Harbourside Tea Room in Scarborough

EXCELLENT, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. BRILLIANT OWNERS, FOOD,AND MUCH MUCH MORE BETTER THAN HETTYS AND BETTYS WHERE WE USE TO EAT.WILL DEFINITELY MAKING THIS OUR NEW PLACE TO DINE, "DONT CHANGE A THING GUYS YOUR PLACE IS PERFECTION",We will always be loyal customers, best by far CAFE in whitby, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. EXCELLENT SERVICE, FOOD,PREMISES AND VIEW'S OF BOARS IN HARBOUR. CALLED IN AGAIN TODAY(13.12.2024)AND BE MAKING REGULAR VISITS JUST OUTSTANDING FROM REST OF CAFÉS IN WHITBY.🙏

Really well cooked breakfast, nothing greasy or overdone. Very clean cafe and friendly service - will definitely return. Thanks!

We had lovely fried breakfasts, very friendly and welcoming staff. We will be back, I have my eye on cake ! Thank you very much.

Lovely full English from this little cafe, friendly staff affordable prices (not over priced) and a lovely coffee mocha. Would recommend!

Absolutely lovely little tea room. The owners were very fantastic. We went with my partner’s assistance dog and they couldn’t have been more accommodating and helpful. Perfect breakfast. Very, very friendly.

Perfect if you prefer somewhere away from the crowds, lovely place with very friendly staff. Great selection of choices - but only tried the panninis and breakfasts so far. Never been disappointed, always happy with the food. Our preferred place for breakfast without doubt.

Has to be the best value full breakfast in Whitby! Spotless. No grease. Welcoming.

Excellent service, lovely food and drinks. Very nice place for a good breakfast. Would recommend.

Really nice breakfast and drink really friendly staff! Will be back again

Four of us called in today for a quick bite. Everything from the tea and coffees, to the sandwiches and cakes, were first class. The owners were very welcoming and obviously cared about the business. We will definitely return!!

Absolutely lovely food, and the owners are very nice, next time I’m up in Whitby I shall be having lunch here.

Deliciously well cooked all day breakfast and the teen had a chicken panini and a chocolate caramel cake to finish. Why queue with the hoards? Come to this fabulous eatery for great value with harbour views

Lovely little tea room. We had the 'All day breakfast', freshly cooked and delicious. Service was great, and staff friendly, very reasonably priced.

Amazing little cafe, hands down the best meal & service during our stay in Whitby, spotlessly clean and nothing is too much trouble! Lovely place, off the main drag (not far) so worth looking for! X

Excellent welcome and great breakfast. Freshly cooked breakfast in this comfortable 3 table cafe. Also does take away. Thankfully did not over face myself with the big breakfast. All day breakfast was enough. Thank you.

we ate here this morning oh my days the breakfast was one of the best breakfasts we haveever had at a seaside town , good quality products cooked to perfection ,we were talking about it all dayit was so good lol , the premises itself is bright airy and spotless clean , the lady and gentleman that served us were so friendly and welcoming would most definitely recommend 5 * and then some

Really great place to have lunch. Huge portions!!! All day breakfast and I had a jacket potato (HUGE), nice with beans and salad too. Reasonable prices and lovely cup of tea too ☕️ Friendly and welcoming.

Very friendly owners. Great choices of home cooked food and good location away from crowds.

Delicious breakfast sandwich this morning warmed me up on a cold day while working in Whitby. Lovely festive scone too with plenty of butter. I’ll definitely be back next time I’m working nearby

Lovely little cafe friendly staff great food recommend to anyone local or visitors to Whitby check it out

This is a lovely place to eat breakfast. Freshly prepared and lovely and hot. The staff were so friendly too. Definitely recommend

My partner and I thought we would pop in this tea room for lunch as it was just a short distance away from the busy streets of Whitby and thought they maybe missing out on trade. All the other cafes and tea rooms were full. Harbourside Tea Room was completely empty with two members of staff sitting at a table looking bored. We were just about to enter when we were told that dogs were not allowed. As we had our dog with us we could not go in. This place must be losing so much custom due to it's location and no dog policy.

