of 'deli' breakfast. It came with a weird, large pile of rocket with no dressing on the side. Coffee was fine. Staff were mixed - thoughtful till staff, grumpy unwelcoming manager keen to emphasise that they'd need to move me on quickly because Sunday mornings are busy. Wouldn't visit again.

Horrible lunch, unseasoned food, potatoe salad potatoes where raw- smoke filled room, badly behaved dogs everywhere. Won't be returning.

I had an excellent breakfast here after the Hampton Court 10k. The staff were really friendly and efficient and our good was delivered to the table in good time despite being completely full. It’s a very well run operation. There was a lot of smoked salmon with the scrambled eggs and I also enjoyed my vegetarian breakfast apart from the sausage which tasted most of stuffing and was limp. I would however recommend this place to future diners.

My morning coffee ☕️ Nice place to have a delicious coffee that's all i know!! 3 stars because i don't like dogs inside!!

Lovely atmosphere with outdoor seating out the front and back. The decor is very charming, with bicycles and greenery hanging from the ceiling. The coffee was okay but just a little weak for a flat white.

Incredible carrot cake! Sat in the back garden on a sunny day and enjoyed the gourmet chicken salad. Highly recommend.

Went for a lunch when we visit the Hampton court palace. Food is nice. Great place for you and your pup 🐶

Lovely friendly ambiance with good food

Stopped by for a quickly coffee and snack. Will come again! Ambience/Location: 5/5 Great seating outside as well as a lovely garden in the back. Service: 5/5 Very friendly. Fast and accommodating. Food: 5/5 we only had coffees which were lovely. And my son had a cookie he loved. Everything else looked amazing (bakery) as well as the savory food. We will definitely try next time we are in. Price: 5/5 Very reasonably priced. Overall, lovely cafe. Stop by for coffee or stay for food!

We had a first class lunch. The cost was reasonable and the service was quick. The staff were friendly and efficient.

Being a Sunday it was great busy but still enjoyed a lovely brunch with friends

Fabulous place in great location makes a perfect pit stop on a long walk. Lovely owner who treated my dog to red pepper chunks (was also offered sausage or chicken - for the dog!). Only complaint is that not all their dishes are featured on the menu. My fault for not reading the specials! Great for healthy smoothies. Loved it and will return. (Also like that they kept the social distancing table dividers in place.)

Breakfast of Eggs Royale were cooked to perfection.

Great breakfast cooked well. Prompt service. Good coffee.

We popped in to this place last Sunday for a cream tea. I asked the assistant behind the counter if they sold cream teas? She looked confused but when I added scone, jam, cream, she nodded. When it arrived the jam and cream were standard buy ins nut the scone was awful. Certainly won't be going back here.

Very disappointing. I don’t normally leave bad reviews but the food I ordered was not up to the standard I’d have expected. Not even close. Perhaps their usual chef was off sick. I am actually concerned I might be too.

My friend & I took refuge at Dish while our partners visited Hampton Court Palace, just over the river. It was a fine, sunny Spring Sunday and the East Molesey café precinct was buzzing. The service hear was excellent, we managed to grab a little table under the awning outside and spent a relaxing time catching up, and watching the world go by.

Great place for a breakfast. Nice coffee. I had decaffeinated latte.

Great place to meet, have a drink and lovely food.

Lovely setting and very friendly and efficient staff but the Full English let you down. Please stop pre-cooking sausages and bacon, both were hard and not enjoyable. I would rather wait to have things cooked fresh than not to enjoy when presented. Please start to follow some of your signage about caring about fresh, local products.

Lovely dog friendly cafe. Excellent generous serving of a delicious coffee and walnut cake. Great service from the staff. Highly recommended

Went for breakfast on a bank holiday. Quite quiet but it was early maybe 8am. They happily serve their lunch menu in the morning. I had the Spanish omelette which was amazing and offers something different to the same old breakfast menu most places offer

Ordered scones with jam n cream. Not sure what type of scone…. Crumbled and was more like a roll Ordered a cheese sandwich for our 2 year old daughter. We are vegetarians. There was bits of ham in the cheese sandwich. Prob used same knife to cut meat and vegetarian sandwiches I’d guess? Disgusting… Safe to say we will never visit again.

I had to write a review as I saw the crazy ones below and feel the need to address this type of nonsense, as someone who has been going to Dish since it opened; first on my own and gradually with my children - it’s one of the only places I like to take all 3 boys as it’s such a welcoming and lovely place and the owner is so engaging with and understanding of small children. If you didn’t like the owner; it’s because you’re either rude or inconsiderate and he doesn’t put up with that sort of thing. Which I personally applaud - for some reason people think it’s ok to act poorly these days and everyone puts up with it for fear of reprisal (eg a negative tripadvisor review/disparaging social media comments). I love the fact that people in Dish behaving in a socially unacceptable way get short shrift! If you want a cafe where children can run around screaming, you can speak obnoxiously on your mobile or you can treat staff badly then this is not the place for you! (Looking at you below, Andrea!) Also it’s very clearly dog friendly; to the poster below who must have missed the very clear sign about dogs and children needing to behave. Food is amazing too 👌🏻

The owner is really rude and unwelcoming. Mada Deli, a few doors down is much more friendly and has a good vibe. I'm not going to reward such terrible customer service.