Outstanding quality food great staff very friendly

Once again we visited Harbourside tearooms whilst in Whitby.Again we were made very welcome. We had coffee and cakes. Others were having breakfasts and it was and is cooked on site as required. Well worth a small walk along the harbour to be welcomed in for a brew and something to eat. No chips here but that is not a problem when you see the menu! Brilliant service again. Keep up the great work and see you next visit. Well done

This is a very nice little tea room, with a small simple menu. For me the only let down was the quality of the sausages, I understand that it's a cheap eat, however the sausage very poor. The service good, place very clean and well cook food, however could not give more than average for the breakfast.

Probably the nicest carrot cake in the world. Very nice people too.

I popped in for a pot of tea and a toasted tea cake in the morning. Lovely friendly service and used by locals, always a good sign. I took my family back for lunch. We had jacket potatoes, all day veggie breakfast and my youngest had spaghetti on toast. All good sized portions, tasty and very reasonable priced. We would definitely go back, I wish we had found it earlier in our holiday!

Went at lunchtime, spotlessly clean. Excellent food, brilliant staff, highly recommended

In search of light refreshment away from the holiday crowd hotspots, we found this little treasure on the harbourfront. Prompt friendly service, fresh tasty food, ample servings, clean and tidy including washroom.

We stayed on Church street and had breakfast on our last day. Excellent food and spotlessly clean. Very friendly couple running the cafe.

Lovely cafe, warm and welcoming and the foods lovely

Lovely little cafe on church st. Ideal for a coffee and cake and a spot of people watching. staff are very welcoming , and as a new resident of whitby i shall be visiting more often

Lovely little place to have breakfast it was our first visit to Whitby and we came across the Harbourside.Breakfast was excellent the service was very friendly.We had a lovely few of the harbour if we ever return to Whitby this will be our first place to visit again..

Found this little place on our stay in whitby Clean friendly little place Opted for the all day breakfast excellent all round Two pots of tea Friendly service 10/10

Very friendly clean cafe, not too far from the main tourist area but pleasantly quiet with good service and not overpriced.

We were looking for a nice tea room and this place was exactly what we were looking for right by the harbour. The food we had was home made, veg soup and a jacket with beans. We then had the Scones with jam and fresh whipped cream, these were the best scones we'd had in a long while. Perfectly light and airy with a medium density. Lashings of cream and a nice cup of Yorkshire tea to wash it down. Great, clean and friendly place. We learned a little of the History of the place, appropriate given it was the end of October!!

I popped into this little gem on my tour round Whitby on a hot but very windy day. This was to be of significance for, having had one cup of tea, I became ill due to heat stroke (no the tea wasn't THAT hot! I clearly had not drunk enough on my tour round). The attention provided by the proprietors went way beyond simply serving me my cuppa, giving me a glass of water and contacting the ambulance service and it got to the point that they stayed long after their normal closing time until the taxi arrived to take me to the local hospital (don't ask me why the ambulance service decided to send me a taxi which came all the way from Scarborough just to take me 1 mile to Whitby H.). They even found the phone no. of The Whitby Catch to tell them that I would be late collecting my earlier-placed order. Thus I was at the Harbourside Tea Room for almost 4 hours and, during that time, there was a steady stream of clients who obviously knew this place. Thus the hospitality I received from the proprietors went way beyond that which would normally be expected. I highly recommend this café.

Called in for a brew after having a fish from nearby; wished I'd eaten here instead as the food looked very good. I had a pot of tea and homemade flapjack, both excellent and at a sensible price. Well decorated and very clean throughout. The next time I'm over at Whitby on the motorbike, I'll call in again but this time have a meal to go with the brew. We'll worth a visit and owner very pleasant.

There best thing on the menu is there breakfast, very good but you can have just a tea, or A sausage sandwich to a panini or jacket potato. All good

Taken to by my cousin we were very pleased he did as we returned the following day. Great service, wonderful food. Clean, Tidy. We will be back again.

We stayed nearby and popped in for lunch, breakfast and coffees during the week. The food was always nicely prepared and well presented (toasties were great!). The proprietor went out of her way to ensure that everything was spot-on. We will come back soon.

we arrived one afternoon when I think the couple running the place where about to close up but we were served with a smile. The view from this café is lovely and the coffee very good. we did not eat this time but I have to see everything on offer looked lovely and the place was spotlessly clean. If you want to get away from the hussle and bussle of a busy Whitby this is the place for you

we popped in here for a drink and were pleasantly surprised the staff are nice and friendly and nothing was to much trouble. the food looked great as did all there cakes, and you had different views with it being on the other side of the harbour

Whitby was busy, very busy and all that we wanted was a cup of tea and a quick lunch, we came across the Harbourside Tea Room which is located just 2 minutes walk from the chaos but thats far enough for a bit of calm. Lovely honest home cooked food, nothing fancy but all tasty. Our biggest impression was how clean the whole place is, it felt as if you could eat your meal off the floor. A good find

Found this great cafe by chance and we're not disappointed. Food and cakes home made. Well worth a visit. Very friendly and away from the crowds.

Highly recommend this place , it is extremely clean, the food is superb and the service is excellent. Food and drinks piping hot and not a greasy breakfast in sight. A must visit and easy to find - opposite the car parks.

We've been visiting this little tea room for a number of years now and it never fails to disappoint. Whatever time of day we've visited we've always received a warm and friendly welcome. The breakfasts are lovely and reasonably priced. Would definitely recommend.

This cosy, unassuming cafe close to the car park a short walk from Whitby's crowded tourist centre is worth a visit. There are many cafes to choose from in Whitby, but we noticed that this one had a level 5 food standard award which made me think it must be very clean and it certainly did not disappoint.

Just the spot for a bacon and egg butty for brunch. Hot coffee in heated surroundings on a chilly day. Highly recommended.

Lots of places to eat in Whitby mostly fish and chip shops but this cafe was homely service was good and food was very good very popular with locals which is always a good sign for visitors

Really lovely breakfast menu, food great, staff lovely,ate brekkie here every morning as they open very early....starts the day off nicely.....

Don't be fooled by the unassuming appearance of this gem. Only four tables but a clean, cosy place. My friends and I had a delicious, well cooked breakfast served by a cheerful, and friendly waitress. It was so good we called in again for tea and cakes! Take my advice and try it.

On Whitby's east side just round the corner from the bridge. Very clean and welcoming and the food is very good. Recommended!

Called in for tea on day out in Whitby. The tearoom was very clean and welcoming with an good view of the harbour. Service was friendly and quick.

The staff here are fantastic, really friendly atmosphere. This was a great tearoom to stop at for a coffee and a scone.

This is a great little tearoom. The prices are excellent and the atmosphere friendly. The homemade food was great! A good find, compared to so many overpriced cafes nearby. The only disappointment was that it didn't stay open longer; it closes at three, and we just missed it a few times. If it was open until 5, we've have been in everyday!

We found this café when looking for a place to just stop and have a break from our day out in Whitby, and we chose well! Although we were only looking for a cup of tea, the friendly atmosphere and the look of the scones was too much, and we had to have some ourselves. A wise decision as they tasted just as scrummy as they looked! After reading other reviews on here, I'm putting a mental note to try the breakfast next time I'm up in Whitby too!

A very warm welcome greeted us, which continued throughout the time we were there. As a family of 5, we tested pretty much everything on the breakfast menu & it was all very tasty. (Was also tempted by the tasty looking cakes, but was only breakfast!) Contrary to other reviews on here, I can confidently say that no cheap ingredients were used - we even got to try a Lincolnshire style sausage that they are testing out, which although not to my taste, my hubby & kids loved! Just goes to show that sausages are very personal!

Quick stop for breakfasts and we made a good choice, good cheerful service. My daughter had mini breakfast and we had two full breakfasts good bacon and sausage lots of toast and good tea with extra water..lovely

A great place to take refreshment and take a breather from this busy town. Great food and service and run just the way a tearoom should be. If you have the time its worth the visit.

We were recommended to come here but it wasn't as good as we expected, We had the full English breakfast. The sausage in a full English breakfast will tell you all you need to know and this was supermarket cheapest. For a few pence more you can buy excellent sausages from a local butcher, but so many cafes get this wrong. Service was fine though. Oh, the name is a little misleading - it is more carparkside than harbourside.