This is a really nice cafe, very handy for Hampton court and walks by the river. It often looks busy from the outside but don't be put off as there is lots of space inside including a really nice outdoor back garden area. Excellent food, with all the options apart from the full cooked breakfast available all day. You order at the till but then they bring everything over to a table including drinks (they give you a number) which is handy when dealing with kids.

Very annoyed to find while I was eating a couple came in with a large dog and sat at the table next to ours.Nowhere was there a sign to say it was a dog friendly place. I think it is totally unacceptable and unhygienic in a small narrow restaurant with food on the counter and being prepared just behind counter to allow dogs . Especially as there is outside seating.. Needless to say I will not be going there again

Wonderful place for breakfast 🥞

It time to get rid of the COVID booths!! Long overdue!! Very retro, feels a bit claustrophobic and brings back dark memories.

Yummy, it was absolutely delicious 😋 totally 👍🏼 recommend.

Excellent Christmas Eve breakfast. And, another visit, and super tastey goats cheese salad and haloumi salad - geneourous and very fresh serving.

Treated myself to a Monday full English breakfast. Beautifully presented with top notch local ingredients. Indoor and outdoor seating. Not cheap but worth it and definitely not your usual breakfast cafe. Is popular so can be very busy, especially weekends. Parking can be tricky.

I live locally and use this cafe regularly, it is by far out favourite place in East molesey. Food is excellent, coffee always great and staff always welcoming. Dog friendly and seating outside. Would recommend.

I love this café at Hampton Court.

Sunday lunchtime with my daughter. Service was amazing. Eggs Benedict was superb. Will return.

Nice late and Coffee & Walnut cake

The wonderful young women serving coffee and taking orders are lovely. The chef is very rude, speaking horribly to the staff members who on this occasion were young women. Not sure why a grown man would talk like that to them. When I asked about whether there was a possibility of having has browns or something similar I was met with the chef shouting across the kitchen that I can have whatever is on the menu. Shame he ruins what could be a very lovely little lunch spot

Asked for very crispy bacon on a French stick and they obviously didn't listen, it tasted horrible, won't be back.

Good food, good vibe. Cool surroundings. Bit expensive. The owner is grumpy old man. I guess they survived all this time as the passing trade is so good.

Great food and very professional staff. They serve Very Fast great coffee!! Perfect as a takeaway and while waiting for breakfast. Great place. My favorite :)

We booked a table for six at 10.00am on Sunday and despite the place being packed, we enjoyed superb service and fantstic food. Our first time here for brunch but it won't be our last. Spot on!

We had breakfast here before our visit to Hampton Court Palace and the food was excellent. The service was friendly and helpful, and the food was fresh and well prepared. The restaurant is cozy and the location is very convenient (across the street from the...

Ordered two vegetarian breakfasts and one poached egg on toast with avocado Fried breakfast came with hard rubbery fried egg and poached egg was also hard and rubbery. Toast was just cheap sliced bread, not what you would expect for the price. Eggs and cheap...

Dropped by here for a spot of lunch after a long walk by the river. Nice coffee, reasonably priced food and a pleasant outdoor area out back.

Well located with seating outside. The coffee was good but we found the carrot cake overly sweet. We also found some of the staff to be a bit unfriendly (bordering on grumpy). Given the number of good cafes on this stretch of road, this place...

We went for the full English which arrived almost instantly - and we soon found out why. The fried eggs had obviously been kept warm as they were solid and rubbery and the sausage was dried up and wrinkled. Of course a Saturday is a...

Called in here with friends on the way to the Hampton Court RHS event. Only had coffees. Service was a bit slow bit that did not unduly worry us as we were in no rush but could have been a bit niggly had we been....

Dish Cafe has remained open where possible throughout lockdown ... the girls have given amazing service no matter what the weather or the sometimes questionable attitude of the odd few customers... the staff are always welcoming and even when we have had to stand out...

The hygiene at this cafe leaves much to be desired especially as COVID is a big problem in the area. Two staff wearing their masks under their noses. Complete wast of time, and another with a plastic visor but no mask again completely pointless. If...

The owner is Rude! Would never visit again Much better coffee & friendly staff within close proximity. I’d advise you take your custom elsewhere! 👍🏻

Super smooth flat white and tasty pastries. Perfect break point for an early Sunday morning bike ride.

This has become our go to place for business meetings (we're a small partnership!). Always a great vibe, great food and good coffee. Perfectly placed in the lee of Hampton Court Bridge and with the Palace a stonesthrow away. This morning's visit seemed to coincide...