I originally found this café by accident and I'm glad I did! It's a couple of minutes outside the town centre but well worth the very short walk. The place is spotlessly clean and well decorated and furnished. The food is superb, it's straightforward and very tasty. It's amazing value for money. Highly recommended.

I just love the cream scones, lots of loverly fresh cream and jam. Nice tea too, sandwiches chicken mayo where loverly, lots of filling, salid with crisps n coleslaw. Told the milk shakes were very nice by the small children.

We've visited this tea room at different times of the day and the food is lovely, the staff are very pleasant and friendly and it's spotlessly clean, in a very good location overlooking the harbour. We would definitely recommend it. Food is reasonably priced.

My wife and kids were peckish after a carton of chips, how I don't no but we went in here. Leek and potato soup 2 teas and a scone with jam N clotted cream on order. £6.50 not bad at all. I tasted the soup and it was delicious. I'm not a sweet person but I've been told by my kids the scone was device. Where's the pub for me.....

Arrived in Whitby about 10am feeling a little peckish & was and parked opposite harbour side tea room so decided to try it. Probably best decision made all day. Very warm welcome & good service. Ordered 2 breakfasts, both were cooked to order and cooked perfectly. Though not in the town centre I can highly recommend a visit here if you want reasonably priced very good food.

basic thrown together food. clean and well used by locals, no frills but tasty food. staff not very chatty but were busy

Service friendly but not overbearing - place spotlessly clean - breakfast freshly cooked - hot and not greasy/fatty. good value for money - and would visit again - in fact we did - had sausage in a bun the day after!! Friend only wanted toast and a cup of tea and was charged minimal price for toast and butter.

A veritable one lady band who makes you feel wanted. A small tea shop with bags of warmth and identity.She serves the best and biggest carrot cake ever, along with all sorts of home made delicious snacks and titbits.Take your pick,hot and cold meals are on offer & delivered in a blink of the eye.All food and drinks are keenly priced she does a wonderful trade.Well done.

Called here for breakfast today; lovely cafe just a few metres from the often more popular venues but believe me just look this place up and you won't be disappointed. Very clean and tidy cafe with great service and quality food at a good price.

we go to Whitby often and always have breakfast at The Harbourside.

We saw this place away from the hustle and bustle of the bank holiday tourists. Its just slightly out of the way but not much! My hubby ordered a breakfast and I ordered a veggie breakfast (small). The service was quick and polite, the drinks arrived quickly soon followed by the food. The small veggie breakfast was lovely, what nice scrambled eggs! The only complaint I have is that the plate was quite small and my toast was soggy from the beans and tomatoes, while hubby's toast was on a separate plate - why not mine too? We were too full to have cakes, but the ones in the cabinet looked absolutely lovely at good prices too.

We were again staying in Whitby for a long weekend. Friday lunch = substance before a long walk so we called in at the Harbourside Tea Rooms. We both had soup, a roll and tea. all very good. The owners maintain the extremely high cleanliness standard and great service. Will we be visiting again? yes we will - see you soon.

Once again we visited the amazing Harbourside Tea Room and once again the food, service, cleanliness, time from ordering the food to it being on the table and the friendliness of the owners is why we return to this venue. We ate breakfast and it set us up for the day also a great cup of tea! Will we visit again? yes we will!

Once again I visit this cosy tea room and the tea is loverly but the fresh cream and jam fruit scone is superb. I really do have to stop myself from visiting twice a day. Price is more than reasonable . The panini I am told was loverly too! Well done!!

Visited this tea room with my family on a day out in whitby. Very clean. Lovely food. We ordered a breakfast. Full breakfast cost less than £5 It arrived quickly and food was excellent. Excellent value for money Very clean Would definately recommend

Did a nice latte and bacon sandwich. The big all day breakfast looked fantastic for less than a fiver. Nice clean toilets. A little haven away from the madness of town in the summer.

Excellent value with a good variety of food & beverages with really good service from pleasant staff.