Please be warned when visiting this place with a baby. We had enjoyed the fabulous coffee and food, and not long after we realized our baby needed a nappy change instantly. We got informed there was no baby changing facility, so we saw no other...

Shouts at new patrons about face masks with no greeting when he has a cafe full of people not wearing face-masks....?! The epitome of moronic behaviour by a self-inflated ego.

This has been my regular early morning coffee place for the past 5 years. Great coffee every time with a personal customized service. Sets my day off on the right note every time.The breakfast and take away sandwiches are great; always fresh and tasty.Staff are up beat and very friendly, reliable with impeccable manners.

Nice food but service even more intense & macho than pre-Covid. Social distancing is not a thing here. If you like bantz in a bijou setting, it could be for you.

We LOVE Dish! We actually come so often, at least once a week on a Saturday morning. But sometimes the odd Sunday we treat ourselves too, as the food is just incredible! Our kids are sometimes loud (they are 3 and 22 months so it is to be expected) but we are never made to feel judged or an inconvenience, they are so welcoming and we just genuinely love everything about this place. You will not be disappointed! Best cafe along that road :) xxx

We only went for a coffee - and I was impressed with both the staff and the coffee. It was very busy but there was no pressure to vacate our seats - the waiter was charming even tho that was all we ordered. Also, they didn’t know but my friend was feeling v unwell and needed to sit down. I will definitely return because the food also looked amazing.

Pancakes for me are a real treat, thankfully. Otherwise I would be at Dish every week for their pancakes with bacon and maple syrup.I've tried pancakes at plenty of places, and would class Dish's as the best I've had outside of the States. The combination of light and fluffy with smoked bacon is delicious.Accompanied by fabulous service from the moment you enter the door. Dish is a must.

Great coffee and friendly service. Recommended for coffee and it has pavement , outside rear , and inside seating, ideal in these strange times coming out of lockdown....Great place to have coffee and watch the world walk by from/to Hampton Ct Palace!

Looks like all budget and attention has been spent on making this look hipster and the quality of the food has been forgotten. My over-priced sandwich was just dry. My friend had the special falafel wrap which was a let down ... the most exciting part was the side salad that came with it!! Much better options along this road.

I met the owner outside while reading the menu. He recommended the full English breakfast, and so I went in and tried it. I wasn’t disappointed! It was great and well presented. Quality food as well and well cooked. (I am an amateur chef and critique) so this place gets a thumbs up if you enjoy a big portion of good food.

If you like a lively atmosphere, great fresh coffee, deliciously prepared food and a good laugh, here's a really great place to visit. We went for breakfast and didn't leave till gone noon. Just don't goad the waiters into singing along with 'Rhinestone Cowboy' if you have a hangover!

I've been there twice, never disappointed. The food is delicious and staff very nice. Nice atmosphere

Haven’t been here for a while and i was disappointed on this visit. Coffee okay - bacon sandwich dreadful - poor thick processed bread - bacon precooked and rubbery and a random tomato with pickle on the plate - shame

We are laughing in my house at the moment at the review before ours! I spend half my life at dish with my toddler and have done since he was a newborn (and throughout the pregnancy too because the food is INCREDIBLE). The staff are soooo friendly, the owner is amazing and they happily prepared finger foods for my son when he was baby led weaning (at a VERY reasonable price), because they are kind and flexible. A kids menu isn’t necessary because my son is obsessed with their delicious sausages and they serve food that children can eat - beans, potatoes, chicken, sausages, sandwiches, toast, fruit, vegetables. What the hell else do people want?!? I can only imagine that the review writer below was very rude and rubbed everyone up the wrong way, and let his children run around screaming! No restaurant wants children who can’t behave - and frankly it ruins it for all the other customers and I wish more people would say something. All I receive are compliments about my son, and received lots of support in the early days when I was exhausted and wanted coffee cake/somewhere to go out of the house and be able to breastfeed without feeling judged. This is genuinely the best place ever. AND they always give my dog sausages when he comes too. WE LOVE DISH ❤️

we visited for breakfast with two children (2.5 yrs and 1.5 yrs). There is no childrens menu and the owner was incredibly rude because we had children with us. saying 'dogs are better behaved than children whilst giving us a look of disgust!!' He clearly prefers animals and we will never return with or without children.it is also very expensive with apparently a £2 per dish hike since Christmas which is unjustified for the quality. It's a shame as the place looks nice. I would recommend the owner (who doesn't seem to actually do anything constructive to help during service), stays at home and counts his money while stroking his dogs! good luck to you!

Dish catered for us for 20 people for two days. Cigdem was absolutely fantastic and really helpful in catering to vegan and gluten free needs as well as providing an excellent selection of absolutely delicious food. Highly recommend!

Great brunch, reasonable price. We had the eggs royale which was bigger than we expected and really tasty ! Would certainly come back.

I went there for lunch with a friend. Food was great and at a much cheaper price than some of the other local places. The Cafe is clean and comfortable.