We called here for breakfast and it arrived freshly prepared and well cooked with really good bacon. The place is very clean and reflects well on the owners. Harbourside is well worth a vist

The owners obviously care a great deal about this little cafe, and it shows. Basic fayre. cooked where you can see it, speedily served. Spotlessly clean both in the cafe and the W.C. Only bad thing was the sausage, cheap and full of rusk. Would rather pay more, and have a good one.

This is just so much better than the chains - mentioning no names - that try and sell you half baguettes at rip off prices. We arrived having cycled up some 1 in 4 hills and needed urgent refuelling. The welcoming smile was matched with a pot of tea which also came with a second pot of hot water without having to ask for it. The all day breakfast was just what we needed. Freshly cooked, not swimming in fat, tasty and simply great. The cakes looked enticing but by then we were too full to try them given that we had a few more miles to ride. In a word, excellent.

We live quite local and are frequently in Whitby. This little tea room is a very short walk from the tourist centre of town but it is a real gem. Spotlessly clean, immaculately decorated, good food and great service. We always call there for a meal. If you visit Whitby, search this cafe out, you will not be disappointed. Try the full breakfast and the hot chocolate. I only hope there will be seats left when we are next there !!

A decent cafe, perfectly OK, but IMO a long way from the "full marks" awarded by most of its reviewers. Its no better ( or no worse) than the other breakfast spots I used in Whitby during a recent stay. They were all pretty much the same and your choice could well be made by what's apen and where you park.

We visit Whitby three or four times a year and stay for long weekends. We always arrive in Whitby at nine in the morning to get a parking place. The car park is opposite the Harbourside Tea Room. There is nothing worse than a grubby eating place, this venue is at the opposite end of the scale - clean, clean and clean. Onto the staff, they make all customers very welcome. The food, wholesome, great taste and a great brew. So, why bother going to this place? Because it's one of the best in Whitby.

We live relatively locally and visit Whitby a great deal but only found this cafe today. What a good find! Today we only had coffee but it was a lovely place to sit looking over the harbour and it was spotlessly clean and beautifully decorated.

Great views, really good service, proper tea and a great traditional English brekkie cooked just how you want! What more could you want by the seaside?!

This is our favourite tea room in Whitby! The owners are both very friendly, the breakfasts are just right, and we think that the teas are excellent probably because we love tea bread which is always available. Sadly we were just too late for tea last Friday because we didn't realise that it closed at 3pm, perhaps a bit early even though it was just out of peak season?

Lovely cafe with biggest cheese scone in Whitby. Very pleasant staff, good service and excellent value for money. Good vegetarian option for breakfast too

Fantastic meals cooked fresh , every morning we had a full English breakfast and found it very satisfactory. Very clean and tidy The owners who run the place are great people Will definitely be back next year for breakfast

It is a nice little place, 30seconds from the high street, so is never overcrowded, menu is nice and simple and thus does the simple things great - will no doubt visit again when we are in the area!

We visited Harbourside Tea Rooms a couple of weeks ago on a Saturday morning. On this occasion we only had drinks, which were , of course excellent. On previuos visits we have had the breakfasts and they are second to none, whatever you choose. The couple that run the place are really nice and friendly and the place is spotless.

A very clean and tidy tea room with good well cooked food, there were plenty of local people who came and went while we were there which showed how popular the place was.

What a wonderful place ! There is nothing bad I can say about the Harbourside Tea Room...Clean, tidy, fresh..everything you could possibly want. The staff were smiley, friendly and up for a chit chat too. We visited just on the spur of the moment for a late breakfast. Absolutely awesome food...they tailored my order as there were items that I proffered not to have. They simply couldn't do enough for us.

We came across this tearoom on a holiday visit to Whitby, having parked nearly opposite. Everything a tea room/coffee shop should be, clean, bright and friendly, serving excellent coffee and superb home made cakes at reasonable prices. If we lived anywhere near we'd be regular visitors! Highly recommended.

We have lived in Staithes near Whitby for nearly twenty years, but it took us a while to find this little gem. As lovers of good coffee, good quality snacks and lunches at reasonable prices, we find this place excellent value for money - the best coffee this side of Rome!